You’ve created a great island using the Fortnite Creative or Unreal Editor for Fortnite toolset, and now you want to share your creation with Fortnite!
Join the Fortnite Island Developer & Engagement Program to:
Publish islands within Fortnite.
Receive money based on player engagement with your island.
How to Join
If you’re already enrolled in the Support-A-Creator (SAC) program, you’ll still have access to publish through the new Creator Portal, but if you want to be eligible for engagement payouts, you will need to also join the Fortnite Developer Program.
To join, you must:
Be at least 18 years old.
Have an Epic Games account and have logged into Fortnite at least 30 days before applying.
Your Epic account must have been editing islands in Fortnite Creative or projects in Unreal Editor for 7 of the last 30 days.
Go to the Creator Portal and follow the steps below to apply.
Click SIGN IN. The Epic Games account sign-in pop-up appears.
Enter your Epic Games account log in information and click LOG IN NOW. You are now logged into Creator Portal. You will see the prompt to ENROLL NOW in the Island Developer & Engagement Program.
Click ENROLL NOW to go to the Fortnite Developer & Engagement Program page.
Click APPLY NOW to get started.
Read over the Welcome to the Fortnite Developer & Engagement Program page carefully to understand the application process, then click START REGISTRATION to begin.
Read the Legal Acknowledgement terms. Then check the box to complete the legal acknowledgement if you’re signing up for yourself or on behalf of an organization, and click NEXT.
Review the Engagement Program Payout Terms and check the box to confirm you accept the terms of the agreement. Next, confirm that you’ve read the Fortnite Developer Program Rules.
Click to view the terms and rules, even if you’ve read them before. These govern what you can and can’t do as an Island Developer in Fortnite and are important to know.
Click NEXT to continue once both boxes are checked.
Confirm your eligibility for the program. If you are eligible, decide on your Creator Code. If you are not eligible, carefully review the eligibility requirements, then apply again when you meet them.
Enter your Creator Code in the Choose Your Creator Code field. This Creator Code will be the developer name your islands will be published under, and it will be displayed in Fortnite next to your islands. Your Creator Code must meet the following requirements:
Must be between 3 and 16 characters.
Must only contain alphanumeric characters, underscore [_], dash [-], or dot [.].
Must be consistent with the Epic Games Community Rules.
A Creator Code is separate from your Epic account display name. However, if you want, the Creator Code can be the same as your display name. You can only change your creator code once every 12 months, so take your time with this step!
If you’ve previously signed up for the Support-A-Creator program, you do not get to choose your Creator Code. Your existing Creator Code will display and is unchangeable during signup.
Setting Up Your Tax Profile and Hyperwallet Account
You are required to complete a tax Interview via an external service called Tax Identity.
Epic is required to collect taxpayer information in order to fulfill tax withholding and reporting obligations. To do this, you fill out a short online tax interview that gathers all the information necessary to create your tax profile and generate a Form W-9 for US Fortnite Developers or Form W-8 for Non-US Fortnite Developers. We do this through an external service provided by Tax Identity.
Verification can take up to five business days, depending on your country. Epic will send you an email when your tax information is verified.
If you are exempt from needing to enter tax and/or payout information, please contact Epic Games Support for further assistance.
If you have any questions about the Tax Interview process, see Set Up Your Tax Profile.
Once you submit your Tax Interview, Tax Identity validates your tax profile. It will take some time for this validation to occur. This takes a couple of hours in most cases, but may take longer depending on your country and the information you have submitted.
After your tax profile is validated, you will receive an email that includes instructions to activate your new payout account. Follow the instructions in the email carefully to activate your Hyperwallet payout account. If you have any questions during this process, see Set Up Your Hyperwallet Account.
Once your payout account is activated, you will receive an email from Epic Games with instructions to complete your registration.
When you return to the Creator Portal, you will find features that are now unlocked for you, including the ability to publish your islands to Fortnite.
You are all set!
If you have a strong social following, take advantage of it by also joining the Support-A-Creator program if you haven't already!