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What is FNLB and how does it work?

Understand what FNLB is, what problems it solves, and how it integrates with Fortnite and your bots.

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What is FNLB?

FNLB (Fortnite Lobby Bot) is a free platform that runs Fortnite bots for you. A bot is an automated Epic Games account that you add as a Fortnite friend and invite to your party. While a brand new bot is in your party, Fortnite matchmaking fills your game with AI bots instead of real players, giving you easy, low-pressure matches.

You manage everything from two places:

  • fnlb.net - the website, where you browse public bots, read guides and manage your account.
  • The FNLB App (app.fnlb.net) - the dashboard where you create, configure and start your own custom bots.

Once a bot is in your party you control it with short messages and commands sent in Fortnite party chat, or from the chat built into the FNLB App.

What can I use FNLB for?

Most players use FNLB to get into Fortnite bot lobbies, but a bot can do a lot more:

  • Farm XP and Battle Pass levels quickly in bot-only matches
  • Complete daily, weekly and story quests without contest
  • Practice mechanics without fighting skilled opponents
  • Show any supported cosmetic (even items the account does not own) in the lobby
  • Play emotes, jam tracks and emoji reactions on demand
  • Set your displayed Battle Pass level, rank and crowns with a single command
  • Manage friends - accept, add, block or remove accounts in bulk

Every command is typed as a normal chat message, so you never have to leave Fortnite to use them.

How does FNLB connect with Fortnite?

FNLB signs in to Fortnite using the Epic Games account you import as your bot. The bot then appears to you exactly like any other Fortnite friend: you send it a friend request, accept it, and invite it to your party.

Behind the scenes FNLB keeps the bot online, reads party chat, and updates the party the instant you send a command - changing cosmetics, readying up, changing matchmaking and so on. Cosmetics are applied directly to your lobby, which is why a bot can wear items its own account does not own.

Because the bot is a friend on your list, it never needs your main account password, and your main account is never used to play as a bot.

Next steps

If you are completely new, the fastest path is:

  1. Create your first FNLB lobby bot
  2. Get the bot online
  3. Join a Fortnite bot lobby

You can also read the full documentation at docs.fnlb.net or ask the community in the FNLB Discord.

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