How to Get Booyah in Free Fire: A Full Match Plan

To get Booyah in Free Fire you have to be the last player or squad alive, and that depends less on kills than on four decisions made in order: where you land, what you carry, when you move with the safe zone, and where you stand in the last circle. Good aim helps with each of them. It replaces none.

How to get Booyah in Free Fire: survive first, fight second

Booyah is the word the game shows the winner: the last player or squad standing in Battle Royale, and the team that wins a Clash Squad match. This guide follows a Battle Royale match from the plane to the last circle.

A match that ends in Booyah often looks dull from the outside: a quiet landing, an early move toward the zone, and a few fights, each of them chosen. Players who run toward every shot collect kills. The players who win reach the end with full health and a good position.

Landing: decide before you jump

Open the map while the plane is still flying and mark your spot before you jump.

Busy places such as Peak, Clock Tower and Factory on the Bermuda map hold a lot of loot and even more players, and many who land there are out within the first minute. If Booyah is the goal, land at the edge of a named area, or at a small group of buildings away from the plane's path.

• Land at the door of a building, not in an empty field. The first player to reach a gun owns the first minute.
• Take any gun you see, then a vest and a helmet.
• In a squad, land in the same group of buildings, close enough to reach each other.

Looting: what to carry into the mid game

Loot quickly, with a list in your head:

• Two guns for two ranges. One for close fights, such as the MP40, and one for medium range, such as the M4A1.
• The best vest and helmet you find. Swap them whenever you see a higher level.
• Healing. Med Kits, and mushrooms when you pass them: they fill your EP, which turns into HP over time.
• Gloo Walls. Pick up every one you find. Nothing in your bag is worth more when the circle gets small.
• Ammo for the two guns you carry, and a grenade or two.

Once you have two guns, armor and some healing, stop looting and move. Many players die with the best loot of the match while they search a third building and the zone closes on them.

The safe zone: move early and choose your fights

Look at the map as soon as the first safe zone appears, and plan your way in.

Move early and travel along the edge of the zone. Whoever arrives first takes the building or the high ground, and whoever arrives late has to cross open ground in front of that player's gun. A vehicle shortens the trip, but everybody hears it, so leave it behind cover before you reach your spot.

Not every fight is yours. Take a fight when you saw the enemy first, you have cover next to you and you can end it quickly. Leave it when the zone is closing behind you.

When you hear two squads fighting, come closer behind cover and wait. The winner is hurt and low on ammo, and that is the easiest kill of the match.

If you have to choose between a better gun and a better position, take the position.

How to win in Free Fire when the last circle closes

Get ready before the circle gets small: heal to full, reload both guns, count your Gloo Walls, and hold the close-range gun.

1. Take hard cover early, at the edge of the circle, with the zone behind you. You then watch half of the circle, not all of it.
2. Do not fire first unless you can finish the fight. If three players are left and two of them start shooting, wait, then take the winner while they heal.
3. When the circle forces you to move, go from cover to cover: a wall, a short run, another wall. Never heal in the open, and do not spend all your Gloo Walls at once.
4. You usually know roughly where the last enemy is. Throw a grenade behind their cover to push them out, and aim before you press fire.

Placing a wall fast under fire is a skill of its own, and the Free Fire Gloo Wall guide covers it.

Free Fire tips and tricks for squads

In a squad, shared habits matter more than one player's skill:

• Call in a few words: a direction and a number. "Two, left, behind the rock" is enough.
• Stay close enough to reach a knocked teammate, and always revive behind a Gloo Wall.
• Let one player decide when the squad moves and where. A squad with four plans arrives late.

Questions players ask about winning

How do you get Booyah in Free Fire when you play solo?

Nobody can revive you in solo, so one lost fight ends your match. Land away from the crowd, stay near the edge of the zone, and let other players fight each other first.

Do you need many kills to win?

No. Booyah goes to whoever is alive at the end, whatever their kill count. Kills add rank points in ranked matches, but they do not give you the win.

Is Booyah the same as the Booyah Pass?

No. Booyah is the win message. The Booyah Pass is the game's paid reward pass: you buy it with diamonds, and it gives outfits and skins as you progress.

Which characters help you survive?

Characters that heal you or speed you up, such as Alok, Kelly and K. The guide to the best Free Fire characters explains their skills and how to combine them.

Diamonds for characters and the Booyah Pass

Booyah is earned inside the match and cannot be bought. Diamonds are for what surrounds it: characters, pets, skins and the Booyah Pass. When you want them, you can get Free Fire diamonds on Mas4Games, loaded by player ID for global accounts or delivered as a code. The store asks only for your player ID, never for your password.