Mastering Save the World in Fortnite: A Comprehensive Guide

Are you ready to dive into the exciting world of Save the World mode in Fortnite?

This article will guide you on how to access this thrilling game mode, the objectives you need to accomplish, the different hero classes available, how to level up and upgrade your heroes, the variety of weapons and traps at your disposal, crafting and collecting resources, and the different types of missions you can embark on.

Get ready for an epic adventure in Save the World mode!

How to Access Save the World Mode?

Fortnite Save the World mode is hidden from the main user interface of the free-to-play battle royale game that hundreds of millions are familiar with. The first step to access Save the World mode is buying the experience. You must pay $19,99 to access it and are then free to purchase different editions within the game to add levels or power mills to the buying or playing experience. After your account has been enabled with access to Save the World mode, follow these steps to access Save the World mode from the Fortnite website:

1. Log in to the Fortnite website
2. Click the Buy now button
3. Select Standard or Deluxe
4. Complete purchase process
5. Download either launcher or Epic
6. Log in with your Fortnite credentials and launch the game
7. In the game’s main menu, go to the Battle Royale tab
8. Click on Save the World on the bottom and begin your Save the World gaming experience.

Purchase the Save the World Pack

Save the World is proprietary to Fortnite and access requires the purchase of either the Premium or the Founder’s Pack. The Premium Pack includes just Save the World, whereas the Founder’s Pack includes Save The World, Battle Royale, and a Creative mode.

While the store keeps updating and therefore it is hard to guarantee prices, generally the Save the World Premium Pack costs around $20 and the Founder’s Pack around $60. The Founder’s Pack upped some of the benefit tiers, but as the community and Fortnite has continued, the original power of it has decreased.

Get Invited by a Friend

The other way to play Fortnite: Save the World is if you get invited by a friend. As of winter 2022, players cannot access Save the World via Fortnite’s platform or the associated Epic Games Store. Originally only available for purchase, Epic Games allowed players to access the game via Friend Codes. These codes gave players (usually longtime supporters or Save the World founders) who had made previous purchases of the game the ability to invite friends who had not purchased the game. To receive an invitation, players were sent a two-factor authentication email instructing them on how to join. Those who had received such an invitation would have a save the World icon on their home page. Those who were invited this way even received daily challenges and rewards.

What is the Objective of Save the World Mode?

Save the World’s objective is to either upgrade your Home Base to level 10, complete the FORTnITE mission, or help someone else complete their objective. When you first start the game, the goal of every mission is to complete enough Storm Shield Defenses and related missions to upgrade your Home Base. Once you have upgraded your Home Base to level 10, any mission you select in the Grassy Fields map will be a FORTnITE mission. FORT is the acronym for the game, standing for Fortifying Our Resistance, Tomorrow, with the nITE adding an additional Fortnite twist. At this point, your goal for each mission should be to complete the map and collect any rewards, or to assist someone else with their objectives for bonus points.

Defend Against Husks

In Fortnite Save the World Mode, players must defend against husks that are coming to attack them for the entire game. Husks are aggressive creatures that lay siege on operating bases that the player helps survivors build across the game. These bases can come in many sizes and are made up of multiple structures and traps. Players have guns and the option to build walls, floors and ceilings to strategically place and direct the attackers into traps in order to defend.

Complete Missions and Challenges

Fornite Save the World has a wide range of missions and challenges participants can complete to score rewards and increase their experience. Some missions focus on players helping survivors, defending shield generators at F.O.R.T. bases, or whatsoever arise against Lt. Svendler and the Storm.

Most challenges are available in all zones and can be tracked by the player. The amount of V-Bucks or other rewards players can obtain is linked to both the amount of effort they must dedicate to the mission or challenge and its degree of complexity. Multiple missions in the game can be used to gain rewards and increase XP. After completing advanced SSD (Storm Shield Defense) missions, players can earn up to 100 V-Bucks, as well as rare schematics and heroes. In addition, players can win Seasonal Gold by completing daily quests from Lt. Svendler located in the Command Tab.

What are the Different Hero Classes in Save the World Mode?

