Devices are an important part of your Creative toolset for setting up specific interactive experiences for your players.
By customizing devices and combining them with other devices, you can build complex components for specific game mechanics.
For information on Fortnite Patchwork, see Patchwork Devices.
Finding a Device
- From Create mode, activate the phone tool by pressing the ~ key.
- Next, press the Tab key.
From this screen, select the Content tab to access the Creative inventory, then select the Devices category.
From here, you can browse the entire inventory of devices, or narrow your search:
- Use the search bar to search for a specific device by name.
- Explore devices by subcategory.
- Sort any devices displayed.
Equipping a Device
When you find a device you want to use on your island, there are several ways you can equip it:
- Click and drag a device to any slot on your Quick Bar.
- Click to select a device, then click any slot number, or double-click the device to add it to the next available slot.
- Click the Place Now button to place a device directly on your island.
Using the Place Now button does not add the device to your Quick Bar. Instead, it returns you to your island with the device ready to place.
You can equip as many devices to the Quick Bar as there are slots. Use either of the first two methods to equip devices to the Quick Bar, then place them at your leisure when you return to your island.
To return to your island, do one of the following:
- Press the m key.
- Click the Exit button.
- Press the Esc key.
- Select a device and click Place Now.
Placing a Device
To place a device on your island, you first need to select it.
- With your phone tool activated, select the number above the Quick Bar for the device you want to place.
- Use your phone to position the device, then click the left mouse button to place it.
- Click the right mouse button to let go of the device.
Refer to the Create-mode hotkeys for more on how to use your phone tool.
Note that the hotkeys are contextual, meaning that they change based on what you're doing.
Tips for Customizing Devices
Every device has its own specific settings that you can modify, but there are a few useful features common to all (or at least most!) devices.
Approach the device until the Customize prompt shows, then press E.
The Customize panel will open.
Click the settings (gear) icon at the bottom of the panel.
From here, you can:
- Rename: Give the device a custom name. This is especially useful if you are using multiple versions of a device. Giving each one a name that indicates what you're using it for can be very helpful later. For example, if you have multiple Wildlife Spawners, naming each one based on the type of wildlife it spawns can save you time when searching for a specific type of wildlife. Renaming devices is especially useful when using the Event Browser.
- Reset All: Most devices have multiple settings that can be customized. This clicking this will reset any changes you've made back to their default settings, including the device name if you've renamed it.
- Reset Properties: This option resets everything you've changed except the name if you've changed it.
- Reset Functions: This resets only any functions you've defined for a device.
- Reset Events: This resets only any events you've defined for a device.
The reset options are great for when you just want to start over on a device, or if you want to make two of the same device with very different settings.
Explore the Devices!
For any design examples described in these device docs, or in the [Device Design Examples] (device-design-examples-in-fortnite-creative), you can also make the same examples in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).
Explore the scores of devices available in Fortnite Creative, and get, well, creative!