Build in ANY Direction - LEGO Fortnite

Opening up endless building possibilities. A tutorial on how you can bypass the snap directions in LEGO Fortnite and build in any direction. Your buildings will never be the same after watching this video.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Setting up an angle
3:42 - Building in a different direction
7:27 - Building on hills & cliffs
9:22 - Corners and overlaps
10:29 - Directional Monorails
12:07 - Common angle dimensions
12:54 - Outro

[@Ralzify]

This is the smartest Lego Fortnite video I've ever seen.

[@butchwilliams8622]

On my mama

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks @Ralzify

[@someotherguy653]

@@GrindGeek just so you know... i posted a screenshot of your angles at end of vid on reddit... credit to you of course

[@GrindGeek]

@@someotherguy653Thanks, I appreciate that 😊

[@someotherguy653]

@@GrindGeek also we can use our cehicles instead of dynamic foundations for angle and sloped builds... literally build and park.. so you wanna make a vid on that go ahead

[@QueenSurge]

This is one is the most insane things I’ve seen in this game!! 🔥

[@GrindGeek]

@queensurge , I really appreciate that.

[@steezinscribble]

I’m glad someone finally showed this off. Been using this technique for a while it’s defiantly a game changer! Nice work!

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, it makes the game so much more fun, would love to see what you have built.

[@steezinscribble]

@@GrindGeek if you would like to come for a tour of my world your more than welcome.

[@V0rtecx7]

Day 1 of saying I love fortnite on all of your videos

[@logundev]

Genuinely the best lego fortnite video I've seen so far. Clear, concise, and helpful. Thank you!

[@GrindGeek]

Wow, thanks!

[@zainjaved9088]

The train station is really good and I have to make it in my world

[@GrindGeek]

I built this in my sandbox, I love the way it looks but only one of the rails actually connects to anything because there is nothing in the other directions.

[@user-mn4kh8qm2z]

brosky is on a different level of brilliance

[@Spidey-Drew]

Thank you! I wanted to make a castle bridge along a thin slope of hills but the Lego direction wouldn't go center of the thin hill. But it will now!

[@GrindGeek]

So much better when you can make the bridge go where you need.

[@budgood6033]

Great video, clear and concise, and seriously innovative. Keep the tutorials coming! You got my sub with ease.

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks for the sub! I am working on a second part now, and hope to have it out shortly.

[@LoweredScion]

Genius level thinking! Amazing find for the game!

[@volksdude1970]

Outside walls not lining up when doing this trick isn't anything to worry about. Real Lego builds have that same problem, even when the special "hinge" pieces are used for walls, even in official sets.

[@GrindGeek]

Exactly, I can usually get inside corners to look alright but outside corners can be ugly. Trigonometry messing things up.

[@LostwithCharliePS5]

So awesome! Thanks for sharing with a video.

[@Zephyira]

We NEED to see EVERYTHING you have built!!! 😍😍 This is absolutely amazing!!!! I have never subscribed to someone so fast!!! Please share your world with us!!❤❤❤

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks for subbing! I’m working on a part 2 video and then I’ll get on some village tours.

[@Zephyira]

@@GrindGeek notifications turned on! So looking forward to your videos now!

[@novy1198]

i wasnt expecting such detailed video, definitelly gonna use those tips thanks mate

[@GrindGeek]

Glad it was helpful! Have fun.

[@GypsyGorilla]

This is incredible! Lego has so much potential. Hopefully they keep updating the way things work in the world to make everything more dynamic and evolving.

[@GrindGeek]

I totally agree! I’m sure they will based on how they update battle royal.

[@jdog9420]

This is elite man, appreciate the vid and how in-depth you went. I’ll defo be giving this a go.

[@alexivandenbussche2164]

Yes Walkthroughs of your villages would be amazing. They are all looking great

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I have a few other video ideas I want to get out first and then I’ll get some village tours lined up.

