Building

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Controls
Key	Function
Main Controls
LMB	Swing (melee), fire (ranged)
RMB	Heavy attack (melee), target/focus (ranged)
R	Reload, hold to craft ammo
Q	Switch between combat mode and build mode
Space	Jump
Shift	Sprint
+	Auto Run
Shift +	Auto Run (Sprint)
W ASD	Move
MTab	Open map
I	Open inventory
E	Use/interact with object
1	Select pickaxe
234	Select weapon slot
56	Activate Gadgets
ZXC	Activate Abilities
Building
LMB	Build
RMB	Switch building material
R	Rotate building piece
F1	Wall mode
F2	Floor mode
F3	Stair mode
F4	Pyramid mode
F5	Trap mode
T	Select trap
F	Upgrade building piece/Repair damaged building piece
G	Edit building piece
Communication
Enter	Chat
B	Quick chat message
N	Create note/waypoint

Building is one of the main gameplay elements of Fortnite. It consists of building, upgrading (only applies to Save the World), and repairing basic structures such as walls, floors, stairs, and roofs, as well as placement of traps, to create a functional defensive Fort. Creating structures requires basic building Materials, which are made from Wood, Stone, and Metal. These resources can be obtained through harvesting or destroying objects in both game modes. They can also be obtained by killing another player.

Basics

Building is done by using the build menu. Within the Build menu, a holographic image of the structure to be built will be projected in front of the character to indicate where it will be placed. Materials can be switched by using Mouse Right Click, and the shape can be also modified of the desired structure by pressing G.

When a new structure is placed or an existing one is modified, it starts out with about half of its full health and take a few seconds to fully form. It cannot easily block off enemies by placing walls, as newly placed structures do not instantly form with full health. Every basic structure of any shape costs 10 Wood, Stone, or Metal to build. Constructors only have to use 9 Wood, Stone, or Metal to build. Build time is based on HP per second, so wood builds the quickest since it has the fewest HP while metal builds the slowest since it has the most HP.

If the materials run out while building, it'll now automatically switch to the next material with available resources. This can be turned off with the “Auto Material Change” option in the Game Settings menu. Buildings that are not connected to another building or the world geometry will automatically collapse, which could lead to a chain reaction that destroys a majority of the base. This includes edited buildings that also meet said criteria.

Available Shapes

Walls (F1)
Structure Name	Footprint
Wall
Wall with Door
Wall with Window
Wall with two Windows
Wall with Window and Door
Side Wall
Half-wall
Side Half-wall
Half-wall with Door
Fence
Side Fence
Diagonal Wall
Arch
Half-arch

Floors (F2)
Structure Name	Footprint
Floor
3/4 Floor
2/4 Floor
1/4 Floor
Diagonal

Stairs (F3)
Structure Name	Footprint
Whole Stairs
Quarter-turn Stairs
Half-turn Stairs
Half-stairs

Roofs (F4)
Structure Name	Footprint
Pyramid
Outer Corner Roof
Side Roof
Inner Corner Roof
Diagonal Roof

Editing Buildings

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  Find the structure you want to modify

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  Press Gor hold the B button and edit the footprint

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  Press G or press the B button again to confirm

Save the World

Building in Save the World

Editing buildings in Save the World

In Save the World, building is accessible at any time by any Class during missions through default hotkeys Q or one of the F keys from F1 to F5. Build cost, structure HP and build speed can be improved with skills, squad bonuses, and by playing certain Constructors.

World Resources

World Resources, often called "mats" or "materials" by players, are used to build structures. Harvesting items and objects with a Pickaxe yields a different amount of World Resources, depending on the object that was destroyed.

Resources	Normal	Plankerton Storm Shield Defense 1	Canny Valley Storm Shield Defense 1	Twine Peaks Storm Shield Defense 1
Wood	2000	2000 to 3000	3000 to 4000	4000 to 5000
Stone	2000	2000 to 3000	3000 to 4000	4000 to 5000
Metal	2000	2000 to 3000	3000 to 4000	4000 to 5000

Elemental damage

As you progress through the game, you need to be aware of what enemies are within the map and build accordingly, for example:

• Enemies that deal fire damage, will do additional damage to wood structures.
• Enemies that deal water damage, will do additional damage to stone structures.
• Enemies that deal nature damage, will do additional damage to metal structures.

Currently, there are no resistances to elemental damage. Monsters will either do more damage or the same as the default. The higher level you are, the more damage the Monsters will do to your buildings.

Wood	Stone	Metal
Wood is weak against fire damage	Stone is weak against water damage	Metal is weak against nature damage

Upgrade Cost

You can upgrade structures by pressing F when they are at full health, consuming extra resources in the process. Upgraded structures have significantly higher Health, which means it can withstand more damage before being destroyed.

Base structure upgrade costs to level 2 and 3 are 20 and 30 resources respectively, but these can be decreased by stats and squad bonuses.

Each material costs the same amount of resources to build and upgrade.

