Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, officially called Runners, launched on June 6, 2026, and Sprites are now the center of everything. They are collectible companion creatures that follow you through a match, give you passive abilities, and can be saved permanently to your account through extraction. Miss one, die before you extract it, or skip the secret spots entirely, and your collection falls behind fast.

Sprite Rarity Ability Water Rare Replenishes shield while standing in water Earth Rare Chance to find extra rare loot when opening chests Fire Rare Creates a fire burst when dealing heavy damage Duck Epic Replenishes shield when emoting or jamming Ghost Epic Brief cloak activates when you reload any weapon King Epic Pickaxe deals more damage to builds and players Demon Epic Siphon health and shield on eliminations Dream Legendary Rewards items per level, legendary loot at Level 5 Punk Legendary Random outcome: either nothing or infinite ammo Zero Point Mythic Spawns a Shield Bubble Jr. when healing Burnt Peanut Mythic Bonus loot on kills, chance at Mythic loot at Level 5

There are 11 unique Sprites in the game right now, with a total of 41 collectible entries across all rarities. Some are easy to find in standard Sprite Chests. Others are locked behind hidden secrets that most players have no idea exist. This guide covers every chest location, every secret spot, how extraction works, how to farm Sprite Dust fast, and how to level your Sprites before losing them to another squad.

How Sprites Work (Before You Start Hunting)

When you pick up a Sprite during a match, it follows you and its ability activates passively. But picking one up is not enough. To own it permanently, you need to extract it at an Extraction Site or with a Portable Extractor. If you die before extracting, the Sprite is gone from that run. If you previously extracted it once, it stays in your collection, but you will need to spend Sprite Dust to summon it again in future matches.

Sprites also level up from Level 1 to Level 5, with each level increasing their ability strength. At Level 5, the Sprite is Mastered, glows visually, and hits its highest power tier. Leveling happens through three actions: opening chests and crates during the match, getting eliminations, and performing successful extractions. Once a Sprite is Mastered, extract it before you die or you lose its progress.

Sprite Dust is the currency that makes all of this work. You earn it by extracting Sprites, and you spend it to summon Sprites at the start of future matches. The rarer the Sprite, the more it costs to bring in. So farming Dust early is worth doing even before your collection is complete.

Sprite Rarities: Gold, Gummy, Galaxy, and What Is Coming

Ten of the eleven Sprites come in special rarity variants that stack a universal bonus on top of the Sprite’s core ability. Here is what each variant does:

  • Gold: Bonus XP from every elimination

  • Gummy: 10% extra Sprite Dust on every successful extraction

  • Galaxy: 20% more ammo from all ammo pickups

  • Gem: 30% fall damage reduction (coming soon)

  • Holofoil: 30% chance for your squad to find rare Sprite variants from chests (coming soon)

  • Cube and Quack: Abilities are not confirmed yet, still in development

One thing worth knowing: if you run the Midas skin, any Sprite you pick up turns golden because of Midas’s touch mechanic. Those gold-looking Sprites are not actual Gold variants and give no XP bonus. Do not be fooled into treating them as rare finds.

All 33 Sprite Chest Locations on the Map

Sprite Chests always guarantee at least one Sprite per open and are the most consistent way to build your collection. There are 33 confirmed spawn points across the Season 3 map, though only a random selection activates each match:

  • Sinister Strip POI: 4 Sprite Chests

  • Heatwave Harbor POI: 3 Sprite Chests

  • Wonkeeland POI: 3 Sprite Chests

  • Calamari Canyon POI: 3 Sprite Chests

  • Shaken Sanctuary POI: 3 Sprite Chests

  • Frosted Flats POI: 2 Sprite Chests

  • South of Calamari Canyon: 2 Sprite Chests

  • Lifty Lodge POI: 2 Sprite Chests

  • The Battlewoods POI: 1 Sprite Chest

  • Chopped Shop POI: 1 Sprite Chest

  • Golden Grove POI: 1 Sprite Chest

  • Cluster Coast POI: 1 Sprite Chest

  • North of Frosted Flats: 1 Sprite Chest

  • The Zero Point Landmark (center of map): 1 Sprite Chest

  • South of Wonkeeland: 1 Sprite Chest

  • Collider Corridor Alpha (north of Shaken Sanctuary): 1 Sprite Chest

  • Collider Corridor Beta (next to Latte Landing): 1 Sprite Chest

  • Wettest Bones Research Facility (east of Sunken Shores): 1 Sprite Chest

  • Crashout Estates (west of Cluster Coast): 1 Sprite Chest

Route tip: Start at Sinister Strip for the highest chest density (4 possible spawns), then push toward Heatwave Harbor and sweep down to Cluster Coast. In Zero Build, Shockwave Grenades cut travel time between chest locations significantly. Running this outer loop lets you hit 10 to 20 Sprite Chests per game without going through the most contested central zones.

Turn on Visualized Sounds in your settings. It puts a directional HUD indicator on screen when a Sprite Chest is nearby, so you never walk past a hidden or partially obscured spawn.

Secret Sprite Spots Most Players Never Find

These hidden locations are confirmed by the community and go well beyond the standard chest route:

The Duck Vault (Cluster Coast)

Go to the bottom-right area of the map near Cluster Coast and search for a duck wearing sunglasses. It has six possible spawn points: on the couches of the Duck Yacht, in the master bedroom, near the adjacent pond, inside an aquarium, in an outdoor pool, or inside an indoor pool. Picking it up gives you a Duck Key. Take it to the tallest building in Cluster Coast, place the duck in the glass case, and a hidden platform descends to reveal a secret room with rare chests and potential rare Sprites.