[@FlokkaSloth]

You just changed my fricken life.

[@GrindGeek]

I know huh, so many more options now

[@Eze_Aj_Steezy_BOKC]

I love the dedication. Hopefully, Epic makes has an update to make it easier for directional builds. Your builds so nice 💯

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I hope they do, it is promising that they recently added curved and angular pieces. Maybe they will all easier directional builds in the future.

[@rls4755]

Maaaaannnnn!!!! Good work, my man! I just started FN Lego last night out of curiosity. And this was the first thing I noticed, so I googled and this video came up. I'm glad you grinded for me and taught it freely. Really appreciate it! I'll subscribe just in case you have other ideas that I don't have to grind for hehe! Again, Cheers!!!

[@Plant_Based_Riffs]

this is amazing

[@flashinthepan1965]

Thank you for showing us this! It’s game changing for me 🎉

[@GrindGeek]

I'm so glad! It was game changing for me as well.

[@NoCap007]

Of course we want to see walkthrough of your villages and other builds! Genius mind, I like the creativity

[@GrindGeek]

Awesome, thank you! I have a few other ideas I want to get out first and then I’ll try and get a village tour in.

[@GermanBriones]

Wow, this really is game changing! I'm ready to give my villages a new look. Thanks for sharing the tip!

[@GrindGeek]

No problem! Have fun.

[@pikisanto9235]

Great video dude, I loved the rock pillars you made, they are just impressive!

[@GrindGeek]

Glad you like them!

[@jarek_middleton]

Holy shit. I’m just now getting into Lego fortnite and having so much fun with the building. But you sir are insane. I’m excited to take my builds to the next level and watch the rest of your vids

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, once you master setting up the new directions it will change your game forever. I hope you enjoy. 😀

[@jordanlam123]

Fantastic trick! Genius!

[@Evonius1]

Thanks bud. You've given me back some excitement in the game. Also, expanding from this, I learned I could put beds on the wall and still rest on them. Quite funny looking :P

[@GrindGeek]

The ceiling is next 🛏️

[@Evonius1]

@@GrindGeek Did that day before yesterday. lol. It was a challenge.

[@daveskergames]

I've been flipping and nudging dynamic foundations for a week (once I learned we can build upside down) and it's hands down the most useful thing in LF.

[@GrindGeek]

I totally agree 👍

[@Tarairis]

I'm always flying around. This video makes me want to set up a rail system

[@GrindGeek]

I like to fly when I’m heading out for exploring or mining but I use the rail between my villages, easy and fast for shorter distances.

[@ByronBrummer]

*MIND BLOWN*

[@GrindGeek]

I know the feeling 👍

[@rodrigosierra4322]

Wonderfully explained 👍👍👍

[@GrindGeek]

Thank you 🙂

[@ShmooCanDo]

Game changing! Thank you so so much!! ❤❤🎉

[@GrindGeek]

You're so welcome!

[@legomodernist]

This is really awesome! Thank you!!👍👍

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks a lot, I really enjoy watching your work.

[@jonathant.powell7281]

AWESOME Tutorials! I've been trying to build at an angle and sideways build forever. You make it look so easy! I can't wait to try your methods!

[@GrindGeek]

You can do it. Sometimes it can be a little frustrating but worth it in the end.

[@benpeck8662]

I had this idea back in December, but your technique is better and I didn't make a video. Thanks for doing the work. I was just using flooring on a dynamic foundation and a post to rotate around

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, there will be a lot of ways to go about it, just need to find what works for you.

[@Guilgd]

amazing, and in this way you can also build not horizontal surfaces, even it's terribly hard to control the angle

[@GrindGeek]

Exactly, you can build on all 6 sides of an object and get very creative but it is a little tricky to get precise angles.

[@kdw1983]

Thank you for this video! My next build includes angles and I was trying to figure out how I was going to make it work.

[@GrindGeek]

Glad to help

[@HeikkiKaustio]

You are my hero. Thank.

