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Fortnite: How to Visit Geno’s Hidden Lair in Shaken Sanctuary

The exact spot in Shaken Sanctuary where Geno's secret sanctum is hidden, and how stepping inside clears the quest.

The exact spot in Shaken Sanctuary where Geno’s secret sanctum is hidden, and how stepping inside clears the quest.

Geno’s Plan sends you looking for a sanctum he kept buried inside The Order’s own headquarters, and the first stage asks you to visit his hidden lair in Shaken Sanctuary. The point of interest is large, and the entrance is tucked out of sight, so the marker alone rarely gets you there on the first drop.

Quick answer: The lair sits beneath a small building slightly northwest of the central triangle base in Shaken Sanctuary, right next to The Shape screen. Enter that building, drop through the cracked floor in the coned-off corner, follow the stairs down, and step through the double doors to complete the stage.


Where Geno’s hidden lair is in Shaken Sanctuary

Shaken Sanctuary sits near the southeast corner of the island, close to the bottom-right edge of the map. The lair itself is hidden underneath a small building slightly northwest of the main triangle base at the center of the point of interest, near the road that runs across the location.

Geno's hidden lair in Shaken Sanctuary location in Fortnite

The easiest landmark to aim for is The Shape, the large animated diamond-shaped screen that used to sit in Sinister Strip before it was moved here. The building you need stands right next to it. If you have already done the “Talk to The Order to review audio logs” task, this is the same spot, since that NPC wanders inside the hideout.


How to get inside the lair

Open your map, place a marker over Shaken Sanctuary, and glide down toward the northwest building next to The Shape. Landing on or near that building saves you a long run across the point of interest.
Go inside the building and look at the main floor. In one corner you will find an area fenced off with cones and caution tape, with a large crack broken into the ground.
Geno's hidden lair in Shaken Sanctuary entrance in fortnite
Drop down through the opening into the stone corridor below. Follow the stairs and hallway to the end, where a set of metal double doors opens on its own into a high-tech monitoring room full of screens and a central holographic globe.

How to know the quest completed

There is nothing to interact with for this stage. Simply crossing through the double doors into the room finishes it. A “Stage 1 of 4 – Visit Geno’s hidden lair in Shaken Sanctuary” completion banner appears with a +10,000 XP reward, and dialogue from The Order begins to play as you enter.

The Order (Reforged) stands inside the room, and there are a chest and a rare chest to loot while you are down there. Once the stage clears, the objective updates to the next step automatically.


The rest of Geno’s Plan

Visiting the lair is the opening move in a four-stage story quest, each worth 10,000 XP. The full chain runs like this.

StageObjective
1 of 4Visit Geno’s hidden lair in Shaken Sanctuary
2 of 4Destroy objects in Chopped Shop or Wonkeeland to make some noise (25)
3 of 4Hack Geno’s devices to listen to his conversations (3)
4 of 4Talk to The Order to review audio logs

The final stage brings you right back to Shaken Sanctuary. You speak with The Order NPCs in the main building, then drop through the same cracked floor into the lair to talk to The Order (Reforged) and review the audio logs, closing out the questline.