How to upgrade your village in LEGO Fortnite

The bigger the better.

Upgrade Village HUD in LEGO Fortnite
Screenshot by Dot Esports

Your responsibility in LEGO Fortnite doesn’t end at just building a village—you’ve also got to upgrade your village to accommodate your villagers.

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But this just isn’t out of the goodness of your heart; an upgraded village means access to more stations, items, and builds, and more villagers means more resources.

Upgrading your village takes time and effort, and a lot of resources. But if you’re not sure what you should save for future upgrades, here’s our full guide on upgrading your village in LEGO Fortnite, including what you’ll need for each level.

How do you upgrade your village in LEGO Fortnite?

Village Square in snowy area in LEGO Fornite
Set up the Village Square first. Screenshot by Dot Esports

To upgrade your village in LEGO Fortnite, you’ll need to upgrade its village level from the ‘Upgrade Village’ tab from your Village Square. Your Village Square is the statue you place when you first create a village, and it’s where potential new villagers can be found.

Stand close to the Village Square and you’ll see the option for Village Hub appear. Open it and go to the Upgrade Village tab to check what you already have and currently need to upgrade your village to the next level. If your village is ready to be upgraded, the Village Square you placed will glow.

Each village upgrade level requires a material cost though, with costs increasing with each level. But each level comes with rewards like room for more villagers, new build recipes, and different tasks that those villagers can provide for you.

All LEGO Fortnite village upgrade costs and rewards

Village upgrade menu in LEGO Fortnite.
Upgrade here. Screenshot by Dot Esports

A village in LEGO Fortnite begins at level one and can be upgraded to level ten. Here is the full table of costs, rewards, and unlocks for each level when upgrading your village in LEGO Fortnite.

LevelUpgrade RequirementsUpgrade Unlocks
OneNoneFriendly visitors will visit the village.
An additional villager can live at the village (excluding the guide NPC).
Two15 Wood
15 Granite
Villagers can be asked to forage nearby resources, refine wood, or refine stone.
Three10 Planks
20 Granite
Villagers will occasionally gift items.
An additional villager can live at the village.
Four10 Knotroot
15 Planks
25 Granite
Villagers can be asked to cook, extract seeds, or tend dirt plots.
Villagers assigned to woodcutting will produce more wood types.
Five15 Knotroot
20 Planks
15 Marble
Rarer explorers will visit this village.
Villagers gain bonus health and defense.
An additional villager can live at the village.
Six20 Knotroot
30 Granite Slabs
Villagers can be asked to smelt metal, refine textiles, and collect gems.
Villagers assigned to stonecutting will produce more stone types.
Seven20 Knotroot Rods
20 Marble Slabs
Villagers can gift unique new recipes.
Eight30 Marble Slabs
10 Rough Amber
An additional villager can live at the village.
Nine15 Flexwood
15 Obsidian
10 Cut Amber
Villages can forage resources from other biomes. Woodcutters will produce more wood types, and stonecutters will produce more stone types.
Ten15 Flexwood Rods
30 Obsidian Slabs
20 Cut Amber
An additional villager can live at the village.

In addition to the village level requirements listed above, you also have to increase your village rating to a certain amount in order to upgrade it to each level. This can be done by recruiting villagers when available, and adding improvements to your village like structures, stations, decorations, crops, storage, and more.

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Sharmila Ganguly
Freelance Writer at Dot Esports. An enthusiastic gamer who bumped into the intricacies of video game journalism in 2021 and has been hustling ever since. Obsessed with first-person shooter titles, especially VALORANT. Contact: sharmila@dotesports.com
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