Where to establish Fortnite Device Uplink connections

Fortnite Device Uplink
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Fortnite Device Uplinks feature in every stage of the Rebuilding quests, acting as the trigger to access the second phase of your mission in either Imagined Order or the Seven territory. These small blue discs project a hologram when you get close to them, providing the gateway to your progress through these Fortnite tasks. The first group of them appear around Condo Canyon, Coney Crossroads, and Command Cavern, but expand further across the island as you work your way through. If you're unclear how to start things off, we've got all of the Fortnite Device Uplink locations plus details of how to complete every Rebuilding quest.

Fortnite Device Uplink

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To use a Fortnite Device Uplink, you simply need to approach one of the blue discs embedded in the ground and walk through the hologram projected above it, with no specific interaction required. This will then trigger the second part of each Rebuilding quest in turn, which we'll expand on below.

  1. Establish Device Uplink near Condo Canyon, Coney Crossroads, or Command Cavern
  2. Retrieve IO envelopes with top-secret plans
  3. Establish Device Uplink near Sanctuary, Seven Outpost II, or Synapse Station
  4. Destroy Seven computers and machinery to collect dropped Data Chips
  5. Establish Device Uplink near Camp Cuddle, Chonker's Speedway, or The Daily Bugle
  6. Find and destroy a cloaked IO Build Jammer

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The first set of Fortnite Device Uplink locations are centered around Condo Canyon, Coney Crossroads, and Command Cavern, which you'll find in the following places:

  • Command Cavern
  • 1) Between two trees up a hill by the western tunnel entrance to the base
  • 2) By the fence right outside the northern entrance to the base
  • 3) On the grass near the southern entrance to the base

  • Coney Crossroads
  • 4) By the roadside to the north, level with the checkpoint
  • 5) Among the trees to the northeast of the gas station
  • 6) By the roadside to the south, beyond the checkpoint

  • Condo Canyon
  • 7) By the roadside to the north, next to a Welcome to Condo Canyon billboard
  • 8) To the northeast of the corner house on a dusty hill
  • 9) By the roadside to the south, next to another billboard

How to retrieve IO envelopes with top-secret plans

Fortnite IO Envelopes

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To retrieve IO envelopes with top-secret plans, follow your minimap to the icons marked with exclamation marks in any of the IO-controlled POIs. You may need to head up one of the ziplines to an IO Airship above for this, or search around the base camp areas at ground level.

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The next set of Fortnite Device Uplink locations are based near Sanctuary, Seven Outpost II, or Synapse Station, which you'll find at the these points:

  • Seven Outpost II
  • 1) Up the hill to the west of the outpost
  • 2) By the rocks to the south of the outpost
  • 3) By the rocks to the southeast of the outpost

  • Synapse Station
  • 4) Northwest of the large pool of water
  • 5) On top of a rock north of the entrance gate
  • 6) At the end of the dirt track by the roadside to the east

  • Sanctuary
  • 7) On a hill near a small blue gazebo to the northwest
  • 8) At the end of the dirt track by the roadside to the south
  • 9) At the end of the dirt track by the roadside to the southeast

How to destroy Seven computers and machinery to collect dropped Data Chips

Fortnite Data Chips

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You'll find Seven computers and machinery in any of the Seven Outposts, plus Synapse Station, Sanctuary, or Launchpad (which is the island east of Sanctuary). Destroy these items, then follow the Collect Data Chip prompts to grab the components that drop out of them.

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The final set of Fortnite Device Uplink locations are distributed around Camp Cuddle, Chonker's Speedway, or The Daily Bugle, which you can visit here:

  • Camp Cuddle
  • 1) By the track just southwest of the largest building with green roof
  • 2) Along the path north of the pink bridge/gateway 
  • 3) To the southeast near the edge of the lake

  • Chonker's Speedway
  • 4) By the southwest corner of the racetrack
  • 5) Off the northwest corner of the racetrack towards the river
  • 6) Near the northeast corner of the racetrack

  • The Daily Bugle
  • 7) Under some trees on the dirt track to the northwest
  • 8) Under the Airship by the guarded entrance to the south
  • 9) Just past the barriers on the dirt track to the east

How to find and destroy a cloaked IO Build Jammer

Fortnite Cloaked IO Building Jammer

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You'll find a cloaked IO Build Jammer in lots of locations around the island, but to reveal it you'll need to look for a little white satellite dish icon on the map. When you approach it, the IO Build Jammer will appear as you get close, then you can smash it. They will still keep popping up on your map even after you beat this quest, so don't worry if you continue to see them.

If you're struggling to find any cloaked IO Build Jammers, the map below isn't exhaustive but reveals all the locations we've discovered so far:

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