Best LEGO Fortnite Monorail

This Monorail is the best design using a single Dynamic Foundation for dual direction travel. It can withstand long distance travel and it is much quicker than alternate designs that I have tested. This video is the full step by step guide on how to construct one in your survival game mode.

[@Mvoucher]

Finally a design with two directions on one foundation

[@trentpow4]

Thank you! I posted a new version that is more reliabe than this design on my channel!

[@thatrealsquezyboy7226]

I am convinced that none of the KZbinrs can actually make this in survival, I think these are really only from sandboxes

[@thatrealsquezyboy7226]

I’ve tried to separate monorails and each time they just destroyed the whole rail by just turning it on, kind of embarrassing how buggy the game actually is

[@GOODTECHCHEAP]

I play survival and made one

[@Workstarfish798]

Why would you think that they can’t make one, people that make these videos are making them for other people to help them and share how to do this. Why are you hating on it, so what if there in sandbox mode, I wouldn’t make the video in survival because it would take way longer to get everything. Just seem like a waste of time if your doing it for these reasons.

[@Workstarfish798]

And also I’ve made one in survival!!

[@Beingkeith]

I’ve made one in survival. The key is not to touch any of your villages. You will hit build limit and it will break.

[@GBudja]

Dude props to Trent for not flying so we can gain a better understanding!

[@trentpow4]

Thank you!

[@KoolKitty917]

Thank you for posting. Will give this a try.

[@jackbuck6773]

This is kinda what I was going for in one I was trying to build, well done and you earned my sub.

[@trentpow4]

Thank you! I just posted a new design on my channel that outlines a much more reliable version. Have had much better luck with the new design.

[@thriftable]

Dude best LEGO tutorial ive seen! Great YT

[@trentpow4]

Thank you!

[@brettphillips5267]

I try to make the rail system but I think there A hard cap limit and would have to make another rail system to get from desert village to grassland village. It took like 700 wood to get the hard cap range in distance. And if any more from a new rail and connect to it. It would delete that whole new rail line.

[@trentpow4]

You can continue building in the same direction with a new section of track spaced just one stud away from the one where you are experincing the build limit. I will be making a video on how to accomplish this in survival soon but I do breifly go over this topic in my latest video on my channel.

[@zbyneksmisek5346]

I build this in survival mode step by step (including update) - the wheels broke off after ten seconds :(

[@trentpow4]

The wheels are the most unreliable thing in the entire game right now. Every design that I've created with wheels has failed entirely. I just posted a new deisign on my channel that does not use any wheels and is far more reliable while retaining good speeds.

[@DonEBrooke32]

good. cuz some of us wanna play survival cuz of how there's a light sprinkle of physics involved. (such as GRAVITY!) so thanks for not using the flying mode.

[@trentpow4]

No problem! I just posted a new video that outlines a new build that is far more reliable!

[@MidnightAtom777]

This is very helpful but if you are just travelling not transporting you’re stuff then just build a flying machine you can make ones that don’t glitch by making them without thrusters for steering and instead use the pushing method hope this helps😊

[@trentpow4]

Agreed! I’m just a stubborn person and wanted to get a successful monorail after so many failed attempts haha. Plus this is connecting my desert biome to my home base so I can load up on resources and materials and bring a lot back from one trip.

[@Rono6488gamer]

Wait we aren’t playing sandbox mode so how would we be able to do the push method. And also how would yu get into the cabin?

[@ktg_2castle960]

How do you make them without thrusters for steering????

[@guberifgames3698]

The heavier your build becomes the more stress it creates but if its not heavy enough thruster will pull it from the tracks

[@trentpow4]

I made a follow up video to this one where I made just small wheels come in contact with the track and it has alleviated a lot of issues with friction/stress. It still does get hung up from time to time but I just cut the thrusters off and let it coast until it starts acting normal again. And if things look really bad I’ll save the game and exit and reload and it seems to reload all the blocks in their original positions

[@gabrielfarkas]

​@@trentpow4you can save the game? Like create a safe point that you can load in after? What?

[@tays.one13]

@@gabrielfarkasit automatically saves it

[@gabrielfarkas]

I build it. But put a big foundation at the end of the track with 2 big tiers so it wont go further. Great idea thank you😊

[@gabrielfarkas]

After i logged out and back in, it was buggy and made a lot of noise because of the foundation part(between the chests) but still worked so idc. Probably bugs that they will fix hopefully

[@trentpow4]

Thanks for the info! I just posted a new design on my channel that is doing much better than this first design!

