Where to find Academy Tech Lab locations in Fortnite

Raise your Hero Rank before heading inside

Finding Fortnite’s Academy Tech Lab locations is a good idea in general, thanks to the loot you can pick up, but you’ll also need to enter them several times to complete one of Chapter 6 Season 3 week 4’s quests. Finding them isn’t enough, though. Clearing the quest also requires you to increase your hero rank first.

Where to find Academy Tech Labs in Fortnite

The Academy Tech Lab can spawn in a variety of locations around the map, but there is always one guaranteed location — Supernova Academy. The basement of the southeastern building on the Supernova Academy campus counts as an Academy Tech Lab, and, as it’s a POI, will be there every game. In this Academy Tech Lab, you can find the following:

1. C rank vault containing a C rank Hero Cache, a Hero Item, two purchasable epic items, and one purchasable utility item.

2. B rank vault containing a B rank Hero Cache, a Hero Item, and two purchasable epic items, and one purchasable boon.

3. A rank vault containing an A rank Hero Cache, two Hero Items, and two purchasable legendary items.

As for the other Academy Tech Labs, their locations can be found on the map. They’re marked on the map by an academy symbol next to a test tube at the beginning of every game.

These labs are underground, and you can enter it via a small staircase that leads you into the side of a drum-shaped structure. Inside, you’ll find the following:

1. C rank Hero Cache

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3. B rank Hero Cache

4. Hero Item

5. Purchasable weapons, boons, and utility items

6. A rank vault containing an S and A rank Hero Cache and two purchasable legendary weapons

7. Warp Portal

How to increase Hero Rank in Fortnite

To complete the week 4 quest, you’ll need to increase your Hero Rank first and then enter a lab.

You and your squad gain points toward a higher Hero Rank every time you do the following:

1. Eliminate enemy players

2. Survive Storm phases

3. Return a Sprite to a shrine

4. Eliminate henchman

We recommend returning a Sprite to a shrine to get a large amount of points in one go or visiting a Scout Spire and defeating henchman as they’re easier to eliminate than other players.

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