Fortnite Save the World mode features Four Different Hero Classes, each with Sevenypes of Heroes in it. The character classes are as follows:

1. Soldier: Offensive / Ranged
2. Ninja: Offensive / Melee
3. Constructors: Building / Defensive
4. Outlanders: Gathering / Skilling

The classes have special abilities that can be used after getting enough kills and feature characters from top (Legendary) to bottom (Common) rarity.

Soldier

The Soldier class in Fortnite: Save the World is perfect for players who feel that they are best at straightforward combat roles. Soldiers are ideal to support their team by drawing enemy fire away from more vulnerable classes as well as focusing on high priority targets such as Takers or Smashers and dealing the most damage they can. Soldiers are master gunners and do not have to worry as much about inconsistent damage or teams with too many snipers, as their weapons easily provide rapid consistent damage.

Constructor

The constructor, STANDARD Joseph, is a visionary mechanical engineer who specializes in building fortifications. He is able to place BASE, a device on the ground that can create a large, electrified zone in the form of a pyramid made out of metal. This zone can repair, trap, and buff allies, while damaging and distracting enemies. His Bull Rush ability allows him to press forward through all objects and enemies in his way.

Ninja

Jared Ninja (real last name Lazar) is a former professional Esports player who currently makes money from Fortnite by live streaming his Save the World gaming sessions on Twitch. He wields the Stormblade that many Save the World veterans believe to be better than the most rare melee weapon in the game, the Mythic rarity Mythic Sword called the Storm King’s Ravager. Mythic items are the rarest and most powerful in Save the World, in some cases only existing for a limited time.

Ninja has a combat level of 131 in Fortnite: Save the World. He isn’t a player who makes this list due to charisma like Lazarbeam, nor for solo teamwork skills like A1Getdismoney. With Ninja, the key is speed and strategy which he explains in detail during the 100 Thieves X Brawl Stars Content House Vlog.

According to Ninja, a highly-rated strategy for beginners (twice the pounding) in a homebase storm shield defense mission has three building stages.

1. Build outward facing north and south walls along with one of the two west or east walls
2. Add another layer and a floor
3. Send the mobs through the middle layer by creating a small walkway on any side with only gas traps activated except for the ones close to the mobs on a certain side.
   From time to time, one could bypass them by lobbing propane tanks. The mobs chosen for the walkthrough must never have impacters because they will destroy it.

Ninja’s Save the World Collectors’ F2P Farming Guide uses a staging system to explain how teams, then access, then building assortment, and then trapping should be set up according to the player’s level. A player can teleport themselves across the island using the maps and the overpowered museum story line’s unusually high ticket rate, adds Ninja ominously. The storyline he’s referring to is Save the World’s Jailbuild meta, a theme of trading with the player to build traps across storm shield defenses to get the mobs to automatically walk into them and eliminate themselves.

Outlander

Outlanders in Fortnite Save the World (STW) are foragers who specialize in collecting resources, finding treasure, and generally getting their hands dirty. Their shortcut is Phase Shift, which is unique to the class. It allows them to teleport short distances, moving through enemy-packed terrain or around mountains and cliffs quickly.

Explore all Outlander subclasses to find one that fits your playstyle. Some specialize in ranged combat with pistols or themselves; some are action heroes; and some specialize in resource gathering and farming. A good one to try for beginners is Luna in Gunblazer Southie’s subclass. It has a short learning curve, insta-kills, and is not resource-intensive.

How to Level Up and Upgrade Heroes?

Leveling up heroes in Fortnite: Save the World is important as it will increase player’s energy, health, and shields and may unlock some extra perks depending on who the hero is. Mythical or Legendary heroes start at level 1 and can go up to level 50 and can increase their level through gaining Hero XP which are received when you deploy your hero in various missions.

When “commanding” heroes, players receive more Hero XP compared to having them as party heroes. All Hero XP should straight go to commander or primary heroes and it is not recommended to put XP into other heroes as the maximum final level is capped at 50. While in some games it is possible to use other characters besides the primary one, Fortnite: Save the World’s hero system does not encourage multiple heroes to be used consistently, so it is best to focus the majority of XP into your primary hero to reach hero level 50.