[@gabrielfarkas]

​@@trentpow4I'll check it out for sure, but until they dont fix the toys to fly away and being destroyed for no reason Im done with it. Wasted so much time on trains and planes 😒

[@matteo1331]

Idea! You could use wheels sideways for it to go even smoother

[@GGCannon]

You know, you don't really need that dynamic foundation. Any structure connected to a floor piece where that floor piece is the only piece connected to a pillar, stair or other ground connection hub and you destroy that ground connecting piece becomes a dynamic entity affected by the physics of the game. I made a short recently showing it with a house, where I built the house on top of the pillar with balloons just as an example, and the moment I destroy the pillar, the house flies (I also tested with thrusters with a car, but it isn't perfect yet and they work exactly as with a dynamic foundation, even without it), but by removing the dynamic foundation from your build, not only does that make your build a lot cheaper in materials, since you won't need cactus wood, it also makes it a lot lighter, which reduces the stress and makes it move faster.

[@trentpow4]

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to experiment with some alternate designs using your method

[@GGCannon]

@@trentpow4It definitely takes some trial and error to find out how close you can make the pieces without the game considering them as connecting. As far as I've tested, as long as no other piece is within a 1 unit of space even diagonally from any piece of the main body besides the sacrificial pillar, when you destroy the pillar (or connection other connection piece), they become a new dynamic entity. As long as you have 2 pieces in contact with one another (after the connection is destroyed) they will persist as dynamic. You can test this easily for yourself: 1- Build a pillar and place 1 single piece of the smallest and thinnest floor on top. When you destroy that pillar, that piece of floor will self destruct. 2- Build a pillar and place 2 pieces of floor in contact with one another (or more) on top. When you destroy the pillar, they will persist and become a dynamic entity.

[@GGCannon]

That is also why if you build a big staircase in a cave not connecting to anything and then destroy the first stairs connecting to the ground to try and get your wood back to explore the cave more, the whole thing falls as a dynamic entity affected by physics.

[@TheRealJosh1-IYKYK]

In survival if your train car hits anthing it will break. Youre better off just extending the track extra long at the ens so it just comes to a rolling or controlled stop and doesn't have to hit anything. Sure you have to make your landing platforms extra long but thats the trade off if it want it to work without breaking

[@ryan222graft]

Not too bad, congrats!

[@iRahz.]

Save your time and materials. All monorails eventually break. Hopefully there's a patch in the future that keep these functional.

[@lozza936]

Yep I agree, I’ve spent ages trying to make monorails and flying machines and there all just eventually glitch out it’s like you are exploiting the games mechanics. Until there’s a patch because the game is really buggy atm I’d just build them in sandbox mode and have fun. Absolute nightmare trying to do vehicles in survival mode!

[@trentpow4]

For sure, the movement blocks are definitely very glitchy for this first release. This design definitely bugs out occasionally but it hasn’t broken down completely on me yet. When it starts to get buggy I just cut the thrusters off and coast until it cools off and then start back again.

[@RoanRat]

First, I absolutely love the design path you took on this, including the update video you followed up with to fix an issue and make it so all the points of contacts between vehicle and track were wheels. My installation did not go as smoothly as yours, but I got it done and it was working. I did have issues with the boarding for a bit, but managed to use a small thin floor piece to add a step up on the ends of the vehicle. That said, after last night's update, I log back on into the grasslands settlement where I logged out, finish playing with the new inventory counts in the chests there, then headed out the gate and up the hill to take a ride to the desert settlement. At which point I saw that my vehicle was not parked on the rail, but was upside down and off to the side of the rail. What happened? I don't know. I assume it was something not translating exactly through the update, as I'd not had that problem when logging off and back on before. Hopefully, yours didn't suffer the same. Now to figure out if I want to go through the build process again or just give up on vehicles and just use the rail as a skywalk from now on.

[@trentpow4]

Thank you for your detailed repsonse! This gives me such a better insight into problems that my builds have for users who have tried them out. I too eventually encountered the issue where the trian car loaded in improperly and it was on the ground below the track. I did just post a new design build on my channel that does not use wheels and have had a much better experince.

[@ayako747]

thanks for doing it without flying

[@mishalriazsyeda]

How do you have almost no subcribers this is awsome

[@trentpow4]

Thank you!

[@JJannetta]

Wow this is crazy

[@teamofone1219]

I wish there was an easier way to nudge parts up and down.

[@trentpow4]

Me too! It is a struggle right now haha

[@GBudja]

For the record EVERYONE, those "things" ontop of legos are called STUDS not nudges.

[@trentpow4]

Noted! Thanks for informing me of the correct terminology! Will use this in future videos

[@KingJesusSavedMe]

Got it thank you 🙌🏼

[@liroso9805]

Wolldecke it still work when Input on large sruusters

[@trentpow4]

This design did not do well with the large thrusters. I did just upload a new video of my latest train car design that does utilize the large thrusters though.

