How to build vehicles in Lego Fortnite

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How to build vehicles in Lego Fortnite

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You can now build vehicles in Lego Fortnite. As part of the recent update, you can build and drive vehicles in your Lego Fortnite world, provided you have enough materials (and patience) to craft them.

As with most things in Lego Fortnite, it’s not as simple as it seems. Sure, we’d love to put a few bricks together to make a wobbly vehicle, but that’s not how it works. Instead, you’ll need major storage solutions and plenty of items from different biomes. Of course, you can always use a pre-existing recipe…

With that, we are here to show you how to build a vehicle and unlock all vehicle recipes in Lego Fortnite.

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How to build a vehicle in Lego Fortnite

There are two ways to build a vehicle in Lego Fortnite: use a pre-existing recipe once you unlock it or you can build one from scratch room by room. For this section, we’re considering creating them from scratch.

Building a car from scratch you will need three fundamental components:

  • A center of power – Acts like a motor.
  • wheels – I mean, cars need wheels…
  • Seats – Protect this brick-shaped background.

You can add as many wheels and seats as you want, but you must have at least one Power Center or your vehicle will not move.

All the components you can build for your vehicle can be found in your build menu under the “Toys” tab.

Lego Fortnite Building Menu Toys Tab and Vehicle Parts Tabs Highlighted

Image credit: Eurogamer/Epic Games/Lego

In this section, there are three smaller tabs, and here’s what we’ve found in each of them so far:

General

  • Dynamic foundations
  • Single wheels
  • Basic Car Parts

Controls

  • Seats
  • Power Center
  • Motorized wheels
  • Spinning wheels

Vehicle parts

  • Car jack
  • Bumper
  • Vehicle Bases
  • Wings
  • Brush guards
  • Pendant lights
  • Light bars

Remember all you need is a Power Center, wheels and a seat to make a vehicle but you can add as much detail as you want via these elements. We I recommend adding a light bar and spinning wheels to your vehicle if you can, it makes driving much easier.

lego fortnite power center promotional art

Image credit: Epic games/Lego

How to unlock all vehicle recipes in Lego Fortnite

There is three vehicle recipes in Lego Fortnite that you can currently unlock. Each has different unlock requirements, and you’ll need to spend time crafting high-level items or collecting high-level materials to be able to access the recipes.

Here is all vehicle recipes in Lego Fortnite And how to unlock them:

All Terrain

The Offroader recipe will unlock once you add Flexwood to your inventory. You can get Flexwood by chopping a cactus in the Dry Valley biome with a rare (or better) axe.

Here are the materials needed to build the off-roader:

  • x20 wooden rod
  • x31 Granite
  • x34 Wood
  • Board x9
  • Cord x8
  • x4 Flexwood rods
  • x16 Flexible wood
  • x2 Glass
  • x2 Torch

lego fortnite all terrain vehicle

Image credit: Epic games/Lego

Carrier

The Hauler recipe will unlock once you have Frostpine in your inventory. You can collect Frostpine by cutting down any tree in the Frostlands biome with an Epic Forest Axe.

here are the materials needed to build the Hauler:

  • x5 wooden rod
  • x63 Granite
  • x102 Wood
  • x10 Shelf
  • Cord x8
  • x30 Frosted Pine
  • x6 Frostpine stems
  • x2 Glass
  • x24 flexible wood
  • x2 Torch

lego fortnite transport vehicle

Image credit: Epic games/Lego

Speeder

The Speeder recipe will unlock once you have have a Power Cell in your inventory. You can build a power cell via a crafting bench, but first you’ll need a compost bin to get biomass.

here are the materials needed to build the Speeder:

  • x18 wooden rod
  • x9 Granite
  • x8 Wood
  • Cord x8
  • x2 board

lego fortnite speeder vehicle

Image credit: Epic games/Lego

We hope you enjoy speeding through your world in Lego Fortnite!

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