Lil’ Flacko Sprite in Fortnite — Treasure Hunters Guide

What the Lil’ Flacko Sprite Does

Lil’ Flacko is a Legendary Sprite in Fortnite Treasure Hunters, the season that began on Sunday, November 1, 2026 with update v43.00 and the new 80-player island Crossbones Isle. It belongs to A$AP Rocky’s crew, one of the two big collaborations on the island alongside the One Piece Straw Hat crew, and Epic introduced it as “the brand-new Lil’ Flacko Sprite.”

Its ability is about landings. The live Sprite directory describes a small shockwave when you land that knocks back nearby enemies, and the knockback increases with each level. That makes it a movement-and-pressure Sprite rather than a loot one: it does its work at the moment you touch down, which on an island where you can climb into a cannon and launch yourself across the map is a moment that comes up often. Epic has not published the shockwave’s radius, the knockback distance at any level, or whether it deals damage, so this guide does not claim any of those.

How to Get Lil’ Flacko: The A$AP Rocky Boss on Captain’s Day

Lil’ Flacko is the one Treasure Hunters Sprite with a published source. On Captain’s Day, A$AP Rocky is the island’s first Boss, aboard “The $.$. Rocky.” In Epic’s words: “take him down and he can drop his Shock Rocket, along with the brand-new Lil’ Flacko Sprite.” Note the “can”: Epic does not promise a drop every time, and no drop chance has been published. Epic says there is a new Captain’s Day every week, and a mysterious Map Fragment can also turn up.

Whether Lil’ Flacko can also come from other sources, such as the buried Sprite Chests you reach by tearing down a Wanted Poster and following the Sprite Treasure Map it becomes, has not been confirmed. The live directory shows 0% for every drop rate this season, which means unpublished, not impossible. Mastery Monday is back too: every Monday from 9 AM ET brings 2x Sprite XP and 2x Sprite Dust all day, with more Sprite Chests and Wanted Posters around, which helps level Lil’ Flacko once you have it.

Lil’ Flacko Variants: Normal, Fortune and Cursed

Lil’ Flacko has three forms. Normal and Fortune have been live since day one. Fortune keeps the same landing shockwave and adds Epic’s Fortune bonus: “Reveals nearby Chests.” Datamines and the game’s icon files call this line “Jeweled,” with a red, gem-encrusted look, so if you searched for Jeweled Lil’ Flacko, this is the same form.

Cursed Lil’ Flacko is arriving November 7 per Epic. Its art already exists in the files with a translucent, ghostly look and glowing eyes, but it was not obtainable at launch. Epic describes the Cursed bonus as “Increases your chance of finding rare Sprite variants, but water damages you.” Epic also says Gold returns on November 12 with bonus XP from eliminating opponents, but it has not said which Sprites get Gold, so this page does not list a Gold Lil’ Flacko.

Is Lil’ Flacko Worth Equipping?

If you rotate fast and land in the middle of fights, a knockback on touchdown can buy space at the moment you are most exposed. If you play slow and rarely drop from height, it will trigger less. With the knockback values unpublished, the honest way to judge it is to level it and see. The returning Sprite Mastery track under the Treasure tab helps there: a new page unlocks every week, rewards include Gizmos such as Lucky Locators and Golden Fireworks, the Sprite Mastery Strongbox Back Bling upgrades as you progress, and mastering 40 Sprites earns the Navigator’s Nosedive Umbrella.

Lil’ Flacko also carries a Sprite Stamp, the new Treasure Hunters marker that shows how you got each Sprite; View Info in the Sprites screen explains each Stamp. Sprites from this season also appear in numbered order on that screen, which makes it easier to see which ones you are still missing.

Track Each Lil’ Flacko Form

On the free Sprite Checklist, Normal, Fortune and Cursed Lil’ Flacko are separate rows with their own Collection and Mastery boxes. The Cursed row shows Soon until it releases, so you can tick Normal and Fortune now and come back after November 7.