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Every Rebirth gate, how Super Rebirth actually works, the full Nova Crystal payout curve, and the Nova Shop — on one page. Tap a level to mark it cleared; it saves in this browser.

CODE 7865-8305-9184 PATCH v1.16 · Super Rebirth UPDATED 2026-06-23 Fortnite Creative

01Rules that bite

Droids must be active

Ticking the Droidex doesn’t count. The required droids have to be placed in your base — parking them in the rest area (lounge) is fine, they don’t have to be working.

Higher variant always counts

A gate asking for Gold is satisfied by Diamond, Rainbow, or Beskar. Get one Beskar of a repeat droid (R7, Mono-WLKR, B2-RP, Mecha-Droid) and you never chase it again.

Rebirth the moment you qualify

There’s no “should I wait” math — every rebirth multiplies credit income and opens base slots. Holding gains nothing. Plan droid upgrades, not timing.

Credits reset, the curve doesn’t

Each rebirth wipes your credits but the per-level credit cost is fixed. Slots stop unlocking after Rebirth 16 — from 17 up, rebirths are pure income multiplier.

02Super Rebirth

The prestige layer above the rebirth ladder — the station behind the Cantina. A normal rebirth resets your factory; a Super Rebirth resets your entire run for two permanent rewards: a stacking credit bonus and Nova Crystals.

Unlock

  • Rebirth 12 reached, and
  • at least one Rainbow Legendary droid owned.
  • Each Super Rebirth also advances you to the next requirement path (see §04).

Permanent payoff (scales with pop level)

  • Nova Crystals → the Nova Shop (§06).
  • Credit multiplier = 2× your crystal count, as a % (R12 = +22%, R23 = +242%).
  • XP multiplier = 10× your crystal count (R12 = +110%, R23 = +1210%).
  • All three stack permanently across every Super Rebirth — bigger pops compound.

Reset

Base, droids, credits, rebirth rank, pickaxe level, blueprints, and Upgrade Chips. Spend chips, blueprints, and credits before you pop — convert them into things that persist.

Keep

Droidex, Droidsmith level, cosmetics, Flawless unlocks, and Iconic droid unlocks (repurchasable at the Iconic vendor for credits).

03Nova Crystal payouts & when to pop

When to Super Rebirth: push to Rebirth 23

Crystals, the credit multiplier, and the XP multiplier all scale with your rebirth level at pop, and the curve is exponential — R23 is the best return on time. Popping at R12 the second you unlock gives about 1/11th of everything a R23 pop does.

It snowballs: each Super Rebirth's credit multiplier is permanent, so your next climb to R23 is faster than the last. The first push is the slow one — after that, aim for R23 every time. Only pop early if you specifically want to advance the requirement path (§04).

Each pop pays Nova Crystals plus a permanent credit and XP multiplier, all set by your rebirth level when you reset. Deeper always wins; the table is the full curve.

Nova Crystals
credit multiplier
XP multiplier
Rebirth level at popNova Crystals+Credits+XP
Known glitch Community reports a bug paying out half the intended amounts. If you’re sitting on a deep rebirth rank and can wait, holding until it’s confirmed fixed protects your biggest run. Outside of popping, the hard daily challenge pays 1 Nova Crystal/day — the only non-pop source.

04The four cycling paths

Since the Super Rebirth update, rebirth requirements cycle through four paths, advancing one per Super Rebirth: 1 → 2 → 3 → 4, then back to 1.

05Rebirth ladder — Path 1

Cleared 0 / 23 tap a row’s box to track your climb
LvlCreditsRequired droids (at variant or higher)Slot

Reading it: levels 1–4 are free momentum; 5–8 introduce Diamond gates (start farming Upgrade Chips); level 9 is the first wall (Groundmech at Rainbow); 12+ is the Legendary game; 21–23 is all Beskar at 3T / 4.5T / 6T.

06Nova Shop

Behind the Cantina, next to the Super Rebirth station. Most useful upgrades cost just 1–25 crystals (a single Rebirth 16+ pop funds several). Effects marked “~” are inferred from the upgrade name, not yet read from in-game tooltips.

Gem priority — what to buy first

  1. Daily quest crystal — every login. It's free and can't be banked, so a missed day is a crystal gone.
  2. Iconic Droids the moment they appear (BB-8, Mister Bones, DJ R-3X…) — limited-time, unique, and now power-scaled above Beskar Legendaries for Astromech / World missions. BB-8 is currently the single best mission droid.
  3. Workshop quality-of-life — Collect All, Lounge Slot, Rebirth Droid Alert. These save real time every session, which compounds into faster R23 climbs.
  4. Core stat / earning upgrades — Credits boost first, then Damage, then Health & Movement Speed.
  5. Flawless Charm (500) — the long-term sink; only once everything above is handled.
  6. Never cosmetics until you're swimming in crystals — paint and accessories do nothing for production.

Core permanent account upgrades

Max Health · more player HP1 ×8
Damage · feeds trooper farming1 ×8
Movement Speed1 ×18
Jawa Bartering · ~better sell prices5 ×5
Credits · boosts earnings10
Pickaxe Mastery · ~perma pickaxe lvls15 ×11
Double Daily Quests75
Flawless Charm · endgame sink500

Workshop factory & crafting

Upgrade Chip Scrap · ~chips from scrap5 ×10
Blueprint Scrap12 ×4
Crafting Speed · droids build faster18
Scrap Value · scrap pays more25
Collect All · ~collect every droid at once25 ×3
Lounge Slot · extra rest-area slots30 ×4
Blueprint Storage75 ×3
Rebirth Droid Alert · Blueprint VendorTBC

Cosmetic decorative only

Nova Crystal base paint · 3 stages30
Droid accessories · base paint colorsvaries

Iconic Droids 30 crystals each

BB-8 · available now30
Mister Bones · later30
IG-11 Marshal · later30
CB-23 · unreleased (Legendary)30

Most upgrades have several stackable ranks (the ×N in the tables). Plan on many Super Rebirths — pick one or two targets per run instead of spreading crystals thin.

Data cross-referenced from community trackers (droidtycoonguide.com, games.gg, NeonLightsMedia) and the Fortnite Wiki. Super Rebirth multipliers and Nova Shop priority per NeonLightsMedia (Jun 2026); requirements rebalanced May 12, 2026; Super Rebirth added v1.16 (Jun 9, 2026); Iconic Droids power-scaled above Beskar for missions in a later June patch. Some Nova Shop effects and Paths 3–4 are still being confirmed by the community.