Fortnite Wanted Posters and Sprite Chests Guide: Weekly Quests and Captain X (2026)

How to open a Sprite Chest: the poster, map, dig and open loop

Follow these six steps in order. The quest counter only moves when you open the chest at the end, so do not stop at the map.

Step 1: Find a Wanted Poster on a wall

Land in Battle Royale or Zero Build on Crossbones Isle and check the walls of towns and buildings as you loot. Posters hang in and around named places such as Windmill Village and Loguetown, and any poster works. There is no single special poster you must find.

Step 2: Tear the poster down

Walk up to the poster and use the interact prompt to tear it down. The poster turns into a Sprite Treasure Map in your inventory. Your inventory holds one Sprite Treasure Map at a time, so finish or drop the current hunt before you take another poster.

Step 3: Follow the Sprite Treasure Map

Follow the map marker to the buried chest spot. The marker points to your own chest, so trust it over any screenshot of a fixed spawn. Move with a weapon ready, because other players hunt the same posters.

Step 4: Dig the chest up with your pickaxe

Stand on the marked spot and hit the ground mound with your pickaxe until the Sprite Chest rises out of the ground. Swinging a weapon does not dig. The pickaxe is the tool for this job.

Step 5: Open the chest and take the Sprite

Open the chest as soon as it surfaces and collect what is inside. Most buried chests pay out a Sprite, and which Sprite you get is random, so a repeat is possible. Open it fast, because a fresh chest draws attention.

Step 6: Repeat until the quest counter hits three

The Week 0 quest counts opened chests, not posters collected, and it needs three. Progress carries across matches, so you can finish one chest per game if fights keep interrupting you. Check the counter in the Quests tab after each opening.

Two mix-ups cost players time. First, picking up the map is not progress on its own. Only the opened chest counts. Second, this Kickstart quest is a different track from the Treasure Hunt challenge that asks for two Sprite Chests. Read the card in your Quests tab and match its words before you grind.

What changed in v43.00: free services, no Vending Machines, 11 new Sprites

Epic’s v43.00 notes, as reported by EndGameTools and Timesaver.gg, reshaped the island economy. Gold Bars are vaulted. Because the currency is gone, follower and Specialist services are now free. Vending Machines are removed, with Pocket-O-Matics left in Zero Build. That is why the Week 0 service quest below needs no saving up at all. You just visit, in two different matches.

The update also added 11 new Sprites at launch. The full launch list from Epic’s notes is Halfpeel’d, Re-Pete, Barry O’Fish, Exmarks, Plundarrgh, Chester, Wayfinder, Kelper, Lil’ Squibbly, Lil’ Flacko and Sweet Dreams. More variants arrive on Captain’s Days, including the Cursed Sprite on November 8 and the Gold Sprite on November 22. The table covers the nine launch Sprites whose abilities guide outlets agree on.

Sprite	What it does	Best use
Exmarks	Reveals nearby Treasure Maps and Wanted Posters. At max level it spawns a Treasure Map.	The best partner for this guide. It finds the posters for you.
Wayfinder	Reveals nearby Sprites and adds extra loot to buried chests.	Faster farming on a poster route.
Plundarrgh	Opening chests raises your pickaxe and movement speed.	Quick looting runs through busy areas.
Chester	May spawn extra loot from chests and cancels fall damage.	Safe drops from high ground.
Re-Pete	Reloads faster, with a chance to refund ammo.	Long fights where ammo runs low.
Halfpeel’d	Marks eliminations on the map. The range grows as it levels up.	Reading where fights happen.
Barry O’Fish	Sprinting in water uses less stamina. Grants the Slap effect at max level.	Crossing the island’s bays and rivers.
Lil’ Flacko	Sends out a shockwave when you land, knocking enemies back. It can drop from the A$AP Rocky boss fight.	Landing into a close fight.
Sweet Dreams	Grants a random item each time it levels up, with Mythic loot at max level.	Free high-end loot over a long session.

Keep Exmarks if you find it first. It points at the very posters this loop runs on, and at max level it hands you a map with no poster at all. Kelper and Lil’ Squibbly round out the launch eleven. Their names are confirmed in Epic’s notes, and their exact powers are best checked on the in-game card, since outlet tables still differ on the small print.

All weekly quests so far: Week 0, Week 1 and Week 2

Epic does not print the quest list on a web page. The tables below come from the in-game quest cards, as listed by Games.gg and checked against TheClick and Timesaver.gg on November 9, 2026. Treat them as reported from the game, not as an Epic post. So far there are 17 weekly quests, and each one pays 20,000 XP. Clear all 17 and you bank 340,000 XP, which is a solid push through the Battle Pass. New batches land on Thursdays at 9 AM ET, per the same outlets. Week 2 arrived on Thursday, November 5.

Week 0: Kickstart quests (live November 1)

Quest	Target	XP
Consume a Devil Fruit	1 fruit	20,000
Use a Rift service or hire a Specialist in different matches	2 matches	20,000
Dig up and open Sprite Chests using Sprite Wanted Posters	3 chests	20,000
Find a cannon containing a cannonball or a player	1 cannon	20,000

Read the second quest with care. Both actions in one match still count as one match. Do one, finish or leave the game, then do the second in a fresh match. Services are free this season, so the only cost is the trip.

