The BB is one of the hardest early-game droids to pin down in Fortnite's Star Wars Droid Tycoon, and plenty of players get stuck grinding the Sandcrawler without seeing one for hours. The good news: there are specific methods that meaningfully improve your odds. Here's everything you need to know about finding a BB, putting it to work, and why skipping past it isn't really an option if you're pushing toward Rebirth Level 7.
How do you get a BB in Droid Tycoon?
No spawn in Droid Tycoon is guaranteed, and the BB is no exception. What you can do is stack the deck in your favor through a few consistent habits.
Fortnite Star Wars Droid Tycoon Guide: How to Get a BB
Complete Daily Missions first
Daily Missions are your most reliable path to rarer droids. The rewards pool is large, so a BB isn't a certainty, but the missions also hand out Upgrade Chips alongside droid drops, making them worth doing regardless. Treat them as your daily floor, not an optional side task.
Keep Astromech Missions running constantly
Your base dispatches Astromech Missions, and you should never let that queue sit empty. Higher-tier missions take longer to complete, but the reward quality scales up accordingly. Set them before you log off and check back when they finish. According to the source data from Insider Gaming, the rewards from higher-tier missions are among the best available in the mode.
If you're going to be away from the game for a few hours, queue the longest Astromech Mission available before you close the app. You'll come back to better loot.
Play in high-Rebirth lobbies
This one isn't officially confirmed by Epic Games, but community testing documented by Insider Gaming suggests that lobbies with a higher average Rebirth level produce more frequent high-tier Sandcrawler spawns. The theory makes sense from a design standpoint: flooding a high-level lobby with Gonk Droids would be tedious for everyone involved.
If your current public lobby looks low-level, bounce around until you find one where other players are clearly deep into the mode. Playing with friends who have already grinded through multiple Rebirths is even better.
Spawn rates for specific droids are not publicly confirmed by Epic Games. The lobby-level correlation is based on community observation, not official documentation.
What does a BB actually do?
A base-level BB generates 150 Credits-per-second. Upgrade it to Diamond and that number jumps to 1,200 Credits-per-second. Those figures come directly from Insider Gaming's testing of the mode. Legendary Astromechs you unlock later will outpace a BB, but early to mid-game, a BB will likely be the strongest droid in your collection.
Do you need a BB for Rebirth?
Yes. You need a Gold BB active in your base to reach Rebirth Level 7. If the Sandcrawler hasn't cooperated, upgrading a base BB directly is the faster path forward rather than waiting on RNG. For a full breakdown of every credit threshold and droid requirement across all 15 Rebirth levels, the complete Droid Tycoon Rebirth requirements guide has everything mapped out.
Don't sell a BB if you haven't hit Rebirth Level 7 yet. Even if the Credits-per-second looks tempting to cash out, you'll need a Gold BB active to unlock that tier, and hunting for another one is not fun.
Fortnite Star Wars Droid Tycoon Guide: How to Get a BB
Once you've secured your BB, keep any droids you'll need for future Rebirth tiers in the rest area rather than your active base, so you're not scrambling to find them again later.
Tips for faster BB progression
- Always have at least one Astromech Mission running, even low-tier ones fill the gap between higher-tier completions.
- Check Daily Missions the moment they reset. The droid reward pool refreshes, so early completion means more attempts per day.
- If you pull a BB from any source, prioritize upgrading it over selling. The Credits-per-second gain at Diamond level is substantial.
- For players who want to push Rebirth quickly, the how to use the Rebirth Station guide walks through exactly what you need to trigger your first Rebirth.
For everything else happening in the mode, the full Fortnite strategy guides collection covers the rest of Droid Tycoon in depth.