Upgrading your tools and weapons inLego Fortniteis necessary for harvesting certain resources or fighting tougher monsters. What if you could enchant them to make them more durable, or to increase their damage? You can with the Essence Table!

As you progress through the game you’ll eventually unlock the Essence Table, which allows you to add certain effects to your gear. But there are some things you need to get to build the Essence Table, including some hard-to-get ingredients. Here we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the Essence Table and what you’ll need to enchant your weapons and tools.

Lego Fortnite: Placing the essence table

How To Unlock Essence Table

To get the blueprint for the essence table youmust first build the Gem Cutter. If you haven’t unlocked the Gem Cutter yet, you’ll need tohead to the Dry Valleyto harvest someRough Amber.

You’ll find rough amber at thetops and sides of the mountainous areasin the desert. Once you harvest your first piece of rough amber, you’llunlock the recipe for the Gem Cutter, and to build it you’ll need the following:

Lego Fortnite: Picture of rough amber on side of mountain in Dry Valley

Some of the mountainswill have geysersyou can use to get up the different levels. However, some of them don’t, sowe recommend bringing wood and granitewith you to build stairs.

When you have everything you need,build your Gem Cutter, then use it to turn theRough Amber intoCut Amber. You’ll unlock theEssence Table blueprintby taking theCut Amber from the Gem Cutter for the first time.

Lego Fortnite: Menu for the essence table showing enchantment recipes.

Next, to build the Essence Table, you’ll need:

How To Enchant Weapons And Tools

When you first build the essence table,you’ll get the first three recipes. The fourth recipe, Essence of Luck, is unlockedwhen you first harvest Rough Sapphire from the Ice Cavesin the Frost Lands.

Increases thedamage of your weapons or tools.

Increases thedurability of your weapons and tools.

Essence of Health

Increases the chance that enemies willdrop healing itemswhen using weapons or tools with this effect.

Increasesmonster loot.

you may add up tothree enchantmentsto each tool or weapon. You can applythree separate effectsor stack thesame effect three times.

Once an essence has been applied, itcannot be removed or changed, so choose wisely.