Are you still playing LEGO Fortnite? If not, it is understandable due to the myriad of open-world survival games that have sprung up at the start of the new year. However, if you have not played this title in a while, now is the best time to come back. That is because Epic Games released a new update that encourages you to go out fishing!
Time to Fish
LEGO Fortnite now has a fishing mechanic, courtesy of Update v28.30 (aka the aptly named Gone Fishin') update! Before you can catch fish, though, you need to get your hands on a Fishing Rod first. This thing comes in four different rarities, with one being unlocked as soon as you have the following items in your inventory:
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Common Fishing Rod: Cord
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Uncommon Fishing Rod: Knotroot Rod
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Rare Fishing Rod: Flexwood Rod
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Epic Fishing Rod: Frostpine Rod
With a Fishing Rod in hand, go to the different bodies of water in the game and start casting. There are a bunch of fish you can catch depending on the biome and location, such as the Orange Flopper, Purple Thermal Fish, Black and Blue Shield Fish, and the Blue Small Fry, among many others.
Even though you only need the Fishing Rod to start, you can increase your chances of acquiring these watery creatures by throwing in some bait. This is done by crafting the Bait Bucket, which requires you to put up a Food Processor via the Lumber Mill.
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Never Get Lost
Two nifty new items have been added to LEGO Fortnite via Update v28.30. The first is the Compass - an item that adds basic navigation to the heads-up display, alleviating the need to bring up the map often. You have the option of crafting the Advanced Compass as well. This adds navigation and map markers to your HUD so that you can traverse the world of LEGO Fortnite without getting lost.
So, how can you craft these things? Well, you have to dig up a new resource called "Glass" by picking up your Shovel and going to the sandy areas in the game. Next, just put up a Crafting Bench and it should be there among the items that you can craft. It goes without saying that the Glass has to be in your inventory before the crafting recipe for the Compass shows up.
Patch Notes
NEW VILLAGER OPTIONS
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Turk isn't the only one who can appear as a potential new Villager. Fellow fishers Outcast and Bob can too!
NEW CHARMS
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The Reflection Charm deals some of the damage you take back at your attacker when you get hurt. While the Wavebreak Charm increases your swimming speed, making you faster the more Wavebreak Charms you have equipped. Different fish are required to craft both charms, so pick up that Fishing Rod and reel 'em in!
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
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Gameplay
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Recipes now consistently unlock in Sandbox mode
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Fixed an issue where players' stamina wouldn't recharge.
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Players no longer spawn inside the foundation of buildings, inside the snow, or on top of things that they weren't on top of when they had logged out.
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Friendly Villagers accompanying you on your adventure can now jump out of the water instead of getting stuck.
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Villagers accompanying you into caves now aren't worried that it's raining outside.
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Daggers now consistently deal damage while underneath enemies.
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Re-centered the dynamic platform's pivot point to be in the middle of the platform, so it now rotates and snaps correctly.
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STABILITY and PERFORMANCE
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Fixed an issue that would sometimes stop players from rejoining their world.
PHYSICS
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Fixed an issue where players sometimes could not place Building Parts on dynamic foundations until they were moved.
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Fixed an issue where objects would sometimes disappear from caves.
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Resources will now consistently drop from objects destroyed by physics.
UI
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Several menus now accurately show your LEGO Style Outfit's portrait.
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Fixed an issue where players could open the crafting menu while upgrading the crafting bench.
With the wealth of new content that was added in LEGO Fortnite via Update 28.30, are you going to hop back into the game?
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