{"id":92759,"date":"2026-11-08T01:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92759"},"modified":"2026-11-08T03:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T08:42:36","slug":"epic-reveals-drop-rate-for-fortnites-pirate-token-following-pressure-from-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=92759","title":{"rendered":"Epic Reveals Drop Rate for Fortnite&#8217;s Pirate Token Following Pressure From Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p>Epic Games has revealed the drop rate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>&#8216;s Pirate Token after backlash surrounding the infamous in-game pickup saw fans try to report the studio to the FTC.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been just one week since Epic turned the Item Shop on its head with the launch of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/fortnite\/Fortnite_Treasure_Hunters_Details_and_Patch_Notes\">Treasure Hunters<\/a> mini-season November 1. At the center of the backlash is the Pirate Token, an ultra-rare drop that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/fortnite\/How_to_Unlock_Pirate_Shop_Access_-_Free_Item_Shop_Explained\">grants access to the Pirate Shop<\/a> and effectively makes just about every item in the shop free for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an in-game collectible with unprecedented value, so naturally, it&#8217;s sent players into a frenzy as they turn over every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/fortnite\/All_Free_Treasure_Chest_Rewards_List\">chest<\/a> in hopes of finding one for themselves. The problem with a token like this, players have argued, is that they should probably be made aware of the odds of actually finding it so they don&#8217;t gamble their time on chests that could very likely never yield results. It&#8217;s transparency that Epic has failed to provide \u2013 until now.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"fortnite-treasure-hunters-images\" data-value=\"fortnite-treasure-hunters-images\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\">\n<p>The developers finally took steps to bring the backlash to an end with a post shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FortniteStatus\/status\/2119202610322227327?a=DKjo-lvahMbodh5xhaA&amp;s=20\">Fortnite Service X\/Twitter account<\/a>. Leaving no room for guesswork, Epic spelled out the exact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games has revealed the drop rate for Fortnite&#8216;s Pirate Token after backlash surrounding the infamous in-game pickup saw fans try to report the studio to the FTC. It&#8217;s been just one week since Epic turned the Item Shop on its head with the launch of its Treasure Hunters mini-season November 1. At the center&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":92761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92763,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92759\/revisions\/92763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}