Fortnite Treasure Hours Are Live Now, With Increased Pirate Shop Token Odds

Fortnite Treasure Hours Are Live Now, With Increased Pirate Shop Token Odds

From TheGamer (Written by James Lucas) on | OpenCritic

Fortnite's second Treasure Hours weekend is now live, running from 2–4pm ET (7–9pm GMT), and we know a little more about how it works this time around.

After last week's event and mounting backlash, Epic Games finally confirmed the odds of finding a Pirate Shop token. You've probably spent the entire season scouring for one, but for the uninitiated, these are super rare drops that, when activated, make the entire Item Shop free for two weeks.

Typically, you have a 1 in 137,500 chance of finding a token, but during Treasure Hours, drop rates are boosted by a minimum of 1.5x (equal to a 1 in 91,667 chance). However, last Saturday, the second Treasure Hours window saw a 2x boost — so perhaps we'll see something similar today.

The Weekly Gold Outfit drop rate, meanwhile, is boosted by 7.5x during Treasure Hours, while the Weekly Vehicle & Decal drop rate is boosted 10x.

During tonight's Treasure Hours, everyone will start with Lil Uzi Vert's SMG, which should be a little less chaotic than the A$AP Rocky RPG-fest.

Like last week, everyone will also drop with a self-revive, so you'll need to kill downed players if...

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