Make sure you've read the pages below before continuing on with this page. Show Now that you have Fortnite up and running on your device, it's time to jump in and play. When Fortnite first launches, the game prompts you to select a game mode.
Save the World, Battle Royale, and Creative game modes. Launch Creative ModeDepending on whether you're running Fortnite on a computer, or on a console or mobile device, follow these instructions to launch Creative Mode. ComputersIf you are running Fortnite on a PC or macOS computer, follow these steps.
Console or Mobile DevicesIf you are running Fortnite from Xbox One, Playstation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, Android, or iOS, follow these steps.
Explore the HubWhen you first drop into the Creative hub, you will start in the center area, facing your player rift.
Seeing your personal rift in the Creative Hub. You will see lots of screens around the Hub. These display islands other creators in the community have made. Community RiftsCommunity rifts lead to islands that are created by the community and rotated regularly in the community rift lineup. If you choose to enter a community rift to visit a featured island, you will have a starting view similar to the following image.
Rifts that lead to community islands typically have a white glow. Some rifts will have a console next to them, like your personal rift does. Although these rifts default to the currently featured islands, you can change them to point to any Creative island by opening the console and entering a new island code. Players who create islands in Fortnite Creative will often post the codes for their creations on social media or on content creation platforms. To access a specific island, you will need that code. Once you have the code, perform the following steps.
When you enter the newly edited rift, you will enter the island associated with the island code that you entered. Your Personal RiftWhen you first spawn into the Fortnite Creative hub, you will face your personal rift, which you can see in the image below.
While most rifts will take you to community islands (like the featured hubs we showed you earlier), your personal rift is the only rift you can customize to access your personal islands. While inside the hub, your rift will have a golden glow to distinguish it from the rifts that have a white glow. Also, you'll see your personal user name and basic island information on display. Start Game ButtonTo jump into Fortnite Creative island right away press the yellow Start Game button. This button is for players who are playing Fortnite Creative games on their own and don't want to wait in the lobby for the game countdown to finish, or for a party of players who are ready to play and don't need to wait for new players to join the lobby to begin the game. Next ArticleTo get started editing your rift and building a new Creative island, read Building Your First Island in Fortnite Creative. Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game in which up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative hybrid tower defense-shooter and survival game in which up to four players fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with traps and fortifications they can build; and Fortnite Creative, in which players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas.
macOS[b] Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S iOS[b] Android[b]First releaseFortnite: Save the World July 25, 2017 (early access)Latest releaseFortnite Creative December 6, 2018[c] Save the World and Battle Royale were released in 2017 as early access titles, while Creative was released on December 6, 2018. While the Save the World and Creative versions have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale in particular became an overwhelming success and a cultural phenomenon, drawing more than 125 million players in less than a year, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month. Fortnite as a whole generated $9 billion in gross revenue up until December 2019. Save the World is available only for Windows, macOS,[b] PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale and Creative were released for all those platforms, and also for Nintendo Switch, iOS,[b] and Android devices.[b] The game also launched with the release of the next-generation PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. Fortnite is distributed as three different game modes, using the same engine; each has similar graphics, art assets, and game mechanics.