Week 1 quests

Quest	Target	XP
Contact Slone using the Slone Phone at Plunder Port	1 contact	20,000
Visit Named Locations during one match	3 locations	20,000
Travel through the air while low gravity is active	500 distance	20,000
Collect weapons of Epic rarity or higher	10 weapons	20,000
Damage A$AP Rocky using different weapons	2 weapons	20,000
Eliminate opponents using shotguns	5 eliminations	20,000

Two Week 1 traps stand out. The location quest must happen inside one match, so plan a route that crosses three named places early. The boss quest needs two different weapons to deal the damage. One strong hit from a single gun is not enough, however big the number looks.

Week 2 quests (live November 5)

Quest	Target	XP
Defeat Lil Uzi Vert	1 defeat	20,000
Perform a dance while on a drivable car	1 dance	20,000
Extract Sprites during one match	3 Sprites	20,000
Collect items from a vault	20 items	20,000
Deal damage to opponents while above them	500 damage	20,000
Hit opponents with an SMG	75 hits	20,000
Damage opponents using Legendary weapons or higher	500 damage	20,000

Week 2 is the heaviest batch so far. The extraction quest is a single-match job, so bank three Sprites before you chase anything else in that game. The SMG quest counts hits, not damage, so a fast gun finished at close range fills it sooner than a strong one used at distance. More batches are still to come on November 15 and November 22 quest drops, and this guide will be updated when they land.

Captain X: the 24-quest milestone track

Captain X is the season’s long grind, and the rules are simple. Finish weekly quests, any weekly quests, and your count climbs a reward track. The outfit itself sits at 24 completions. You need the Treasure Hunters Battle Pass to claim these rewards. Without the pass, the quests still pay their XP, but the Captain X items stay locked. The milestone list below comes from the in-game track as listed by Games.gg. Two mid-track rewards were still listed as to be announced when we checked.

Weekly quests done	Reward	Type
4	The Treasure Hunt Begins	Loading Screen
8	Banner Icon	Banner Icon
12	He Who Sees All Treasure	Spray
14	Rogue Wave and Tidecutter	Back Bling
18	Not announced yet	Not announced yet
20	Not announced yet	Not announced yet
24	Captain X	Outfit

Do the maths before you panic about the number 24. The 17 quests live today already cover most of the track. The batches still to come in November take the total well past 24. Steady weekly play gets there. Skipping the first weeks and rushing at the end is the hard way to do it. Claim what you earn before the Chapter 7 end event on December 5, 2026.

The Devil Fruit quest: what is actually known

One Week 0 quest asks you to consume a Devil Fruit, and this is where guides disagree, so this guide will not pretend otherwise. Outlets split on how the fruits arrive. Some say the Gum-Gum Fruit comes through a Rift with a map alert while the Flame-Flame Fruit sits in floor loot. Others swap the two fruits around, and some report both fruits as floor loot. No single spawn method is confirmed, and there is no fixed spot on the map that always holds a fruit.

Play it safe. Watch for an in-game alert or map marker during the match. Loot buildings as you rotate, since floor loot is one of the reported routes. If a fruit appears near you, take it and eat it at once. Any Devil Fruit counts for the quest, and the powers end when the match does, so do not save it for later.

Mastery Mondays: the best day to farm posters

Mastery Monday runs every Monday from 9 AM ET, and today, November 9, is one. Epic’s notes, via EndGameTools and TheClick, say Sprite XP and Sprite Dust are doubled all day. Wanted Posters and Sprite Chests also appear in bigger numbers this season, and Monday is when the hunt feels easiest. If the three-chest quest is still open for you, Monday is the day to close it. Pair the run with Exmarks and a quiet landing spot, and the loop above gets much faster.

If a Sprite Chest will not open: player-reported checks

Player-reported and unverified: the checks in this box come from player posts and general community advice. Epic has not confirmed any of them as a Sprite Chest fix. Try them if a chest refuses to open, but treat the official route at the end as the real answer.

• Stand closer and swing the pickaxe at the centre of the mound again. Players report that edge hits sometimes fail to register the dig.
• Leave the spot, walk a short distance away, then return and try the interact prompt once more.
• Check your key bindings. A general Epic interaction tip says the Sprint and Use actions on the same input can block interactions. Split them and test again.
• Drop the map, pick it back up, and check the marker still points at the same spot before you dig again.
• If nothing moves, finish the match and start the hunt fresh in the next one. Your quest progress from opened chests is kept.

The confirmed route is duller but real. Check the Fortnite Status page for a known issue before you change settings, and send a bug report from inside the game while the problem is on screen. Epic’s own known-issues list is the only place a chest fix becomes fact.

Season clock and settings that help

Treasure Hunters runs from November 1 to the Chapter 7 end event on December 5, 2026. Captain’s Days still ahead land on November 15, with Miku and Teto, and November 22, with Oscar and the Gold Sprite. Weekly quest batches keep arriving on Thursdays until the track passes the 24 Captain X needs. Short season, fast clock. A steady two or three quests per session beats a panic grind in the final week.

Smooth frames help every part of this loop, from the dig animation to the fight that follows an opened chest. Set your game up with our best Fortnite settings guide before you farm. If you played the last event, our Fortnitemares 2026 guide covers the quests that just ended. For season news and official notes, check Epic’s Fortnite news page, and cross-check quest tables against the Games.gg Treasure Hunters quest guide, which tracks the in-game cards week by week.