BaseKing Sprite
King Sprite is a Epic Fortnite Sprite in Chapter 7 Season 3 — Runners. Your Pickaxe deals more damage. It has 5 collectible variants. It was added in patch Launch — Runners (2026-06-06).
Ability
Your Pickaxe deals more damage.
Level 1 → 5: 30 → 40 → 60 → 80 → 120 bonus damage
Is the King Sprite worth it? Our analysis
When to use it
Pickaxe scrappers and early-aggression merchants, King's your pick. It adds +30 up to +120 pickaxe damage, turning a landing-zone melee scrap or a cheeky finisher into a real threat before guns are found. It's a hoot in no-build brawls and chaotic hot drops where fists fly first. Bench it the moment the lobby settles into gunfights at range, because once everyone's kitted, a stronger pickaxe rarely decides matches. Treat it as an early-game gimmick with teeth, not a Sprite you ride to a Victory Royale from a rooftop.
Synergy & loadout
King wants melee-forward, hot-drop chaos, ideally maps or modes where landing scraps are common and the pickaxe actually swings in anger. It doesn't touch your gun stats, so pair it with whatever you loot. Against Ghost, its 2700-Dust Epic rival, the divide is loud: King is all-in aggression, Ghost is evasive survival. It's a novelty in ranked squads but a genuine laugh in casual and no-build. The Holofoil at 1.23% is the same generous rate as Ghost's, so the squad-wide rare-variant find perk comes cheap if you fancy it.
Collection & trade value
Summonable for 2700 Dust or a 5.25% chest drop, King is standard Epic availability with a nicely attainable Holofoil at 1.23%. There's no Quack path listed. Honestly, its collector appeal leans on personality more than power: the pickaxe buff is fun rather than meta, so you're extracting it because you enjoy melee plays, not because it wins you games. The Holofoil is the piece to chase for the group find-chance perk. A charming, low-prestige keeper that rewards players who don't take the meta too seriously.
How to get King Sprite
Full walkthrough: How to get the King Sprite →
- Source: Sprite Chest or Summon
- Where: Found rarely in Sprite Chests
- Summon: 2,700 Sprite Dust
- Base chest chance: 5.25%
King Sprite variant gallery
Every variant is a real in-game render. Rarer variants have lower drop rates.
King Sprite — track your variants
Each variant is a separate collectible entry. Tick them off as you extract them — progress saves on this device.
BaseYour Pickaxe deals more damage.5.25%Gold3× bonus XP from eliminations.0.62%Gummy+10% Sprite Dust when you extract.0.37%Galaxy+20% ammo when you pick ammo up.0.25%Holofoil5% chance for your squad to find rare Sprite Variants from looted chests.1.23%Sources
Every figure on this page is verified against:
- fortnite.gg — fortnite.gg detail page /sprites/29-king-sprite — ability, per-level scaling, chest %, summon cost, variant drop %
