With the Lost Isles update, LEGO Fortnite’s Essence Table has been replaced by the mighty Rune Forge, where players can roll runes and use them to imbue their weapons with great powers and bonuses.
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All Runes in LEGO Fortnite Lost Isles
There areseven runes in LEGO Fortnite, and they each have three tiers of strength (so technically there are 21 runes in the game).
Here’s a list ofall the runesin LEGO Fortnite:
Alongside some more standard enhancements, the runes present a varied arrangement of bonuses and effects for your tools. Runes of higher numbers haveincreased potency, increasing chances or stats even further.
Now that you know what you’re dealing with, let’s get into how you’re able to claim these benefits for yourself.
How to unlock and use the Rune Forge in LEGO Fortnite Lost Isles
The Rune Forge isn’t exactly a new item in LEGO Fortnite, as it’s areplacement for the Essence Table(although essence is an actual component now). You will unlock the Rune Forge upon gaining Glass for the first time.
You canbuild the Rune Forgewith the following materials:
Once the Rune Forge is placed down, you can use it to enhance your tools and weapons.Each eligible item can have up to three runes. Once a rune is selected, you can’t take it off or change it, so be very careful!
Upon selecting an item, you will be given a choice ofthree random runesfrom the ones you’ve unlocked. But don’t worry, you can reroll them. It costs essence to equip a rune, with more powerful renditions of a rune costing more essence. Thankfully, you can gain essence from doing virtuallyanythingin LEGO Fortnite.
When first building the Rune Forge, you’ll unlock the runes of durability, damage, health, and luck. You’ll need to unlock other runes by finding the special Klombo Rune Tomes.
Where to find Tomes in LEGO Fortnite Lost Isles: Locations, explained
To unlock new runes to boost your weapons and tools in LEGO Fortnite, you’ll need to acquire Klombo Rune Tomes. These Tomes, upon being read,unlock a random runeor your perpetual use.
Both Tome types seem to only be found inchests on the many floating islandsthat hover above the land. You’ll need to be very creative in your method of getting up there, but the rewards are worth it!
You could try the following:
No matter how you do it, getting up there is important to benefit fromall the different rune typesin LEGO Fortnite.
Now that you know all you need to know about the Runes in LEGO Fortnite, make sure you’ve gota reliable mountto make your traversals easier in the Lost Isles.
Aidan Lambourne
Aidan Lambourne is a contributing writer for PC Invasion, with almost a couple years of experience in the industry. He has written about Roblox extensively, although has keenly covered new releases and indie games. A passionate writer and gamer, he still can’t really believe he gets to indulge in both for a career.
