The Sprites you have collected all through Season 3: Runners are about to be locked out of Battle Royale. When the season closes at 4 AM ET on August 19, and Chapter 7 Season 4: Override begins on August 20, a whole new generation of Sprites takes over the island. The current roster will not carry into normal matches, so the window to finish your collection and master your favorites is now measured in days, not weeks.
Quick answer: Prioritize opening Sprite Chests and Vaults, burn every Sprite and Lucky Locator, play the Mythic Hours on Saturday, August 15 and the final Mastery Monday, and use Quack Snacks to push Sprites to Level 5 before extracting them. Everything resets when Season 3 ends.
What happens to your Sprites in Chapter 7 Season 4
Sprites are staying in Fortnite, but the Season 3 roster does not stay usable in Battle Royale. Epic Games has confirmed that Override introduces an entirely new generation of Sprites with fresh powers and variants, while your existing collection moves into a set of display and cosmetic features instead of active play.
Here is exactly where your Season 3 Sprites end up once Override goes live.
| Where they live | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Sprite Garden | An island where you display, play with, and show off your full collection; friends can visit |
| Sprite Mastery Pod Back Bling | Mastered Sprites unlock as styles for the Back Bling |
| Guardian Outfit | Extracted Sprites can be selected as pilots for the mech suit |
| Sprite Collection page | Everything you collected stays permanently listed |
Note: Sprites from past generations “may return down the line,” per Epic, so a missed Sprite is not necessarily gone forever. But there is no confirmed return date, so treat this last week as your only guaranteed chance. Your Gizmos and Sprite Dust also reset at the end of the season, which is why using them up now matters.
Open Sprite Chests and Vaults first
Sprite Chests are still the most dependable source of new Sprites when you are playing solo. Each one guarantees a Sprite, so opening as many as possible per match is the single highest-value habit you can build in your remaining games. With the odds of a Rare pull reduced, volume is what fills gaps in your collection.
If you want quiet drop spots with several chests close together, these areas work well.
| Location | Sprite Chests to grab |
|---|---|
| Crashout Estates (island west of Cluster Coast) | Two chests, one on the north side by the tree and one by the crashed plane |
| Lifty Lodge | One on top of each ski lift, one in the north house, and one by the lake to the north-west |
| Mountain southwest of Latte Landing | One by the Launch Pad, one at Collider Corridor Beta, plus more near the Battlewoods Sign, Bus Stop, and the smaller mountain to the south |
Vaults are the other strong source. Rare Vaults hold two Rare Chests plus a Sprite Chest, while Epic Sprite Vaults guarantee three Sprite Chests. If you find a keycard, opening a Vault gives you the biggest single burst of Sprites available in a match.
Play the Mythic Hours and the final Mastery Monday
If you are chasing the rarest Mythic Sprites, two timed events give you your best odds before the season ends. Both boost Mythic Sprite drop rates, and the timing is fixed.
| Event | When | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Mythic Hours | Saturday, August 15 — 2 PM to 4 PM ET, then 9 PM to 11 PM ET | Mythic drop rates boosted; Grim and Zero Point Sprites much more common |
| Final Mastery Monday | Monday, from 9 AM ET for 24 hours | Smaller Mythic boost, extra Portable Extractors, and Sprites level up twice as fast |
The Mythic Hours are the better window for actually finding Grim and Zero Point. The final Mastery Monday is where you finish leveling, because the double Sprite XP and free Portable Extractors let you close out both collection and mastery goals in one long session.
Use every Gizmo before they reset
All Gizmos wipe when the season ends, so there is no reason to hoard them. The two worth spending carefully are the Sprite Locator and the Lucky Locator. Both ping a nearby buried Sprite Chest for a free Sprite, but they behave differently.
| Gizmo | What it gives | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Sprite Locator | A completely random Sprite | Pop these during the Mythic Hours, when Mythic rates are up across the board |
| Lucky Locator | Guarantees a Sprite you do not already own | Save it until late; the fewer Sprites you are missing, the more likely it hands you a rare one |
You only get one Lucky Locator, earned as a Mastery Reward, so hold it until you have already collected most of the common Sprites. At that point it is your most reliable shot at a specific rare Sprite you have been hunting all season.
Sprites tied to specific locations and activities
Most Sprites come out of Sprite Chests, but a handful spawn in set places or from specific activities, and this applies to both the base Sprite and its special variants. If one of these is missing from your collection, go straight to the source instead of grinding chests.
| Sprite | How to find it |
|---|---|
| Water Sprite | Wanders near water |
 Earth Sprite | Wanders near forests |
| Fire Sprite | Wanders near urban areas, often named POIs |
 Fishy Sprite | Fished up at Fishing Spots |
 Ghost Sprite | Sometimes wanders around at night |
 Dream Sprite | Found at the Storage Units in Battlewoods |
 Boss Sprite | Dropped by any boss, except the Hot Bat Summer DC bosses |
 Batman Sprite | Drops from Hot Bat Summer DC bosses and awarded through the Hot Bat Summer Quests |
 John Wick Sprite | The only Sprite that can be found in Reload |
Accept Cluster’s Securing Sprites Found Quests
Found Quests are the duck items that occasionally drop from Chests and Ammo Boxes. The ones to watch for are Cluster’s Securing Sprites Quests, since completing them gives you a chance at a Sprite. They are easy to walk past, but they cost almost nothing to accept.
The reward is not usually a top-tier Sprite, but it can be. These quests have handed out rewards as strong as a Gem Zero Point, so accept one whenever it appears for a free extra roll at a Mythic.
Extract safely with Portable Extractors and the Storm
Finding a Sprite is only half the job. You have to extract it, and normal Extraction Points draw players with loud noise and bright lights. Portable Extractors let you call in an extraction wherever you are, so save them for the moment you pick up a Sprite you do not already own. You can always buy previously collected Sprites back later with Sprite Dust.
To restock Portable Extractors, buy one per day from Extraction Points or earn them from Daily Quests. Note that the Daily Goals Portable Extractor has been bugged and has not paid out for the last week or so, so do not count on that source right now.
When you run out of Portable Extractors, use the Storm as cover. Drop on the outskirts of the map, keep one slot dedicated to healing such as Med Kits or a Chug Jug, then stay inside the Storm as it closes. With fewer players around, hunting Sprites, leveling them, and extracting at Extraction Sites all become much safer.
Master Sprites fast with Quack Snacks
A Sprite is Mastered once you extract it at Level 5. Quack Snacks are the fastest way to get there, since each one skips levels instantly. They drop from Chests and any Found Quest, but the reliable supply comes from Vending Machines at 1,500 Gold each. Farm that Gold at the Duck Vault in Cluster Coast and the Storage Units in Battlewoods.
Trade with other players to fill the last gaps
If a specific Sprite keeps eluding you, trading is the cleanest fix. Have a friend who owns it drop the Sprite for you, then extract it yourself to lock it into your collection. Solo players can arrange trades with others too; it is often the quickest route for the one or two Sprites RNG refuses to give up.
Fortnite currently holds 117 Sprites to collect. With Override arriving on August 20 and the Season 3 roster leaving active play, the practical move is to spend this final week opening chests aggressively, timing the Mythic Hours, spending every Gizmo, and mastering the Sprites you care about most before they settle permanently into the Sprite Garden.
