Fortnite V-Bucks: Everything You Need To Know

If you are part of the 350m people globally who play the additive Battle Royale, Fortnite, you may have come across the word “V-Buck.” However, if adequately documented, you may be aware of what V-Buck is, what it can be used for, how to get it for free, purchase it, or its general purpose. 

Fortnite is a universe of its own with many glamorous features and looks. If you watch closely, the player’s outlooks are never often the same.

Some gestures like dancing are sometimes available to specific players; all these features can be gotten with Fortnite’s V-Buck.

Like you might have guessed, V-Buck is Fortnite money. 

What are V-Bucks? 

Like we noted in the intro above, V-Bucks is Epic’s Battle Royale in-game currency. Epic is the company behind Fortnite; they are also the brains behind games like Age of Wonders, Gears of Wars, Infinity Blade, and a host of others. 

When it comes to maintaining games, especially games of this nature, a lot of expenditure comes into play. It costs a fortune to create excellent maps, store users’ profile data, maintain seamless experiences, and a host of others.

To finance these parts of the games and keep the fans happy, incentives like Fortnite V-Bucks which sees players spending real cash need to be embedded into the system in order for the company to earn so as to foot these bills. 

Although getting on Fortnite is free, activating special features and gestures would cost a bit; this is where V-Buck comes in. No doubt, you can get V-Bucks for free, but the surest way to get V-bucks is to purchase it either from Epic’s online shop or by subscribing to one Fortnite’s service, as you’ll see below. 

So, in a nutshell, V-Bucks is Fortnite’s in-game currency that can be used to purchase many premium features in other to customize Fortnite to the user’s taste and make it more enjoyable. 

What can you use V-Bucks for? 

With this in-game currency, there’s no shortage of what you can do with it. Fortnite is a live game; therefore, Epic keeps adding more features to it.

To get these features, you need to “spend some V-Bucks.”

Below are things we can do with V-Bucks. 

Outfits

This is one way you can quickly identify someone who has splashed some V-Bucks on their character. It often looks glamorous or not basic. Fortnite has a truckload of outfits to pick from. You can get outfits worth 800 V-bucks to legendary outfits costing 2000 V-Bucks. 

Please, be aware that the costumes don’t increase your hitbox. A rule of thumb I apply here is,  go for outfits that aren’t too conspicuous unless you want to be an easy target. 

Cosmetic upgrades 

Oftentimes, having too many options isn’t good. When it comes to cosmetics, you have so much to pick from, be careful; these cosmetics sometimes aren’t worth it. 

Battle Pass

To ensure Fortnite remains free, Epic introduced the Battle Pass season. Battle Pass is usually free; however, you have to stay active to enjoy access to it; if you can’t keep up, you then need to purchase the Battle Pass, which costs about 950 V-Bucks. 

The premium Battle Pass is somewhat an investment; it gives you access to up to 100 in-game rewards as long as the season lasts. Epic claims, those who purchase the Battle Pass could get rewards or content reaching 25,000 V-Bucks, which seems like an investment for me. 

Harvesting tools

With Fortnite V-Bucks, you can purchase excellent harvesting tools; no doubt, players are given a generic pickaxe; however, it won’t hurt to add style to your harvesting tool.

Although these premium tools wouldn’t upgrade your harvesting capabilities, they would still add style to your outfit. You can find pickaxes from 500 V-Bucks to 2000 V-Bucks. 

Gliders

Like many other things you can purchase with Fortnite money, fancy gliders don’t give any unique speed advantages; it’s, however, intimidating to other players.

Imagine someone approaching your landing spot with a fancy glider; yes, awesome, right? Gliders have a starting price of 500 V-Bucks and reach up to 1500 V-Bucks. 

Emotes

I believe every Fortniter* has the same feeling when they get killed and watch their killer throw an annoying dance while infront of the killcam; if this has oppressed you, it’s time to fight back. Go grab one of Fortnite’s emotes and stunt on your victims from hence. 

How much are V-Bucks? 

You can’t choose the amount of V-Bucks to buy; there are already customized packages there. So, let’s say you find a pickaxe worth 1500 V-Bucks; you can’t just buy V-Bucks for precisely that amount.

