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Fortnite Pirate Shop Token Exact Odds & Drop Rates

Fortnite Status announced a 1 in 137,500 chance per eligible chest in a normal match, about 0.000727%. Use the calculator to estimate the chance of at least one Pirate Shop Access drop.

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The chest opening that led to the recorded Pirate Shop Access drop.snowslept · 0:04Full size

FIELD INSTRUMENT / 01

Chest odds calculator

Estimate using

Count unique eligible openings across the matches or squad you’re modeling.

Drop rate scenario

Estimated chance

0.0727%chance of at least one drop
Per eligible chest
0.000727%
Eligible chests
100
Chance of no drop
99.9273%

ODDS TARGET

Chests needed for your target

Uses the drop rate selected above. A target chance is an estimate, even after all those chests.

Minimum openings

95,308eligible chests
Scenario
Normal

01 / RATE TABLE

Odds per eligible chest

The two November 7 Treasure Hours had different Pirate Shop Access multipliers. Treat boosted rates as historical examples unless Epic confirms a new session. See the announcement coverage.

ScenarioMultiplierChance per chest
Normal match1×1 in 137,500
Nov 7 · First session1.5×About 1 in 91,667
Nov 7 · Second session2×1 in 68,750

How rare is the weekly gold outfit?

Fortnite Status published a normal rate of 1 in 1,562,500 for the Weekly Gold Outfit, about 0.000064% per chest. It is roughly 11.4 times as rare as Pirate Shop Access at the normal rates. Treasure Hours can boost each reward by a different amount. The calculator above models Pirate Shop Access. Reposted reward-rate table

Looking for more chests to open? See the Week 2 chest route map and gameplay.

02 / METHOD

How the estimate works

The calculator assumes each eligible opening is independent and uses the same per-chest chance p. For n chests, it subtracts the chance of missing every time from 100%.

Chance of at least one drop1 − (1 − p)n

Eligible chestsAt least one tokenAt least one Weekly Gold Outfit
1000.0727%0.0064%
1,0000.72464%0.06398%
10,0007.01459%0.63796%
137,50063.21219%8.42391%

These examples use normal-match rates. Opening 137,500 eligible chests gives about a 63.2% modeled chance of at least one token. That denominator describes the chance on a single opening, and previous misses do not raise the next chest’s chance under this model.

Counting squad openings

Count each eligible chest once across the squad. Four players opening 25 distinct chests each means 100 attempts. The result estimates at least one squad drop. Check the reported squad reward rules separately.

If you already know your total, enter it directly. To project a play plan, the calculator multiplies chests per player per match by the number of players, matches per day and days of play. The target calculation rounds up to the minimum whole number of eligible openings that reaches your selected chance.

For a tally you can update during a match, open the Fortnite chest tracker.

Combining regular and boosted openings

Model each rate separately. For 100 normal openings and 50 openings at 2×, multiply the two chances of missing, then subtract from 100%. The combined chance is about 0.14535%. Applying the 2× rate to all 150 openings would overstate your odds.

Captain’s references

Sources & notes

Reviewed by Fortnite Token.

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