Good ways to build Hero XP is to play high-level missions to increase the likelihood of getting them, work on several quests or missions to complete event-specific objectives, or just kill usable enemies in the missions to obtain a good supply of them. Try not to transform Survivors, Defenders, or Schematics to save space in the storage of your secondary account storage. If the secondary account does not possess any useful loot, you must create the desirable hero account from scratch.

Earn XP and Use Skill Points

To play Save the World, ensuring your player is strong enough to survive is the first step. Your character’s power level can be increased by playing missions and gaining experience points (xp). XP is one of the most important resources in Fortnite’s Save the World. XP is the main currency in the game, and it’s used to level up Heroes, Defenders, Survivors, and Schematics. Pump XP into your Fortnite account to level up quickly and get other in-game rewards relatively faster as well.

Collect Evolution Materials

Quests in Save the World are going to provide you with a variety of materials for evolution. You will not need to grind much for evolution materials unless you are not focusing on your quests. No matter what your primary goal in missions, make sure to have your quests clearly defined so that you will obtain the right amount of glass, powder, re-perk, etc.

Rare, Epic, and Legendary evolution materials help advance weapons and traps two, three, and five times respectively until they reach the maximum level. The best by far of these evolution materials are the Lightning in a Bottle (rare – x2), Eye of the Storm (epic – x3), and Storm Shard (legendary – x5). Weapons will become much more powerful after evolving, and you will need half the amount of weapon experience to make them better. Make sure you are evolving weapons and traps to maximize the power of the materials and reagents you’re collecting.

If you are trying to speed up the evolution of weapons and traps or are struggling to progress in more difficult game areas effectively, make sure you join a match or create a game in the appropriate area then click on the map to go to a yellow light on the map. This is part of the game’s system that enables you to explore and carry out new areas in regions that are designed in a unique way.

What are the Different Weapons and Traps Available in Save the World Mode?

There are thirty-two different categories of weapons and traps in the Save the World mode of Fortnite. These weapons have a variety of subcategories which determine usage, power, reload time, ammunition, rarity, and upgrading requirements. Here are some of the most basic and useful categories of Save the World weapons and traps.

A Melee Weapon has a power level ranging from 5-130. Save the World Melees have a swing speed ranging from as low as 0.08 attacks per second to 4 attacks per second, with an average swing speed of 0.2 attacks per second. Melee weapons require no ammunition and have a firing range of just 1 tile. Ranged Weapons have a power level ranging from as low as 7 up to over 4000, an average reload time of just under 2 seconds. They feature a firing range from 1 tile to point-blank, light, medium, and long ranged, and some of them (particularly energy weapons) feature zooming capabilities. Ranged weapons consume Light Bullets, Medium Bullets, Heavy Bullets, or Shotgun Shells. In Melee weapons, the pickaxe is an example of a basic tool and it can be used to gather building materials.

How to Craft and Collect Resources in Save the World Mode?

In Fortnite Save the World, you craft and collect resources by either destroying objects in the environment or by using your personal pickaxe to retrieve resources, either from the in-game homebase or during individual matches. Crafting is done through the in-game inventory and uses a system where each weapon or trap has a specific recipe, requiring you to have the necessary resources in order to create it. The main objects you can destroy to get resources in Fortnite Save the World are trees, rocks, buildings, and cars. Algorithms determine how many resources you get, with slightly less resources being awarded for destroying objects in your homebase compared to those inside the mission map because of the homebase’s recurring nature.

What are the Different Types of Missions in Save the World Mode?

In Fortnite Save the World there at 2 types of missions: Alert and Main Quest. Main Quest missions are divided into Stonewood, Plankerton, Canny Valley, and Twine Peeks. In each region, Save the World has a map with different missions including Storm Shields that require progression on the main quest in that region to unlock. A major type of mission that shows up repeatedly is known as a Defend the Objective mission.

