Your responsibility in LEGO Fortnite doesn’t end at just building a village—you’ve also got to upgrade your village to accommodate your villagers.
But this just isn’t out of the goodness of your heart; an upgraded village means access to more stations, items, and builds, and more villagers means more resources.
Upgrading your village takes time and effort, and a lot of resources. But if you’re not sure what you should save for future upgrades, here’s our full guide on upgrading your village in LEGO Fortnite, including what you’ll need for each level.
How do you upgrade your village in LEGO Fortnite?
To upgrade your village in LEGO Fortnite, you’ll need to upgrade its village level from the ‘Upgrade Village’ tab from your Village Square. Your Village Square is the statue you place when you first create a village, and it’s where potential new villagers can be found.
Stand close to the Village Square and you’ll see the option for Village Hub appear. Open it and go to the Upgrade Village tab to check what you already have and currently need to upgrade your village to the next level. If your village is ready to be upgraded, the Village Square you placed will glow.
Each village upgrade level requires a material cost though, with costs increasing with each level. But each level comes with rewards like room for more villagers, new build recipes, and different tasks that those villagers can provide for you.
All LEGO Fortnite village upgrade costs and rewards
A village in LEGO Fortnite begins at level one and can be upgraded to level ten. Here is the full table of costs, rewards, and unlocks for each level when upgrading your village in LEGO Fortnite.
| Level | Upgrade Requirements | Upgrade Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| One | None | Friendly visitors will visit the village. An additional villager can live at the village (excluding the guide NPC). |
| Two | 15 Wood 15 Granite | Villagers can be asked to forage nearby resources, refine wood, or refine stone. |
| Three | 10 Planks 20 Granite | Villagers will occasionally gift items. An additional villager can live at the village. |
| Four | 10 Knotroot 15 Planks 25 Granite | Villagers can be asked to cook, extract seeds, or tend dirt plots. Villagers assigned to woodcutting will produce more wood types. |
| Five | 15 Knotroot 20 Planks 15 Marble | Rarer explorers will visit this village. Villagers gain bonus health and defense. An additional villager can live at the village. |
| Six | 20 Knotroot 30 Granite Slabs | Villagers can be asked to smelt metal, refine textiles, and collect gems. Villagers assigned to stonecutting will produce more stone types. |
| Seven | 20 Knotroot Rods 20 Marble Slabs | Villagers can gift unique new recipes. |
| Eight | 30 Marble Slabs 10 Rough Amber | An additional villager can live at the village. |
| Nine | 15 Flexwood 15 Obsidian 10 Cut Amber | Villages can forage resources from other biomes. Woodcutters will produce more wood types, and stonecutters will produce more stone types. |
| Ten | 15 Flexwood Rods 30 Obsidian Slabs 20 Cut Amber | An additional villager can live at the village. |
In addition to the village level requirements listed above, you also have to increase your village rating to a certain amount in order to upgrade it to each level. This can be done by recruiting villagers when available, and adding improvements to your village like structures, stations, decorations, crops, storage, and more.
