How to play LEGO Fortnite: Is it a separate game?

07.12.2023 - 22:37 / radiotimes.com / Peter Griffin / Lego Fortnite

Wanting a piece of the Minecraft pie, Epic has teamed up with some iconic Danish toymakers to create their own flavour of a blocky open-world survival game and to help you jump in, we’ve got how to play LEGO Fortnite and if it is a separate game explained.

For all intents and purposes, you’ll know what to do if you think of LEGO Fortnite as an analogue to Mojang’s Minecraft. There’s crafting, surviving, exploring and a decidedly cubic design.

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It’s a great respite from the dizzying amount of new content in the latest Battle Pass, big movement changes and Peter Griffin that came along with the Big Bang Event featuring Eminem.

There’s also Fortnite Festival Mode and Rocket Racing, too, which are sure to provide hours of fun. Will we ever bother going back to Battle Royale at this rate? Probably, as Fortnite Winterfest is looming on the horizon.

But back to LEGO! Before you dive in, make sure to check out how to get the free LEGO Fortnite Insiders skin to look the part. Read on!

No, LEGO Fortnite is not a separate game! It is available through the Fortnite app and does not require a separate download.

If your copy of Fortnite is up-to-date, you’ll be ready to jump in and play. You select it from the main menu like you would any mode (e.g. Zero Build), and then Fortnite will take you to a dedicated area for is LEGO experience.

Being part of Fortnite, it is completely free, although you can always buy V-Bucks to get additional cosmetic items in-game.

To play LEGO Fortnite, go to the Fortnite homepage and then the Discover screen where you should see the LEGO tile.

Once you select this, you can either create your own world or join a shared world, but the latter requires an invite.

If your friends aren’t free to play, you can make your own world and start exploring, building and having fun. The game will ask you to choose between sandbox or survival mode first however.

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If you just want to build without worrying about finding resources and crafting whilst battling the woes of the world, choose sandbox. If you do want a challenge then make sure to select survival mode.

However, this is your own adventure and you can customise the sandbox mode to your liking by adjusting the following settings:

These cannot be altered after you start the world, however, so make sure you’ve got it dialled in before committing to a world. Luckily, you can have up to eight worlds at once on the go, so you can jump between your different styles of adventures at