[@mrpelpa]

Thank you for the info, it really helps me build a unique village!

[@GrindGeek]

Glad to hear that!

[@theprophet9428]

I’m so glad I discovered this before building my boardwalk/beach neighborhood villages. It was gonna be one long boulevard like street long enough to run through atleast 3 different villages. I didn’t want it to just be 90 degree angles everywhere. So this will allow me to build diagonally and make even better looking neighborhoods and streets

[@theprophet9428]

They should really allow us some way to build grass as well as I would like some green to add to the streets

[@GrindGeek]

And add our own roads now that we have vehicles, none of the roads in my seed go anywhere I want, probably my fault for not taking vehicles into consideration when I built my villages

[@sMooThEJay617]

I really appreciate your fascination and the way you share advice to numerous of us this just takes it to another level 👏🔥🔥🔥🔥keep it up bro

[@GrindGeek]

So nice of you, I am glad you liked it. 😀

[@DeletedUserOfficial]

I love this video, this definitely deserves a subscribe and like!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I'll have a second part shortly for you

[@epicgames_simone]

This is next level thinking... really smart.

[@best-b-killer_hill678]

smart man. i been wanting to do this and i wish they hade a first person mode for building and the nuge should go up an down not just left an right. great video

[@GrindGeek]

Totally agree with the up and down nudge

[@EEGmaghrabi]

Wow amazing idea

[@GrindGeek]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Traeumebaer]

Great guide! I have to try this immediately!

[@GrindGeek]

You should! It will change your LEGO World forever. 😁

[@cheefnanook]

My goodness my dude! Such a legendary discovery! Subscribed. 🤙

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks a lot

[@Gavin_Gladiator975]

I've thought of using the dynamic peice to build but I never realized you could do this

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, you can do a lot with dynamic pieces and some practice.

[@jrromman]

Brilliant. You just added another subscriber. Well done!

[@GrindGeek]

Awesome, thank you!

[@markimeyer]

One of the best Lego Fortnite videos I’ve seen

[@GrindGeek]

Cheers, I really appreciate that.

[@Fufutedok]

Bro you are so underrated. Thank you so much

[@GrindGeek]

Cheers, appreciate the support. 👍

[@kerrot9228]

Why does this guy only have 35 subs. This is quality content

[@danatmonst3594]

1 day after your msg here and Im sub #274

[@ALg4m0nlin3]

Hi GrindGeek, I saw your pic on reddit and I understood what it was talking about but I must confess that here it's an another level :D Great Job 👏

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, thanks, glad you like it. I guess I need to check up on Reddit 😁

[@diegoquiroga5183]

Great tip man, you rock it🎉

[@GrindGeek]

Appreciate it!

[@JaimeSellaoH]

god, epic should hire you. TY for the vid man! absolutely awesome

[@Spiderantula]

I'd love to see a tutorial on monorails.

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, if you check out my video on building between elevations I use a monorail as the example and show how I build my simple car near the end. Check that out and see if it’s what you are looking for. 👍

[@shoobadoo123]

You rock

[@mastermouldie]

Wow. Can't believe I haven't tried this. I found so many exploits but this one tops them all. Great work!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, have fun with it. 😀

[@joelschuler3476]

Bro you're a genius, major props

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, glad you like it

[@c-choyaku4637]

thank you😉

[@GrindGeek]

You're welcome 😊

[@cpt.knight8647]

Damn you're genius.

[@GrindGeek]

With some trial and error, thanks. 🙂

[@McNinja555]

Thanks for discovering this!

[@GrindGeek]

No problem!

[@iamtrillin]

This is genius dude! Thanks for showing this

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, excited to see what people will come up.

[@LiL-Know]

Thanks

[@GrindGeek]

Welcome

[@MrArt2roll]

Game changer for sure. I’m gonna use this on my dry village biome. Thank you for sharing.

