Everything New In Fortnite Treasure Hunters Mini-Season
One Piece is taking over Fortnite for the next five weeks as part of the game's now-annual November mini-season, which swaps out the current Battle Royale island for a smaller new pirate-themed one. Dubbed Fortnite Treasure Hunters, the new season is now live and will also focus heavily on music collabs with A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto--Epic isn't putting all its eggs in one cartoon basket like it did last year with its Simpsons season.
Epic started doing these mini-seasons back in Chapter 4 with the original Fortnite OG event, and that one went so well that the company decided to make it a tradition. With Fortnite facing down the launch of GTA VI in late November, it needed some serious firepower--and One Piece, which has been one of the most requested Fortnite collabs ever, certainly qualifies.
Let's take a look at the details.
Fortnite Treasure Hunters battle pass
The Treasure Hunters battle pass is not a full collab pass, unlike the Simpsons and Star Wars ones from 2025. Instead, the pass includes three anime-themed Fortnite people, and two One Piece characters--Nico Robin and Portgas D. Ace--and one regular new Fortnite guy The rest of the rather robust roster of One Piece skins will be in the shop, which we'll talk about later.
The Fortnite original characters in the pass include anime makeovers of Jonesy and Syd, as well as a rare re-do of Charlotte from the Chapter 2 Season 8 battle pass. The final skin is Captain X, who will be unlockable on November 21 via weekly quests.
Welcome to Skull Island (sort of)
The current BR island is being replaced with Crossbones Isle, a smaller island that has a max capacity of 80 players, down from the usual 100--same as the Springfield map last year. The new map has a lot more water than the Chapter 7 map did, and it's filled with new locations based on One Piece, like Arlong Park and Windmill Village, as well as spots based on the music collabs. There's a new POI with a battleship in it, for example, which belongs to A$AP Rocky. Lil Uzi Vert, Kasane Teto, and Hatsune Miku should also get their own POIs as the season goes on.
Item shop collabs
Aside from Robin and Ace, all other collabs are in the item shop. The One Piece cosmetics will drop piece by piece during the season, with Luffy, Nami, and Usopp available when Treasure Hunters season starts. Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper (as a sidekick) will drop on November 7, and Buggy the Star Clown lands in the shop on November 13.
For the music collabs, A$AP Rocky hits the chop on November 5, followed by Lil Uzi Vert on November 12, and Kasane Teto and a new pirate-themed Hatsune Miku on November 14. It could be that one of these artists will be headlining the next music pass, which is slated to start November 12, but we don't know yet.
The new music pass was supposed to begin on November 1, but Epic abruptly delayed it by three months just a few days before it was supposed to start. But after a rather intense backlash by Fortnite Crew subscribers, who have already been receiving significantly less value for their money this year, Epic changed its tune and announced a new music pass would start on November 12.
Find free Fortnite skins by opening chests
It may be that Epic tried to cancel the music pass because they're giving away a lot of stuff for free during Treasure Hunters season. Opening chests in Battle Royale has a chance to grant various free items, including cosmetics like an A$AP Rocky skin, a Mercedes SUV, and a jam track.
But the best item is the Pirate Shop token, which grants you the entire item shop for free for two weeks after its activated. Yes, that's right, if you find this one you can claim everything in the item shop without paying anything for 14 days. With GTA on the horizon, Epic has switched into Willy Wonka mode to keep folks engaged
New weapons, loot, and sprites
In addition to the POIs, each of these collaborations will have new weapons, sprites and other loot you can find.
- Gum-Gum Fruit: Grants Luffy's stretching powers
- Flame-Flame Fruit: Grants Ace's fire-based abilities
- Zoro's Three Sword Style: Allows you to battle foes with three katanas
- Usopp's Slingshot: Essentially a scopeless sniper
- A$AP Rocky's Shock Rocket: It's like the old Shockwave Rocket Launcher but it fires additional rockets at the ground as you launch away
- Gilded Dragoon Shotgun: A heavy shotgun that only holds one shot before requiring a reload
- Bundlebuss Repeater Rifle: Mid-range assault rifle
- Nami's Tangerine and Meat on a Stick: New healing items
Chapter 7 finale event
Chapter 7 will end with some kind of major live event on December 5. We don't know anything yet about what'll be included, but these things are always pretty wild.
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