Image Credit: Bethesda
Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
LEGO Fortnite character holding an axe.
Screenshot by Dot Esports via LEGO Fortnite YouTube

How to upgrade tools in LEGO Fortnite

Take your tool to the next level.

It isn’t as intuitive to upgrade your tools in LEGO Fortnite as it is in other games, but it isn’t hard to do. Once you get upgraded tool’s recipes, you’ll be able to deal more damage and gather resources faster as a consequence.

Recommended Videos

Upgrading tools will be part of your natural progression through the game, but Cuddle won’t give you any hints that directly say how to upgrade your tools individually—and that’s because you can’t. You can only upgrade the recipes and not the tool itself.

How to upgrade Tools in LEGO Fortnite

The Crafting Bench menu with the Bench Upgrade option higlighted in LEGO Fortnite.
. Screenshot by Dot Esports

You’ll need to upgrade the Crafting Bench to unlock upgraded recipes for the tools you have already unlocked. You’ll have to craft better tools instead of upgrading the ones you already have. Each level will require specific ingredients to upgrade, but those are not the typical resources you can gather in the wild such as wood and granite.

The first upgrading level asks for only two ingredients: eight planks and three shells. You’ll have to build a Lumber Mill to make planks and hunt for Rollers to get the shells they drop. Once you collect all the ingredients, just head back to your Crafting Bench to upgrade it. Then you’ll unlock an Uncommon version of the Forest Axe and the Pickaxe recipes, plus the Cool-headed Charm, and the Health Charm recipes.

The next level will unlock Rare recipes but require many more ingredients that are much harder to get by. You’ll have to make 12 Knotroot Rods, and 15 Marble Slabs, and gather six Sand Claws and three sand shells. It will take a lot more exploring and digging to upgrade your Crafting Bench to the Rare level.


Dot Esports is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Nádia Linhares
Nádia Linhares
Nádia is a Brazilian freelance writer who works for Dot since 2020. She has covered everything from Pokémon to FIFA. Video games are an essential part of her life, especially indie games and RPGs. You can catch her playing Overwatch in her spare time, but she writes better than she aims.