- Epic Games increases the price of everyone Fortnite V-Bucks Packs
- Starting March 19th, a $8.99 standard pack will now give 800 instead of 1000 V-Bucks
- V-Bucks were included in the Battle Bundle and Fortnite The crew will also be lowered
Epic Games has announced that it will raise the prices of Fortnite‘s V-Bucks this month.
As of March 19, the company said it will offer fewer V-Bucks per Pack, meaning that in a standard $8.99 Pack you will now receive 800 V-Bucks instead of 1000 V-Bucks. The full changes to the V-Buck Pack can be seen below.
“The cost of running Fortnite has increased greatly and we are raising prices to help pay the bills,” Epic Games said in a blog post.
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Fortnite‘s Battle Pass will also now cost 800 V-Bucks instead of 1000 V-Bucks, and will now award 800 instead of 1000. The additional 500 V-Bucks in bonus rewards will also be dropped from the new system.
“You can earn 800 V-Bucks when you complete the Battle Pass, which is enough to get the next one. There are no longer V-Bucks in the Bonus Rewards of the Pass,” Epic explained.
|
Package |
Previous |
New |
With epic rewards |
|
$8.99 Pack |
1,000 V-Bucks |
800 V-Bucks |
+$1.79 left |
|
$22.99 Pack |
2,800 V-Bucks |
2,400 V-Bucks |
+$4.59 left |
|
$36.99 Package |
5,000 V-Bucks |
4,500 V-Bucks |
+$7.39 left |
|
$89.99 Package |
13,500 V-Tray |
12,500 V-Tray |
+$17.99 left |
|
Exact quantity Package |
~$0.50* for 50 V-Bucks |
$0.99* for 50 V-Bucks |
Row 5 – Cell 3 |
Additionally Fortnite‘s Battle Bundle, which includes the Battle Pass and the first 25 levels of the pass already unlocked, drops from 2,800 to 2,600 V-Bucks.
Fortnite Crew, the monthly subscription service now included in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, is also lowering its V-Bucks rewards from 1,000 to 800 V-Bucks.
Like the main Battle Pass, the OG Pass, Music Pass and Lego Pass are also seeing changes:
- OG Pass will cost 800 V-Bucks (previously 1,000).
- The music pass will cost 1,200 V-Bucks (previously 1,400).
- The LEGO Pass will cost 1,200 V-Bucks (previously 1,400).
Fortnite players aren’t too excited about this change, because while the overall price of the packs doesn’t increase with real-world money, their value does.
“Bro changing the battle pass vbucks amount from 1500 to 800 is literally game-breaking. This season was already kind of bad, but now I’m just uninstalling,” said one player on Reddit, while another announced they would be “cancelling my crew tonight. Good job Epic!”
Another criticized the way Epic announced the news, saying: “’The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we are raising prices to help pay the bills’. Such a crazy way to deliver that news. I mean at least try to sugarcoat it.”
Last month, Epic Games announced that PC gamers spent $1.16 billion on the Epic Games Store, up 6% year-over-year, while Statista reports that the company generated an estimated $6.21 billion in gross revenue in 2025, compared to $5.81 billion the previous year.
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