Save Point Devices | Fortnite Creative Documentation

The Save Point device provides a way for creators to add elimination tracking persistence, inventory and resource tracking across multiple game sessions, and more.

Think of it as saving a snapshot of where the player is at any given time.

For example:

In racing games, players can track their best lap times.
In adventure games, players can save their progress toward objectives.
In skillrun games, players can pick up where they left off instead of having to start over every time they leave the game and come back.

If players are on an island using Save Point devices when a new version of that island is published, those players can continue their session and their progress will be saved. However, if a player matchmakes into an older, non-current version of an island, a HUD message displays stating that the island is not current, their save data will not be loaded, and their save game will not be modified.

To find the Save Point device, see Finding and Placing 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 autosaving and saving checkpoint data. Additionally, there are some advanced options, like saving a player's shield and health data.

You can configure this device with the following options.

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

Option	Value	Description
Enabled During Phase	None, Gameplay Only	Determines whether the device is enabled during a specific game phase.
Auto Save	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's data is automatically saved while they play.
Auto-Load	Yes, No	Determines whether to autoload the player's data. If this is set to Yes, the Auto-Load Behavior option displays below. If it is set to No that option does not display.
Auto-Load Behavior	Initial Spawn, Game Start, Round Start, Every Spawn	Determines when the player's saved data is loaded.
Save Health and Shields	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's health and shield data is saved.
Save Loadout	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's current loadout is saved.
Save Full Ammo Magazines	Yes, No	Restores full ammo magazines on loading player data. If No, restores the exact amount of ammo the player had when saving.
Save Resources	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's current resources are saved.
Save Gold	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's current gold is saved.
Save Scoreboard Stats Behavior	Round, Career, Both	This determines what kind of scoreboard stats are saved. Values are: Round: Only the current round's scoreboard stats are saved between rounds. Career: Only the player's career scoreboard stats are saved. Both: Both the current round's stats and the player's career stats are saved.
Save All Scoreboard Stats	No, Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher	Determines whether the device saves all of the player's current stat data that appears on the scoreboard.
Save Score	No, Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher	Determines whether the player's current score data is saved.
Save Round Wins	No, Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher	Determines whether the player's current round wins are saved.
Save Eliminations	No, Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher	Determines whether the player's current eliminations count is saved.
Save Assists	No, Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher	Determines whether the player's current assists count is saved.
Save Collected Items	Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher, No	Determines whether the player's collected items are saved.
Save Creature Eliminations	Yes, Only If Lower, Only If Higher, No	Determines whether the player's current creature eliminations count is saved.
Save Checkpoint	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's checkpoint data is saved. If set to Yes, the player will respawn at the last checkpoint they activated.
Save Player Location	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's location is saved. If set to Yes, the player will respawn at the last position they saved.
Save Team	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's team number is saved. If set to Yes, the player will load with that team assigned, triggering any related Team Settings & Inventory device.
Save Class	Yes, No	Determines whether the player's class number is saved. If set to Yes, the player will load with that class assigned, triggering the related Class Designer device.
Allow Player to Clear Data	Yes, No	Determines whether players can clear their progress data from the Game (Sidebar) menu.

Direct Event Binding System

Direct event binding allows devices to communicate directly, which makes your workflow more intuitive, and gives you more freedom to focus on your design ideas.

Below are the functions and events 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 to bind the device to an event that will trigger the function for the device.
If more than one device or event triggers a function, press the Add button to add a line and repeat these steps.

Option	Description
Save Player When Receiving From	This function saves player data when an event occurs.
Load Player When Receiving From	This function loads player data when an event occurs.
Enable When Receiving From	This function enables the device when an event occurs.
Disable When Receiving From	This function disables the device when an event occurs.
Clear Data for Player When Receiving From	This function clears player data when an event occurs.
Clear Data for All Players When Receiving From	This function clears all player data when an event occurs.
Save All Players When Receiving From	This function saves data for all players when an event occurs.
Load All Players When Receiving From	This function loads data for all players 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 this event to a function for that device.
If more than one function is triggered by the event, click the Add button to add a line and repeat these steps.

Option	Description
On Activation Send Event To	When the device is activated, it sends an event to the selected device, which triggers the selected function.
On Player Loaded Send Event To	When a player's save data is loaded, the device sends an event to the selected device, which triggers the selected function.
On Cleared Send Event To	When a player clears data, the device sends an event to the selected device, which triggers the selected function.