If you have found a particularly good or even legendary weapon in Fortnite, you will eventually have to say goodbye to it. Repairing weapons is impossible in this survival shooter. However, there are alternatives to at least get your favorite weapon back.
Fortnite has a deep crafting system that allows you to create ammunition, weapons, and traps. There are some statistics to keep in mind when crafting weapons, such as damage or magazine size.
One statistic you should keep an eye on is “Durability,” which is the durability of a weapon. Your weapons wear out and break when the durability runs out. You can repair everything in Fortnite except for weapons! If your weapon breaks, it is truly gone.
Watch the “Durability” bar – Weapon durability decreases
In the bar at the bottom right next to your character, you can see your equipped weapons. It’s important to keep a close eye on the “Durability” bar. That is the thin line that appears to the right of your weapons.
In the lower image, you can see that three weapons are equipped. The weapon to the left of the pickaxe has a full durability bar and is in the green zone. The shotgun on the right side is about to break, causing the bar to decrease and turn orange.
Recycle weapons before they break! Then build them again
If the durability bar drops to 0, the weapon is broken and gone forever. Weapons cannot be repaired in Fortnite. If it is a legendary weapon or your favorite gun, that is quite frustrating.
However, what you can do to keep it: build the weapons again.
It is best to dismantle weapons that are about to break. This saves you from having to collect many resources and simply recycles the item. You receive quite a bit of material back when you dismantle.
However, there is a catch with this method.
Weapon Schematics: If you want to craft weapons, you need a blueprint
When you dismantle a weapon, you get the material to build the weapon, but you do not receive a blueprint. The “Weapon Schematics” are essential if you want to craft a weapon.
Here’s how you obtain blueprints:
- Blueprints can be found in Loot Llamas. Here we have a guide for you, how to get Loot Llamas without spending money.
- Blueprints are awarded for completing certain quests
- Blueprints can be found in chests
- Blueprints can receive upgrades. In Fortnite, almost everything can be leveled up, including blueprints. When you level up the plans, the statistics of the weapon that pops out improve. However, it is recommended to only do this with rare blueprints to avoid wasting blueprint XP.
The best tip is: Fall in love only with a weapon for which you also have a blueprint and that you can craft at will. Weapons whose schematics you do not yet have are only temporary weapons!
Why can’t you repair weapons?
It can be quite annoying when your favorite weapon is doomed and you have not yet found a blueprint for it. However, there might be a good reason why there is no option to repair weapons.
If players must keep the blueprints to craft legendary and powerful weapons, they cannot simply pass the plans to beginners. If a low-level player gets the weapon directly, it will break anyway after a while. So if you want powerful weapons, you need to fight your way through Fortnite and continually improve your inventory.
As Fortnite is an Early Access title, all of this could change by the release in 2018.
Are you looking for more useful tricks? Then check out our 20 tips for Fortnite beginners.
