The Tails Sprite is the mobility pick of Fortnite’s Override season, and it is one of the fiddlier Epic Sprites to track down because nothing on the map guarantees it. Sprite Chests are gone this season, replaced by Cheat Code Chests, so the hunt now runs through color-coded consoles scattered around the island.
Quick answer: Open Purple (Epic) Cheat Code Chests for the best drop odds, or redeem the IWannaFlyHigh Lobby Hack before a match for a guaranteed Cheat Master Tails Sprite.
Every way to get the Tails Sprite in Fortnite
The Tails Sprite drops randomly from any Sprite source, so there is no fixed spawn to memorize. What you can control is the rarity of the container you open. Cheat Code Chests always hand over a Sprite, and the color of the code determines the rarity tier you pull from. Since the base Tails Sprite is Epic, purple codes are where you want to spend your time.
| Method | Notes |
|---|---|
| Purple Cheat Code Chest | Epic rarity pool — the best odds for a base Tails Sprite |
| Regular chests | Possible, but a low chance |
IWannaFlyHigh Lobby Hack | Guaranteed, but gives the Cheat Master variant only |
| Other players | Trade for it, or eliminate someone carrying one |
Cheat Code Chests spawn in set spots, though the rarity of the code inside is rolled at random, so no single location reliably produces purple. Green Hills, Stone Sanctum, Lifty Lodge, Shaken Sanctuary, and The Battlewoods are all dense enough to be worth a landing. Sprites like Tails also turn up more often around high and mountainous parts of the map, which pairs nicely with a Sprite built for verticality.
How to open a Cheat Code Chest and claim the Sprite
Tip: if you already own a Cheat Master Sprite, you can mash any button at a Cheat Code console instead of entering the sequence. Its bypass effect counts every input as correct.
The IWannaFlyHigh Lobby Hack shortcut
If you would rather skip the randomness entirely, redeem the IWannaFlyHigh Lobby Hack from the lobby. It hands you a Cheat Master Tails Sprite outright, no chest required. The catch is that it only ever produces that one variant, so the base and Gold versions still have to come from loot, trades, or eliminations.
Tails Sprite variants and what each one adds
Three versions are currently in circulation. All of them share the same hover ability, and every drop method listed above applies to each one, with the single exception of the Lobby Hack.
| Variant | Extra effect |
|---|---|
| Base | Hover only |
| Gold | More XP from eliminations |
| Cheat Master | All Cheat Code console inputs count as correct |
What the Tails Sprite does in a match
With the Sprite equipped, pressing jump while you are already airborne puts you into a hover that you can steer in any direction. Jump again to drop out of it. Fall damage is nullified while it is active, which turns any cliff, tower, or bad rotation into a controlled descent rather than a health bar problem.
Hover speed scales with the Sprite’s level and tops out at Level 5, so grinding Sprite XP is the difference between drifting and actually repositioning under fire. The trade-off is obvious enough: floating in open air makes you a slow, well-lit target, so pick your moments over open ground and use it to cross gaps rather than to sightsee.
One more thing worth knowing before you go looking: Sprites from Chapter 7 Season 3 are not available through Cheat Codes in Battle Royale and cannot be used there, so anything you pull this season comes from the Override roster.