[@jasondylan9230]

How are people making their characters fly like that in all these videos. 🤔

[@gemgamingtt7979]

would the buld glitch and dissappare like most of the train build?? because i keep trying different ideas and anytime i come back its broken or gone

[@childoftheKING12]

Same!!!!!!! My whole mono rail and chests keep dissapering everytime I load back up

[@trentpow4]

Yes, unfortunatly with as glitchy and buggy as LEGO Fortnite is, a majority of monorail designs fail. I just posted a new video outlining a new design that I have been running for a few weeks and have had the best luck with.

[@ortegaeldynn7386]

I did it and somehow it got over the stop tire at the end it just drove over and broke 😢

[@macszpytek7162]

Nice :)

[@enderdragonrebel8026]

My monorail at some point stops being able to be built, despite being supported and I don’t know why It consumes my wood but doesn’t build anything

[@trentpow4]

There is a horizontal build limit that is about the width of the map screen when completely zoomed out! I had the same issue. I had to build a set of stairs from the ground at the end and start a second track with a second train car and build a little path to connect the two with a little gap between blocks. If the maxed out segment “snaps” to the new one it will delete all the new blocks and not return material

[@enderdragonrebel8026]

@@trentpow4 ok I’ll try what u suggested

[@Krechar_TCG]

@@trentpow4 I had the same issue... just to clarify for my understanding, there's a horizontal limit for a single build? and you're essentially building two separate tracks and two cars with little gap to reset the build limit for longer tracks? I was pulling my hair out trying to figure it out, so any information and clarity is greatly appreciated! Thank you for the great video!

[@shihabahmed2809]

do that in survival mode please

[@trentpow4]

I did it in survival mode first! I just made the video in creative so I’d have the unlimited mats. I still followed the exact same steps I took in survival for the creative mode so that y’all would be able recreate it

[@ciesma6381]

In creative is easy to do, do it in survival and then we talk.

[@juancamilomartinez4188]

Great video mate u deserve all the views that all that garbage building videos has. Until they add real rails this is atm the best mono rail system out there

[@trentpow4]

Thank you!

[@joegoeshrd]

Anyone else having an issue placing the 4 small wheels on the inside rails? It just wont let me place them 😢

[@trentpow4]

I have not had any good experince using the wheels. I just posted a new design video that does not even use them and it has held up much bettet than any other design I've tried out.

[@AlizaRose-d4b]

There is a limited amount of length im over 1200+ long and it wont let me build longer fpr some reason i have a support and still cant it takes my wood but wont place

[@sticksonthebeat7836]

This happened to me i didnt know it was a certain amount... i just ended up building 2 tracks lol

[@trentpow4]

There is a horizontal build limit. You can work around this by building a new section of track that is spaced just one stud away from the one where you are encountering a build limit. I touched on this topic in my latest vidoe on my channel but I plan to make a full in depth video on how to accomplish this in survival as it can be tricky to get them perfeectly aligned.

[@Kralamelo]

the bad thing about that rail size is that you cant turn right left or up or down

[@trecrewsc]

it’s a fucking monorail

[@Kralamelo]

@@trecrewsc and

[@trecrewsc]

@@Kralamelo it goes one way bro

[@Kralamelo]

@@trecrewsc no

[@trecrewsc]

@@Kralamelo yes mf

[@Joebakabasementgaming]

All the other ones have no laws of physics even in this game you sometimes need to obey the physics they out a lot of friction not expecting anything to happen and then it breaks

[@jeffersonfranca2196]

Para os Br que aparecer aqui, esse tipo de construção não funciona no sobrevivência, ja testei rodas sobre essas construções e depois de uma distância razoável ele se destrói por que a própria roda sai pela lateral bem devagar, direcionando pra direita ou pra esquerda. A maioria desses caras fazem no sandbox por que nele funciona por algum motivo. Enfim recomendo trilhos laterais com algum suporte superior sem muito atrito, foi o mais eficiente que vi e ainda não vi ninguém aqui no youtube falar dele. E olhe que procurei bastante.

[@guabiru]

ate agora procurando uma forma util de me locomover pelo mapa mais rapido.. esta dificil hahaha

[@jeffersonfranca2196]

@@guabiru Tenta achar uma seed boa. É a melhor forma.

