Fortnite releases 'Pirate Shop Access', leading to massive hunt for in-game treasure
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Fortnite releases 'Pirate Shop Access', leading to massive hunt for in-game treasure
The newest season of Fortnite brings iconic characters from the anime 'One Piece' into the game, along with numerous rewards players have a chance to earn from opening chests, with one of those rewards being the most sought-after.
Updated 2026-11-10
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During the late summer, Fortnite launched its fourth season of Chapter 7, which was called "Overdrive". A season with a heavy emphasis on all video game genres and popular IPs built into the map for the season, such as 'Sonic the Hedgehog', 'Persona 5 Royal', and 'Kingdom Hearts'. On top of these updates, they would continue to add 'Sprites' to this season, which were originally added in Chapter 7: Season 3 and were such a success that they would be bringing these sprites into the next season and the one afterwards. Towards the end of the Season, they would begin to add a teaser into the map to act as a hint for what the next season has in store. This teaser was a massive treasure chest, visually glitched with broken pixels near the bottom of the map, that would slowly load in the full textures as the season got closer to ending.
Glitched Teasure Chest on first apperance.
Credit: Tabor Hill
Treasure Chest completely revealed a week before the Season ended.
Credit: Tabor Hill
Once Fortnite released its yearly event "Fortnitemares", the treasure chest would be completely revealed, with voicelines from the mysterious 'Captain X' emitting from the chest. By the final week of the season, Fortnite would post a video on their X (Formerly known as Twitter) account, teasing a collab with the anime "One Piece", one of the most popular shonen anime across all media.
One Piece Collaberation Teaser
Credit: Fortnite
Three days later, the Fortnite X (Formerly known as Twitter) account would post the official artwork for the next season, called "Treasure Hunters". This key art would reveal all of the skins to have an anime art style, with two three collab characters in the art: 'Bucky the Star Clown', 'Monkey D. Luffy', and 'A$AP Rocky'. The theme for this whole season is centered around finding rare treasures scattered around the new island. Unlike the prior seasons, this time slot would be for a "Mini-Season", which has a smaller map size since the whole map has heavily changed compared to the last season.
Official Keyart for Chapter 7 Season 5, "Treasure Hunters"
Credit: Fortnite
'Treasure Hunters' Season Explained
With the launch of the new season, a new map and new mechanics have been added that have changed the way players interact with each match. At the start of each week, they have added a reward loot pool called the "Treasure Hunt", consisting of in-game cosmetics that can only be acquired through the loot pool and can not be directly purchased with 'V-Bucks'. In Week 2, they added a collab skin with the rapper 'Lil Uzi Vert', with a handful of cosmetics such as a Jam Track and a Backbling. These items can ONLY be obtained from opening Chests around the map and will be unobtainable after Sunday of that week.
Treasure Hunt Week 2 Loot Pool
Credit: Fortnite.GG
Out of all the items listed in the loot pool, there is one reward that has players the most intrigued compared to any other item: The 'Pirate Shop Access'. If you manage to get the 'Pirate Shop Access' from opening a chest, this token can be used directly inside the Item Shop. However, it's not for a single item; it will make EVERY ITEM IN THE SHOP FREE FOR 14 DAYS STRAIGHT! This means you can easily purchase items that would normally cost $1,000+ to purchase an entire Item Shop for FREE, never spending a dime on any of the items.To use the 'Pirate Shop Access' token, you must activate the token inside the Item Shop, which will then allow you to buy the next 14 Item Shop rotations for free. If players do not want to use the token, they have until December 15 to activate the token before it becomes unusable. Additionally, this reward doesn't give you one token but TWO TOKENS: 'Pirate Shop Access' (2026) and 'Pirate Shop Access' (2027). The value alone easily makes millions of players hop onto Fortnite, just for the chance to earn this token in a game. The only downside would be related to RNG.
Treasure Hunt Loot Pool Rates Revealed
The 'Pirate Shop Access' for this season acts almost in the same sense as the 'One Piece' in the anime that was rumored about and told about its allure. About a week into the season, players were struggling to find the 'Pirate Shop Access' token from chests after playing for numerous hours. Besides the rotating loot pool, there are also items called "Sprite Gizmo" that can drop from chests, which will help with locating and leveling up the new sprites added this season. The only part of this feature players disliked is how similar the animation is to the 'Pirate Shop Access' token animation.Eventually, players were getting frustrated after opening up thousands of chests to result in no token, leading people to demand that Epic Games release the odds of the loot pool with #ReleasetheOdds. After two days, Epic Games would reveal the full breakdown of how the rates for each item work, and it would soon make sense as to why players were not easily obtaining each of the items.
Loot Pool Rates and Treasure Hour Plans
Credit: Fortnite Status
The rate to legitimately earn the 'Pirate Shop Access' token was 1 out of 137,500 (0.00072% Chance), with the rarest item being the "Weekly Gold Outfit" sitting at 1 out of 1,562,500 (0.000064% Chance)!!! The odds of getting any of the rewards would be far less common than what people were expecting. The best time to have the highest chance to pull them is during "Treasure Hours", which will occur every Saturday from (2 PM to 4 PM EST) and (9 PM EST to 11 PM EST). While the odds are still fairly difficult to earn, this will be the best opportunity for a chance to secure it.There are a couple of strategies that can be used to help increase your odds of earning rewards. It is highly recommended to play on 'Squads' and set it to 'Fill', which will drastically increase the number of chests that are opened each match. While you could play 'Solo', you will not have the same high chest count compared to playing with others. Based on the response from Fortnite Status they may increase the rates to be even higher during the "Treasure Hours" based on community feedback. All that's left is for players to stay determined and keep hunting for that token!