Pickaxes in LEGO Fortnite are necessary for mining minerals, which, in turn, are required for crafting almost everything that is in the game. The quality of the tools can be different; it determines what resources can be obtained with the help of one or another tool.
In the guide we will tell you how to craft a pickaxe in LEGO Fortnite, how many types of weapons there are in total and how to create the rarest, epic purple pickaxe. There are 4 types of pickaxes in the game:
- Regular, gray;
- Unusual, green;
- Rare, blue;
- Epic, purple.
The latest pickaxe can be used to mine any mineral in the game, but to create it you will have to go a long way and spend a lot of resources.
How to make a pickaxe in LEGO Fortnite
At the very beginning of the game, during the tutorial, it is explained how to create a regular, gray pickaxe. First, make a workbench; for this you need the following resources:
- Wood×3: Can be found on the ground or obtained from regular trees. Another option is to break the bushes and get a resource from them.
- Granite×3: gray stones that can be found at every step.
Interact with the workbench and find a regular pickaxe in the list: to make it you need to collect only 5 wood. As soon as you get the tool, you will be able to extract granite from large stones almost on an industrial scale.
The game world is full of various minerals, for the extraction of which ordinary equipment will not be enough. As you progress, you will have to improve the pickaxe to a higher quality, and then we will tell you how to do this.
How to Upgrade a Pickaxe in LEGO Fortnite
First of all, you will need to collect a lot of resources for workbench improvements, and with its help begin crafting tools of higher quality.
In a separate article, it was detailed how to upgrade a workbench to the maximum level.
Unusual Pickaxe (Green)
Upgrade your workbench to the green level, after which an unusual pickaxe will become available for crafting. To create it you will need the following resources:
- Root Stick×3: created at the sawmill from ordinary caves;
- Bone×3: Drops from skeletons.
A green pickaxe in LEGO Fortnite will be needed for mining amber in a desert.
Rare pickaxe (blue)
To upgrade your pickaxe further, you will have to go into the desert for rarer resources. Upgrade the workbench to the blue level, interact with it and find a rare blue pickaxe in the list; to make it you need:
- Cactus Stick×3: Created at a sawmill from ordinary cactus, which is mined in the desert;
- Sand claw×3.
A blue pickaxe in LEGO Fortnite is needed to mine resources that are found in lava caves:
Epic Pickaxe (Purple)
Before leveling up, you have to create a purple ax and go to the icy region to collect all the ingredients necessary for the final improvement of the workbench. After this, you can make an epic purple pickaxe: go to the workbench and find it in the list, having previously prepared the following resources:
- Obsidian block×8;
- Frost Pine Stick×5: Crafted at the Frost Pine Sawmill. This rare resource is mined in the ice biome using a purple ax from any tree.
An epic pickaxe will allow you to get resources located in the frozen region:
- Iron;
- Malachite;
- Untreated sapphire.
With the help of the purple tool you can break absolutely any minerals in all regions at high speed. We also recommend creating a few more of these pickaxes and distributing them to your companions to double the speed of resource extraction.
We hope this guide helped you learn how to create all the pickaxes in LEGO Fortnite and find out how they differ. If you have any questions, ask them at comments, we will try to help. In a special section, read other guides on LEGO Fortnite.