[@GrindGeek]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stephaniesidon]

One of the very view thumbnails where arrows make sense.. 😊 Great tutorial.

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I went through a lot of thumbnail versions because I didn’t like the way the arrows looked.

[@soundsofapollo]

You're a pioneer

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks 👍

[@jessuckakepow]

I wish I was this level of genius but since I’m not… glad peeps like you are!

[@GrindGeek]

lol, you give me too much credit, more mad scientist than genius.

[@MontyESA]

You, Sir, are a legend.

[@GrindGeek]

Ha ha, I appreciate that

[@lesgrossman6332]

That monorail build looks really nice, could you do a tutorial on that?

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I have a video about building on angles between elevations and in that I make the monorail. Check that out and let me know if you want to know more. 👍

[@rob215x]

This is ABSOLUTELY amazing as I've tried to duplicate one of the Elden Ring castles in Lego Fortnite but I didn't know how to build some of the walls at 45 degree angles (for example the towers are octagons so you need 4 of the 8 sides to be 45 deg)

[@GrindGeek]

I would love to see what it looks like when you are done

[@rob215x]

@@GrindGeek so I already finished my first version of Fort Haight (just before I hit the build limit, lol). Idk if you play Elden Ring but this fort has 3 towers that are octagons and 1 tower that's a hexagon. I'm gonna do some tests using your method to see if I can make some better towers. I JUST uploaded my Fort Haight tour if you want to check it out!

[@LexWijker]

Wow nice

[@quidampersonne3290]

Genius move ! Of course you got my sub, my like, i will try to share your vid to the craftopians Man the trick !!! Thank you Keep it up Thanks for the work ! I hope someday soon they add the 45 degree angle

[@quidampersonne3290]

Done with sharing mate

[@GrindGeek]

Awesome, thank you!

[@JesperSalmensuu]

you made playing lego fornite much more iteresting. thank you

[@GrindGeek]

Your welcome

[@shesmarie3191]

Next you should demonstrate how to build In high complexity areas using car jacks or pillars to build a floor with decor then breaking the pillar/jack and pushing the floor into the high complexity zone (vehicles also work)

[@GrindGeek]

Or maybe you could fly the whole build in with balloons.

[@shesmarie3191]

@@GrindGeek that works too!

[@TeddyMary-]

I NEEDED THIS WHEN Lego Fortnite CMAE OUT

[@GrindGeek]

Me too

[@unikk_963]

that was so genius 😍😍

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks for that 😀

[@someotherguy653]

brilliant.. bro.

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, glad you liked it 👍

[@-jessica-8793]

That's Genius !

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, it’s a game changer

[@PenguinChangas2]

This is going to change the game

[@GrindGeek]

Agreed, I can tell you it changed the game for me.

[@rinnuo]

very nice video you can build at other angles too that aren't flat to the ground, even upside down you can see how I did it in my video if you'd like to make another one showing that off too.

[@GrindGeek]

I knew I couldn’t be the only one that figured this out. 😀👍

[@butchwilliams8622]

Like WTF where have u been my whole Lego fornite build life like WTH u have a subscriber in me❤

[@BigidiBoom]

bravisimo !

[@oriqinalbk]

OR THEY CAN ADD AN UPDATE WITH DIRECTIONAL BUILDING!!!! turns a simple build to a project where I feel like I need a supervisor 😅

[@GrindGeek]

Maybe one day if Epic sees enough people asking for it. 😁

[@Tazerboy_10]

😲 - Woah!

[@GrindGeek]

Woah! Indeed, glad you liked it.

[@GNinjaBananaFart777]

I had a theory this was how it worked but never tried it happy to know it does work

[@GrindGeek]

Give it a try, hopefully you will like it.

[@skryptre]

Any advice on making it so non cardinal axis objects can line up with other objects on the same planes except upside-down? For example, 45°objects, one upright and the other inverted, such as palatial pillar 01? I can do it when they are cardinal direction aligned, to an accuracy of over 15 heights before slightly non parallel flaws cause issues. But with 45° I can hardly have it lined up enough for 2 heights.

