The making of a glider in Lego Fortnite is not an easy task, but it will make navigating the world a lot easier (and faster). The glider has a relatively simple recipe, but it is a mid-game item, so you will need to have a lot of infrastructure in place before you can craft one.
Our Lego Fortnite guide explains how to make a glider and everything you need to build before you can make one.
How to Make a Glider in Lego Fortnite
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To make one glider in Lego Fortnite you need a crafting bench that has been upgraded rare (or better). Once that's done, you'll need 8 flex wood rods, 4 wool fabricAnd 4 sides fabric.
However, it's a bit of work to build and explore all the workbenches to get to that point. Let's break it all down.
When can you make a glider in Lego Fortnite?
The short answer is that you must have reached the 'dry valley (desert) biome before you can build a glider. But there's a lot of other prep work you need to do. Let's take each ingredient in the glider recipe in turn and discuss how much you need to build before you can make a glider.
Flexwood bars
Flexwood is only found in the Dry Valley desert biome. You need one rare forest axe (or better). To make one, you will need 5 cut amber and 3 knotroot rods. And for cut amber you have to process raw amber in a Workbench for cutting gemstones (4 marble plate, 5 rough amber5 sand claw, 3 sand shell). Marble slabs, in turn, come from a stone crusher (20 knotroot And 35 marble).
The flexwood bars must be made on a sawmill (8 wood And 15 granite).
Woolen fabric
Fabric starts with threads, so you have a spinning wheel First. You need that 8 planks, 5 wooden bars, 5 woodAnd 5 dewclaws. For woolen threadyou need wool which you can get by petting (not killing) sheep in the Grassland biome.
To make wool fabric you need a loom (9 flex wood, 8 flex wooden barsAnd 6 sand claws of desert wolves). You can spin a loom 5 wool thread go inside 1 wool fabric.
Silk
You also use the loom for silk fabric. However, this time you will use silk thread made of spider silk. Like woolen cloth, silk fabric requires 5 silk thread.
Looking for more about Lego Fortnite? Check out our Lego Fortnite beginners guide. We also have guides on how to play multiplayer with your friends, how to find caves and how to build a successful village. And if you're looking for places to go, check out our list of the best seeds in Lego Fortnite.