There are friends and foes scattered all around the Fortnite island, many of which can be interacted with for help or to gain special items. The Foundation is one of the most important players this season, so you may want to know where to find him.
Like most NPCs, The Foundation sticks to one specific area, and it might be one you don’t visit all that often. Some characters are out in plain sight, while others, like The Foundation, are hanging around fairly hidden spots. If you’re struggling to track him down, here’s how to find and defeat The Foundation in Fortnite.
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The Foundation location in Fortnite
The Foundation can be found at the New Sanctuary POI near the bottom right corner of the map. He wanders around inside the large triangular building situated right in the center. Typically, he’s not on the main floor you enter on, but the level just below that. He never goes down to the secret underground area that’s home to the New Sanctuary Vault.
How to beat The Foundation in Fortnite
Before taking on The Foundation in battle, be sure you’ve got full health, full shields, and some solid weapons. He’s not quite as difficult to face as the Ice King, but he’s still a pretty imposing foe you won’t want to take on without preparing.
Regardless of whether you’re Team Foundation or Team Ice King, The Foundation will always initially be a friendly character. He starts off as one of the NPCs you can hire and will never attack you unless you strike at him first. As soon as you do start a fight, you lose the ability to hire him as an ally for that round.
When you are ready to face him, be prepared to dodge his attacks. He has a pretty devastating one where he picks up a rock and throws it at you. If it hits, you’ll take quite a blow, so watch his movements carefully to avoid it. Shoot at him while he’s charging it up, since he’s quite vulnerable then. Otherwise, he just uses a gun to shoot at you. He fires pretty slowly and doesn’t have great aim, so his shots aren’t all that threatening.
All The Foundation boss loot in Fortnite
As of the time of writing, The Foundation doesn’t drop anything when you defeat him. This may change as the season progresses, since the loot pool is set to expand as the community obtains Rivalry points and reaches certain goals. We’ll update with any loot drop changes he gets in the future here, but for now, you’re much better off hiring him as an ally who is willing to fight at your side rather than taking him on in battle, since there’s absolutely no benefit for doing so.
If you’re up for tackling some more tasks after meeting up with The Foundation, consider working on finding all Chaos Cubes, getting the Golden Exalted Ice King, using the Jam Track Player, and visiting Zero Point Shards for The Foundation.
