Fortnite V-Bucks Hit with Inflation

Epic Games isn’t sugarcoating this one. The company announced that the cost of running Fortnite has gone up, and starting March 19, V-Bucks prices are increasing across the board. Every V-Bucks pack tier is getting less currency for the same price, and the changes ripple through the Battle Pass, Fortnite Crew, and the OG, Music, and LEGO passes.

The biggest hit is at the entry level. The $8.99 pack drops from 1,000 V-Bucks to 800, which is a 20 percent reduction. The $22.99 pack goes from 2,800 to 2,400, the $36.99 pack from 5,000 to 4,500, and the $89.99 pack from 13,500 to 12,500. The Exact Amount Pack also doubles in price, going from roughly $0.50 for 50 V-Bucks to $0.99. Epic is pointing to its Epic Rewards program as a partial offset, which gives 20 percent back on purchases made through the Epic Games Store or Epic’s payment system on PC, iOS, Android, and web.

The Battle Pass is also changing. It now costs 800 V-Bucks instead of 1,000, but you’ll only earn 800 V-Bucks for completing it. The previous system awarded 1,000 V-Bucks plus an additional 500 in Bonus Rewards, so the total V-Bucks earned from a Battle Pass is dropping from 1,500 to 800. That’s a noticeable cut. The Battle Bundle price is being lowered from 2,800 to 2,600 V-Bucks. Meanwhile, the OG Pass drops to 800 V-Bucks from 1,000, while both the Music Pass and LEGO Pass go from 1,400 to 1,200. Fortnite Crew subscribers will see their monthly V-Bucks grant reduced from 1,000 to 800.

To be clear, while the Battle Pass still earns enough V-Bucks to buy the next one, the days of stockpiling extra V-Bucks from Bonus Rewards are over. This is one of those changes that technically maintains the “you can earn the next pass” promise while quietly cutting the overall value players were getting. Existing V-Bucks gift cards will still redeem at their printed values.