The first thing Chapter 7 Season 4 asks you to do is pick a Sprite. Three options, one choice, and no take-backs on the spot. It looks like a big decision because Sprites are the season’s core progression system, but the stakes are lower than the prompt makes them seem.
Quick answer: Pick the Jonesy Sprite. It passively restores some Health or Shield a short time after you take damage, which is the only one of the three effects that pays off in a normal fight.
What the starter Sprite choice does
Whichever Sprite you confirm goes straight into your Sprite Collection. You don’t have to find it on the island, level it, or run it to an extraction point to keep it. It’s simply yours from the moment you tap the button.
All three options are Rare rarity, and all three are among the most common Sprites you’ll stumble across in matches anyway. That’s the part worth internalizing before you agonize over the menu. You are picking which one you skip the hunt for, not which one you’re stuck with for the season.
All three starter Sprites and their effects
| Sprite | Rarity | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Jonesy Sprite | Rare | Recovers some Health or Shield after you’ve been damaged, following a short delay. |
| Adventure Sprite | Rare | Upgrades a random item in your inventory every time the Sprite levels up. |
| Bush Sprite | Rare | Spawns a Bush on you after a set duration. At max level, you also get a Bush on elimination. |
Why the Jonesy Sprite is the strongest pick
Jonesy is the only starter that does something for you in the situation you’ll be in most often, which is right after a fight. You survive an exchange, break line of sight, and some of your Health or Shield comes back on its own. No consumables spent, no time wasted rifling through floor loot for a Mini.
That matters more in the opening days of a season, when lobbies are chaotic and you’re taking chip damage constantly. It also doesn’t need the Sprite to be leveled to be useful, which is the trap the other two fall into.
Adventure Sprite: good ceiling, bad early game
Upgrading a random inventory item at every level is genuinely strong once it gets rolling. The problem is getting there. Levels come from opening chests and eliminating players while the Sprite is equipped, and dying resets that progress. In hot early-season lobbies, you’ll often be back at square one before the payoff lands.
It’s the clear runner-up, and worth equipping later in the season when you’re playing more patiently.
Bush Sprite: the weakest of the three
Getting a free Bush is a novelty, not an advantage. Bush camping barely works against players who are actively scanning, and sitting still is the opposite of what wins fights in a build-heavy mode. Its max-level perk, a Bush on elimination, arrives long after the moment you needed cover.
Take it if you want it for laughs in a squad lobby. It won’t help you close out a Victory Royale.
The ranking
| Rank | Sprite | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonesy Sprite | Works immediately, no leveling required, applies after every fight. |
| 2 | Adventure Sprite | High payoff, but needs survival and levels you often won’t get early. |
| 3 | Bush Sprite | Situational at best; rewards a strategy that rarely works. |
How to get the two starter Sprites you didn’t choose
The two you passed on stay findable in Battle Royale. Sprite Chests are gone this season, replaced by Cheat Code Chests, and that’s now the most reliable route to a specific Sprite.
Adventure and Jonesy also show up more often around high and mountainous parts of the island if you’d rather just loot for them.
Note: Sprites you find in a match are only yours to keep if you extract them or win with them equipped. The one you claimed at the season start is already banked, so it’s exempt from that.
Confirming your Sprite is actually claimed
After you confirm the prompt, the game runs you through a short Sprite tutorial and the Sprite appears in your Sprite Collection page. From there it also shows up in the Sprite Garden alongside everything you carried over from Season 3.
If you lose it in a match, you can re-summon it between games with Sprite Dust. Summoning Rare Sprites costs noticeably less Dust this season than it did last, so replacing a Jonesy is cheap. Re-summoned Sprites do restart at level 1.
None of the three starters are season-defining, and that’s the honest read. Take Jonesy for the free sustain, then spend your first few drops chasing the Sprites that actually change how a match plays, like Sonic for movement or Shadow for passive reloads.