[@Tiko2569-u2h]

Both of my thruster are moving for 1 switch why

[@FireJach]

Good job i will use this mechanism to build my Star Destroyer 🥲

[@jackiehtx5172]

Wait but how did you get infinity food ??? 😮

[@trentpow4]

I made the video on creative and turned off starvation! I’m finishing up the build I’m survival now. 3 tracks and 3 trains just to get to the Desert biome from the home base

[@adolfocaceresbastidas8935]

breaks down over time

[@trentpow4]

You are correct. I had the wheels break on me today (no boosters though) but it lasted for multiple trips across 3 days prior. I did just discover that if you place 4 wheels instead of the 3rd bottom Plank Railing along the outsides that it does not hit the track and should alleviate the breaking down issue

[@julesz.4983]

You could just use 2 small balloons to lift the cart a little and minimize friction i think. :)

[@ShutovT]

отлично может построю в выживании)

[@Unko-z7o]

yo why is it not allowing me to place a small wheel on the left side from the back, I tried everything i could do

[@Unko-z7o]

found the solution nvm

[@kyle4975]

All that will break at some point

[@smooveopz963]

my monorail car keeps disappearing

[@trentpow4]

This design did unfortunatly have some unforseen issues. I have uploaded a new video that I have been running for weeks and experinced little to no major issues with the train car.

[@smooveopz963]

@@trentpow4 its the servers not your design ive noticed as ive continued playing and i still use this model, thank you!

[@friends23ful]

i built this in survival and as soon as i pressed the lever it exploded lol

[@trentpow4]

This does happen occasionaly with the free-floating thruster block. I just posted a new design on my channelt thta I've been running for a few weeks and it has done much better. In my experince, you can only add a limited number of thrusters versus build weight before the block wants to explode like you are talking about.

[@pandam1802]

does it have to be the wooden chest? or could it be be any of the larger ones? Thinking about building this so I can mine obsidian at a faster paste. (survival )

[@bex875]

You can use anything as long as you cant snap any other type of blocks to it, so yes they would work it wouldnt matter what tier chest you use

[@trentpow4]

@@bex875 Yes! Exactly what this user said!

[@Кранчи]

None of these monorails make a sense, none of them work cause when you're Entering filled with players buildings world after a long pause, sh#tty game server loads DynamicObjects before static structures, which results your monorail to simply fall down to the ground.

[@WonkaWillE]

Why not have all 4 thrusters on the dynamic platform?

[@trentpow4]

If all 4 thrusters are attached to the same platform, then you can’t control just one side at a time. When you trigger the activation switch (regardless of which side it is located on) then all the thrusters will engage at the same time and it will not move down the track.

[@WonkaWillE]

@@trentpow4 thank you

[@seansfoxplays7733]

Does it turn?

[@Roguemecha]

Are you able to add bigger thrusters or have up to 3 thrusters?

[@trentpow4]

Yes! You are able to use the bigger thrusters. I haven’t done many tests with them but in place of the chests that pin the freestanding block in, I would recommend using the bookcase and doubling up on the height of the wood foundation blocks for added security. I haven’t tried it with 3 yet though

[@Roguemecha]

@@trentpow4 So far I tested out 2 big thrusters and 4 small thrusters. The big thrusters seems to lifts up in heigh the monorail slightly whichever side you place the support blocks on. The thrusters that are on the dynamic foundation themselves are normal, no lift or any instability. The small thrusters on the other hand are a lot more stable and there's no lift to either side. In terms of speed and stability the 4 small thrusters (2 side by side) are the way to go. By far your monorail design is the best i've seen, (the updated version you uploaded) that doesn't end up popping the tires or breaking foundation blocks underneath. Thank you!

[@tays.one13]

I normally do 2 big thrusters on the side so it can keep a normal position, if there is less stress then add a small one in the middle to make it look better, it also creates it a bit faster!❤

[@PowerMiner]

hello. do you wanna start a shared sandbox world for faster progress?

[@patrickdavey6648]

how far can you build it?

[@trentpow4]

I just hit the horizontal build limit today. I’m not sure how many blocks it is but it’s about the width of the map shown when completely zoomed out on the map screen. Started a second track right next to it at the end to get the distance covered that I wanted. Just don’t try and connect the 2 because once the build limit is hit, it will destroy anything that is connected to it further

[@Kayislitt420]

Im on ps4 and need help in sandbox

[@tchainanatal5418]

isso nao funciona ta cheio de bug kkkk

[@ShirgradLegoFortnite-pk8qq]

Он у меня сливает постоянно этот поезд ребята

[@tyrieffgraves3523]

I did this and all my wheels got destroyed in the middle of my track idk what i did wrong

[@FrostyDicks]

is it going to break when it starts making crunching noises?

[@trentpow4]

The crunching noise happens when any two blocks come in contact with each other. Most of the time it is fine, but it can be indicative that failure is approaching. I did scrap this design as it was too buggy and I posted a new video detailing my new design that has held up much better.