As you progressively build up your village inLego Fortnite, you’re going to need to continue enhancing your materials and structures, including your tools. Basic axes and pickaxes are only going to be able to destroyweak resources such as Graniteand Wood, but you’re going to need more than that eventually.

Materials such as Flexwood will require you to craft a Rare Axe in order to harvest it. This tool is not an easy one to make, as you’ll need to pick up some rare materialsdeep within the caves. Here’s how you may create your first Rare Axe with ease.

Image of the required materials for the Rare Crafting Bench in Lego Fortnite

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Before you can craft a Rare Axe, you’ll need to have first unlocked the recipe for it on your Crafting Bench. This will unlock for you after you’veupgraded your bench to level 2 or the Rare level.You will need these items to do this:

You can findthe materials MarbleandKnotroot within caves, while Sand Claws and Sand Shells can be found in Shoreline and Dry Valley Biomes from Wolves and Rollers. These Wolves and Rollers will be different from the normal ones, however, so make sure you’re in the correct area. The enemies will look like the images shown above.

Image of the required ingredients to make the Rare Forest Axe in Lego Fortnite

How to Craft a Rare Axe in Lego Fortnite

After upgrading your Crafting Bench, you’ll now have the recipe to create a Rare Axe. Here are thematerials you’ll need to gatherto create one:

Most likely, you’re already aware of how to make Knotroot Rods. Using some Knotroot that you’ve picked up, you’ll just need to use yourLumber Millto convert them into Knotroot Rods. Lumber Mills are one of the first utility stations you can build inLego Fortniteand only require 8x Wood and 15x Granite.

Image of the required materials for an Uncommon Pickaxe in Lego Fortnite

As for Amber, to get this item, you’ll need tovisit aDry Valley Biome.As always, every map is different, so an exact location cannot be provided. However, as you are traversing through each area, take a look at the horizon, and if you see large, rocky structures, you’ll be close by to a Dry Valley Biome. Before you head out on your search, however, make sure you bring along at least oneUncommon Pickaxe, which can be made with these materials:

You’ll also want to make sure youcome prepared with a bunch of Woodsince you’ll need to build a few sets of stairs to reach Amber. When you’ve arrived in a Dry Valley Biome, you’ll notice largepatches of yellow rocks on the top of large rocks.These will be Amber, which you can use some stairs to reach and break open to obtainRough Amber pieces.

Image of a character creating a Gem Cutter station in Lego Fortnite

Then, to make the Amber into Cut Amber, you’ll need to use aGem Cutter,a Utility Station available atVillage Level 7. You’ll need these materials to build one:

With the Gem Cutter,place 5 pieces of Amber in there, and you’ll get 5 Cut Amber in return.Then, you can return to your Crafting Table and create your first Rare Axe.

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