Fortnite Mastery Monday is back today, October 12, giving players another chance to level up their Sprite collection faster. With the new Trick or Treat Sprites now available, this is the perfect time to master the Halloween variants you’ve been collecting. Here is when today’s event starts, how long it lasts, and all the bonuses you can take advantage of.

What Time Does Mastery Monday Start in Fortnite Today?

Mastery Monday starts at 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM ET today, Monday, October 12. The weekly Fortnite event lasts for 24 hours, with the bonuses ending at 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM ET on Tuesday, October 13.

That gives you 24 hours to bring your new Halloween Sprites into matches and work toward their Mastery rewards. If you’ve already picked up a few Trick or Treat variants since their release, today’s increased Sprite XP should make leveling your collection a lot easier.

The event begins Monday afternoon in the UK and Europe, and Monday night in Japan and South Korea. Players in Sydney, Melbourne, and New Zealand will get the bonuses early Tuesday morning due to the time difference.

Fortnite Mastery Monday Start and End Times for October 12

Region	Start date	Start time	End date	End time
PT (West Coast US)	October 12	6:00 AM	October 13	6:00 AM
ET (East Coast US)	October 12	9:00 AM	October 13	9:00 AM
Brazil (BRT)	October 12	10:00 AM	October 13	10:00 AM
UK (BST)	October 12	2:00 PM	October 13	2:00 PM
Europe (CEST)	October 12	3:00 PM	October 13	3:00 PM
Japan (JST)	October 12	10:00 PM	October 13	10:00 PM
South Korea (KST)	October 12	10:00 PM	October 13	10:00 PM
Australia (Brisbane, AEST)	October 12	11:00 PM	October 13	11:00 PM
Australia (Sydney/Melbourne, AEDT)	October 13	12:00 AM	October 14	12:00 AM
New Zealand (NZDT)	October 13	2:00 AM	October 14	2:00 AM

What Are the Fortnite Mastery Monday Bonuses?

Today’s Mastery Monday event gives players double Sprite XP and double Sprite Dust from extractions. Legendary and Mythic Sprites also appear more frequently, while Daily Quests offer extra Portable Extractors to help you add more Sprites to your collection.

Whether you’re trying to finish leveling a favorite Sprite or have several new variants waiting to be mastered, the weekly bonuses make it a good time to catch up. The extra Sprite Dust from extractions is also a nice bonus while you’re hunting down the Halloween additions.

For players working toward Sprite Mastery rewards, the increased XP can help you unlock the retro CRTV Back Bling that lets you show off your mastered collection.

All Fortnite Mastery Monday Perks for October 12

Here are the bonuses available during today’s event:

• Double Sprite XP
• Double Sprite Dust from extractions
• Increased Legendary and Mythic Sprite appearances
• Extra Portable Extractors from Daily Quests

Master Your New Trick or Treat Sprites During Mastery Monday

The new Trick or Treat Sprites arrived in Fortnite Thursday, October 8, giving players another set of Halloween variants to chase down during Fortnitemares 2026. If you’ve spent the last few days collecting them, today is the perfect time to start mastering your latest additions.

This is the first Mastery Monday since the Trick or Treat Sprites were released. That means you can now take advantage of double Sprite XP to level your new Halloween collection faster. If you have several sitting unfinished, it’s a good excuse to swap them into your matches and make some progress.

With Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 only weeks away from ending, these weekly events are also a good opportunity to tackle any Sprite Mastery rewards you still want to unlock. Even if you’re still searching for a particular Trick or Treat Sprite, the extra Sprite Dust and Portable Extractors make today worth jumping into.

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A new Fortnitemares 2026 quest line has been added to the game that has you creating Halloween decorations. Here is how to carve pumpkins in Fortnite and where to find the quest items on the map.

How to Carve Pumpkins in Fortnite

A new Fortnitemares 2026 quest tasks you with carving five pumpkins while in a match. Thankfully, the quest is a lot easier than it sounds if you know the right places to look on the battle royale map!

To carve pumpkins in Fortnite, you need to land at Nightmare Neighborhood or Wonkeeland and find the interactive pumpkins marked with floating exclamation marks. Here are the steps to complete the quest:

1. Land at either Nightmare Neighborhood or Wonkeeland.
2. Explore the POI until you see exclamation mark icons on your map.
3. Walk up to a marked pumpkin and hold the interact button shown on your screen to carve it.
4. Repeat until you have carved five pumpkins. You may need to visit the second POI or start another match to finish the quest.

Pumpkin Carving Locations in Fortnite

As we mentioned above, the pumpkin carving locations in Fortnite are the Nightmare Neighborhood and Wonkeeland POIs. The interactive pumpkins cannot be found anywhere else on the map, so drop into one of these locations at the start of the match.

Do not bother with the regular orange pumpkins scattered all over the map, as they aren’t what you are looking for. Instead, look for giant pumpkins with black lines running down them and a floating exclamation mark above them.

You will likely need to complete this quest across multiple matches. There are usually only two pumpkins that can be carved in the center of Nightmare Neighborhood. And by the time you reach Wonkeeland, the pumpkins might have already been carved by another player.

Since both locations are popular Fortnitemares POIs, expect to get jumped by other players. Our best advice is to look for a gold chest first and grab a weapon. Then make for the interactive pumpkins as quickly as possible. According to Epic Games, the pumpkin carving quest ends on October 31, giving players about three weeks left to complete it.

