Since their introduction to Fortnite, chickens have had quite a journey. They’re handy little buddies to have in your inventory, providing fall damage, healing, and companionship. Now, with Fortnite Chapter 5, Season 2, you can catch yourself a golden chicken touched by Midas himself.

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Where to find a Golden Chicken

Golden Chickens are the same as regular old chickens. This means you can find them wherever you would normally find a chicken in Fortnite. You should be able to find the golden chicken in grassy places, on farms, and at the various new POIs in Chapter 5, Season 2 of Fortnite. I head straight for Fencing Fields for my chickens.

The Golden Chicken in Fortnite behaves pretty much the same as it always did. However, now it has a little extra trick up its sleeve. Shooting the chicken will result in gold bars, and startling them will make them lay a golden egg. Picking up the golden egg will give you gold bars to spend around the map.

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As usual, the Golden Chicken will provide its usual Fortnite bonuses. Keeping one with you will negate fall damage, and you can always kill them for their delicious health-providing meat. However, carrying a chicken will stop you from being able to sprint as a payment for no longer having fall damage and the boost to jump height.

Where to spend your Fortnite gold

Now that you have an abundance of Fortnite chicken-smelling gold in your pockets, you need to start spending it. You can invest your savings at various points around the map to become more powerful.

  • Hiring NPCs – This is my favorite place to spend gold, especially solo. I find the extra pair of eyes and a triggerman is very valuable in a fight.
  • Healing, Vending, and Midas machines. – If you need a quick pick-me-up or an item or two, some extra gold goes a long way.
  • Weapon upgrade machines – If you have enough gold, you can upgrade the quality of your weapons.
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