What is Lego Fortnite and how do you get it?

The people behind it Fourteen days, the popular build-and-battle royale game, have released a new, kid-friendly version of the game: Lego Fortnite. The game uses Lego bricks and characters to give players a different experience focused on long-term survival, crafting, building and online collaboration with friends. It’s very similar to another survival/crafting game. Minecraftbut powered by Lego bricks and well-known characters.

Lego Fortnite was a hit from day one; Millions of players build and fight monsters together in online worlds filled with characters to meet, creatures to kill, and secrets to discover. It’s also free (unlike Minecraft) and co-developers Epic Games and The Lego Group have made great efforts to make the game safe for children.

Here’s a quick overview of what Lego Fortnite is, where you can download it, and everything else you should know Fourteen daysis the popular new spin-off.

What is Lego Fortnite?

While the popular version of Fourteen days is a battle royale game where players fight against each other to be the last player standing. Lego Fortnite is not a shooter or battle royale game at all. It’s a game about exploring, building with Lego bricks, and crafting items (like pickaxes and torches).

In survival mode, players take on the role of a small Lego hero figure. You collect resources, build structures, tools and weapons and explore a huge open world. They also interact with other Lego characters who join their group and help them on missions. There’s also some fighting, but mostly against Lego versions of skeletons, wolves, spiders, and other beasts. This mode is called Survival because players must collect and craft what they need: food to satisfy hunger, wood to build structures and craft tools, and other elements to craft more complex items.

There is also a non-violent sandbox mode where players can simply build whatever they want using Lego bricks to get creative and freely explore the world.

How to download Lego Fortnite

Lego Fortnite is free to play and download. To play you need an Epic Games account, which is also free. All you need to do is download the main version Fourteen days Games client, and you’ll find Lego Fortnite on the main screen of a menu that looks like a Netflix library screen.

You can download it on gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Fourteen days by browsing the respective platform’s store or using the following links in a web browser:

Note: If you find and download Lego Fortnite from any of the above online stores, you are actually downloading the full version Fourteen days Games client through which you can play Lego Fortnite. Confusing, yes, but at least everything is centralized.

How to get and activate an Epic Games account

To play Lego Fortnite (or any other). Fourteen days game) you need an Epic Games account. You can register for it with an email address on the Epic Games websiteuse an existing Apple, Facebook, Lego.com or Google login, or sign in with an existing Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox or Steam account.

You can also create a version of this account called a Cabin account, which is intended for children up to 13 years old. Players with Cabined accounts can play Lego Fortnite, but they cannot access features like voice chat or make in-game purchases with money until their parent or guardian gives permission. You can read more about it Parental controls in Fourteen days Play on Epic’s website.

How V-Bucks work with Lego Fortnite (and how to redeem them)

Epic Games’ virtual currency for Fourteen daysknown as V-Bucks, works in the core version of Fourteen days and new experiences like Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival. V-Bucks can be spent on in-game items such as outfits and other virtual items.

V-Bucks can be purchased within Fourteen days and via gift cards. You can Redeem V-Bucks gift cards at the official Fourteen days website.

If you (or your child) have spent V-Bucks Fourteen days Battle Royale, most of the cosmetics in this game are carried over to Lego Fortnite. There are some exceptions, e.g. B. Characters in Fourteen days whose design is weapons, but many cosmetics are tied to a core Fourteen days The account can be used across games.

Lego Fortnite Multiplayer and Play with Friends

You can play Lego Fortnite online with friends. Up to eight players can play cooperatively in the same game world.

However, you can’t play Lego Fortnite in split-screen mode on the same platform (yet). If several children play Lego Fortnite, they will all need their own console, tablet or PC to play. Lego Fortnite supports crossplay across all platforms, so players on Switch, for example, can play with their friends on PlayStation 5, Android, PC and everywhere else Fourteen days is available.

Do you need a separate online subscription to play Lego Fortnite?

Lego Fortnite, like others Fourteen days Games do not require an online subscription such as Nintendo Switch Online, PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold/Xbox Game Pass to play.