Epic offers V-Bucks in packages. There’s also a 20% discount. This discount doesn’t apply to every platform; this was what they said about this.

“Currently, when using Apple and Google payment options, Apple and Google collect a 30% fee, and the up to 20% price drop does not apply,” Epic said in a blog post announcing the changes. “If Apple or Google lower their fees on payments in the future, Epic will pass along the savings to you. To avoid that fee, gamers can just pay through the new “Epic direct payment” option.” – Source

This means that if you plan on getting V-Bucks from an iOS or Android platform, the price will vary with what you would find on other platforms or what you’ll get from Epic directly. Below are the 

• 1000 V-Bucks costs $7.99
• 2800 V-Bucks costs $19.99
• 5000 V-Bucks costs $31.99
• 13500 V-Bucks costs $79.99

These prices might vary with your location due to your bank’s exchange rate and also the platform you purchase it from.

Epic Games has been in a legal battle with Apple and Google for the quoted text above for almost a year. It even leads to both Giant mobile device companies removing Fortnite from their respective app stores.

An ideal V-Buck budget would look like this. 

• New Harvesting tool: 700 V-Bucks
• New Glider: 800 V-Bucks 
• New Emotes: 700 V-Bucks
• New Outfit: 1500 V-Bucks

This should cost around 3700 V-Bucks; therefore, the $31 plan should do.

For most users, bursting this many dollars for some digital outlook is too much; for others, it isn’t.

One thing we can all agree on is, spending this much cash on Fortnite periodically is expensive. You could see yourself dropping up to hundreds of dollars. 

But well, busting $31 to look good ONE TIME might not be asking too much. 

How to buy V-Bucks?

A lot of V-Bucks scams exist out there. Although there’s more than one way to get V-Bucks, including with gift cards, this is how to get V-bucks from Fortnite directly. 

So, you’ve seen an outfit you’ll love to jump into, or you’ll love to pair your favorite pickaxe with a fabulous matching outfit, then this is how to get V-Bucks to achieve this aim.

From the game

Step 1: You can buy from the pre-match menus. At the top-right corner is a number close to the V icon. The figure there is the amount of V-Bucks you have. 

Step 2: Click that icon to see how to purchase V-Bucks. 

Alternatively 

You can visit the game Item Shop and browse through the cosmetics there; on clicking it, you are presented with the buy option.

It’s a bright yellow button with “Get V-Bucks” written on it.

From the Store

Step 1: Click on the Store tab. 

Step 2: Pick the V-Bucks package you want to get, then click on the Purchase button. 

Step 3: You are then directed to the checkout system. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete your purchase. 

From the web

On your browser visit, Epic games official site from here and purchase accordingly. You can find many other features, packs, and premium content you may need to customize your Fortnite character further. 

From Amazon

You can get Fortnite V-Bucks Gift cards from Amazon like this one. If you would like to redeem your V-Bucks gift card, you can visit here. It would be best if you had an Epic Games account to redeem your gift card. 

When in, you get the option to select the device or platform you’ll love your V-Bucks to be credited to; more on this below. 

Things to know about Fortnite V-Bucks

• Fortnite V-Bucks purchased on platforms are exclusive to the platform itself. That is, if you buy V-Bucks through your Fortnite android game app, you can’t access the V-Bucks on your Xbox or PlayStation, etc. 

However, items bought with purchased V-Bucks can be accessed across all platforms; yeah!  The fancy pickaxe you got on your PlayStation would still be accessible on your iOS device. 

With the Amazon gift card purchase method discussed above, you can select which platform to credit. 

• You can’t transfer V-Bucks within Epic Games accounts; however, you can buy items on one Fortnite account and then share it with another as a gift. 

• Refunds aren’t issued for purchased V-Bucks. To dispose of it, purchase items and gift your friends or viewers (for Twitch streamers). 

Other ways to get Fortnite V-Bucks 

Aside from purchasing V-Bucks, there are many other ways you can get V-Bucks (Sometimes for free), as you’ll see below.

