With the advent of Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 3, titled Runners, sprites received a big overhaul. From previously being the key to unlocking Epic-tier loot in Chapter 6 to now becoming a back bling-like item providing gameplay boosts, sprites are currently a more important part of this wildly popular game than ever before.
Besides changing their function in the new update, Fortnite devs have also introduced some new types of sprites along with their unique variants. Each of these sprites offers something different in terms of gameplay, making it pivotal to consider which sprite to equip during a match and when. Additionally, these can even be upgraded by performing certain in-game actions to boost the effect of their abilities.
During a match, Fortnite players can store up to 5 different sprites in the inventory and equip any one at a time to activate its ability. The following list contains all the sprite types, variants, and their associated abilities in Fortnite Runners.
Every sprite in Fortnite Runners explained
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 (Runners) brought 25 unique sprites, each offering distinct abilities that can impact combat, looting, survival, and progression during a match.
1. Water Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Replenish shields while standing in water
2. Earth Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Obtain additional rare items when opening chests
3. Fire Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Unleash a fiery burst upon dealing enough damage to the enemy
4. Duck Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Replenish shields by doing an emote or jamming
5. Ghost Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Unlock cloak for a limited time after reloading
6. Dream Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Unlock a new item at each level upgrade, with legendary loot unlocking at the highest level
7. Punk Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Has a chance of giving unlimited ammo at level 5; no benefits below that level
8. King Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Increased damage for your pickaxe
9. Zero Point Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Spawns Shield Bubble Jr, an item that creates a small shield dome, upon consuming a healing item
10. Demon Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Generates health and shields with every elimination
11. Burnt Peanut
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Offers a chance to obtain more loot, including Mythic-level loot, with each elimination
12. Fishy Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Gives swimming speed a very big boost. And, upon taking damage, movement speed also receives a boost for a short time.
13. Striker Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Provides the Overdrive Effect when mantling, hurdling, or wall scrambling.
14. Aura Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Provides Shock Rock charge upon dealing considerable damage to enemies.
15. Boss Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Offers an increase in max HP and Shield.
16. Grim Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Opponents who attack you are marked on the map for a limited time.
17. Air Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Boosts sprint speed and jump height.
18. Seven Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Makes enemy footprints visible for your squad.
19. Batman Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Gives the ability to launch into the air and deploy the Bat Cape
20. Vini Jr Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Sprinting for a short time enables destructive slide. Slide-kicking opponents improves rate of fire and reloading speed.
21. Pollo Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: After getting an elimination, shield will slowly regenerate for you and your nearby squad members for some time.
22. Peely Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: You hear a ping when a player with a rare sprite is close by, simultaneously your position gets marked on the map.
23. John Wick Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Knocking down an enemy reveals other enemies’ positions if they are nearby.
24. Llama Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Upon opening weapon chests, you can get a chance weapon upgrade.
25. Ironmouse Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Your health will regenerate with time when it is low.
Every sprite in Fortnite Override explained
1. Jonesy Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Offers some health or shield a short time after taking damage.
2. Sonic Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Boosts your sprint speed.
3. Tails Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Allows you to hover in the air for a limited time.
4. Shadow Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Offers automatic reload of unequipped weapons after a certain time.
5. Bush Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Activates a bush on your player character after a duration of time.
6. Killswitch Sprite
Rarity tier: Epic
Ability: Triggers hangtime and improves aiming accuracy in mid-air when jumping or falling.
7. Jackrabbit Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Enables you to perform a second jump while in the air.
8. Adventure Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Grants a random upgrade of an item in the player’s possession after each level-up.
9. 8-Bit Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Offers an 8-Bit Shotgun in the very first chest and activates a score multiplier for it.
10. Crown Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Provides double credit for a crown win and boosted XP multiplier.
11. Klombo Sprite
Rarity tier: Mythic
Ability: Provides a random item for each level up.
12. Storm Scout Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Grants Overdrive Effect after taking some storm damage.
13. X-Ray Sprite
Rarity tier: Legendary
Ability: Enables you to see nearby enemies within a radius as marked targets.
14. Onigiri Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Triggers Overdrive Effect upon eating or drinking a consumable item.
15. Overshield Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Offers Overshield, improving with each level up.
16. Mega Man Sprite
Rarity tier: Rare
Ability: Enables smoother sliding movement.
Fortnite sprite variants explained
Each type of sprite, leaving out Burnt Peanut and Vini Jr Sprite, can be found in five different non-base variants: gold, gummy, holofoil, galaxy, and cube. These variants provide additional passive benefits on top of the sprite’s existing ability. Given below is the description of what each such variant grants.
- Gold: Gives additional XP for eliminations.
- Gummy: Gives 10% more Sprite Dust when a Sprite is extracted.
- Holofoil: Boosts the team’s chances of finding rare sprites from containers by 30%.
- Galaxy: Gives 20% bonus ammo whenever you pick up ammo.
- Cube: Gives the Overdrive effect when you are in the storm.
- Quack: Provides a chance to get additional rare items when you open chests.
- Gem: Reduces fall damage by 30%.
- Cheat Master: Pressing any button works when inputting a cheat code.
- Loot Hacker: Increases the probability of getting a loot hack item when opening a chest.
Wrapping up
As the season has progressed, Epic Games has been hard at work to expand the current lineup of variants. As per the official schedule, a new sprite or a special variant is introduced in the game each Thursday.
Keeping that in mind, players can expect to find even more variants than those mentioned above during the latter stages of the Runners’ season. Such consistent sprite updates certainly incorporate a lot of fresh fun into the multiplayer game, in particular for those who are invested in finding new sprites and extracting them.
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