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Fortnite Sprites have returned to the battle royale, after previously featuring in several seasons of Chapter 6. There are now a lot more of them than the original Air, Earth, and Water Sprites, and there's a whole new system built around them. You can now extract them from the island to build up your collection and then bring any one of the little helpers into each match from the start. This can get a bit complicated, so here's an explanation of how Sprites work in Fortnite, what their powers are, and how to level them up to Mastery.
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What are the Fortnite Sprite powers?
Each of the Fortnite Sprites gives you a different power up when equipped, and their descriptions are given below:
- Rare:
- Earth Sprite: You have a chance to find additional rare items when opening chests
- Fire Sprite: Creates a fiery burst when you deal enough damage to an enemy
- Water Sprite: Replenish shield while in water for you and your nearby Squad
- Epic:
- Duck Sprite: Emoting or Jamming replenishes shields
- Ghost Sprite: Grants cloak for a duration upon reloading
- Demon Sprite: Siphon some health and shields when you eliminate an opponent
- King Sprite: Your Pickaxe deals more damage
- Legendary:
- Dream Sprite: Grants a random item at each level, exploding with legendary loot at Max Level
- Punk Sprite: Possibly nothing... or infinitely something
- Mythic:
- Zero Point Sprite: Spawn a Shield Bubble Jr. when you use a healing item on yourself
While most of those are self-explanatory, I go into more detail on the Punk Sprite below. While equipped, your Sprite will level up through opening chests, downing or eliminating opponents, and extracting Sprites, with the effect of their powers increasing up to Level 5.
If you're eliminated in a match then the current Sprite you have equipped will be lost, but you can spend Sprite Dust (earned by extracting Sprites) in the main menu to bring them back – the rarer they are, the higher the cost to recover them. In that menu you can also chose to equip a Sprite before you board the Battle Bus, though any you find during the match can also be swapped in and equipped.
What does the Punk Sprite do in Fortnite?
The Fortnite Punk Sprite description cryptically says it does "Possibly nothing... or infinitely something" – so here's an explanation of its actual power. Firstly, you have to level it up to Level 5 before it will do anything, then from that point on equipping a Punk Sprite has to possibility to grant you infinite ammo! Your weapons will still have the same magazine capacity as usual so you can't fire indefinitely, but reloading won't reduce your overall ammo count, which is pretty handy if you can combine this random chance with a powerful weapon.
How to extract Sprites in Fortnite
Extracting Sprites in Fortnite will add them to your collection, making them available for deployment in future matches and levelling them up in the process, as well as earning you Sprite Dust currency. To do this, you need to go to one of the Sprite Extraction Sites marked on the map above – which can also be identified by beams of light shining up into the sky.
When you arrive at an Extraction Site, hit the button on the control panel attached to the platform to trigger the arrival of an extractor crate – this takes a short time to be deployed, during which other nearby players will be alerted, so watch out for opponents. Once the crate lands, you can approach it and interact to extract any Sprites you are carrying, then interact again if you want to also extract the Sprite you have equipped. A couple of seconds later the crate leaves, and your extraction is done.
As well as adding them to your collection, extracting a Level 5 Sprite will earn you Mastery of it, and each Mastery you achieve will unlock rewards in the Sprites menu. These include Portable Extractors so you can save Sprites without having to go to an Extraction Site, Sprite Dust, XP, and cosmetic items.
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