LEGO Fortnite is out now and it’s a brand new survival crafting game built in the world of Fortnite in LEGO style. Everything in the game is procedurally generated for each world you create and it’s even built in Unreal Engine 5 using Chaos physics and destruction to break LEGO bricks apart just like in real life.
This play experience is a new long term partnership between Epic Games and the LEGO Group that is speciailzing in a new open world game to let players of all ages build their own worlds with LEGO bricks digitally.
Niels B Christiansen, CEO of The LEGO Group, said, "Our partnership with Epic Games is
focused on developing digital play experiences that are designed to be fun and safe, and have
the potential to bridge the worlds of physical and digital play to inspire kids. Together with Epic
Games, we are building digital worlds designed with kids in mind from the outset - we hope
other creators and brands are inspired to do the same."
Turning over to gameplay, here's everything you need to know before diving into the survival crafting game, LEGO Fortnite.
Creating a World
In LEGO Fortnite, you can invite up to 8 friends total for each world. You can choose between creating a sandbox world (where you don’t have to farm for resources or worry about survival mechanics) or survival (where you have to manage your character and find resources).
If you share the world’s key with your friends, they can access it even when you’re offline. You can also have multiple worlds created at once. There are over 1,200 existing Fortnite skins that will become LEGO-ified when you select one to enter LEGO Fortnite with100 special emotes for LEGO.
How to Survive
When you drop into your new procedurally generated world, you’ll have to pick up some rocks and wood so you can get your first crafting recipes. You’ll have a helpful NPC to give you tips if you want when starting out as well.
Keep an eye on your status as you explore though, since you’ll need to eat regularly to maintain hunger and make fires if you get cold and alternatively cool off if you’re overheated.
The mechanics in LEGO Fortnite work similarly to Fortnite Battle Royale with sprinting being attached to an energy meter. Don’t try and swim with a depleted energy bar because you will drown and get thrown back to shore. There’s a new dodge mechanic that lets you get a little more reactive in fights as well.
You can go out and collect berries, gather wood, and even fight NPCs camped up around the world to get weapons, food, and other various items when you kill them. If you die adventuring, don’t worry, your backpack will be marked on the map and you’ll respawn at your specified respawn location. If you die getting to your backpack, you’ll be able to get both of them when you’re back since backpacks don’t expire and will stay on the map.
If you need crafting materials from animals or food items, being kinder to animals gives you better loot than just killing them outright. You can pet animals to get items like milk from cows, eggs from chickens, and wool from lambs. You can kill them to get meat but you’ll get more from keeping them around alive..
Also, you can collect fertilizer from all animals. The fertilizer can be used to farm with!. You can plant various seeds to get different types of crops that you can then cook and eat. You can eat food to heal and even get special status effects that’ll keep you surviving longer in harsher conditions – so food is extremely important to focus on when playing LEGO Fortnite.
There are caves to explore that are basically small to large dungeons that can contain rare resources, but be cautious, as those caves will usually contain some high-threat monsters.. Make sure to craft weapons like shortswords, longswords, bows, and shields to help keep you safe against enemies.
Instead of gaining armor or health through traditional leveling, you’ll instead craft different charms to increase your stats. For example, crafting the Health charm, you guessed it, boosts your max health.
Building
The building in LEGO Fortnite is completely different from the normal modes. The new physics lets you build LEGO creations just like in the real world so you can build things by using whole blueprints or piece by piece.
Along with creating various buildings and homes, you can also decorate your home and surroundings with decorations that make things feel more cozy.
You can build an entire Village system and upgrade it to get NPCs to come live with you and help you build, forage, cook, and do other tasks around the Village. Upgrading your village gets you more NPC living capacities, perks, and new recipes for builds and furniture.
The things you can create in LEGO Fortnite feel almost limitless. Once you unlock more resources and process those materials, you can build vehicles like cars, boats, airships, and you can even make an entire railroad system. Anything that you can build in real life with LEGOs you can in the game.
LEGO Fortnite is available to play for free on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC today. For more in-depth tips and tricks for LEGO Fortnite, be sure to check out our IGN Guides page for the most up to date information.
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