Fortnite: Best Sprites to Conquer the Meta

Fortnite Runners: Chapter 7 Season 3 introduces 11 Sprites (including TheBurntPeanut). Each of these Sprites offers you a unique effect to bring into Battle Royale, from free shields to extra damage and even more randomized effects like rarer loot and infinite ammo!

Sprites are an essential part of the meta in Fortnite this season, which is why you need to know which ones are the very best, how to get them, and what makes them rank so highly in our opinion. You can find all the info you need below!

Best Sprites in Fortnite (Best to Worst)

We'll explain more about each Sprite below, but remember, you can increase their effectiveness by leveling them up, for which we have a guide here.

King Sprite

• Your pickaxe deals more damage.

The King Sprite is pretty pointless, as all it does is make it so that your pickaxe can deal more damage. Sure, this might make harvesting materials faster, but in the late game, are you really going to want a Sprite that helps destroy obstacles? Besides, you're never going to be in a fight where it's Pickaxe vs gun.

Dream Sprite

• Grants random items at each level, exploding with legendary loot at Max level.

The Dream Sprite is pretty pointless, as it only works if you manage to level it up. Each level is like opening a chest, as it will burst with some more loot. However, acquiring level 5 resets the Dream Spite to level 1, and reaching level 5 in one game before it ends? Highly unlikely.

Fire Sprite

• Creates a fiery burst when you deal enough damage to an enemy.

The Fire Sprite is actually more annoying than it seems, as damaging enemies will cause fire to burst at your location. More often than not, this is going to cause you to catch on fire before your enemy does, which can lead to your own elimination.

Earth Sprite

• Provides a higher chance of finding rare items when opening chests.

The Earth Sprite is fairly decent for the early-game setup period, as who doesn't like the chance of finding rarer items when looting chests? With the Earth Sprite, you might just find the weapon rarity that could give you the damage boost you need, but in the late game, it's basically pointless.

Water Sprite

• Replenishes shields while you're in water.

The Water Sprite isn't too great, as you should always be carrying Shields in your loadout for when you need them, so there's not much point to this one unless you really intend to linger around water areas for some reason.

Punk Sprite

• Randomized chance for infinite ammo, additional loot, or shields. (Possibly nothing... or infinitely something)

The Punk Sprite is the most cryptic, but all it does is provide you with a randomized effect. This effect is pretty rare, but it's nice when it does decide to kick in, as you can be rewarded with infinite ammo, replenished shields, or even some loot. However, the effects are too random, rare, and unreliable.

Duck Sprite

• Emoting or Jamming replenishes shields.

Emotes and Jam Tracks have a use outside of feeling cool and fun to use! With the Duck Sprite, you can regain lost shields just by using an Emote. This could be more useful than you'd think, as after a gunfight, you might be missing a sliver of Shield. However, hiding from enemies when low on Shields and emoting near them is just going to draw them to you.

Ghost Sprite

• Grants an invisibility cloak for a duration upon reloading.

The Ghost Sprite is very useful in combat, especially from medium and long distances. Every time you reload, you will temporarily be made invisible. This can be used to mask yourself from enemies so they don't know when and where the next shot is coming from.

Demon Sprite

• Siphon some health and shields when you eliminate an opponent.

The Demon Sprite rewards aggressive gameplay and is perfect for those who love to go in for the kill. Being able to regain health and shields with each elimination means that you can rely on finishing your opponents and sending them to the lobby instead of hiding to heal.

Zero Point Sprite

• Spawns a Shield bubble Jr. when you use a healing item on yourself.

While it might be rare, the Zero Point Sprite is definitely involved in the meta. The Zero Point Sprite is the best Sprite in Fortnite (in my opinion), and the reason I say that is because you can pause a fight just by healing, as you'll have a shield to protect you while you med-up and wait for your enemies to get close so you can shotgun blast them.

More Sprites are likely to be added in future updates, so the rankings of this list might change, including the addition of the Burnt Peanut Sprite (when it's discovered) and the John Wick Sprite (when it's released).

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Looking for more Fortnite guides on Sprites? We've got you covered:

• How to Get The Burnt Peanut Sprite
• How to Get Gold Sprites
• How to Get the Punk Sprite
• How to Trade Sprites
• How to Get Lost Sprites
• How to Extract Sprites
• How to Use Sprite Dust
• All Sprite Safari Quests