Sprites are the backbone of Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3, the season branded as Runners. They first showed up in Chapter 6 Season 1 as a one-match buff, but now they work like an extraction shooter reward. You grab a Sprite on the island, fight your way to an Extraction Site, survive a timer, and the Sprite becomes a permanent part of your collection that you can summon in future matches.
Quick answer: Find a Sprite during a match, carry it to an Extraction Site, interact with the terminal, and submit it once the crate arrives. Surviving the extraction banks the Sprite forever and pays out Sprite Dust.
How Sprites work in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3
Every Runners match scatters Sprites across the new Shattered Coast map. Walking into one fills an inventory slot, attaches the Sprite to your character's back, and immediately turns on its power for the rest of that match. Rarer Sprites are harder to find and grant stronger effects.
Holding a Sprite is only temporary. To keep it, you have to bring it to an Extraction Site, lock it in, and outlast the countdown before you exfil. Survive that window and the Sprite joins your permanent collection while paying out a currency called Sprite Dust. The full breakdown lives in Epic's v41.00 update notes.
Sprite Dust powers the loop. You earn it by extracting Sprites, then spend it before a match begins to summon a Sprite you already own. A summoned Sprite turns its power on while you are still on the Battle Bus, so you drop in with a head start. The rarer the Sprite, the more Sprite Dust it costs to summon.
All 10 Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 Sprites and powers
There are 10 Sprites at launch, split across four rarity tiers. Higher rarity means a stronger effect and a steeper Sprite Dust cost to summon later. The Earth and Water Sprites return from Chapter 6, but with reworked effects.
| Rarity | Sprite | Power |
|---|---|---|
| Rare | Earth Sprite | Higher chance to pull rare items and weapons when opening Chests. |
| Rare | Fire Sprite | Triggers a fiery burst after you deal enough damage to an enemy. |
| Rare | Water Sprite | Replenishes shields while in water for you and nearby squadmates. |
| Epic | Duck Sprite | Emoting or Jamming replenishes your shields. |
| Epic | Ghost Sprite | Grants a brief cloak when you reload your weapon. |
| Epic | Demon Sprite | Siphons health and shields when you eliminate an opponent. |
| Epic | King Sprite | Your Pickaxe deals more damage. |
| Legendary | Dream Sprite | Grants a random item at each level, then bursts into Legendary loot at Max Level. |
| Legendary | Punk Sprite | "Possibly nothing… or infinitely something." |
| Mythic | Zero Point Sprite | Spawns a Shield Bubble Jr. when you use a healing item on yourself. |
How to catch and extract a Sprite
You catch Sprites three ways: opening Chests, eliminating opponents who are carrying one, or simply finding them roaming the island. Catching one grants its buff straight away, but you only keep it by running it through an Extraction Site.
Step 1: Find and pick up a Sprite during the match. Any rarity works, and the buff activates the moment it lands on your back.
Step 2: Carry the Sprite to the nearest Extraction Site marked on the map. These are the fixed exfil points where banking happens.
Step 3: Interact with the Extraction Site terminal by pressing X on Xbox, Square on PlayStation, or E on PC. This calls in the extraction crate.
Step 4: Once the crate spawns, submit your equipped Sprite and survive the timer. When the Sprite appears in your permanent collection after exfil, you know it worked.
Note: If another player eliminates you before extraction finishes, you drop the Sprite and it becomes free for anyone to grab. An extracted Sprite, by contrast, can never be lost.
Extraction Gizmos that skip the fixed sites
As the season runs, Sprite Dust also buys Extraction Gizmos. These consumables change where and how you can bank a Sprite, so you are not always forced to reach a landmark.
| Gizmo | Effect | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Portable Extractor | Extract your equipped Sprite from anywhere on the island. | At launch |
| Lucky Locator | Tracks a buried Chest guaranteed to hold a Sprite you haven't collected. | Later this season |
| Extraction Site Booster | Calls in a special Extraction Crate that boosts any Sprite extracted there, and draws other players' attention. | Later this season |
How to summon a Sprite with Sprite Dust
Before you leave the Battle Bus, you can spend Sprite Dust to summon a Sprite from your collection so its power is already active on the drop. The cost scales with rarity, and Special variants (Candy, Galaxy, Gold) cost more than their base versions.
| Sprite | Sprite Dust cost |
|---|---|
| Earth Sprite | 100 |
| Fire Sprite | 100 |
| Water Sprite | 100 |
| Demon Sprite | 3,000 |
| Duck Sprite | 3,000 |
| Ghost Sprite | 3,000 |
| King Sprite | 3,000 |
| Candy / Galaxy / Gold Earth, Fire, Water | 4,000 |
| Punk Sprite | 5,000 |
| Sleepy Sprite | 5,000 |
| Candy / Galaxy / Gold Demon, Duck, Ghost, King | 6,000 |
| Burnt Peanut | 7,500 |
| Zero Point Sprite | 7,500 |
| Candy / Galaxy / Gold Punk, Sleepy | 10,000 |
| Candy / Galaxy / Gold Zero Point | 15,000 |
How to level up and master a Sprite
A Sprite grows stronger the more you use it while it sits in your inventory. Three activities feed its experience, and the higher its level, the more powerful its ability becomes.
| Activity | What counts |
|---|---|
| Exploration | Finding and opening Chests. |
| Eliminations | Downing and eliminating opponents. |
| Extractions | Successfully extracting Sprites. |
Reaching a Sprite's maximum level takes several runs. Once it is maxed, extracting that Sprite grants Mastery, which feeds a progression reward track that runs across the season. Mastering Sprites also unlocks customization options for The Guardian, the mech suit in the Runners Battle Pass that is piloted by a Sprite. Banking a Sprite lets you set it as the pilot.
Special Sprite variants
Rare Special Sprites surface throughout the season and add small bonus effects on top of a Sprite's base power. You earn them through Daily Drops, Power Hours, and other limited-time events and activities, which is also why they carry higher Sprite Dust summon costs.
Can you lose a Sprite?
Yes, but only before you extract it. A wild Sprite you catch on the island takes up an inventory slot and rides on your back, so if you are eliminated before reaching an Extraction Site, you drop it for someone else to claim. Once a Sprite is banked, it stays in your collection for good and cannot be taken from you.
The smart play early on is to treat your first matches as collection runs. Sprites matter most at the start of a fight, before you have strong floor loot, so grabbing one and extracting it to invest in a future drop tends to pay off more than holding it to the very end.