How to get Rift Shards in LEGO Fortnite

The quick travel update for LEGO Fortnite providing additional toys, quality of life updates, and the ability to fast travel between locations. Building cars and other vehicles is often the best way to transport in LEGO Fortniteplayers can now get from one place to another in a jiffy via a bus station.

Bus stations in LEGO Fortnite is an efficient way for players to fast travel to different parts of the map in just moments, allowing players to either quickly crack between their upgraded villages or simply head to their favorite mining location. Although bus stations can be found as pre-built structures on the map, players can also build their own with the right material.

Updated on September 24, 2024 by Nathan Round: The Lost Isles update introduced an additional method of obtaining Rift Shards. This guide has been updated to include information on how to obtain Rift Shards on the Lost Isles, as well as a video tutorial showing how to build and use a bus station in LEGO Fortnite.

How to build a bus station in LEGO Fortnite

The bus station is one additional Utility Station as players can used to quickly travel to other built bus stations around the map as you interact with it. The bus station can be built via the build menu with the following:

• 4 iron bars
• 2 malachite slabs
• 6 Frost pines
• 3 Rift Shards

While many other Utility Stations can be built directly from scratch, the recipe for building a Bus Station is locked when you load into a Bus Station. LEGO Fortnite the world, and can only be unlocked when players obtain Rift Shards.

How to get Rift Shards in LEGO Fortnite

Break bus stations in LEGO Fortnite

Rift Shards are a resource only used to build bus stations in LEGO Fortnite. Unlike many other resources that are readily available on the map, they are quite difficult to obtain. The first way to acquire Rift Shards i LEGO Fortnite is to destroy an existing bus station.

Bus stations can be found in random locations around the map but will emit a distinctive blue light that can be seen from a distance. Once players have found a bus station, they can destroy it with a pickaxe of epic rarity – which will be made available once players get their hands on Obsidian. Once players have unlocked the recipe, they can craft an Epic Pickaxe via the Crafting Bench using the following materials:

• 8 obsidian slabs
• 5 Frostpine rods

Defeat Golems in LEGO Fortnite

The other way to acquire Rift Shards is by defeating Golems on the Lost Isles. These Golems can be found roaming the Lost Isles, either wandering the wild or guarding chests in various biomes.

Golems are tough enemies, so players should equip themselves with an epic rarity weapon and an epic shield for the best chance of success. Alternatively, stocking up on Dynamite can be an effective strategy for dealing damage from a distance. Once defeated, a Golem will drop a single Rift Shardwhich can be used to build a bus station.