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GroundZero for Fortnite islands

Early access. GroundZero for Fortnite islands is open to creators in early access. This guide describes what works today; things still to come are marked Coming. Questions: devrel@groundzero.games.

GroundZero gives your island seasons of missions: new daily and weekly missions on a schedule, plus season-long goals, with progress that players keep between visits. It gives your players a reason to come back tomorrow, without you building a quest system in Verse.

What you get​

  • The Quest SDK: Verse that runs inside your island. It counts what players do, decides which missions each player gets, saves their progress and shows missions on screen.
  • The GroundZero add-on: a panel inside UEFN that installs the SDK, reads what your island can measure, installs your season and sets the island up. A few clicks, no Verse needed.
  • Your season: built by GroundZero from what your island can actually measure, so every mission can be completed in your island.

How it works​

  1. Install the add-on in your island (Install the add-on), then the Quest SDK from the panel (Quickstart).
  2. Scan your island: the add-on lists what missions can use here.
  3. Send the scan to GroundZero, answer a few questions about your island, and generate your season there. Then install it from the panel and set up the island.
  4. Publish your island as usual. The whole season runs by itself: missions refresh daily and weekly on schedule.

What players see​

You choose where missions show:

  • On screen (HUD, the default): missions pinned on the right of the screen, a full list when players join or are eliminated, and a short message when a mission is done. See What players see.
  • In Fortnite's Quests tab: in the pause menu, next to Fortnite's own quests.

See Where missions show: HUD or Quests tab.

What to know​

  • Everything runs inside your island. Nothing is sent anywhere while people play (Limits).
  • A new season, or a change to one, reaches players with an island update, like any other change to your island.
  • Your season is made in GroundZero from your island's scan; you review it before it goes to your island (Your season).