Kyber Droids are the centerpiece of the Star Wars: Droid Tycoon update in Fortnite Creative. Each one starts life as a dormant unit you craft from a Kyber blueprint, then bring to Professor Huyang to awaken into a random color, Green, Blue, or Purple. Collecting enough of each color unlocks matching lightsabers and workshop paints.
Quick answer: Craft a Kyber blueprint at a crafting station, equip the inactive droid as a companion, then take it to Professor Huyang’s workbench and pay 1 Kyber Crystal (Common) or 2 Kyber Crystals (Rare) to awaken it.
Start the event and claim your first blueprint
The whole loop begins with Professor Huyang, the Jedi archival droid stationed in the basement tunnel beneath the workshop. Head downstairs and speak to him to trigger the intro. He delivers a starter crate directly to your workshop containing one Kyber Droid blueprint and one Kyber Crystal, which is enough to build and awaken your first unit.
Where Kyber Droid blueprints come from
After the starter crate, you supply your own blueprints through four routes. Each one feeds the same crafting station, so you can mix them freely depending on how many Credits or V-Bucks you want to spend.
- Kyber blueprints spawn naturally on the conveyor belt and are bought with Credits.
- Activating a Kyber Surge with V-Bucks floods the belt with Kyber blueprints quickly.
- Upgrade chips convert existing standard droids into Kyber versions.
- Combine three droids of Stellar tier at the fusion table to create a Kyber unit.
Belt prices scale with rarity. A Common blueprint is cheap, while a Rare like the R9 costs several million Credits. These are the sample costs seen on the belt:
| Blueprint | Rarity | Belt cost |
|---|---|---|
| CB | Kyber Common | 72,000 CR |
| Gonk | Kyber Common | 108K CR |
| ID10 | Kyber Common | 144,000 CR |
| R9 | Kyber Rare | 4,320,000 CR |
The Kyber Surge is paid, but it spawns several blueprints at once (Gonk, R8, BDX Explorer, ID10, and B1 Security in one run), which is the fastest way to line up multiple crafts back to back.
Craft the dormant droid
Get Kyber Crystals for activation
Awakening a droid costs Kyber Crystals (or V-Bucks). Beyond the single crystal from the starter crate, there are two reliable ways to keep a supply coming.
- Complete World Missions such as “Mine Rocks.” The reward crate can hold 10 Kyber Crystals.
- Trade specific crafted droids to NPCs at the Cantina Shop in exchange for Kyber Crystals.
Awaken the droid at Huyang’s workbench
| Droid rarity | Kyber Crystals | V-Bucks |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 1 | 50 |
| Rare | 2 | 100 |
The color is randomized at activation, so you cannot pick Green, Blue, or Purple directly. Expect to awaken plenty of droids to fill out all three color trackers.
Unlock the Kyber lightsabers
In Huyang’s chamber, displays mounted on the walls show progress by color. Awakening a droid updates its corresponding tracker—for instance, Green advances from 1/20 to 2/20.
Each lightsaber requires 20 different Kyber droids matching its color. Having duplicate copies of one model won’t increase the total, so awaken 20 separate droid types in Green, 20 in Blue, and 20 in Purple to earn all three lightsabers on the display wall.
Collect the Galactic Workshop base paints
Alongside the lightsabers, the Galactic Workshop paint menu offers three Kyber base paints. These reward volume rather than variety, counting every awakened droid of a color instead of only unique models.
| Base paint | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Kyber Green Paint | Collect 60 Green Kyber Droids |
| Kyber Blue Paint | Collect 60 Blue Kyber Droids |
| Kyber Purple Paint | Collect 60 Purple Kyber Droids |
Because activation color is random, the fastest path is a steady rhythm: craft blueprints from the belt or a Kyber Surge, restock Kyber Crystals through World Missions and Cantina trades, and awaken droids in batches. The trackers and paint counters climb with every activation, and the lightsabers appear on the wall once each color reaches its 20-unique threshold.
