Down But Not Out Devices | Fortnite Creative Documentation

Down But Not Out (DBNO) is a player state where the player does not have full health, but is not yet out of the game. You can use the Down But Not Out device to customize the DBNO state to support your game design.

The DBNO state can include the following gameplay elements:

A state between healthy and removed from game.
A method for reviving downed players.
An ability for players to grab, carry or throw downed players.
A way for a downed player to be shaken down, with a variety of results.

Want some ideas? See Down But Not Out Device Design Example and Item Remover Device Design Example to jumpstart your imagination!

If you're using multiple copies of a device on an island, it can be helpful to rename them. You can choose names that relate to each device's purpose, so it's easier to remember what each one does.

To find the Down But Not Out device, see Using Devices.

Contextual Filtering

Some devices are affected by a feature called contextual filtering. This feature hides or displays options depending on the values selected for certain related options. This reduces clutter in the Customize panel and makes options easier to manage and navigate. To help identify them, values that trigger contextual filtering are in italic.

All options are listed, including those affected by contextual filtering; if they are hidden or displayed based on a specific option's value, there will be a note about it in the Description field for that option.

Device Options

This device has some basic functionality, like enabling or disabling the DBNO state, and the rate at which a player's Tenacity goes down. Additionally, there are some advanced options, like selecting which team or class is affected, and whether players can be shaken down during DBNO.

Default values are bold. Values that trigger contextual filtering are italic.

You can configure this device with the following options.

Option	Value	Description
Enabled During Phase	All, None, Pre-Game Only, Gameplay Only	Enables the device during a specific phase. The pre-game phase includes all phases before the game starts.
DBNO Enabled	Do Not Override, Yes, No	Determines whether players can be put into the DBNO state. Even if you enable DBNO in this device option, DBNO does not work unless you have your island set up to have teams.
Tenacity Type	Default, Max Health, Custom	Tenacity is the amount of health resource a player has when downed. Default uses the classic value of 100. Max Health uses the player's maximum health configuration. If you select Custom, you can set a tenacity value in the next option, Tenacity Amount.
Tenacity Amount	100, Pick a number	Sets the value used for a player's tenacity. This option only shows if you select Custom for Tenacity Type.
Use Default Tenacity Depletion Rate	Yes, No	Use the game default depletion rate or set up a custom one. The Default amount of Tenacity lost each second is 2. If you set it to No, the Custom Tenacity Depletion Rate will show.
Custom Tenacity Depletion Rate	5, Pick a number	The amount of tenacity lost per second. This is a option is only availble when the Use Default Tenacity Depletion Rate is set to No.
Use Default Health After Revive	Yes, No	Use the game default health after revive or set up a custom one. If you select No, you can set the Health After Revive percentage below.
Health After Revive	100/%, Pick a percentage	This sets the amount of maximum health a player gets after they're revived. Amounts are a percentage of a player's total health.
Allow Revives	*Yes*, No	When set to Yes, you can set the Time to Revive and Revive Progress Decay below. Otherwise, those options are hidden.
Time to Revive	10 Seconds, Instant (0 seconds), Pick a time	Sets the amount of time it takes to revive a teammate in a DBNO state.
Revive Progress Decay	Battle Royale, Instant Reset, Custom Decay	When a player is down but not out, there is a limit to how long the player can remain in this state before either being revived by another player or being fully eliminated. This limit is called decay. This setting controls that decay. Battle Royale: Uses the Battle Royale decay rate. Instant Reset: Instantly resets the decay to zero. Custom Decay: Allows you to set a custom multiplier on the decay rate. When set to Custom Decay, the next option, Decay Rate Multiplier, is available.
Decay Rate Multiplier	1.0X, Pick a number	Choose a multiplier based on a constant value that is not related to Battle Royale. This option only shows if Revive Progress Decay is set to Custom Decay.
Shakedowns	On, Off	Determines whether downed players can be shaken down. If set to On, the Alert Team When Downed option becomes available.
Show Player Location on Shakedown	Yes, No	Sets whether shaking down reveals the location of the downed player’s teammates. This option is only available when Shakedowns is set to On.
Alert Team When Downed	On, Off	If set to On, the teammate-is-down sound alert activates. If set to Off, no sound plays when a teammate is down.
Last Man Standing Mode	No, Yes	If set to Yes, the game will not end when the last player on a team is downed; the game ends only when all players are completely eliminated. If you have Last Man Standing Mode set to Yes, but no teams are set up on your island, a single player could go into DBNO status with no way to get out.
Selected Class	Any, All, No Class, Pick a class	Determines which class or classes the DBNO rules apply to. Any: DBNO rules apply to all players, even those without an assigned class. All: DBNO rules apply to all players with an assigned class. No Class: DBNO rules apply to players without a class assigned.
Invert Class Selection	All But Selected, Only Selected	The class of the triggering player is inverted: All But Selected: The chosen class is the only "safe" class, they won't be affected by the device. Only Selected: The chosen class, including "No Class", is the only one affected by this device.
Selected Team	Any, None, Pick a team	Determines which team or teams the DBNO rules apply to.
Invert Team Selection	All But Selected, Only Selected	The team of the triggering player is inverted: All But Selected: The chosen team is the only "safe" team, they won't be affected by the device. Only Selected: The chosen team, including "No Team", is the only one affected by this device.
Allow Carry	Yes, No	If this option is set to Yes, enemy players are able to carry or throw downed players. Allies are always able to carry a downed player, whether this is set to Yes or No.
Downed Invincibility Time	Don't Override, Pick a time	How long a player is invincible when downed.

Direct Event Binding

Following are the direct event binding options for this device.

Functions

A function listens for an event on a device then performs an action.

For any function, click the option, then Select Device to access and select from the Device dropdown menu.
Once you've selected a device, click Select Event and select the event that triggers this function.
If more than one device or event triggers a function, press the Add button to add a line and repeat these steps.

Option	Description
Enable When Receiving From	Enables the device when an event occurs.
Disable When Receiving From	Disables the device when an event occurs.
Down Player When Receiving From	The instigating player is placed into the downed state when an event occurs.
Revive Player When Receiving From	Revives the activating player when an event occurs.

Events

Direct event binding uses events as transmitters. An event tells another device to perform a function.

For any event option, click the option, then Select Device to access and select from the Device dropdown menu.
Once you've selected a device, click Select Function to bind the event to a function for that device.
If more than one function is triggered by the event, press the Add button and repeat.

Option	Description
On Player Downed Send Event To	When a player is downed, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Player is Picked Up Send Event To	When a player is picked up, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Player Thrown Send Event To	When a player is thrown, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Player Dropped Send Event To	When a player is dropped, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Player Revived Send Event To	When a player is revived, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Shakedown Send Event To	When a player shakes down a downed player, an event is sent to the selected device.
On Shaken Down Send Event To	When a player is shaken down by another player, an event is sent to the selected device.