Fortnite Treasure Hunters · Epic's published odds
Fortnite Chest Counter
Tap once per Pirate Chest, log what drops, and see how your luck compares with Epic's odds, including your real chance at the Pirate Shop Token.
0 normal · 0 during Treasure Hours
What did your chests drop?
Tap a reward when you get it. We compare it with what Epic's odds say you should have by now.
Luck = share of players with the same chest count who found fewer. Saved in this browser only.
Why players use a Fortnite chest counter
Treasure Hunters turned chest farming into a grind. Every Pirate Chest can drop a free Item Shop pass, but the Pirate Shop Token is a 1 in 137,500 roll, so a whole weekend of looting usually ends with nothing to show for it. Fortnite does show a chest total in the Quests tab, but it keeps no history, does not split boosted chests from normal ones, and players report it stops counting at 1,000.
This Fortnite chest counter fills that gap. It keeps your own tally, splits it into normal and Treasure Hours chests, and checks every drop against the published odds. After a few hundred chests you can tell whether you are unlucky or just playing a game with very long odds.
How to use the Fortnite chest counter
- Open it on your phone before you drop. On a phone the +1 button sits at the bottom of the screen, so you can tap it with your thumb between fights.
- Tap +1 Pirate Chest for every chest you open. If you play in a squad and want squad token odds, log their chests too.
- Tap a reward's +1 when it drops. Gizmos and Loading Screens come up every few hundred chests, so the luck numbers start to mean something long before the token does.
- Leave the boost on Auto. The chest counter switches to Treasure Hours odds on Saturdays by itself. Pick Boost or Normal only if Epic runs an unscheduled event.
Made a mistake? Undo removes your last tap, whether it was a chest or a reward. The count saves in your browser after every tap.
Pirate Chest drop rates
These are Epic's published per-chest odds for Treasure Hunters, rarest first. The Fortnite chest counter uses exactly these numbers, so its Expected column is what an average player gets from the same chests.
| Reward | Odds per chest | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Gold Outfit | 1 in 1,562,500 | 0.00006% |
| Pirate Shop Token | 1 in 137,500 | 0.00073% |
| Weekly Vehicle & Decal | 1 in 7,813 | 0.01280% |
| Weekly Pickaxe or Back Bling | 1 in 568 | 0.18% |
| Weekly Jam Track | 1 in 391 | 0.26% |
| Weekly Loading Screen | 1 in 272 | 0.37% |
| Any Gizmo | 1 in 127 | 0.79% |
Reading your luck
Say you have opened 500 chests. At 1 in 127, an average player has about 3.9 Gizmos by then. If you have two, the chest counter puts your luck around the bottom fifth: unlucky, but nothing unusual. If you have seven, you are in the top tenth. Luck shows "Too early" until the average player would have found at least half a drop, so a couple of empty chests do not get labeled bad luck.
Treasure Hours: when chests are worth more
Treasure Hours run every Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM PT and from 6 PM to 8 PM PT. In those windows the Pirate Shop Token chance goes up ×1.5, to about 1 in 91,667. Epic also ran one special ×2 session on November 7. If you only have a few hours to grind, spend them here. The Fortnite chest counter shows a countdown to the next window at the top.
Realistic Pirate Shop Token odds
The token makes eligible Item Shop cosmetics free for 14 days, and it goes to your whole squad. Here is the chance of at least one token after a given number of chests at normal odds, solo and in a squad of four where everyone opens the same number:
| Chests each | Solo | Squad of 4 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | 0.72% | 2.87% |
| 5,000 | 3.6% | 13.5% |
| 10,000 | 7.0% | 25.2% |
| 50,000 | 30.5% | 76.6% |
| 100,000 | 51.7% | 94.5% |
Even a heavy player opening 1,000 chests has well under a 1% chance alone. That is why the Fortnite chest counter tracks every reward, not just the token: the Gizmos, Jam Tracks and weekly cosmetics are where your chests actually pay out.
Chest counter Fortnite FAQ
How many chests do I need to open to get the Pirate Shop Token?
There is no fixed number. At 1 in 137,500 per chest, about 95,308 chests give a 50% chance and about 316,605 give 90%. A squad of four opening chests together gets there four times faster, because the token is shared.
Where do I see how many chests I have opened in Fortnite?
Open the Quests tab and find the Treasure Hunt section. It shows a running total, but there is no per-match history, and players report the display stops at 1,000. That is why many players keep a separate chest counter.
Does my chance go up the more chests I open?
No. Each Pirate Chest is an independent roll with no pity timer, so chest 5,000 has the same odds as chest 1. Opening more chests only raises your total chance over time.
Do Treasure Hours boost every reward?
Epic's announcement only lists the Pirate Shop Token boost (×1.5, with one special ×2 session). Gizmos, Jam Tracks and the other rewards are treated as normal odds here until Epic says otherwise.
If my squadmate finds the token, do I get it too?
Yes. The Pirate Shop Access Token goes to the whole squad, so log your squad's chests if you want your real odds.
Will my count be saved if I close the page?
Yes, on the same phone or PC. The count lives in that browser, with no account needed. A private window or clearing site data starts it from zero, and it does not move between devices.