	Build Cost 1 level	Upgrade Cost 2 level	Upgrade Cost 3 level
Normal	10	20	30
Building Constructors (Only Constructor)	6	12	18

Repairing

Structures that have taken damage from Enemies can be Repaired at any time by pressing F. Repairing structures consume resources depending on the structure's type (e.g. Wooden walls can be repaired using Wood). As with building and modifying, the process of repairing a structure takes a few seconds to complete. The more damage a structure has taken the more it costs to repair, up to the actual build cost.

If a structure takes enough damage to be destroyed, it cannot be repaired, and must be rebuilt from scratch, requiring more resources.

Traps

Main article: Traps

Traps are various items which can be placed on floors, stairs, walls, ceilings or roofs to provide more defense or utility to a fort. These include damage traps, healing traps, and (player or enemy) movement traps. Traps can be placed by pressing default T or F5.

Building Health

Each of the configurations have different amount of health points. Generally speaking the more blocks it uses within the building, the higher health it will be. The table below is able to be sorted by clicking on the headings.

Defense Health indicate how much health a defense have sorted by level, material and type.

Health / Cost shows how "efficient" you are in terms of getting health per resource spent.

Name Building	Switchbuilding	Defense Health									Health / Cost
		Wood			Stone			Metal			Wood			Stone			Metal
Build and Upgrade	F1	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3
Half 1/3 Wall	F1	175	400	615	210	475	735	245	555	880	17.5	20.0	20.5	21.0	23.8	24.5	24.5	27.8	29.3
1/3 Wall	F1	180	415	635	225	505	785	265	600	930	18.0	20.8	21.2	22.5	25.3	26.2	26.5	30.0	31.0
Column	F1	180	415	635	225	505	785	265	600	930	18.0	20.8	21.2	22.5	25.3	26.2	26.5	30.0	31.0
Half 2/3 Wall	F1	215	490	765	265	600	930	370	840	1300	21.5	24.5	25.5	26.5	30.0	31.0	37.0	42.0	43.3
2/3 Wall with Door	F1	225	505	785	310	695	1080	390	880	1370	22.5	25.3	26.2	31.0	34.8	36.0	39.0	44.0	45.7
Half Arch	F1	230	525	810	320	730	1125	415	930	1450	23.0	26.3	27.0	32.0	36.5	37.5	41.5	46.5	48.3
2/3 Wall	F1	230	525	810	320	730	1125	415	930	1450	23.0	26.3	27.0	32.0	36.5	37.5	41.5	46.5	48.3
Full Arch	F1	265	600	930	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	31.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Wall with Door & Window	F1	265	600	930	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	31.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Wall with 2 Windows	F1	265	600	930	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	31.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Ramp Wall	F1	265	600	930	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	31.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Wall with Door	F1	275	615	960	405	915	1420	540	1220	1890	27.5	30.8	32.0	40.5	45.8	47.3	54.0	61.0	63.0
Wall with Window	F1	275	615	960	405	915	1420	540	1220	1890	27.5	30.8	32.0	40.5	45.8	47.3	54.0	61.0	63.0
Full Wall	F1	280	630	980	420	945	1470	560	1260	1960	28.0	31.5	32.7	42.0	47.3	49.0	56.0	63.0	65.3
1/4 Floor	F2	175	400	615	210	475	735	245	555	880	17.5	20.0	20.5	21.0	23.8	24.5	24.5	27.8	29.3
1/2 Floor	F2	215	490	765	265	600	930	370	840	1300	21.5	24.5	25.5	26.5	30.0	31.0	37.0	42.0	43.3
Diagonal	F2	215	490	765	265	600	930	370	840	1300	21.5	24.5	25.5	26.5	30.0	31.0	37.0	42.0	43.3
3/4 Floor	F2	230	525	810	320	730	1125	415	930	1450	23.0	26.3	27.0	32.0	36.5	37.5	41.5	46.5	48.3
Full Floor	F2	265	600	930	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	31.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Half Stairs	F3	215	490	765	265	600	930	370	840	1300	21.5	24.5	25.5	26.5	30.0	31.0	37.0	42.0	43.3
L Stairs	F3	225	505	785	310	695	1080	390	880	1370	22.5	25.3	26.2	31.0	34.8	36.0	39.0	44.0	45.7
U Stairs	F3	230	525	810	320	730	1125	415	930	1450	23.0	26.3	27.0	32.0	36.5	37.5	41.5	46.5	48.3
Full Stairs	F3	265	600	900	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	30.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5
Roof	F4	265	600	900	390	880	1370	520	1170	1815	26.5	30.0	30.0	39.0	44.0	45.7	52.0	58.5	60.5

Battle Royale

Building Health

Building Type	Starting Health	Max Health	Health Gain Rate	Time to Full Health
Wood Wall	90	150	8 per tick / 16 per second	3.75 seconds
Wood Ramp/Floor/Pyramid	84	140	8 per tick / 16 per second	3.5 seconds
Brick Wall	100	300	8 per tick / 16 per second	12.5 seconds
Brick Ramp/Floor/Pyramid	94	280	8 per tick / 16 per second	12 seconds
Metal Wall	110	500	8 per tick / 16 per second	24.5 seconds
Metal Ramp/Floor/Pyramid	104	460	8 per tick / 16 per second	22.25 seconds

Newly-placed building pieces appear in a different color while players are still overlapping the structure.

