Did you know that in addition to playing LEGO® experiences in Fortnite, you can also make your own LEGO Island?
Interested? Here's where you start!
Before You Jump In
If you're going to build your own LEGO Island, you will need to be familiar with the LEGO® Brand Rules. Take a minute and read through these. You will also need to sign the agreement via the Creator Portal.
Okay! Now that that's taken care of, let's move on to the fun stuff!
Would you rather watch? There's a great video that will get you started in about 6 minutes!
Learn a Little LEGO Lingo
The LEGO culture has its own way of talking and this culture has found its way into Fortnite. Following are a few important words to know.
LEGO® Minifigure: Brick-built characters on LEGO Islands. These represent players and non-player characters (NPC). Minifigures are half the size of the usual Fortnite character, so everything on a LEGO Island is scaled down to half size to match. Half the size but twice the cute!
LEGO Elements: These are any of the LEGO Fortnite assets that look like they're built with real-life bricks from your LEGO sets, and are for use exclusively on LEGO Islands. This includes prefabs, devices, tools, and so on. All LEGO assets, from Minifigures to prefabricated buildings (prefabs) are scaled at half the size of Fortnite assets to match the Minifigure scale. Unlike Fortnite assets, LEGO assets cannot be scaled or resized in any way. Tiny but mighty!
LEGO Island: A LEGO Island uses LEGO assets and Minifigures. Templates for these islands can be found when you interact with the console on the Creative hub, click Create New, and select the LEGO® Template tab, or in the Project Browser when launching UEFN. Dream big, build small!
Minifigure-compatible: This can apply to props, items, tools, devices, and any other assets. It means that the asset has been scaled down to match the Minifigures used on a LEGO Island.
Primitives: For a LEGO Island, primitives refers to a collection of basic geometrical shapes that look like real-life LEGO Elements. These props can be used with other elements to build just about anything you can imagine. Start simple, then build an empire!
Studs: The protruding cylinders on top of LEGO bricks that feature the LEGO logo.
Tubes: The cylindrical connectors found underneath LEGO bricks that fit between the studs to create a snap and secure fit.
Kragle: The sticky semi-permanent glue that binds bricks together into a static mesh you can reuse and edit. You can only use the Kragle tool when in LEGO Brick Editor mode.
Create Your Own LEGO Island
When you start a new project, you can choose a LEGO Island template to build from. These templates provide a base environment designed for LEGO gameplay and building. You can edit the landscape, add devices, and place LEGO elements and Fortnite props to shape your experience.
If you are not sure which template to start with, explore the LEGO Templates page for an overview of all available starter and learning templates.
After you select a template, you can customize it using the tools in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) to create your own LEGO world.
You can access the template islands from both Fortnite Creative and UEFN. Fortnite Creative provides a selection of templates, while UEFN gives you access to the full set.
From Creative
Get to the Creative hub and open the console next to your golden rift.
Click Create New, then select the LEGO® Templates tab and you can see the LEGO Island templates available. Pick one!
Choose the island template you want to use, then click Confirm. If you need more info, see Let's Play!
Name your island and click Confirm, and there you go! The island you created will always appear in the list of islands you created.
When you go through your golden rift to reach your LEGO Island, your Fortnite character is now a LEGO® Minifigure!
From Unreal Editor for Fortnite
Open UEFN and select Create a New Project from the Project menu on the Level Editor toolbar.
Click Brand Islands from the template list on the left, and select a template from the LEGO® Islands section. In the image below, you can see the Scary Space template is selected.
Select the location and name your project.
Click Create and your project opens in the viewport.
Ready, Set, Build!
LEGO® Brand Rules
Work with LEGO® assets and templates to create and publish custom LEGO® Islands.
Working with LEGO® Islands
Learn about building a custom LEGO® Island with exclusive content.
LEGO® Asset Inventory
Check out the inventory of LEGO® assets available through the LEGO template islands.
LEGO® Templates
Learn about the available LEGO® templates, and how to use them to design and build your own LEGO Island.
LEGO® Brick Editor
Use the LEGO® Brick Editor to build your own custom LEGO assets for your project.
Collectible Devices
Award players collectible studs throughout their LEGO adventures to fulfill device and score requirements.
Assembly Devices
Set up prop environments for players to build with the LEGO® Assembly device.
