{"id":1270,"date":"2026-03-11T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/epic-is-increasing-the-price-of-fortnites-v-bucks-currency\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:58:00","slug":"epic-is-increasing-the-price-of-fortnites-v-bucks-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/epic-is-increasing-the-price-of-fortnites-v-bucks-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite&#8217;s V-Bucks currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The real world price of impulse-buying <em>Fortnite<\/em> skins is going up, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fortnite.com\/news\/fortnite-v-bucks-price-increase?lang=en-US\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">Epic has announced<\/a>. Not because skins themselves are getting more expensive on paper, but because V-Bucks, <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s digital currency, is. The same prices you paid for bundles of V-Bucks in February will now effectively earn you fewer bucks starting on March 19, along with several other <em>Fortnite<\/em>-related pricing changes.<\/p>\n<p>Epic will still offer bundles of V-Bucks starting at $8.99 and running all the way to $89.99, but with a new &#8220;conversion rate.\u201d The new bundle prices breakdown as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>$8.99 will get you 800 V-Bucks, down from 1,000 V-Bucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>$22.99 will get you 2,400 V-Bucks, down from 2,800 V-Bucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>$36.99 will get you 4,500 V-Bucks, down from 5,000 V-Bucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>$89.99 will get you 12,500 V-Bucks, down from 13,500 V-Bucks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On top of those changes, the cost of Epic&#8217;s &#8220;Exact Amount Pack,&#8221; which lets you buy the exact amount of V-Bucks necessary to complete a specific purchase, is changing from around $0.50 for 50 V-Bucks to $0.99 for 50 V-Bucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These new prices for V-Bucks are US-specific and will vary in other regions. They&#8217;re also not entirely representative of the value Epic is offering with each purchase. As part of the company&#8217;s Epic Rewards program, you get 20 percent back on purchases made in <em>Fortnite, Fall Guys<\/em> and <em>Rocket League<\/em> when you use the Epic Games Store or Epic&#8217;s payment system on Android, iOS, PC or the web. That means you can receive anywhere from $1.79 (for 800 V-Bucks) to $17.99 (for 12,500 V-Bucks) to spend in <em>Fortnite<\/em> or the Epic Games Store when you use the company&#8217;s payment system.<\/p>\n<p>Changes to the value of V-Bucks are also impacting <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s various passes. The standard Battle Pass will now cost 800 V-Bucks and award 800 V-Bucks, down from its previous price of 1,000 V-Bucks. Meanwhile, the price of the OG Pass (for <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s throwback game mode) is lowering from 1,000 V-Bucks to 800 V-Bucks, and both the Music and Lego Passes are going from costing 1,400 V-Bucks to 1,200 V-Bucks. For any subscribers to Fortnite Crew, <em>Fortnite<\/em>&#8216;s monthly subscription service, your monthly stipend of the digital currency is also shrinking from 1,000 V-Bucks to 800 V-Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Epic claims that it&#8217;s making all of these changes because &#8220;the cost of running <em>Fortnite<\/em> has gone up a lot&#8221; and raising prices helps pay the bills, but the company is also in a much better position to make money on every transaction that happens in the game. In securing largely favorable outcomes in its lawsuits against <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/apple-mostly-loses-its-appeal-in-epic-games-case-235509557.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">Apple<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/google-lost-its-antitrust-case-with-epic-again-190633325.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\">Google<\/a>, Epic now has a way to point users to its payment system on iOS and Android (all the better to avoid app store fees), and  its won <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apps\/google-ends-its-30-percent-app-store-fee-and-welcomes-third-party-app-stores-185248647.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\">major concessions<\/a> that seem poised to reshape how app store economies work. <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/epic-is-increasing-the-price-of-fortnites-v-bucks-currency-185800744.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/epic-is-increasing-the-price-of-fortnites-v-bucks-currency\/\">Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite&#8217;s V-Bucks currency<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real world price of impulse-buying Fortnite skins is going up, Epic has announced. Not because skins themselves are getting more expensive on paper, but because V-Bucks, Fortnite&#8216;s digital currency, is. The same prices you paid for bundles of V-Bucks in February will now effectively earn you fewer bucks starting on March 19, along with several other Fortnite-related pricing changes. Epic will still offer bundles of V-Bucks starting at $8.99 and running all the way to $89.99, but with a new &#8220;conversion rate.\u201d The new bundle prices breakdown as follows: $8.99 will get you 800 V-Bucks, down from 1,000 V-Bucks $22.99 will get you 2,400 V-Bucks, down from 2,800 V-Bucks $36.99 will get you 4,500 V-Bucks, down from 5,000 V-Bucks $89.99 will get you 12,500 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}