The Duck Race (Heatwave Harbor)

Head northwest of Heatwave Harbor to find a small bridge where a duck race can be triggered. Follow the ducks downstream. They break small boxes as they go, which can spawn Sprites along the route. At the end of the race, a cannon fires bonus loot, and Sprites can drop from it.

The Prison Room (Synrip)

Land at Synrip and head downstairs to a locked prison door. Follow the power cables on both sides to two separate power stations. Disable both to kill the security grid. The prison door opens to reveal confirmed Sprite spawns inside along with solid loot.

The Lighthouse (Calamari Canyon)

Climb to the top of the lighthouse near Calamari Canyon and ignite the light. Two rotating beams mark secret chest locations on the ground. Hit the beam with your pickaxe to pause it, run down to open the spawned chest, then repeat. Both beams rift in blue chests per game, and those chests have a strong chance to contain rare Sprites.

The Storage Room (Battlewoods)

Grab at least 500 Gold from registers, safes, or nearby stores. Head to the storage facility near Battlewoods and take the stairs down to a mystery door. It costs 500 Gold to open. A Sprite may be waiting inside, though the spawn is not guaranteed every time. Keep attempting and it will eventually pay off.

The Wishing Fountain (Sunken Shores)

Go to the power station in Sunken Shores and hit the button to repair the water pumps. Then interact with the hand wheel at the water tower to restore flow. Once the fountain is back online, make a wish for 200 Gold. Loot sprays out of the fountain and can include rare Sprites.

The Lab (Golden Grove)

Enter the car wash near Golden Grove and locate the drain on the floor. Break the floor beside it to find a hidden staircase leading underground to a lab (a nod to Breaking Bad). A guaranteed blue chest sits inside with a chance at rare Sprites. If you pick up a Vault Key Card here or anywhere on the map, two Sprite Vaults exist on the island at Frosted Flats and Sinister Strip, each containing Sprite Chests, blue chests, and standard chests.

How to Extract Sprites Without Losing Them

Extraction is the only permanent path to owning a Sprite. Dying before you extract means losing it from that match entirely. Here is the exact process:

  1. Find and pick up a Sprite during the match

  2. Wait for the first storm circle to close (Extraction Sites go active after that)

  3. Head to any Extraction Site shown on your minimap

  4. Activate the control panel to call the Extraction Crate

  5. Load your Sprites into the crate and wait for it to depart

  6. The Sprite is now permanently saved to your collection

If you do not want to wait for a site, a Portable Extractor can be purchased at any Extraction Site terminal for 2,000 Sprite Dust. It lets you extract from anywhere on the map mid-match, which is extremely useful if you are sitting on a rare Sprite in a hot zone. You can buy one per day per account.

Winning a Victory Royale also auto-extracts any Sprites you are carrying, so you do not need to hit a site if you survive to the end.

How to Farm Sprite Dust Fast

Sprite Dust is earned by extracting Sprites. The more Sprites you pull out per game, the faster your Dust stack grows. The most efficient confirmed farming method uses bot lobbies:

  1. Download Fortnite on a second device (phone or tablet works)

  2. Create a dummy account and friend your main

  3. Both accounts queue into a Zero Build Squad on No Fill

  4. Once in the game, have the dummy account leave immediately. Bot lobbies fill to 100 players the moment you join, so the lobby stays full

  5. Farm and extract as many Sprites as possible across the match

  6. Repeat

Using this method, players report extracting 20 to 30 Sprites per game, earning close to 20,000 Sprite Dust in a single session. Note that Epic patched bot lobby Sprite level XP at some point this season, so leveling is slower in bots, but Dust farming still works at full rate.

You can also spend 1,000 Sprite Dust at any Extraction Site terminal once per day to buy 20,000 XP, which is useful for leveling your Battle Pass alongside your Sprite grind.

Tips to Level Sprites Faster

Beyond raw eliminations, Sprite Level Points come from actions most players overlook:

  • Opening chests, ammo crates, barrels, food boxes, and cash registers

  • Fishing at any rod location on the map

  • Eliminating NPCs on the island

  • Defeating any boss enemies

Shoreline drop spots are especially strong for this because they stack fishing rods, ammo crates, and chests in a small area, giving you a high volume of interactions quickly. If you land near John Wick’s dog spawn on the map, triggering it brings in a group of guards. Each guard eliminated counts toward your Sprite’s Level Points, making that drop one of the more efficient leveling spots on the map.

Every Monday from 9 AM ET, Fortnite runs a Mastery Monday event that runs for 24 hours and boosts Sprite upgrade rates for Legendary and higher tiers. Time your hardest leveling sessions to this window.

The Sprite Bot Back Bling and How to Display Rare Variants

The Sprite Bot back bling from the Chapter 7 Season 3 Battle Pass lets you display any Mastered Sprite visually without it being your active equipped Sprite. You can flex a Galaxy or Gummy variant in-game without putting it at risk of being lost on death. The catch: only Sprites you have fully Mastered at Level 5 can be loaded into it.

If you want to go the other direction and hide your Sprite completely, go to Settings, then Game Settings, then scroll to Sprites. There is an option to remove the Sprite from your back entirely. This is also a small stealth advantage since opponents cannot spot a floating companion trailing behind you.