Fortnite Treasure Hours: Cursed tonight as Epic confirms 1-in-137,500 Pirate Token odds
Treasure Hours: Cursed runs in two rounds tonight, boosting Cursed Sprites and chest treasure. Epic has confirmed that Pirate Shop Access drops from just one chest in 137,500 in a normal match.
Fortnite's Treasure Hours: Cursed event runs tonight, Saturday 14 November, in two rounds starting at 19:00 GMT and at 02:00 GMT on Sunday. It follows Epic Games putting a hard number on the season's most wanted prize: Pirate Shop Access drops from one chest in every 137,500 in a normal match.
What Treasure Hours: Cursed changes tonight
Treasure Hours are the Saturday windows of the Treasure Hunters mini-season, when the rarest chest rewards become easier to find. This edition, named in the v43.10 update notes, puts Cursed Sprites in the spotlight. Carrying a Cursed Sprite raises your chance of finding rarer Sprite variants, but water damages you for as long as the curse is active.
Update 43.10 made that trade-off easier to read by adding a visual effect that shows when a curse is active. The Cursed Kelper Sprite also went live with the patch on 12 November. As a bonus, last week's captain, Lil Uzi Vert, shares the Lil' SMG with players during the event.
- Round one: Saturday 14 November, 19:00 GMT (2 PM ET)
- Round two: Sunday 15 November, 02:00 GMT (9 PM ET on Saturday)
- Boosted: Cursed Sprites and the odds on rare chest treasure
- Bonus: the Lil' SMG is shared with players during the event
The Pirate Token odds, confirmed
Epic's figure for the Pirate Token is one in 137,500 per chest opened in a normal match, or roughly 0.00073 per cent. The studio also said normal chest drop rates have not changed since Treasure Hunters launched, and that only Treasure Hours move them. That ended a week of community guesswork, including an unofficial estimate of one in 700,000 that proved to be wrong.
On the opening Saturday, 7 November, the boost was 1.5x in the first round and 2x in the second. The schedule published alongside the odds lists 1.5x in both rounds for the remaining Saturdays, tonight included. By simple arithmetic that is about one in 91,667 per chest, so the token is still a very long shot. No pity system has been announced, and every chest carries the same chance however many you have already opened.
What Pirate Shop Access gives you
A token is activated from the Shop whenever you choose. For the following 14 days, you can claim the items and bundles in the Item Shop for free. Real-money offers, gifting and pass levels or rewards are excluded, and you can also claim one sidekick you do not already own.
Tokens can be found until the mini-season closes on 5 December and must be activated before 15 December. Players who redeem their first token before that deadline also receive a second token to use in 2027. Epic has not said when that second token will reach accounts.
How to give yourself the best chance
The only way to get a token is to open chests in normal matches, and any chest can hold one. Playing in a squad helps because four players open more chests, and a token rolled from a teammate's chest counts for the rest of the team. Chest-dense locations such as Fortune's Fort, Lantern Landing and Plunder Port make the most of each drop, and it pays to be in a match while a Treasure Hours round is live.
Two 43.10 tweaks help the hunt. With Visualize Sound Effects switched on in the audio settings, the Chest indicator now shows an up or down arrow when a Chest is above or below you. The Weekly Gold Outfits chest also has a new opening animation, so it is easier to tell apart from a Pirate Shop Access find. Some of the season's Exotic weapons may now appear in Chests too.
What comes next
The weekend continues on Sunday 15 November at 14:00 GMT with the Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto Captain's Day. It adds the Leekcapper and Flapjack Rifle to the loot pool, brings the Mini Miku and Squiplash Sprites, and reveals a third Map Fragment.
Further Treasure Hours are expected on 21 and 28 November. The mini-season then closes with the Chapter 7 end event on Saturday 5 December.
| Reward | Odds per chest |
|---|---|
| Any Gizmo | 1 in 127 |
| Weekly Loading Screen | 1 in 272 |
| Weekly Jam Track | 1 in 391 |
| Weekly Pickaxe or Back Bling | 1 in 568 |
| Weekly Vehicle and Decal | 1 in 7,813 |
| Pirate Shop Access | 1 in 137,500 |
| Weekly Gold Outfit | 1 in 1,562,500 |
Frequently asked questions
When does Treasure Hours: Cursed start in the UK?
Round one starts at 19:00 GMT on Saturday 14 November. Round two starts at 02:00 GMT on Sunday 15 November, which is 9 PM ET on Saturday.
What are the odds of finding a Pirate Token?
Epic confirmed a chance of one in 137,500 per chest opened in a normal match. Those odds are boosted during Treasure Hours, with a 1.5x boost listed for both of tonight's rounds. No pity system has been announced, so no number of chests guarantees a drop.
What does Pirate Shop Access unlock?
Once activated in the Shop, it lets you claim Item Shop items and bundles for free for 14 days. Real-money offers, gifting and pass levels or rewards are excluded. You can also claim one sidekick you do not already own.
Is there a deadline to use a Pirate Token?
Yes. Tokens must be activated before 15 December 2026, and they can only be found until the mini-season closes on 5 December. Players who redeem their first token in time also receive a second one to use in 2027.