Materials (otherwise known as Mats) is the commonly used term to describe the resources and ingredients required for building and crafting. Players can break and or search world objects such as trees, bushes, rocks, houses, containers, chests, toolboxes and more in the world to obtain materials which they can therefore build structures using wood, brick and or metal. Breaking and or searching world resources will give players crafting ingredients which can be used to make Weapons, Traps, and Ammunition in Save the World.
World Resources[]
Harvesting items and objects with a Harvesting Tool yields a different amount of World Resources, depending on the object that was destroyed.
| World Resource Cap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resource | Stonewood | Plankerton | Canny Valley | Twine Peaks |
 Wood
|
2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 |
 Stone
|
2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 |
 Metal
|
2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 |
| World Resource Cost | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
| Wood
|
10 | 20 | 30 |
| Stone
|
10 | 20 | 30 |
| Metal
|
10 | 20 | 30 |
Wood[]
Wood is the weakest of the three materials, but the easiest to find. It is commonly found in Forests and Grasslands. Objects that you will want to harvest/search are:
- Trees
- Cacti
- Certain walls of houses
- Certain furniture
- Boxes
- Wood pallets
- Wood barricades
- Bushes
Fully harvesting the objects above often grants Planks and Twine crafting resources. Adhesive Resin can also be obtained. However, harvesting Boxes, Wood barricades, or Wood pallets will not grant any crafting resources.
Wood Weaknesses[]
- Structures that are made of wood are the weakest of the three building materials.
- Structures that are made of wood are weak against Fire elemental Monsters.
Stone[]
Stone is the second strongest of the three building materials. Stone can most commonly be located in Grasslands, Forests, Thunder Route 99, Desert and or the Ghost Town. Objects that you will want to harvest/search in are:
- Rocks/boulders
- Caves
- Houses made of stone
Fully harvesting the objects above often grants Ore and Mineral Powder crafting resources. Harvesting stone walls do not grant crafting resources.
Stones Weakness[]
- Structures that are made of stone are weak against Water elemental Monsters.
Metal[]
Metal is the strongest of the three building materials but the hardest material to harvest. Metal can most commonly be located in The Industrial Park. Objects that you will want to harvest/search are:
- Cars/Semi-Trucks
- Shipping crates
- Metal roofs and walls
- Pipes
- Workshops
- Transformers
Fully harvesting the objects above often grants Nuts 'n' Bolts and Mechanical Parts crafting resources. Batteries can also be obtained. Harvesting Pipes, Metal roofs and walls, and Pipes do not grant crafting resources.
Metals Weakness[]
- Structures that are made of metal are weak against Nature elemental Monsters.
- Structures that are made of metal during a Metal Corrosive storm will be weak to all Monsters.
Crafting Ingredients[]
| Ores & Crystals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Image | Rarity | Tier | Description |
| Copper Ore |  |
Epic | 
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Found in caves, mountains and occasionally in containers in settled areas. It is said that the one who controls the copper controls the world. |
| Silver Ore |  |
Epic | 
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Found in caves, mountains and occasionally in containers in settled areas. Common in Plankerton and rare in high end Stonewood. |
| Malachite Ore |  |
Epic | 
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Found in caves, mountains and occasionally in containers in settled areas. Common in Canny Valley and rare in high end Plankerton. |
| Obsidian Ore |  |
Epic | 
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Found in caves, mountains and occasionally in containers in settled areas. Common in Twine Peaks and rare in high end Canny Valley. |
| Brightcore Ore |  |
Epic | 
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Found in caves, mountains and occasionally in containers in settled areas. Rare in high end Twine Peaks. |
| Shadowshard Crystal |  |
Epic |
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Occasionally found in caves and mountains. Common in Twine Peaks and rare in high end Canny Valley. |
| Sunbeam Crystal |  |
Epic |
|
Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Occasionally found in caves and mountains. Rare in high end Twine Peaks. |
| Mechanical Parts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Image | Rarity | Tier | Description |
| Rusty Mechanical Parts |  |
Rare |
|
Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Simple Mechanical Parts |  |
Rare |
|
Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Sturdy Mechanical Parts |  |
Rare |
|
Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Sleek Mechanical Parts |  |
Rare |
|
Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Efficient Mechanical Parts |  |
Rare |
|
Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Twine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Image | Rarity | Tier | Description |
| Stringy Twine |  |
Uncommon |
|
Crafting ingredient. Can be found by destroying trees. |
| Simple Twine |  |
Uncommon |
|
Crafting ingredient. Can be found by destroying trees. |
| Sturdy Twine |  |
Uncommon |
|
Crafting ingredient. Can be found by destroying trees. |
| Peaky Twine |  |
Uncommon |
|
Crafting ingredient. Can be found by destroying trees. |
| Carved Twine |  |
Uncommon |
|
Crafting ingredient. Can be found by destroying trees. |
| Mineral Powder | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Image | Rarity | Tier | Description |
| Rough Mineral Powder |  |
Common |
|
Crafting ingredients. Found by destroying rocks. |
| Simple Mineral Powder |  |
Common |
|
Crafting ingredients. Found by destroying rocks. |
| Fine-Grain Mineral Powder |  |
Common |
|
Crafting ingredients. Found by destroying rocks. |
| Char-Black Mineral Powder |  |
Common |
|
Crafting ingredients. Found by destroying rocks. |
| Oxidized Mineral Powder |  |
Common |
|
Crafting ingredients. Found by destroying rocks. |
| Standard Resources | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Image | Rarity | Description |
| Active Powercell |  |
Epic | Crafting ingredient. Rarely found in strange places and chests. |
| Adhesive Resin |  |
Uncommon | Crafting ingredient. Found by chopping down trees and searching bushes. |
| Bacon |  |
Common | Crafting Ingredient. The duct tape of food! Can be found in unique places throughout the world. Crafty farmers have even developed a method of growing it in their fields, in place of... everything. |
| Batteries |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient. Used as a component for powered devices. Found in populated areas and appliances. |
| Blast Powder |  |
Uncommon | Refined crafting ingredient. Used as a base for many gadgets and explosive ammunitions. Made from coal. |
| Coal |  |
Uncommon | Crafting ingredient. Used as a base for explosive ammo and many weapons. Found in caves, mountains and fireplaces. |
| Duct Tape |  |
Uncommon | Refined crafting ingredient. Can be made with other ingredients, and commonly found in chests. |
| Fibrous Herbs |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient used for healing stations and duct tape. Found by searching bushes, crops and food storage areas. |
| Flower Petals |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient. Used as a base for crafting healing items. Found in plants and bushes |
| Nuts 'n' Bolts |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient. Found in toolboxes, crates and by destroying mechanical objects. |
| Planks |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient. Found by destroying trees. |
| Quartz Crystal |  |
Uncommon | Crafting ingredient. Used to make many quality weapons. Occasionally found in caves and mountains. |
| Rotating Gizmo |  |
Rare | Crafting ingredient. Occasionally found in chests and toolboxes. |
| Rough Ore |  |
Common | Crafting ingredient. Used in many common items and traps. Found by destroying rocks. |
Trivia[]
- Stone is the only building material of the total three world resources that have a chance of a garden gnome spawning inside of a wall.
- Due to a glitch during the first initial release of Challenge the Horde, players experienced their personal Storage being completely wiped. As compensation, Epic Games replenished what was lost to players Storage and added what is now known as tier 6 crafting materials into the game accidentally during this process.
- These tier 6 crafting materials were added in Fortnite: Creative in Update v19.40 and is considered de facto Creative exclusive.