22 February 2024 , 12:27
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Fishing has come to Lego Fortnite in patch v28.30 , with a ton of new sea critters to catch (and cook) with the newly-introduced Fishing Rod.
After some downtime this morning, the Lego Fortnite patch notes for update v28.30 are now live and there's a lot to get stuck into! This update – with the tagline "Gone Fishin'" – is all about the art of wetting your rod and wrangling some fishy delights for your trouble. Which is how I imagine Jeremy Wade would describe it.
But you can't just toss your line into the water and get a bite – you'll need some bait to create a Fishing Spot first. You can find bait in a Bait Bucket, which you can craft at four rarity levels. The higher-rarity the bucket, the more likely you are to tempt in those fish.
Of course, you'll need a rod to catch them, and four rarities of Fishing Rods have arrived in the new Lego Fortnite patch – the higher the rarity, the more likely you are to land a catch. And speaking of catches, the one here is that the higher-rarity Fishing Rod is harder to make, so you may want to opt for a lower-rarity until you gather the necessary mats to unlock the better recipes and make something a lil' more fancy. The higher-rarity Fishing Rods also require higher-level Crafting Benches.
The Fishing Rods can be used to catch the slew of fish added in Lego Fortnite patch v28.30, and you'll find them lurking in bodies of water across the map. As well as the biome and water you're fishing in, the weather and time of day will also affect what you're reeling in. If you're lucky, you'll land a Legendary version of each fish which you'll want to hold on to, as Epic says it's working on a future Fortnite update that'll let you display them.
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Once you've caught your fill, the next step is to devour them all; the new Food Processor Station will let you whip up a tasty Fish Filet – as soon as you unlock the recipe – and you can also smoke the fish with a Grill.
That's the main thrust of the Lego Fortnite patch notes for update v28.30: Gone Fishin' but of course there's plenty of other new content as well, including new resources – Sand and Glass – a Spyglass, Compass, new Villager options, more Lego Style Outfits and the usual fixes. You can dive into the full Lego Fortnite patch notes for update v28.30 below, which are also posted over on the official Fortnite website.
Lego Fortnite patch notes: update v28.30
Fishing Rods
Common Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 1 Crafting Bench)
- Unlock the recipe for the Common Fishing Rod by adding a Cord to your inventory.
Uncommon Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 2 Crafting Bench)
- Unlock the recipe for the Uncommon Fishing Rod by adding a Knotroot Rod to your inventory.
Rare Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 3 Crafting Bench)
- Unlock the recipe for the Rare Fishing Rod by adding a Flexwood Rod to your inventory.
Epic Fishing Rod (craftable at a Level 4 Crafting Bench)
- Unlock the recipe for the Epic Fishing Rod by adding a Frostpine Rod to your inventory.
Creatures to catch
- Orange Flopper
- Blue Flopper
- Green Flopper
- Vendetta Flopper
- Black and Blue Shield Fish
- Purple Thermal Fish
- Raven Thermal Fish
- Silver Thermal Fish
- Blue Slurp Fish
- Purple Slurp Fish
- Yellow Slurp Fish
- Blue Small Fry
- Cuddle Jelly Fish
- Slurp Jelly Fish
- Molten Spicy Fish
Food Processor
- With the new Food Processor Station, you can turn the fish you catch into Fish Filets!
- Unlock the Food Processor recipe by crafting or using a Lumber Mill.
- With a Grill you can also make dishes like Smoked Fry Fish and Black and Blue Shieldfish Sushi!
Bait Bucket
Throw bait into water to create a Fishing Spot! Get bait from a Bait Bucket, which has four rarities you can craft. The rarer the bucket, the more likely you are to attract a fish:
Common Bait Bucket (craftable at a Food Processor)
- Unlock the recipe for the Common Bait Bucket by adding a Fish Filet to your inventory and having a Food Processor in the world.
Uncommon Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
- Unlock the recipe for the Uncommon Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.
Rare Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
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- Unlock the recipe for the Rare Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.
Epic Bait Bucket (craftable at a Juicer)
- Unlock the recipe for the Epic Bait Bucket by adding a Common Bait Bucket to your inventory and having a Juicer in the world.
Become as much of a fishing legend as the expert Turk! (This angler may appear as a potential Villager to join your adventure.)
More updates
Sand and Glass
Lego Fortnite patch notes for update v28.30 adds two new resources: Sand and Glass. With a Shovel, dig Sand out of the ground in sandy areas.
Some people don’t like Sand, because it of course gets everywhere. It’s even in glass… Craft Glass with Sand and a Crafting Bench!
Spyglass
The Spyglass is a telescopic tool that magnifies distant views. Unlock the recipe for a Spyglass by adding Glass to your inventory and having a Crafting Bench in your world. Then, you guessed it, craft one at a Crafting Bench!
Compass
It’s easy to forget which way you’re going in unless you open your map. But if you craft a Compass, you won’t need your map for that! The Compass adds basic navigation to the HUD, telling you which direction you’re facing. Unlock the recipe for a Compass by adding Glass to your inventory and having a Crafting Bench in your world. Then — you know where this is going — craft one at a Crafting Bench.
Want to add navigation AND map markers to your HUD? Then craft the Advanced Compass, whose recipe is unlocked the same way as the regular Compass.
New Villager Options
Turk isn’t the only one who can appear as a potential new Villager. Fellow fishers Outcast and Bob can too!
New Charms
There are new charms to discover and craft along your adventure!
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!
New Lego Style Outfits
- Airie
- Flakes Power
- Iron Man Zero
- Lazarbeam
- Loserfruit
- Maxxed Out Max
- Ninja
For Outfits that have received more than one LEGO Style, you now have the option to choose between the Styles!
Major improvements, adjustments, and bug fixes
Gameplay
Increased the number of Villagers you can have to 20, meaning you can now have 4 Villages with 5 Villagers in each.
Players can now sit in chairs!
Recipes now consistently unlock in Sandbox mode.
Fixed an issue where players’ stamina wouldn’t recharge.
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.
Friendly Villagers accompanying you on your adventure can now jump out of the water instead of getting stuck.
Villagers accompanying you into caves now aren’t worried that it’s raining outside.
Daggers now consistently deal damage while underneath enemies.
Re-centered the dynamic platform’s pivot point to be in the middle of the platform, so it now rotates and snaps correctly.
Stability and performance
Fixed an issue that would sometimes stop players from rejoining their world.
Physics
Fixed an issue where players sometimes could not place Building Parts on dynamic foundations until they were moved.
Fixed an issue where objects would sometimes disappear from caves.
Resources will now consistently drop from objects destroyed by physics.
UI
Several menus now accurately show your LEGO Style Outfit’s portrait.
Fixed an issue where players could open the crafting menu while upgrading the crafting bench.
And that's everything new in the Lego Fortnite patch notes for update v28.30. The next update for the mode is likely to come along when Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1 ends.