Fortnite Reveals 2 New Fortnitemares Sprites: Pumpkin & Vampire Arrive This Week

🎃 Fortnite's Sprite collection is getting spooky for Fortnitemares 2026.

Two brand-new Halloween Sprites have now been revealed: the Pumpkin Sprite and Vampire Sprite.

Epic Games first teased both creatures in the official Fortnitemares artwork before creators Evrizzle and speedsterfn provided much clearer looks at their designs.

🎃 New Fortnitemares Sprites

• Pumpkin Sprite
• Vampire Sprite

The new Sprites fit directly into this year's Halloween theme, but they aren't simply cosmetic additions. Early game information points toward both having unique abilities that could affect combat.

🎃 What Does the Pumpkin Sprite Do?

The Pumpkin Sprite is expected to have a defensive ability based around protecting players from headshots.

According to currently reported information, carrying the Pumpkin Sprite will cause the player to develop a Pumpkin Head over time. That pumpkin is expected to provide protection against incoming headshots.

Epic Games has not yet published the final ability description, so the exact protection amount, activation time and how Sprite Levels affect the ability remain unconfirmed.

🧛 Vampire Sprite Has a Siphon Ability

The Vampire Sprite appears to be much more aggressive.

Datamined information indicates that it will restore white Health based on the damage you deal to opponents.

The percentage of Health recovered is expected to scale as the Vampire Sprite levels up, potentially reaching up to 50% recovery at maximum Sprite Level.

In other words, the Vampire Sprite appears to introduce a Siphon-style ability to the Sprite system, rewarding players for dealing damage during fights.

🔥 Vampire Sprite Could Be Very Strong at Max Level

If the currently reported values make it into the live game, the Vampire Sprite could become particularly interesting for aggressive players.

Instead of relying entirely on healing items after a fight, dealing damage could restore part of the player's white Health while carrying the Sprite.

The important detail is that the reported 50% figure applies to the maximum-level Sprite. We don't yet know the exact recovery percentages at each lower level.

📅 When Are Pumpkin & Vampire Sprites Coming?

Both Sprites are expected to arrive alongside Fortnitemares 2026 on Thursday, October 1.

Epic Games has officially confirmed that Fortnitemares begins on October 1, and the game's upcoming Sprite tracking also points toward new Sprites becoming available on Thursday.

However, Epic has not yet published a separate announcement explicitly stating the exact unlock time for Pumpkin and Vampire Sprites. Their October 1 availability should therefore be treated as the expected release timing until the Fortnitemares update goes live.

👀 The Sprites Were Revealed in an Unusual Way

Players actually got an early look at the new Sprites outside the game.

Epic provided the upcoming Halloween Sprite designs to selected Fortnite creators, allowing them to create 3D-printed versions of the characters and reveal them to the community ahead of Fortnitemares.

Creator posts from Evrizzle and speedsterfn subsequently gave players a much clearer look at Pumpkin and Vampire after their smaller appearances in the official Fortnitemares key art.

🔮 More Fortnitemares Sprites May Be Coming

Pumpkin and Vampire may not be the complete Halloween Sprite lineup. Community and datamined information has also referenced additional Sprite names connected to Fortnitemares, including Phase Dash and Mummy.

Phase Dash is particularly interesting because early information describes an ability that gives the player recharging Phase Dash charges, allowing them to phase through certain objects.

Other names including Mimic, Plunder and Hook have also appeared in community discussions, but their release status is much less certain. They should not currently be considered confirmed Fortnitemares releases.

✨ Could Pumpkin & Vampire Get Special Variants?

There is another detail collectors should watch closely. Datamined tags discussed by the Sprite community indicate that some upcoming Halloween Sprites may also have Gold and Cheat Master variants.

Epic has not officially revealed those variants or explained how they would be obtained, so they remain unconfirmed for now.

🎃 Fortnitemares Begins October 1

Fortnite has officially scheduled Fortnitemares 2026 for October 1, with this year's event carrying the tagline "The Game Is Cursed."

Pumpkin and Vampire therefore look set to become the first major Halloween additions to Chapter 7 Season 4's Sprite collection, with more Sprite discoveries potentially appearing once the Fortnitemares update reaches the game.