MILLIONS on Fortnite searching for Pirate Shop Token during Fortnite's "Treasure Hour"
Fortnite has seen one of their highest ever player counts in recent times on Saturday November 7 as users search chests for the 'Pirate Shop Token'.
What is the 'Pirate Shop Token'?
The 'Pirate Shop Token' is an item in Fortnite available in chests, where players can get a chance to win free cosmetics from the item shop.
The token, once collected, can be activated for a limited time. Users can activate the tokens between November 1 and December 15, 2026, and then again in 2027 between January 1 and December.
Once activated, users can receive 14 days of item shops completely free from the activation date.
What are the chances to get items out of the chests?
Officially confirmed by Epic Games on November 7, these are the official chances to get items out of chests:
• 1:1,562,500 - Weekly Gold Outfit
• 1:137,500 - Pirate Shop Access
• 1:7,813 - Weekly Vehicle & Decal
• 1:568 - Weekly Pickaxe or Backbling
• 1:391 - Weekly Jam Track
• 1:272 - Weekly Loading Screen
• 1:127 - Gizmo (any)
Fortnite's "Treasure Hours"
Fortnite hosted “Treasure Hours” on the 7th November at 2-4pm ET and 9-11pm ET. This was where every player automatically got an A$AP Rocky Shock Rocket Launcher and a Self-Revive Kit automatically in their inventory. There was also an increase in sparkling sprite variants spawning across the map.
This also had an increased spawn rate on the chance to get the items out of the chests:
During Treasure Hours, including the one earlier today, these treasures have a boosted rate:
• Pirate Shop Access: 1.5x
• Weekly Gold Outfit: 7.5x
• Weekly Vehicle & Decal: 10x
Epic Games confirmed that the "Treasure Hours" did infact boost chances to get the chance items out of the chests.
How many users did Fortnite get?
During the start of the “Treasure Hour” at 2pm ET, there was a peak of 4,466,000 in the Battle Royale gamemode alone, with over 8,250,000 people playing the game in total (Including other gamemodes) - which is over half of the games all time highest recorded playercount of 14,343,880.
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