---
title: "How to play bot lobbies with friends"
description: "Team up with your friends and a single bot to drop into the same bot-only Fortnite lobby together."
canonical: https://fnlb.net/support/bot-setup/play-with-friends
markdown: https://fnlb.net/support/bot-setup/play-with-friends.md
---

# How to play bot lobbies with friends

Team up with your friends and a single bot to drop into the same bot-only Fortnite lobby together.

## Build your party

Create a Fortnite party and invite your friends first. Once everyone is in the lobby, invite **one** FNLB bot and wait for it to load in.

Do not ready up until the bot has fully joined, otherwise matchmaking can start without it - and without it, you get a normal lobby.

## Only invite one bot

A bot lobby is created when a brand new, level 1 bot is the matchmaking anchor. Two or more bots breaks the lobby and can drop everyone into a real match.

Keep it to **exactly one bot per party**, and don't mix bots from different setups.

## Pick a supported mode

Use **Battle Royale** or **Zero Build**, in **Duos, Trios or Squads**, with **No Fill** turned on. Avoid Fortnite OG, Ranked, LTMs and creative modes.

Everyone readies up together once the bot is loaded in.

## Tips

- Have the party leader own the bot, so fill is turned off automatically
- If a bot already joined another party, ask its owner to free it up
- If the lobby looks like a normal match, back out and set up again

Still stuck? Read [Bot is not joining my party](https://fnlb.net/support/troubleshooting/bot-not-joining.md).