You get Cursed Sprites in Fortnite through Sprite Chests, Wanted Poster treasure hunts, and loot dropped by opponents carrying them.
These Treasure Hunters variants keep their regular abilities and add a rare-Sprite hunting bonus, paired with a water-damage penalty. Pick one up when you want to fill collection gaps, but plan your next crossing before committing to a water-heavy route. The checklist below compares ten Cursed variants and their original abilities, followed by the most useful ways to search for them.
All Cursed Sprite abilities
Use the collection numbers below to track these ten variants. The ability column describes the original power that each Cursed Sprite retains.
| Collection number | Cursed Sprite | Retained base ability |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Halfpeel’d | Marks eliminations on the map, with a larger radius at higher levels. |
| 7 | Re-Pete | Speeds up reloads and has a chance to return ammo. |
| 11 | Barry O’Fish | Reduces stamina use in water. |
| 15 | Wayfinder | Reveals nearby Sprites and adds loot to Buried Chests. |
| 19 | Chester | Adds loot to chests and removes fall damage. |
| 27 | Exmarks | Reveals nearby Treasure Maps and Wanted Posters. |
| 31 | Lil’ Squibbly | Automatically fishes when you jump into a fishing hole and adds bonus loot. |
| 39 | Lil’ Flacko | Creates a shockwave on landing that knocks enemies back. |
| 43 | Lil’ Uzi Vert Jr. | Triggers a Chug Splash effect when you restore shields. |
| 51 | Plundarrgh | Boosts pickaxe and movement speed when you open a chest. |
Track Cursed collection entries
For a collection-focused run, Wayfinder and Exmarks help you move from one search target to the next. Chester and Plundarrgh fit repeated chest stops. Re-Pete provides direct combat support when you expect fights between loot locations. Choose the underlying ability around what you need to do next, because the Cursed bonus serves the same purpose across these variants.
Decide whether the curse suits your route
A Cursed Sprite increases your chance of finding rare Sprites by 7%. That bonus includes Fortune and other Cursed variants, making it useful when you are searching for missing collection entries. It improves your chances, but it does not turn every Sprite drop into a rare variant.
The cost is 1 HP every 2 seconds in water while you carry a Cursed Sprite. Standing in water is enough to trigger the damage. A stop to loot or fish still carries a health cost, even if you are not swimming across a long channel.
Fortune Sprites reveal nearby chests through walls. Choose Fortnite Fortune Sprites when your priority is locating more chests; choose Cursed when finding a rarer Sprite is your immediate goal. Both variants retain the original Sprite’s ability, so compare their extra effects against your next task.
Watch water-focused abilities
Barry O’Fish and Lil’ Squibbly need particular care because their base abilities reward spending time in water. Their familiar benefits remain useful, but a long swimming or fishing detour also gives the curse more time to drain health.
Keep those visits short and identify a route back onto land before entering the water. If your health is already low, passing up a fishing opportunity can be a better decision than trying to get more value from the Sprite’s original ability.
Where to get Cursed Sprites
Cursed Sprites have no fixed spawn. Build your search around Sprite-producing loot sources instead of expecting a particular variant to appear at one permanent location.
The main methods differ in what they guarantee. A reliable way to find a Sprite Chest is not necessarily a guaranteed way to receive a Cursed Sprite.
| Search method | What it offers | Main limit |
|---|---|---|
| Sprite Chests | Better odds than ordinary chests. A texture matching a Cursed Sprite identifies that variant inside. | You still need to find a suitable chest. |
| Wanted Posters | A route to a buried Sprite Chest. | The resulting Sprite is not guaranteed to be Cursed. |
| Vaults | Each of the nine Vaults contains a guaranteed Sprite Chest. | The chest is guaranteed, but a Cursed drop is not. |
| Rare and ordinary chests | Another possible source of Sprite drops. | Sprite Chests are the stronger target for a focused search. |
| Eliminated opponents | You can collect the Cursed Sprite an opponent was carrying. | Another player must have found one first. |
Read the chest’s visual clue
Vaults are useful stops because you know a Sprite Chest is waiting inside. Check the chest’s appearance when you reach it, and keep the distinction between a guaranteed container and a guaranteed variant clear when planning another run.
Follow Wanted Posters to buried chests
Wanted Posters turn your search into a short treasure hunt:
- Tear down a Wanted Poster to receive a Sprite Treasure Map.
- Follow the map to its marked buried-chest location.
- Dig up the Sprite Chest and open it.
This method gives you a specific destination when you need another Sprite Chest to search. Exmarks is a useful companion for this approach because its base ability helps you locate the posters and maps that keep the hunt moving.
Spend Lucky Locators carefully
A Lucky Locator shows you where a Sprite is, but it can point to a regular Sprite as well as a Cursed one. Treat it as a tracking tool, not a guaranteed Cursed drop.
Save a limited supply for a rare target such as Fortnite’s Mythic Plundarrgh Sprite, and pursue easier variants through chests and posters first. Spending a Locator does not remove the need to check which variant you have found.
Level Cursed Sprites and claim Mastery rewards
Cursed Sprites level through the same actions as regular Sprites. Work these activities into your search route:
- Search chests and Ammo Boxes.
- Search Fishing Barrels and Produce Boxes.
- Eliminate opponents.
Container searches let you build Sprite levels without relying entirely on fights. Continue checking containers between your main Sprite Chest targets, especially when the alternative is a risky encounter or a water crossing at low health.
As you level new Fortnite Treasure Hunters Sprites, you also add progress to Sprite Mastery. Collection hunting and ordinary looting can therefore advance the same reward track while you work toward another Cursed variant.
Open the Treasure tab to claim the Sprite Mastery rewards you have earned.
