How to Get Soil in LEGO Fortnite

Soil is an essential resource in LEGO Fortnite for players looking to set up farms and grow crops. Having a steady food supply from crops can provide a valuable renewable source of food to replenish hunger.

Crops also provide valuable crafting ingredients for cooking recipes. Many dishes require vegetables and fruits like corn, carrots, wheat, and apples. With the ability to grow these crops yourself, you open up more crafting potential.

However, to start farming crops, you first need to obtain soil. Soil is required, along with fertilizer, to craft Garden Plots where you can then plant seeds.

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How to Get Soil in LEGO Fortnite

Crafting a Shovel using the crafting bench

The first step is crafting a Shovel, as this is the tool you’ll need to harvest soil blocks. Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

3 Wooden Rods
1 Plank

You can easily obtain Wooden Rods by chopping down trees with an axe. Planks can also be crafted at the Lumber Mill using wood. So chop trees first to stock up on wood, then craft your Wooden Rods and Planks.

Once you have the ingredients, approach a Crafting Bench and select the Shovel to craft it. Equip the Shovel in your tool belt to get ready for harvesting soil.

Using the Shovel to harvest soil in the game

Now that you have a Shovel equipped, you can start digging up soil. Look for grassy areas of land out in the open or in forest biomes. When you approach, you’ll see a block dig prompt appear.

Use your Shovel on the grass blocks to dig them up. Each dig will remove a grass block and give you a Soil item to collect. You can dig up quite a few blocks in one area.

However, your Shovel has limited uses before it will break. It should last long enough to harvest a good stack of soil before needing a replacement. So craft a few extra Shovels if needed.

Dig up the soil until you have a sufficient stack in your inventory before moving on to the next steps.

Gathering fertilizers to use with the soil to craft a Garden Plot

In addition to soil, you’ll also need fertilizer to craft Garden Plots for growing crops. Fertilizers can be obtained as drops when defeating certain wildlife mobs.

Cows, chickens, boars, and frogs can all drop fertilizers when killed. You’ll want to gather up at least a few fertilizers before moving forward.

With soil and fertilizer ready, you can now combine them to craft Garden Plots and start your farm.

How to Use Soil in LEGO Fortnite

Crafting and placing a Garden Plot in the game

Go to a Crafting Bench and open up the farming/gardening category. Find the Garden Plot recipe. The ingredients are:

2 Soil
1 Fertilizer

Craft as many Garden Plots as you want plots for your farm. You can place these plots on grass or dirt blocks anywhere outdoors.

Approach the spot where you want your garden and open the building menu. Find Garden Plots under the Farming tab and select one to place. Repeat for as many plots as you crafted.

Space your plots out in the formation you desire for your farm layout. Leave room between plots to walk between them.

Planting seeds inside the Garden Plot to farm and harvest crops

With your Garden Plots placed, interact with one while holding crop seeds in your inventory to plant them.

Seeds can be found by defeating certain mobs or inside chests scattered around the world. Plant whichever crops you want – wheat, beetroot, carrots, potatoes, etc.

The planted crops will then grow over time. Interact with mature crops to harvest and obtain food items. Replant more seeds to repeat the growth cycle.

Set up compost bins near your farm to convert excess seeds and crops into fertilizer, for future crafting needs.

Conclusion

Following these steps will have you set up with a renewable source of diverse crops in no time. Your farm can provide food to eat, ingredients to cook with, and materials to craft useful items.

A steady crop yield is invaluable for supporting yourself on long journeys and adventures across the world of LEGO Fortnite. So grab a shovel and get farming.