The Force is Strong with the LEGO® Fortnite® | Star Wars™ v29.40 Update

The Force is strong with LEGO® Fortnite®, thanks to an update that brings a new island, bucketloads of Imperial Stormtroopers, and iconic weapons like Blasters, Thermal Detonators, and Lightsabers for free to your game.

In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the 29.40 LEGO Fortnite | Star Wars update.

The Force is strong with LEGO Fortnite, thanks to an update that brings a new island, bucketloads of Imperial Stormtroopers™, and iconic weapons like Blasters, Thermal Detonators, and Lightsabers for free to your game.

A Rebel Adventure

Your LEGO Fortnite | Star Wars adventure begins when you find a new visitor in your Village: Captain Bravara.

Speak to Captain Bravara and convince her that you’re for the rebellion and against the bucketheads. She’ll enlist you to the cause and give you a pair of Macrobinoculars. Use those to find a special cave nearby that leads to something unique.

A New Star Wars™ Island

Whether it’s a Survival or Sandbox world, your LEGO Fortnite island has always been gigantic and self-contained. With the LEGO Star Wars™ update, that changes. You get access to a whole new island filled with Star Wars™ content!  

You’ll exit the cave that Captain Bravara’s Macrobinoculars helped you locate inside of a new, yet strangely familiar world. Soon, you’ll find a nascent Rebel Outpost, which is a lot like a Village on your original island but with a LEGO Star Wars™ theme.

Explore, talk to Captain Bravara again, and it’ll be clear that the Rebels can use a hand. Help clear out wreckage and build new buildings, and you’ll be helping the cause and making new friends along the way. The more you help by clearing debris, building new items, and defending your friends, the more you’ll unlock and the more you’ll upgrade the Rebel Outpost Village, all the way up to Level 10.

New Star Wars™ Items

There are Lightsabers on your island! Help your new friends build the Rebel Outpost, and you’ll receive and collect these elegant weapons for a more civilized age in multiple colors.  

These super-powerful swords work a little differently than the swords you may be used to: you won’t break your Lightsaber, but be sure to keep an eye on their charge meter.

Four other Star Wars™ weapons join LEGO Fortnite with the update.

• Bowcaster, the weapon that Chewbacca™ made famous and that shoots an exploding bolt
• DL-44, the blaster that Han Solo™ carries
• E-11, the default weapon of the Stormtroopers™
• Thermal Detonator, an even more powerful version of explosive LEGO Fortnite Dynamite

You can craft each at the new Rebel Workbench.  

You’ll also craft new buildings like the Rebel Farm and the Rebel Stables. Their symbols of the Rebellion and laser-formed fences perfectly blend LEGO Fortnite and Star Wars™ in style and aesthetic.

LEGO Pass: Rebel Adventure and LEGO Styles

LEGO Fortnite update 29.40 also brings a ton of new LEGO Styles to LEGO Fortnite, including Darth Vader and the Mandalorian. Some of the Star Wars™ Outfits have previously appeared in Fortnite and are making their LEGO Style debut with the update.  

Finally, the LEGO Pass: Rebel Adventure is a series of free and optional premium quests available until July 22, 2024. Navigate to the Star Wars™ tab at the top of the LEGO Fortnite main menu to find a series of quests. Complete them, help the Rebels, and earn Studs to unlock in-game rewards.  

The Free Rewards Track includes 10 Decor Bundles and the Mos Eisley Cantina Build.  

The Premium Reward Track is available for 1,000 V-Bucks and includes 11 additional rewards (but no additional quests) as well as the Chewbacca Outfit. For more information on optional, paid in-game content, read our Parents’ Guide to LEGO Fortnite Purchases.