Fortnite Birthday Power Hours Tomorrow: Birthday Sprites Boosted for 6 Hours

🎂 Birthday Sprites Take Over the September 26 Power Hours

Fortnite's next Power Hours are officially part of Battle Royale's 9th Birthday celebration, and this weekend's event is considerably longer than usual.

Instead of the normal two-hour windows seen during recent Power Hours, Fortnite will run two three-hour Birthday Power Hour sessions on Saturday, September 26. That gives players a total of six hours of special Birthday gameplay.

🕒 Birthday Power Hours Schedule

• Session 1: 2 PM – 5 PM ET / 6 PM – 9 PM UTC
• Session 2: 9 PM – 12 AM ET / 1 AM – 4 AM UTC (September 27)

✨ 5 Birthday Sprites Are Expected to Be Available

Current reporting indicates that the complete Birthday Sprite family will be available beginning with the September 26 event.

• Birthday Sprite
• Gold Birthday Sprite
• Cheat Master Birthday Sprite
• Loot Hacker Birthday Sprite
• Bounty Hunter Birthday Sprite

The Birthday variants are also reported to receive boosted spawn rates during the six hours of Birthday Power Hours, potentially making September 26 the best initial opportunity to complete the entire Birthday Sprite family.

🎁 Everyone Starts With Presents

During Birthday Power Hours, every player drops into the match carrying Presents. This means players can immediately take part in the Birthday loot celebration without having to find a Present first.

🎈 Exotic Balloon Popper Assault Rifle Returns

The Exotic Balloon Popper Assault Rifle will be available in the wild during the event. The special weapon creates balloon explosions while firing, fitting directly into Fortnite's Birthday celebration.

🪙 1-Up Tokens & Portable Extractors From Chests

Chests will also have a chance to drop 1-Up Tokens and Portable Extractors during Birthday Power Hours.

Portable Extractors are particularly useful for Sprite collectors because they provide another opportunity to secure a Sprite without depending entirely on a normal Extraction Site.

🎂 Birthday Sprite Can Generate Cake

The new Birthday Sprite has an ability built specifically around Fortnite's Birthday celebration. While equipped, opening Chests has a chance to produce Birthday Cake slices.

The chance improves as the Sprite levels up, and at maximum Level, eliminations can also produce cake.

❓ Are Bounty Hunter Sprites Boosted Too?

Epic's Birthday Power Hours announcement does not list a general Bounty Hunter Sprite spawn-rate increase.

This is notable because previous Power Hour announcements explicitly named the variant receiving increased appearances. For example, the September 19 Kingdom Hearts Power Hours specifically boosted Loot Hacker Sprite variants.

Players hunting the recently released Bounty Hunter family should therefore not assume that every Bounty Hunter Sprite has increased odds during the Birthday event. The new Bounty Hunter Birthday Sprite, however, is part of the Birthday Sprite family expected for September 26.