Fortnite’s Sprites are reportedly staying. New datamined findings suggest the collection will return in Chapter 8, reversing an earlier leak that said it was being removed.
That first claim came from files found in the game by dataminer blortzen, which suggested Sprites would be cut. According to leakers who have since found fresh game tags tied to the feature, that is no longer the expected outcome.
A second leak goes further and describes a new collection in the works. As always, none of this has been confirmed by Epic Games, so it should be treated as early information.
Fortnite Sprites game tags found for Chapter 8 Season 1
On November 1, leaker SpushFNBR reported on X that several game tags for Sprites appear in Chapter 8 Season 1. The report credited the leakers itsmeleaky and vixenovaa for the find. Game tags are internal labels in the game files, and they often turn up before a feature is announced.
Leakers usually find tags like these by reading new game data after an update. A tag is not a promise, but a group of related tags is often seen as a stronger sign than a single stray file. That is why this report stands out against the earlier one.
The tags reportedly include five planned Sprites. They are named Assassin, Commando, Forageable, Slurp and Test Sprite.
Some of those names echo things Fortnite players already know. Slurp, for example, recalls the game’s healing items, and Forageable suggests the items players gather around the map. That is only a reading of the names, and the final Sprites could look and work differently.
The Test Sprite entry deserves some caution. Studios often use test names for content that is still being built, and such entries do not always reach the live game. It may still suggest that work on the Sprites system is continuing rather than winding down.
Datamined files are snapshots of work in progress. A feature that looks cut in one build can be reworked, delayed or restored in the next. That may explain why the first files read as a removal while later ones point the other way.
Leakers also interpret what they find, and two people can read the same files differently. This is why each claim here is credited to its source and not stated as fact.
Fortnite ArmTale collection leak: what we know so far
On November 10, leaker Loolo said Fortnite is planning another collection codenamed ArmTale. In his words, it follows the success of Sprites. He credited fellow leaker Egyptian_Leaker for the information.
According to the post, ArmTale would get its own collection tab in the lobby, with a 3D item preview like the one Sprites has. What the collection will contain is not known. The codename gives no clear clue, and Epic has not announced anything.
If the collection is real, it would suggest Epic sees the format as worth building on. Neither point has been confirmed, and the plan could still change.
Everything in this article comes from leakers and datamined files, and Epic Games has not publicly confirmed any of it in the sources we reviewed. Plans can change before release, and the names in the files may not match what players eventually see.
We will update this article if Epic Games comments or if more details appear. Until then, the safest reading is that Sprites are no longer expected to disappear, but their exact future in Chapter 8 is still unclear.
Readers following Sprites closely should watch Epic’s official channels and the next update’s patch notes. Those are the places where a real announcement would appear first.