Village Beacon Tutorial - LEGO Fortnite

A simple, fun, and eye-catching build tutorial for beginners working with dynamic objects in LEGO Fortnite.
In this tutorial, we will build a village beacon using a backpack and dynamic blocks to alternate build directions and attach mirrored blocks to each other.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:35 - Setup
3:11 - Beacon Bottom
5:00 - Placing Backpack
6:06 - Beacon Top
8:14 - Outro

[@eltragon_yo]

You’re a master of your craft! Thank you for sharing this with us! 🤝👏

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks and you’re welcome.

[@ByronBrummer]

This is like a master class in world building. Fantastic!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@tokagero7820]

Great idea. Hope to see more of multidirectional building.

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I have a few things in the works.

[@Legion_XVII]

The angles and upside building is mesmerizing to watch... Great job!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks Legion, that’s why I enjoy building like this. It really gets me thinking about what I can do.

[@JC_DIY]

Thank you again. Every time I watch these keeps getting me confidence to try.

[@GrindGeek]

You can do it! Practice and some patience. 😀

[@Chris-SA]

So much master builder 🙂 Now I own a beacon that's sums up as fine piece of art. Can't wait to build more of your wonderful build

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks a lot, working on a couple projects now.

[@Spiderantula]

Your stuff is amazing.

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, thanks, really glad you like it. 😀

[@anne0008]

This looks so cool! 👏🏼

[@GrindGeek]

It is! Build one, you will love it.

[@PumuPlays]

Beautiful idea!

[@GrindGeek]

Thank you! 😊

[@markjr.d7101]

Master thank you for teaching this fool in the ways of proper lego play haha Thank you for the lessons..

[@GrindGeek]

You bet! Glad to help.

[@See-Shell]

🤯🤯🤯 mind blown yet again! Your channel should blow up in the best way…any time now😁

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I am having fun making these videos, in awe of how many people like them. 🤩

[@Ons_TV]

Thats acctually really smart

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 👍

[@Saint2k6]

so nice, unbeliveable

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks a lot

[@mrbruce307]

Very well explained. Now I will try this.

[@GrindGeek]

For sure, give it a try if you have any questions let me know?

[@nuqaabris1742]

You earned my like and subscribe :)) GOOD JOB!!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 👍

[@trobaxtv]

Masterpiece ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GrindGeek]

Cheers, I thought you would like it 😀

[@thedudeguy8395]

Didn't know you can do that. Smart build, awesome!

[@GrindGeek]

You sure can but it can be fun and frustrating at the same time.

[@KYMPOY-GG]

this is MINDBLOWING BUILD!!! ok im new subscriber now hehehe

[@GrindGeek]

I’ll do my best to deliver some more mind blowing builds. 🤯

[@KYMPOY-GG]

@@GrindGeek Wow!!! you notice me thanks!!

[@gameboypablo]

love the chapters. and the beacon looks crazy! for now i just use the compass 😂 but will build a beacon for sure!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks. The compass is practical, the beacon is all for show. 👍

[@rinnuo]

wow that's really cool

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks Rinnuo 👍

[@QueenSurge]

I genuinely don't think I have enough brain cells to do this but this turned out AMAZING! Great job! 😄

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks and you can do it, a few small projects and you will be a directional building master. 👍

[@BigidiBoom]

:D fun to see a tutorial for a thing been used for months, without overcomplexing build, by doing it under your roof of any selected building. or ofc by building anything extra as in this video :D which I had to do for my beacon in a random place, stuck inside of the ice, without a way of getting it back. :)

[@GrindGeek]

That’s the LEGO spirit, get those old bricks out and build something new with them.

[@braevolbraevol9131]

Tienes muy buenas ideas para lego, hay va mi like.

[@GrindGeek]

Muchas gracias 🙏

[@sebastianrodriguezporras2712]

Looks so cool, I will do in my world. It look like a those things the pillars in Transformers 3

[@GrindGeek]

Never thought of that but it does kinda.

[@-jessica-8793]

Bro is low key genius, that's amazing build im getting it in my wordl !! LOL

[@GrindGeek]

Your world will thank you for it.

[@stephaniesidon]

That is such a great idea. Does the light of the packpack stay or will the backpack disappear after a while? Awesome build, however 😊

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, after you log out and back in the light beam may lose it’s color and just be white or blue but the backpack and light beam will be there until you pick it up.

[@nailzbybree2452]

Now if only I can figure out how to get my beam a different color then white. Awesome video I’m definitely sticking around been a subscriber from your first viral video ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@GrindGeek]

I tried, if you die several times in the same session you will get different colors for each backpack, green, purple, blue, but once you leave the game they all turn the same color.

[@steezinscribble]

I have different coloured beacons, all you need to do is have one item in your backpack when you respawn of the colour you want. Eg: frost pine for purple. They do revert back to white for the majority of the time when you log back in, but every now and then the colour returns. I made a beacon with all the colours from dropping bags with all the rarities and when the colours work it gives off a rainbow glow

[@GrindGeek]

@@steezinscribble Brilliant, That is great to know, I will reset my backpacks with different items and give it a try. It would be cool if each village was a different color, even if it’s only sometimes.

