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According to Epic Games, the cost of running Fortnite has "gone up a lot", and so it wants its playerbase to help pay the increased bills. To do this, it's raising the price of V-Bucks, the game's premium currency.

"The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills," the company rather bluntly states in an eye-opening first sentence. From 19th March 2026, you'll get fewer V-Bucks from a purchased pack. Here's a table of all the changes from Epic Games:

Pack

Previous

New

$8.99 Pack

1,000 V-Bucks

800 V-Bucks

$22.99 Pack

2,800 V-Bucks

2,400 V-Bucks

$36.99 Pack

5,000 V-Bucks

4,500 V-Bucks

$89.99 Pack

13,500 V-Bucks

12,500 V-Bucks

Exact Amount Pack

~$0.50 for 50 V-Bucks

$0.90 for 50 V-Bucks


While the price of a V-Bucks pack hasn't changed, you're getting fewer V-Bucks for your money, and the cost of each one inside the pack has gone up. Therefore, you'll need to pay more money to get the standalone skins you want.

To reflect this, the cost of a Battle Pass in Fortnite is being lowered to 800 V-Bucks, where it was 1,000 V-Bucks before. If you manage to finish a Battle Pass, you'll still earn enough V-Bucks through the reward tiers to purchase the next one, but there are no longer any additional V-Bucks in the Bonus Rewards part.

If you subscribe to Fortnite Crew, which offers monthly rewards and bonuses to members, you'll also receive 200 fewer V-Bucks from that program.

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[source fortnite.com]