They are just so many scams hanging around. Nevertheless, below are verified ways to earn V-Bucks for free. 

Nothing is free, even in Freetown.

These platforms, services, means, etc., that can offer you Free V-Bucks often come at the cost of some sort, so more or less, you are still paying for V-Bucks, either with cash or time.

Nevertheless, below are some other ways to grab free V-Bucks

1. Surveys

During the Covid-19 period, we came across different means to keep us busy; some of these tasks gave us some incentives of some sort, one of which was Fortnite V-Bucks.

Countess survey sites exist. You can get a lot from a simple Google search; however, not all offer V-Bucks as rewards, and some would make your work more and earn less.

Below are a few sites that have a proven record of paying their freelancers in V-Bucks. 

i. Idle-Empire

Since 2015, the company claims to have offered up to a million dollars worth of rewards.

All you have to do here is visit Idle-Empire, create an account with them, answer a few paid surveys, watch videos, complete offers, play games, basically carry out the tasks they give you, and smile your way to your V-Bucks bank. 

They reward you with PlayStation Network Cards or Xbox Live Gift Cards, withdraw according to the console you play with, then go to your Fortnite account and redeem the gift card.

You should get the card in 24 hours at most. So far, they have over 500 reviews on the V-Buck feature at 4.8 stars. 

ii. PointPrizes

Another legit survey site to earn V-Bucks is PointPrizes; just like Idle-Empire, you earn through surveys, learning about products, watching video ads, and other things.

Unlike Idle-Empire, you are rewarded in points which you then convert to V-Bucks. Like you know already, you can’t transfer V-Bucks to another account, so PointPrizes credit you via PayPal or PaySafeCard code which you can in turn use to purchase V-Bucks. Join here.

iii. GrabPoints 

Earn by watching videos or completing surveys. You are credited with a V-Buck code which you can activate on your Fortnite account. You also earn from referrals.

2. Fortnite Save the world

Purchasing the Fortnite Save The World game sets you up for random V-Bucks. You can earn V-Bucks from just logging in, and here they give you the Ilama loot box.

The box doesn’t contain only V-Bucks; gifts are at random and mustn’t always be V-Bucks. This method may seem slow to garner enough V-Bucks. 

You don’t have to play to grab this freebie from your busy schedule; carve out time and sign in. Note that this is available for only Founders.

You can be a Founder by purchasing any of the following Fortnite editions

• Standard
• Deluxe
• Super Deluxe 
• Limited
• Ultimate

Also, these rewards don’t come daily; keep logging in to increase your chances. 

Participating in daily challenges and challenge quest gives a window to gathering V-Bucks as a Save the World member. 

Playing the Storm Shield Defense main story missions can see you getting about 100 V-Bucks permission. 

3. Battle Pass

Fortnite’s Battle Pass is free, but with a catch, you can purchase it, which is better and more convenient for many users. 

You can earn up to 300 V-Bucks for free without having to pay for Battle Pass; those who paid will make a considerable amount of V-Bucks as they progress through the season. 

In actuality, one could earn more than enough to foot the bills for the next Battle Pass, provided you don’t burst all on costumes, outfits, and other premium features. 

The latest season of Fortnite can give you up to 1500 V-Bucks if you level up as soon as possible. This is almost double what you spent on purchasing it. 

4. Glitches

Yeah, you heard me right. As epic as Epic games is (you saw what I did there? *wink), they still face some errors; even the best software companies aren’t immune to glitches here and there.

I can’t point you to any glitch; I mean, Epic games wouldn’t official announce there’s a glitch. However, a search on YouTube would present you with so many. It might not work for you, though, but if it does, you are in for a big bang. 

Users have reported getting up to 25,000 V-Bucks from these glitches. The videos below are a few glitches you can try out. 

When it comes to this method, nothing is guaranteed. 

Read our detailed guide on ways to get free Fortnite V-bucks.

Conclusion 

Fortnite money is an integral part of the game. With V-Bucks, you can do so much on Fortnite; it gives you access to fantastic features and ways to customize your character further. In this article, we’ve discussed in detail all you need to know about V-Bucks. Thank you for stopping by, have a great day.