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The Compost Bin is a new refining machine available inLego Fortniteto turn organic materials into Biomass, Soil, and Fertilizer. Biomass is used to make Power Cells for vehicles, while Soil and Fertilizer are used for growing crops.
The amount of output you get from the Compost Bin varies depending on what you put into it, but it’s a very handy tool to have in your village. If you need a little bit of help figuring out what you need to craft and use a Compost Bin, look no further than this guide.
How To Unlock And Craft A Compost Bin
Crafting a Compost Bin doesn’t take a lot of resources, but you first need tounlock the recipe.
If you have aLumber Mill already placedin your village, simply interact with it once to unlock the Compost Bin build recipe. If you don’t already have the Lumber Mill, you’llneed to craft one first.
Once you’ve unlocked the recipe, tobuild a Compost Binyou’ll need:
Place the required items in your inventory, then open the build menu. The Compost Bin recipe is in thefirst row of the Stations tab.
How To Use A Compost Bin
Now that you’ve crafted the Compost Bin, what do you do with it? To use it, open theCompost Bin menu. It will show your inventory on the left. Anything thatcannot be usedin the Compost Binwill be grayed outand you won’t be able to select it.
On the right, from top to bottom, is:
Simply toss in any organic material you have (remember all of those bones you didn’t have anything to do with?), and it will turn those items intoBiomass, Soil, and Fertilizer.
All the itemsyou can usein the Compost Bin are:
Processing items in the Compost Bin takes a while, so it’s a good idea to find something else to do while you’re waiting for the compost to be available.
