Improving your weapons on Fortnite's Upgrade Benches is integral to the game's gameplay loop. Thus, here's where you can find them.
The upgrade bench is probably one of the most important fixed items in Fortnite. No wonder, after all, they give you enormous advantages in the game. And of course, they're back inFortnite Chapter 4 Season 4! We'll show you all the locations, so you have the chance to dominate your opponents on the map.
What Is An Upgrade Bench In Fortnite?
Upgrade Benches allow you to upgrade the weapons in your inventory, which means that they can deal more damage. This gives you a competitive edge over your opponents in a firefight.
Upgrade Benches are especially beneficial to increase the rarity level of your weapons. In fact, you can even use them to upgrade all the weapons in your inventory to the golden rarity level! Oh, and who doesn't like having a completely golden inventory?
All Upgrade Bench Locations in Fortnite
As a general rule, you'll find the upgrade benches indoors rather than outdoors, and mostly at the gas stations. As soon as you get close to one, you'll see a small up arrow icon through walls or other obstacles, but you can pinpoint the exact location. The map below shows you all the Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 4 upgrade benches.
There are a total of 17 upgrade benches on the Fortnite map in the following locations:
- Far north of Brutal Bastion at the small landmark Crude Harbor in the building to the west
- West of Crude Harbor at the Beep 'n Bounce gas station.
- In the southernmost building of Breakwater Bay
- In the northeast of Sanguine Suites
- To the north of Eclipsed Estate
- In the main building of Creeky Compund
- At Mayday Meadow in the southwest of Shady Stilts.
- Inside the gas station in north Slappy Shores
- In the big, blue building of Slappy Shores
- On the platform north of Shattered Slabs
- At the largest barn in northwest Frenzy Fields
- In the garage, Slap'N Gone gas station
- South-West of Mega City in the gas station
- At Relentless Retreat in the northwesternmost part of the building.
- In the Fallow Fuel gas station
- In the northwest side of Drift Ridge, north of Mega City
- West of Hitches And Ditches, in the gas station
How Do You Use An Upgrade Bench In Fortnite?
To use an Upgrade Bench, all you have to do is approach it and hold the weapon you want to upgrade. Once you have approached the Upgrade Bench, a message will appear asking you if you want to upgrade the weapon, along with the price for the change.
Yep, upgrading a weapon isn't free, of course. You will need enough gold bars to finance the weapon upgrade you want. Additionally, upgrade Benches can be used endlessly during a match, so you don't have to worry about someone else getting to them first.
How Many Gold Bars Does It Cost To Upgrade A Weapon in Fortnite?
As you know, there are different weapon rarity levels in Fortnite. The rarer a weapon is, the higher the cost of the upgrade. Here is an overview of the costs:
- Common (gray) to Uncommon (green) = 200 bars.
- Uncommon (green) to Rare (blue) = 300 bars
- Rare (blue) to Epic (purple) = 400 bars
- Epic (purple) to Legendary (orange) = 500 bars