Getting around inLego Fortniteisn’t the easiest when you realise you need to keep hiking back and forth between different biomes, as well as dealing with hard to navigate terrains like the Dry Valley. Fortunately, there are ways to ease your travel, andin addition to the Glider, the Grappler is another tool you should get.

If you want to know how to unlock, craft, and use the Grappler in Lego Fortnite, we’ve got it all covered right here, from which crafting resources you’ll need to how many uses you can get out of each Grappler.

A player holding a Grappler in Lego Fortnite.

How To Unlock The Grappler

You unlock the Grappler recipe once youobtain aCopper Barfor the first time, providingyou have at least the Rare Crafting Bench.

To craft a Copper Bar,you’ll need the Metal Smelter, which requires the following crafting materials:

The crafting bench menu showing the Grappler recipe in Lego Fortnite.

15xBrightcore

35xObsidian Slab

A player using a grappler in Lego Fortnite.

3xBlast Core

You’ll need to beat the heat to venture into the Dry Valley and gather the resources you need, especially those onlyfound in Lava Caves.

We havea guide here on how to keep your character cool when they are too hot.

How To Craft The Grappler

Once you have a Rare Crafting Table and the recipe unlocked, you can craft the Grappler with the following materials:

3xCopper Bar

3xBlast Powder

10xCord

How To Use The Grappler

Once you have the Grappler, you have toput it in your Quickbar to be able to use it, and it only has30 charges.

Grapplers used to only have ten uses, but Epic updated the game to increase this number.

With the Grappler selected as your active tool,use the crosshairs to select a nearby areayou’d like to move to andpress the action/attack buttonto grapple up.

If your Grapple pings back, you were not close enough to make contact with your intended destination, but don’t worry, this won’t use up a charge.