How to play multiplayer with friends in Lego Fortnite
People who already play Fortnite will immediately be hip on how to play Lego Fortnite with friends. It's as simple as joining a friend's party to play Battle Royale or No Build, although things get more complicated once you add more friends, or if the world creator is offline.
Below we explain the intricacies Lego Fortnite's multiplayer system, which explains how to invite friends, how to play when the world owner is offline, and more.
Invite friends in Lego Fortnite multiplayer
To join in with a friend Lego Fortniteyou have two options:
- From inside the worldthe host (the world owner) can open the menu, select the Players tab, and then select 'Invite Players'.
- From the Fortnite lobbylets all players sit together in a party, where the host can then create a new world or load an already existing one.
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Please note that if you start a world from scratch, while all players in the group will automatically join, they will not have access to that world if they are automatically offline. To do that, you need to turn it into a key holder.
How to become a keyholder to play shared world with a friend
To join a shared world when your friend is offline, you need to make all participants a keyholder.
Only the person who started the world – known as the World Owner – can do this, requiring both parties to be online and in the world to share access.
An easy way to get started is to open the menu during the game, select the Players tab, and then select 'Invite Players'. This will open the Epic Games friends list, where you can invite them to your party (and therefore your world).
Once they are in the world, the World Holder must go to the Friends Menu again and then select the player from the list. Simply press the button prompt (on Xbox controllers it's the A button) to share the key their way.
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From there, that player can visit this world when you are not playing. One caveat is that all players in the party must be a Keyholder to join the world when the World Owner is offline.
How to join a friend's Lego Fortnite world
Joining a friend is as easy as joining their lobby or party. Join a friend's lobby as you would a regular Fortnite agreement. You can do this by selecting them from the social menu or by clicking a prompt (which may or may not appear) on the party screen. Once you've done this, you can click the “Done!” click. button and get sent straight to their world. You don't have to be a key holder to be part of the world, as long as the world owner is online and in his or her world.
If there are other people in your party who are not friends with the World Owner, you cannot join the world, even if you are a Keyholder.