Cursed Sprites, the second new variant tied to Fortnite’s Treasure Hunters mini-season, are now live in the game after a delayed rollout. The items, marked by glowing red eyes, raise the odds of finding rare Sprites but punish players who carry them into water.
Key points
- Cursed Sprites were added to Fortnite's game files on Nov. 1 but weren't enabled until the Captain's Day update on Nov. 7-8.
- There are 11 known Cursed Sprites, including Halfpeel'd, Re-Pete, Barry O'Fish, Chester and Plundarrgh.
- Cursed Sprites raise the odds of finding rare Sprites but deal damage to players while they're in water.
- Players can obtain them by completing Wanted Posters, searching rare or Sprite chests, or eliminating opponents who carry them.
- Cursed Sprites have a reported spawn chance between 0.3% and 0.005%, making them among the rarest items in the mode.
The variant matters for anyone chasing completion in the pirate-themed mini-season, since Cursed Sprites were technically present in the game’s files for a week before Epic Games actually switched them on. Players who assumed they were farmable at launch were out of luck until the studio flipped the switch.
Why Cursed Sprites Took a Week to Appear
Epic Games added 33 new Sprites to Fortnite when the Treasure Hunters mini-season launched November 1, bringing a pirate theme and a crossover tied to One Piece. Each new base Sprite comes with three collectible variants, and the full list of new Sprites included the 11 Cursed variants from day one, at least in the game’s files.
Those Cursed variants didn’t actually spawn for players until the Captain’s Day update landed November 7 and 8. A total of 12 new Sprites were added to the battle royale mode as part of that update, and that’s when Cursed Sprites finally became obtainable. Players tracking Fortnite’s full Sprite collection for the mini-season had to wait out that gap before chasing the cursed set.
All 11 Cursed Sprites in Treasure Hunters
The Cursed Sprite roster lines up with the mini-season’s existing base Sprites, each one reskinned with the red-eyed, cursed look. The current list includes:
- Halfpeel’d
- Re-Pete
- Barry O’Fish
- Wayfinder
- Chester
- Kelper
- Exmarks
- Lil’ Squibbly
- Lil’ Flacko
- Lil’ Uzi Vert Jr.
- Plundarrgh
Lil’ Uzi Vert Jr. stands out from the rest of the list. Rather than arriving with the original Nov. 1 batch, it was added separately on Nov. 8 with its Base, Fortune, and Cursed forms released all at once.
What Cursed Sprites Actually Do
Carrying a Cursed Sprite increases the chance of finding rarer Sprite variants while searching containers, but it comes with a catch: players take damage while standing in water. Reports on the exact numbers vary, but one figure circulating puts the boost at roughly 7% and the water damage at 1 point every two seconds.
Leveling up a Cursed Sprite works the same way as other variants. Searching Treasure Hunt Chests, Ammo Boxes, Fishing Barrels, and Produce Boxes all count, as does opening Sprite Chests or eliminating other players. Some specific Sprites, like the item detailed in Fortnite’s guide to the Chester Sprite, carry their own perks on top of the Cursed boost once leveled.
Where to Find Them and How Rare They Are
Cursed Sprites don’t spawn at fixed points of interest, so there’s no single named location to camp for a specific variant. Epic’s loot pool ties them to Wanted Posters, rare chests, and Sprite Chests scattered across the map, along with eliminations against players who are already holding one.
Epic’s in-game Treasure Hours reportedly boost Sprite stats during certain play windows, and completing Wanted Posters remains one of the more consistent paths to rare pulls. Players chasing a Mythic-tier item, such as the one covered in Fortnite’s guide to the Plundarrgh Sprite, may want to prioritize those quests over blind chest searching.
Spawn rates for Cursed Sprites are reported to sit between 0.3% and 0.005%, putting them in the same rarity bracket as the mode’s Fortune variants. Players struggling to find one can fall back on the Lucky Locator item, which improves the odds of locating rare loot nearby.
Epic has not published official patch notes detailing the exact numbers behind the Cursed Sprite effect, and the mini-season’s next addition, a Gold Sprite variant tied to elimination XP, is expected sometime between Nov. 12 and Nov. 14 depending on the source.