[@steezinscribble]

@@GrindGeek my main castle base has the different colours one each tower with a central beacon in the middle which is the combination, it looks amazing when it decides to work

[@darthchuck1]

ok i have to ask how do you nudge the pieces up and down?? I'm on pc and the nudging only works on a horizontal plane, it wont let me lift the pieces, can this be done as i built half of the beacon but it wouldn't let me build the rest as the pieces wouldn't nudge upwards. help please

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, you can’t nudge up and down, only on the X and Y axis. If you need to move up or down then you need to move it by aiming your crosshairs on an adjacent object and moving up and down like I do when I switch over directions. If you need some help let me know and I can drop in to your world and take a look. 😀

[@Retro.Revival]

your brains works different incredible

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks, that when they are working at all 😖

[@DanielJohnBaker]

Could that work with something floating e.g what you made but with balloons inside? Or, do the balloon objects eventually disappear / float off?

[@GrindGeek]

It should work if you put balloons inside, not sure if you can get it to stay upright or if it would just fall over.

[@DanielJohnBaker]

@@GrindGeek Carpe diem. Might give it a try with your design. Funny feeling it's going to be a disaster...and just fly off, topple, or disappear. I did see that people can attach objects to the top of the world, but that's way too high up for this kinda thing.

[@GrindGeek]

@@DanielJohnBaker when ballon are involved my build are always a disaster 😖

[@ametayoshino]

amazing!!!!

[@GrindGeek]

Thanks!! I appreciate that.

[@jessicab1919]

Makes me think of the hard rock in Florida

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, I should have made it guitar shaped. Maybe the next one.

[@jessicab1919]

@@GrindGeekI like what you've already made in itself , but that would honestly be super dope. I'd love to see that in Lego.

[@GEIST-X]

what happens after server restart? wil the light effect stay or not?

[@GrindGeek]

The light effect will stay but all of mine have turned a blueish color.

[@Inquisitorius179]

Do you know how to change the color? If you die with only one rarity of let’s say uncommon, it will turn green. But if you leave the area and come back, or leave and rejoin the game it turns right into blue. Do you know how to change that?

[@GrindGeek]

Unfortunately no, mine do the same thing. @steezinscribble replied to a comment below that they did some testing on this but most of the time they would turn white/blue once you left the world but sometimes the colour would come back but it doesn’t seem to be consistent. I know, disappointing ☹️ it would be awesome if each village had its own color. 🏳️‍🌈

[@Inquisitorius179]

@GrundGeek yea I really hope they fix it, having grasslands green, frostlands blue and DryLands yellow fits so well and when it worked before it reset was so awsome

[@FOX_DEMON44]

Does the bagpack despawn if far away?

[@GrindGeek]

The backpack will stay right where you died until you pick it up.

[@SKULLBASHER-mp8pr]

Awesome video i tried it and i couldnt get it to flip upside-down for me ill keep trying

[@GrindGeek]

If you are on a flat area you can also lay down a small piece of flooring and then push the cube over it. That usually works but needs more space.

[@sebastianrodriguezporras2712]

I think is most cool put ballons inside on it

[@GrindGeek]

Try the balloons, maybe you can float it higher off the ground and spawn inside. I know the backpack will stay in the air.

[@jarkmallykop]

Or just get a compass But it's still cool tho

[@GrindGeek]

You got it, all about the look. 👀

[@ytsteamgamer]

am i able to your tutorial for mine and i will give you a shout out

[@GrindGeek]

Yeah, no problem, enjoy and thanks in advance for the shout out. 😀

[@ytsteamgamer]

@@GrindGeek your welcome if you want to see me I will be live streaming playing on the Wii after 5 years @4pm est!

[@ryoka2399]

Instagram worthy indeed ^_^

[@GrindGeek]

Ironically my shorts do the worst on insta though 🤣

[@justaperson3424]

Bro that beginning was crazy dam “water dam”

[@GrindGeek]

lol, I died 3 times trying to get the shot with the broken sword and the wolf not killing me.

[@pvdgucht]

Compas? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@GrindGeek]

I purposely put it away for my cinematic opening. You still need a cool light beacon even with a compass. 😁

[@pvdgucht]

@@GrindGeek 😆

[@SLIMXVII]

Or you can just pin your village before you leave

[@GrindGeek]

lol, true. Maybe you are going to a different village.

[@GhStRdR2k]

Too bad I don't drop a backpack in my world

[@GrindGeek]

Even if you don’t drop a backpack it still looks cool with only lights on it.

[@someotherguy653]

oh my gosh i none of my commnets are posting to you... add hando187 i tried u.. i want to show u that thing

[@GrindGeek]

Hey, I sent a discord invite to hando187 (not sure if that’s where you meant). If not you can find me there @grindgeek