Make Your Island Alive with Wildlife Spawners

Do you want your Fortnite island to feel like a real jungle? You can add animals that run, fly, and even fight!

In this tutorial, we will use the Wildlife Spawner device. It lets you put animals on your map. You can choose prey like chickens or predators like wolves.

By the end, you will have a mini-hunting game. Players will hunt for resources. They might even tame a wolf to ride!

What You'll Learn

• What a Wildlife Spawner device is.
• The difference between Prey and Predators.
• How to set up a simple hunting game.
• How animals drop Resources when defeated.

How It Works

Think of the Wildlife Spawner like a magic egg box. You pick what kind of egg goes inside. Then, the device hatches them onto your island.

There are two main types of animals:

1. Prey: These are the animals you hunt. Examples are Chickens, Boars, and Spring Chickens. When you defeat them, they drop Resources like meat or wood.
2. Predators: These are the hunters. Examples are Wolves and Raptors. Some of these can be tamed!

You can also add flying animals like Sky Jellies or Sprites. But for our game, let's stick to land animals.

Here is the cool part. You do not need complex code to start. The device handles the spawning. You just tell it what to spawn and where.

Let's Build It

We will build a "Boar Hunt." Players spawn in. A Boar appears. The player shoots the Boar. The Boar drops meat.

Step 1: Place the Devices

1. Open your island in Creative.
2. Go to the Devices menu.
3. Find the Wildlife Spawner. Drag it into your world.
4. Find a Player Spawner. Place it nearby.
5. Find an Item Granter. Place it near the spawner.

Step 2: Configure the Spawner

Click on the Wildlife Spawner. Look at the Details panel on the right.

1. Find Spawn Type. Change it to Boar.
2. Find Max Count. Set it to 1. This means only one boar at a time.
3. Find Respawn Time. Set it to 10 seconds. This makes a new boar appear after ten seconds.

Now, click on the Item Granter.

1. Find Item Type. Choose Meat.
2. Find Max Count. Set it to 1.
3. Find Respawn Time. Set it to 10 seconds.

Step 3: Connect the Logic

We need to tell the Item Granter to give meat when the boar dies. We use Events. An event is like a trigger.

1. Click the Wildlife Spawner.
2. Look for the Events tab.
3. Find On Eliminated. This event fires when an animal dies.
4. Click the + next to On Eliminated.
5. Select Item Granter from the list.
6. Select Grant Item as the action.

Now, when the boar is eliminated, the Item Granter will grant one piece of meat.

The Verse Code (Behind the Scenes)

You might see some Verse code if you look at the device properties. Don't worry! You don't need to type it. But here is what it looks like for a simple spawner.

# This is a simple template for a wildlife spawner
# It handles the spawning logic automatically

using { /Fortnite.com/Devices }

# This function runs when the game starts
OnBegin<override>()<suspends>: void =>
    # The device picks a Boar from its list
    # It places the Boar at its location
    # It waits for the Respawn Time before doing it again
    SpawnAnimal(Boar)

The device does the hard work. You just set the settings.

Try It Yourself

Now it is your turn! Try to change the game.

Challenge: Change the spawner to use a Wolf instead of a Boar.

Hint: Look at the Spawn Type setting in the Details panel. Remember, wolves are predators. They might attack you!

Bonus Challenge: Add a Chicken to the same spawner. Can you make both spawn? (You might need to add a second spawner device for this).

Recap

You just added life to your island!

• The Wildlife Spawner puts animals on your map.
• Prey animals drop resources when defeated.
• Predators can be dangerous or tamed.
• You connect devices using Events to make things happen.

Go play your hunting game! Share it with your friends and see if they can tame the wolf.

References

• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fortnite/using-wildlife-spawner-devices-in-fortnite-creative
• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fortnite-creative/using-wildlife-spawner-devices-in-fortnite-creative
• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fortnite/wildlife-spawner-device-design-examples
• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fortnite/fortnite-creative-glossary
• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/fortnite/device-design-examples-in-fortnite-creative