1. Claim a base
Every server has six tycoon bases around a shared courtyard. To get there, enter island code 0793-4520-9878 in Fortnite's Discover, or press Play on this site. Walk up to any free base and step onto its glowing Claim pad: your statue appears out front and the base is yours.
2. Build machines and collect Droplets
Up to three glowing buy buttons sit on your floor, each showing a machine's name and price. Step on one to build it: the machine pops in, its glass tubes connect and bubbles start to flow.
Machines fill the Bubble Bank in the middle of your floor with Droplets, the island's money. Step on the Bank's ring to collect them, then spend them on the next button. Your Droplets and Bank save as you play.
Every five builds finish a wing, and ten wings finish a floor: fifty builds in all, from blowers and tube runs to furnished rooms like lounges, studios, tea bars and gardens.
3. Climb the ten floors
When a floor is finished, buy the glass stairs and a new floor opens above it, each one a new world with its own machines, colours and crystal. The Bubble Lift on every finished floor takes you up and down the tower in a moment.
| Floor | Crystal | Crystal value |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meadow Bay | Aqua Quartz | ×1.0 |
| 2. Coral Lagoon | Coral Pearl | ×1.1 |
| 3. Cloud Harbor | Sky Topaz | ×1.2 |
| 4. Crystal Falls | Prism Diamond | ×1.3 |
| 5. Bubble Jungle | Jungle Emerald | ×1.4 |
| 6. Aurora Tundra | Frost Quartz | ×1.5 |
| 7. Eco Metropolis | Leaf Jade | ×1.6 |
| 8. Glow Abyss | Glow Shard | ×1.7 |
| 9. Orbital Station | Star Sapphire | ×1.8 |
| 10. Celestial Crown | Crown Diamond | ×1.9 |
4. Mine crystals in your Bubble Mines
Every floor has its own Bubble Mine. Aim at a crystal and hold fire: crystals crack, pay out Droplets and grow back. Each floor up, the crystal is worth more: Coral Pearl on floor 2 pays 1.1 times as much as floor 1's Aqua Quartz, and Crown Diamond at the top pays 1.9 times as much.
Now and then a crystal grows golden. Crack it for a big bonus, and sometimes a Pearl.
Better guns mine faster. Buy them in the Aero Shop with Droplets:
| Gun | Type | Rarity | Mining speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bubble Popper (Your starter gun) | Pistol | Common | 1× |
| Fizz Pistol | Pistol | Uncommon | 1.3× |
| Splash Pistol | Pistol | Rare | 1.6× |
| Tide SMG | SMG | Rare | 2× |
| Storm SMG | SMG | Epic | 2.4× |
| Aurora Rifle | Rifle | Epic | 2.9× |
| Sunburst SMG | SMG | Legendary | 3.4× |
| Halo Rifle | Rifle | Legendary | 4× |
Guns here only mine crystals: there is no fighting on the island.
5. Hatch pets with Pearls
Pearls come from playing: Refreshes, gifts, Lost Bubbles, golden crystals and milestones along the way. They're never sold. Spend 5 at the Pet Bubbler to hatch a pet. Each hatch first rolls a tier, then a pet from it:
- Common 80%
- Rare 17%
- Epic 2.5%
- Legendary 0.5%
Hatch a pet you already have and it gains a star, up to five; every star after the first makes it 25% stronger. A team of three pets floats along behind you: your best three, or the ones you pick in your Bag. Each brings a bonus, such as more Droplets, more mining power or longer Aero Rushes, and when you step into one of your Bubble Mines they float over to the crystals and mine beside you.
Sometimes a hatch gives a cosmetic instead: a trail, a halo or an aura you can wear. They're just for looks, you never get the same one twice, and you choose what to wear in your Bag.
6. Refresh for a bigger boost
Finish all ten floors and the Refresh stand on the roof terrace is ready. A Refresh clears your machines and Droplets and starts your tower again from Meadow Bay, and in return:
- every Droplet you earn afterwards is worth more, and the boost grows with every Refresh;
- you get a bundle of Pearls, bigger each time;
- your pets, Pearls, guns and cosmetics all stay with you.
Prices go up on every new run too, so each climb is a bigger one.
7. Gifts and Lost Bubbles
Visit the Secret Codes kiosk in the courtyard for exclusive rewards. Find the official Aero Bubble Tycoon codes and redemption instructions.
- Playtime Gifts unlock as you play. Open them at the Playtime Gifts stand.
- The Daily Gift grows with your streak: come back every day to keep it going.
- 25 Lost Bubbles are hidden all over the island. Find them all.
8. Your base and the roof
Each finished wing gets furnished glass rooms, and every base has its own music radio. Want some peace? Raise your Bubble Shield to keep visitors out of your base.
At the top of the tower the roof opens into a hangout: a café under a glass dome, a pool, swings above the clouds and the Refresh stand.
9. Tips
- Buy the cheapest button first: every machine adds income straight away.
- Upgrade your gun whenever you can; the best guns mine four times faster than the Bubble Popper.
- Mine on the highest floor you've opened: its crystal is worth the most.
- Hatch pets early. Three good pets add up fast, and they mine with you.
- Look up and look around: Lost Bubbles hide in all sorts of places.
- Use the Bubble Lift instead of the stairs to get round your tower quickly.