Main Quest Missions

Main quest missions in Save the World consist of 3 different varieties of missions which must be completed in a set order to unlock the next set of story missions. Main story campaign missions can be recognized by their locked symbol. These are what the player should focus on in Save the World to progress through the game. The 3 types of Save the World main quest missions are graphed above. Upon starting the game, players are introduced to Homebase by Ray. These missions must be completed to progress to Stonewood where more mission types can be unlocked. Once each set of story missions are completed, the player unlocks a new zone until they finally unlock power level 160+ which is the final area. Players can see their progress through the main questline by pressing ESC and going to the Play section at the bottom of the screen. This will show them the name of the mission they are on of the Save the World quests as well as a description of what they must do and the status of what they have completed or not completed yet.

Side Quest Missions

Fortnite Save the World side quests are repeatable quests that are separate from the main campaign story. During the main campaign, a few side quests can be unlocked each time you progress to a new zone. Up to four side quests can be completed to unlock additional storage slots, skill points, schematic points, and v-bucks at each new zone entrance. Daily special quests are only available from the EGS store version and award 50 v-bucks. When playing the game, players simply click the quest they would like to be active and it will appear on the right side of the screen with progress tracking indicators. Victories in these quests are usually awarded with loot, experience, and sometimes v-bucks, but requirements can be very specific such as kill 300 husks with a legendary weapon in a successful 7 zone mission. These can take a long time, so if you have nothing better to do, it’s a good idea to do them. As a beginner, it is wise to do the same quest multiple times until you have gotten the hang of it, but it is a good idea to get a variety of experience, and with practice, they are rather straightforward.

Event Missions

Event Missions are special missions that are only available during events. Save the World has events running at all times throughout the year with frequent events offering special weapons, heroes, or mission types. Other events take up entire areas of the map with different rules during the event.

Most event missions occur in the missions map section and look similar to initial map selection. Missions for an event are held in key areas of all mission locations around the world and are recognizable with a small icon/flag in the mission area that can be clicked to see the details of the event. Energy and gold bars often are attained in different ways in the event-based missions so players get more variety in how they play the game.

The types of event missions occur more frequently and are based on certain criteria of normal missions (such as storm shield defenses or sinkholes) so they are suitable for the player’s playing style, and give users a reason to engage during timed seasons which always adds excitement. There is also a higher hero and weapon drop rate during these events with many exclusive cosmetics like backpacks, weapon skins, and banner icons being released.

Storm Shield Defense Missions

Storm Shield Defense Missions are a series of missions in Fortnite’s Save the World in which you and your friends help expand the Storm Shield base with the assistance of different defenders you have trained to help against an escalating difficulty of up to Wave 10 of a larger horde mission. These are called Storm Shield Defense missions. You receive rewards after these are complete, including Gold in Fortnite and other in-game resources including space, traps, llamas, cards, and rewards, including weapon and hero transformations.

Storm Shield Defense missions provide a quick way to earn mission rewards in Fortnite’s Save the World. The first Storm Shield Base is in place from the moment you start playing Save the World, and you will continuously unlock more with the progression of the main storyline. You will also switch between De La Plank, Twine Peaks, and Stonewood. Unlike other types of missions, Storm Shield missions do not allow for matchmaking after the Storm Shield reaches new regions, meaning you will have to contact your own group to help when the new Storm Shields are activated. Storm Shield Defense Missions will allow you to earn experience points in the game, and you will be increasingly busy with its completion.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

What is Save the World mode in Fortnite?

Save the World is a co-op player vs environment mode in Fortnite where players work together to fight off waves of enemies and defend their base from destruction.

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

Do I need to purchase Save the World separately from Battle Royale?

Yes, Save the World is a separate game mode from Battle Royale and requires its own purchase.

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

Can I play Save the World solo?

Yes, players can choose to play Save the World solo or with a team of up to four players.

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

What is the goal of Save the World mode?

The goal of Save the World is to complete missions and progress through the game’s story, while also defending your base from Husks and other enemies.

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

Are there any differences between Save the World and Battle Royale in terms of gameplay?

Yes, Save the World focuses on cooperative play and defense, while Battle Royale is a player vs player battle royale mode.

How to Play Save the World in Fortnite?

Can I earn V-Bucks in Save the World mode?

Yes, players can earn V-Bucks by completing daily quests and progressing through the game in Save the World mode.