Players can use their pickaxe to knock down existing structures on the map to collect basic resources that are wood, brick, and metal. Subsequently, in all modes, the player can use these materials to build fortifications, such as walls, floors, and stairs. Such fortification pieces can be edited to add things like windows or doors. The materials used have different durability properties and can be updated to stronger variants using more materials of the same type. Within Save the World this enables players to create defensive fortifications around an objective or trap-filled tunnels to lure husks through. In Battle Royale, this provides the means to quickly traverse the map, protect oneself from enemy fire, or to delay an advancing foe. Players are encouraged to be very inventive in designing their fortifications in Creative. While Battle Royale and Creative are free-to-play, Save the World is pay-to-play.[3] The games are monetized through the use of V-Bucks, in-game currency that can be purchased with real-world funds, but also earned through completing missions and other achievements in Save the World. V-Bucks in Save the World can be used to buy loot boxes, in the form of piñatas shaped like llamas, to gain a random selection of items. In Battle Royale, V-Bucks can be used to buy cosmetic items like character models or the like, or can also be used to purchase the game's battle pass, a tiered progression of customization rewards for gaining experience and completing certain objectives during the course of a Battle Royale season.[4][5] Fortnite began from an internal game jam at Epic Games following the publishing of Gears of War 3 around 2011. Though it was not initially one of the developed titles during the jam, the concept of merging the construction game genre, representing games like Minecraft and Terraria, and shooter games arose, leading to the foundation of Fortnite.[6][7] Development of Fortnite slowed due to several issues, including switching from the Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4, a deeper role-playing game approach to extend the life of the game, and a switch of art style from a dark theme to a more cartoonish style. Further, Epic was looking to get into the games as a service model, and brought in Chinese publisher Tencent to help; Tencent took a large stake in Epic as part of this, leading to the departure of several executives, including Cliff Bleszinski, who had been a key part of Fortnite's development. Fortnite's approach was changed to be Epic's testbed for games as a service, and further slowed the development.[8][7][9] Epic was able to prepare to release Fortnite as a paid early access title in July 2017, with plans to release it as free-to-play sometime in 2019 while gaining feedback from players to improve the game.[10][11][12][13] With the release of Fortnite Battle Royale, the player-versus-environment mode was distinguished as "Save the World". Ultimately, Epic opted to release Save the World as a premium title, bringing it out of early access on June 29, 2020.[14] Fortnite Battle RoyaleNear the same time that Epic released Fortnite into early access, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds had become a worldwide phenomenon, having sold over 5 million copies three months from its March 2017 release, and drawing strong interest in the battle royale genre. Epic recognized that with the Fortnite base game, they could also do a battle royale mode, and rapidly developed their own version atop Fortnite in about two months.[15] By September 2017, Epic was ready to release this as a second mode from "Save the World" in the paid-for earlier access, but then later decided to release it as a free game, Fortnite Battle Royale, supported with microtransactions. This version quickly gained players, with over 10 million players during its first two weeks of release, and leading Epic to create separate teams to continue the Fortnite Battle Royale development apart from the Save the World version, outside of common engine elements and art assets.[16][17] This allowed Fortnite Battle Royale to expand to other platforms otherwise not supported by Save the World, including iOS and Android mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch.[18][19] Fortnite CreativeA creative sandbox mode launched on December 6, 2018, synchronized with the start of season 7 of Fortnite Battle Royale. Each player has access to a private, persistent island on which they construct buildings and add and manipulate objects as desired. Players are able to invite friends to this island and participate in unofficial games such as race tracks or jumping courses.[20] Only players who purchased the battle pass initially received their own island, but a week later, on December 13, players who did not purchase it received access to the game mode for free.[21] The Fortnite Pro-Am event at E3 2018 The Save the World mode achieved over one million players by August 2017, just prior to the release of Battle Royale.[22] Fortnite Battle Royale became a significant financial success for Epic Games, leading them to separate the teams between Save the World and Battle Royale to provide better support for both modes. Within two weeks of release, over 10 million players had played the mode,[23] and by June 2018, just after the Nintendo Switch release, had reached 125 million players.[24] Revenue from Fortnite Battle Royale during the first half of 2018 had been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars per month,[25][26] with total 2018 revenue estimated at $2.4 billion by analysis firm SuperData Research.[27] Total revenue for Fortnite reached more than $9 billion by the end of 2019.[28] Fortnite Battle Royale has also become a cultural phenomenon,[29] with several celebrities reporting they play the game, and athletes using Fortnite emotes as victory celebrations.[30] A notable streaming event in March 2018, with streamer Ninja playing Fortnite Battle Royale alongside Drake, Travis Scott, Kim DotCom, and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, broke viewership records for Twitch to date, and led to Epic arranging a Fortnite Battle Royale pro–am with 50 pairs of streamers and professional players matched with celebrities at E3 2018 in June 2018.[31][32][33] Epic Games has developed organized esports competitions around Fortnite Battle Royale, such as the inaugural US$30 million Fortnite World Cup tournament that took place in July 2019.[34][35] There has also been growing concern over Fortnite Battle Royale's draw toward young children, emphasized with the release of the mobile client. Parents and teachers had expressed concern that students are being distracted and drawn away from school work due to playing Fortnite.[36] Concerns have also been raised about the impact that playing a game involving repeated depictions of gun violence may have on young children.[37][38] AwardsIn 2017, the game was nominated for "Best Co-op Game" by PC Gamer,[39] and for "Best Spectator Game" by IGN.[40] In 2018, the game won the award for Best Ongoing Game by PC Gamer[41] and IGN,[42] the latter of which nominated it for "Best Nintendo Switch Game", "Best Mobile Game", and "Best Action Game".[43][44][45]
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