# Allow Manual Respawn Setting in Island Settings Broken

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/allow-manual-respawn-setting-in-island-settings-broken/2852136>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fortnite-creative, Status-NeedsTriage, fortnite\
**Created:** [November 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/allow-manual-respawn-setting-in-island-settings-broken/2852136 "2026-11-08T02:09:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PeterGGs](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/peterggs/32/631178_2.png) [@PeterGGs](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/PeterGGs)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/allow-manual-respawn-setting-in-island-settings-broken/2852136/1 "2026-11-08T02:09:34Z")

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### Summary

Allow Manual Respawn Setting in Island Settings set to off sometimes still allows players to manually respawn. It is off in Murder Mystery, but it sometimes shows after players switch classes and respawns.

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Island Settings

### Steps to Reproduce

Follow the steps in the linked video to get it to happen. Have not reproduced in a separate island other than Murder Mystery.

### Expected Result

You can not manually respawn

### Observed Result

Player is able to manually respawn

### Platform(s)

all

### Island Code

5253-8468-3364

### Video

[![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/5/3/753202d6c690306a77f69c21ec732686fc673092.jpeg "Respawn Bug") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7F0_UQ_JJ0)

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**Author:** ![Bug-Reporter](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bug-reporter/32/997076_2.png) [@Bug-Reporter](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Bug-Reporter)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/allow-manual-respawn-setting-in-island-settings-broken/2852136/3 "2026-11-09T17:00:39Z")

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The status of FORT-1190646 changed to ‘Needs Triage’. We are routing this to the appropriate team for investigation.