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With Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 only weeks away from ending, many players are wondering which Sprite is the hard to find in the game. Here is what the rarest Sprite in Fortnite is right now and how to get it.

What Is the Rarest Sprite in Fortnite? (October 2026)

The Trick or Treat Klombo Sprite is the rarest Sprite in Fortnite as of October 2026. Technically, all the Klombo Sprite variants have the same drop rate and are equally rare. But since Trick or Treat Sprites just came out, fewer players are likely to have the Halloween version of Klombo.

That said, answering this question is a bit tricky because there are two ways to define the “rarest” Sprite in Fortnite: its spawn rate and how difficult it is to unlock. If we are talking purely about drop rates, then that would go to the Klombo Sprite and all of its variants. They have the lowest spawn rate in the game and are among the most difficult to collect.

However, the Trick or Treat Crown Sprite takes second place on our list. Why? Because it doesn’t actually spawn in matches. You not only have to win a match to unlock the base Crown Sprite, but you then need to secure five Victory Royales in a specific order before you can collect the Trick or Treat Crown Sprite.

Top 10 Rarest Sprites in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4

As we mentioned above, Klombo and the Trick or Treat Crown Sprite take the top spots on our list. However, we thought it would be interesting to look at the other rare variants as Chapter 7 Season 4 comes to a close.

Our ranking considers both rarity and the difficulty of collecting each Sprite:

1. Trick or Treat Klombo Sprite
2. Trick or Treat Crown Sprite
3. Bounty Hunter Klombo Sprite
4. Loot Hacker Klombo Sprite
5. Cheat Master Klombo Sprite
6. Gold Klombo Sprite
7. Klombo Sprite
8. Bounty Hunter Crown Sprite
9. Trick or Treat Spooky Dash Sprite
10. Loot Hacker Crown Sprite

Yeah, that’s a lot of Klombo and Crown Sprites, I know! But compared to last season, Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 didn’t have a lot of super rare Sprites. Instead, most of the focus was on these two. Epic also made mastering both the Klombo and Crown Sprites extremely difficult.

Lastly, it should be pointed out that the Honey and Obsession Sprites are both releasing on October 15. Depending on whether the Obsession Sprite is a Mythic and has variants, it could make our top 10 list.

As of today, there is a total of 145 Sprites in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4. The Override season will reportedly and on October 31, so you only have a few weeks left to complete your collection!

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Fortnite Mastery Monday returns today, October 5, with another opportunity to master your Sprites faster and collect bonus Sprite Dust. If you still have Bounty Hunter Sprites to level up, this is the perfect time to work on your collection before the new Trick or Treat variants arrive later this week. Here is today’s Mastery Monday schedule and the bonuses you can earn.

What Time Does Mastery Monday Start in Fortnite?

Mastery Monday starts at 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM ET today, Monday, October 5. The weekly Fortnite event runs for 24 hours, ending at 6:00 AM PT / 9:00 AM ET on Tuesday, October 6.

That gives you a full day to take advantage of the increased Sprite progression. For players in the UK and Europe, the bonuses begin in the afternoon. In Japan and South Korea, the event starts Monday night, while players in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand will join in early Tuesday morning.

Fortnite Mastery Monday Start and End Times

Region	Start date	Start time	End date	End time
PT (West Coast US)	October 5	6:00 AM	October 6	6:00 AM
ET (East Coast US)	October 5	9:00 AM	October 6	9:00 AM
Brazil (BRT)	October 5	10:00 AM	October 6	10:00 AM
UK (BST)	October 5	2:00 PM	October 6	2:00 PM
Europe (CEST)	October 5	3:00 PM	October 6	3:00 PM
Japan (JST)	October 5	10:00 PM	October 6	10:00 PM
South Korea (KST)	October 5	10:00 PM	October 6	10:00 PM
Australia (Brisbane, AEST)	October 5	11:00 PM	October 6	11:00 PM
Australia (Sydney/Melbourne, AEDT)	October 6	12:00 AM	October 7	12:00 AM
New Zealand (NZDT)	October 6	2:00 AM	October 7	2:00 AM

What Are the Fortnite Mastery Monday Bonuses?

Mastery Monday helps players make more progress with their Fortnite Sprite collection through double Sprite XP and double Sprite Dust from extractions. Legendary and Mythic Sprites also appear more frequently, and Daily Quests offer extra Portable Extractors.

If you have been putting off leveling some of your Sprites, today is a good opportunity to catch up. The faster progression is especially useful when working toward Sprite Mastery rewards, including the Back Bling that lets you show off your mastered collection.

All Fortnite Mastery Monday Perks for October 5

Here are the bonuses available during today’s event:

• Double Sprite XP
• Double Sprite Dust from extractions
• Increased Legendary and Mythic Sprite appearances
• Extra Portable Extractors from Daily Quests

Master Your Bounty Hunter Sprites Before Trick or Treat Variants Arrive

With the recent Bounty Hunter Sprite variants added to the game, you may still have several variants waiting to be mastered. If you picked up more during Saturday’s Bounty Hunter Power Hours, today’s bonuses give you another reason to bring them into your matches.

The Trick or Treat Sprite variant is expected to release on Thursday, October 8, making this the last Mastery Monday before those Halloween collection arrive. It is the perfect time to finish leveling your Bounty Hunter Sprites and stock up on Sprite Dust before you have another variant to chase down.

For a full list of how many variants are in the game, check out our How Many Sprites Are in Fortnite guide which tracks every sprite released in Chapter 7 Season 4.

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