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Fortnite: How to Get the Pond Sprite and What It Does

The Epic-rarity Override Sprite drops from Cheat Codes and grants a charge-based Super Jump that gets stronger as it levels up.

The Epic-rarity Override Sprite drops from Cheat Codes and grants a charge-based Super Jump that gets stronger as it levels up.

The Pond Sprite is a green, lily‑pad‑hatted companion that joined Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 4 “Override” pool as a Design‑a‑Sprite contest winner by Pine and Kiri (@matsubokiri). It sits at Epic rarity, and its whole appeal is movement: equip it and you get a Super Jump that helps you climb, rotate, and slip away from fights.

Quick answer: Activate Cheat Codes during a Battle Royale or Zero Build match, extract the Pond Sprite when it rolls, and equip it. Epic (purple) Cheat Codes give the best odds.

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What the Pond Sprite does

The Pond Sprite lets you press jump again shortly after you land to trigger a Super Jump. That jump sends you higher than a normal one and makes you immune to fall damage on the way down, which is why it’s handy for quick height changes and escaping an early scrap.

The catch is that it runs on charges. The Sprite banks charges over time, shown as an orb on your back, and each Super Jump spends one. If you’re out of charges, the extra jump simply won’t fire until the meter refills.

Leveling the Sprite makes the ability better on both ends. The Super Jump gets stronger, and the time it takes to regenerate a charge drops. You raise its level the same way as any other Sprite, by opening chests and eliminating opponents while it’s equipped.

Charge recharge time by level

LevelTime to recharge a jump charge
Level 120 seconds
Level 218 seconds
Level 316 seconds
Level 414 seconds
Level 512 seconds
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How to get the Pond Sprite

Cheat Codes are your main source. The v42.20 update changed how Cheat Code rarity works, so Rare (blue) and Epic (purple) codes can now roll Sprites of any rarity rather than locking better Sprites behind a single tier. Because Pond is Epic, purple codes give it the highest chance, but blue codes can produce it too.

Drop into a Battle Royale or Zero Build match and head for a named location or landmark. The Pond Sprite cannot appear in bot lobbies, so a normal public match is required.
Find a Cheat Code in the world and interact with it, then complete the directional input it shows. A Cheat Code Locator makes finding nearby codes much faster.
Inspect the Sprite that emerges instead of presuming it is Pond. If it matches the one you need, take it to an Extraction Site or deploy a Portable Extractor.
Perform the extraction and verify that Pond Sprite is in your collection before departing. Banking it is required for it to count, so steer clear of needless combat while carrying it.

Chests can also drop the Pond Sprite since a recent update, with the best odds inside Rare (blue) chests. The chance is low, so codes remain the faster route.

The longer you go without finding a new Sprite, the better your chance of the next roll being one you don’t already own, so an efficient code route beats camping a single wall.

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Best places to farm Cheat Codes

Cheat Codes cluster around certain points of interest on the Chapter 7 Season 4 map. These spots don’t guarantee a code, but they turn them up far more often than the rest of the island:

  • Heatwave Harbor
  • Cluster Coast
  • Sunken Shores
  • Shaken Sanctuary
  • Stone Sanctum
  • The Battlewoods

Trade for the Pond Sprite

When luck is poor, trading provides the most dependable way to secure a missing Sprite. Both players enter a match; the owner then allows the other player to collect and extract the Sprite, after which it can be handed back by reversing the process. A returned Sprite is recoverable from the Sprites section under the Override tab for a small Sprite Dust cost. For the best chance of finding a partner, use Fortnite’s official Discord.

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All Pond Sprite variants

Pond has five finishes in total. Super Jump is the shared base ability, while each finish adds a different bonus perk. Four can be obtained now, and the fifth has not arrived yet.

VariantBonus perkStatus
Base PondSuper Jump onlyAvailable
Gold PondBonus elimination XPAvailable
Cheat Master PondAll Cheat Code inputs count as correctAvailable
Loot Hacker PondHigher chance of Loot Hack items from chestsAvailable
Bounty Hunter PondChance to find Sprites on eliminationsComing soon

Each Sprite unlocks the Cheat Master finish with a particular lobby hack code, not by spending Dust, while Bounty Hunter receives Sprite XP exclusively from eliminations and therefore gains levels through combat rather than chest openings. After you bank any version in your collection, you can equip it from the Override menu for the remainder of the season.