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, it can be tricky to get multiple objects precisely aligned on the same local axis. What I usually do is set the first piece on the angle and then build a flat base from that object that you can work on with a couple perpendicular walls to make a corner. Then get your second dynamic object in the orientation you want and push it into the corner. Try snapping off that and see how it goes, I have had to wiggle and adjust a few times to get them perfect. Sometimes the second dynamic block will not sit squarely on the foundation so it may take a few tries. If you are still having issues let me just know and maybe I can drop in to your world and we can see if we can work it out. 👍

[@samantharose843]

Could u do a tutorial on the beach boardwalks going out diagonally please? I got how to start it at an angle from the shore but idk how u got them to come out of the straight boardwalk over the water like that😭

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, I can add it to my list of ideas for videos but after I got the angle I just had to make them slightly lower than the main boardwalk so they go underneath using long pillars to secure them to the ocean floor. They are all independent from each other.

[@samantharose843]

@@GrindGeek ok thank you! I'm gonna try this out for my water village it looks so cool!

[@the_pruf]

wow dude

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks 👍

[@johndoe6734]

SUBBED, dude if you haven't already we NEED that stone henge tutorial plsss

[@GrindGeek]

I will make one, but I’ll put out a few simpler tutorials first.

[@johndoe6734]

@@GrindGeek fair

[@EnlightenTheMC]

Idk why epic didn't give us free build. This is a good way of doing things don't get me wrong. I just tghink you shouldn't have to do all this just to build any way you want

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, it’s probably as simple as changing one line of code to allow you to build in any direction.

[@NorthStarsHockey72]

I have a monorail track but my vehicle would break half way and this is before the newest update and I had to rebuild my track , how did you build yours out of curiosity? So mine won’t break

[@GrindGeek]

I am planning on a monorail build video but even my monorails are not impervious to breaking, usually, the dynamic platform gets stuck to the rail and I have to rebuild it. I'm working on an idea to see if I can fix that.

[@johaanhernandez6302]

CRACK

[@GrindGeek]

‘ED THE WORLD

[@musicbyalexdawson]

As genius as this is, It’s a bit ridiculous that you have to do all that just to build diagonally.

[@GrindGeek]

Agreed, hopefully one day they add it as an option.

[@sergejsavanovic2799]

How do I make a path like the one in the begining of the video? do i ned to repeat the process for every thin floor piece?

[@GrindGeek]

lol, no, just once for each path. Get the direction set and place the first piece. Then I put the next piece on top and nudge it over a few space to make it look like steps. As long as you are always aiming and nudging off a previous piece you won’t need to set direction again. I had 3 paths here so each one I set up direction first. Let me know if you need more help.

[@hufs93]

Interesting! Try using your vehicle for direction instead of all that hard work😊

[@GrindGeek]

Great idea, I made a giant rotating arm when I was building my Lego Henge.

[@seanwilson531]

i'mma try and petition Epic to make this an actual feature and not have to rely on dynamics to help us.

[@GrindGeek]

Maybe if enough people start building like this and posting they will see the interest and implement it 😀

[@Kalil_Enki]

wow excelente hack, crees que en el futuro LEGO Fortnite implementará la rotación de bloques?

[@GrindGeek]

Who knows, they have a lot of other bugs to fix still but with real LEGO you can use hinges to make angles so maybe!!

[@alenx5455]

This is so complicated and so much work... fortnite should make this a normal feature lmao

[@GrindGeek]

It definitely takes more work, they may eventually make it a feature but it will probably be a while, they have enough glitches to fix first. 😀

[@gabironcato6153]

Do you build in Ark Survival? Great adaptation of hacks!

[@GrindGeek]

I try some things out in sandbox but anything cool I try to do in survival.