Changes

7.10 Patch Notes (December 18, 2018 )

Bug Fixes

• Holding a movement key while confirming an edit will no longer force the player to continue moving in the direction of the key they were holding.
  

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6.21 Patch Notes (November 1, 2018 )

Bug Fixes

• Certain bindings will no longer override the ability to use the fullscreen map and spectating actions.
  

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6.20 Patch Notes (October 24, 2018 )

Bug Fixes

• Collision for player built structures no longer persists after the structure is destroyed.
  
• This would happen when shooting a player built structure and an enemy with the same shot using certain weapons.
  

• Players are still unable to destroy player built structures by shooting them.
  

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6.10 Patch Notes (October 16, 2018 )

Gameplay

• You can now view and change Edit Controls separately from Combat and Build Controls in the controller menu.
• Controller sensitivity slider in the options menu now allows for more than 10 values.
• Added an option to Builder Pro that allows for building as soon as you switch to the piece, instead of selecting first and then placing. This allows for faster building without a preview.

Bug Fixes

• PS4 controller lighting will match player marker color.
  
• You can now set building mode sensitivity for controllers in the options menu. It is a multiplier on the default controller sensitivity and allows up to a 2x increase.
  

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6.00 Patch Notes (September 27, 2018 )

Audio

• The sound effect for eliminations is the same sound effect used for rotating structures while in build mode.

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5.41 Patch Notes (September 18, 2018 )

Gameplay

• Reduced the edit button hold timing when using a controller.

• Old School from 0.25s to 0.2s.
• Quick Builder from 0.25s to 0.2s.
• Combat Pro from 0.25s to 0.2s.
• Builder Pro from 0.25s to 0.15s.

Bug Fixes

• The Storm wall no longer destroys structures during the last few circles of the match.
  

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5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018 )

Gameplay

• In the moving storm phases, when the storm reaches its destination, it will cause a surge of energy that destroys player-built structures located on the storm wall.

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5.20 Weapon and Building Balance Changes (August 9, 2018)

Building Changes

• Wood wall initial HP increased from 80 to 90
• Stone wall initial HP increased from 80 to 100
• Metal wall initial HP increased from 80 to 110
• Unannounced Changes
  • Wood Ramp/Floor/Roof starting health to 84 from 75.
  • Brick Ramp/Floor/Roof starting health to 94 from 75.
  • Metal Ramp/Floor/Roof starting health to 104 from 75.

5.10 Patch Update (July 24, 2018)

Gameplay

• Changes to building materials.
  • Wood wall starting health to 80 from 100.
  • Stone wall starting health to 80 from 90.
  • Wood wall max health to 150 from 200. 
  • Metal wall max health to 500 from 400.
  • Metal build time to 25s from 20s.
  • Unannounced changes:
    • Changes to building materials.
    • Wood Ramp/Floor/Pyramid starting health to 75 from 95.
    • Brick Ramp/Floor/Pyramid starting health to 75 from 84.
    • Wood Ramp/Floor/Pyramid max health to 140 from 190.
    • Metal Ramp/Floor/Pyramid max health to 460 from 370.
• Newly-placed building pieces will now appear in a different color while players are still overlapping the structure.
• Pickaxe damage against enemy and ally player built structures increased to 75 base damage and 150 critical damage.
• Improved handling of collision when building pieces are placed right on top of a player. It's much more likely for players to be moved outside of newly-placed structures.

Bug Fixes

• Players will no longer fall through floor or pushed through walls when placing or editing structures.

Patch 4.3 (30 May 2018)

Turbo Build: Structures now build faster after the first building piece is placed.

• Your first structure is built 0.15 seconds after holding the button (unchanged), any additional structures built while Turbo Building are placed after 0.05 seconds.
• This fixes the issue that was occasionally causing a structure not to place when quickly building.
• The reason there’s a difference in timing between the first structure placed (0.15s) and Turbo Built structures (0.05s) is to allow additional time for players to switch structure type or rotate pieces.

Added a toggle for 'Edit Mode Aim Assist' ingame options.

• This has always been enabled for controller users. You now have the option to enable or disable this feature.
• Edit Mode Aim Assist attracts your aim towards the closest building square and partially confines your crosshair to the building piece your editing.

Bug Fixes

• Turbo Building is no longer cancelled when cycling through Traps to get to a new building piece on your quick bar.
• The "out of resources" sound effect no longer plays repeatedly while trying to Turbo Build without any resources.