Fortnite’s ultra-rare Pirate Coin hunt sparks paid carries, AFK tools, and a $10,000 eBay listing

Fortnite players are sharing exploits, selling automated farming tools, and offering paid carries in a desperate hunt for the game’s ultra-rare Pirate Shop Access reward. The Pirate Shop was added as part of Fortnite’s Treasure Hunters mini-season, giving lucky players two separate 14-day windows to claim eligible Item Shop cosmetics for free. Claimed items remain permanently on the player’s account, although real-money offers, gifting, and Battle Pass rewards are excluded. Epic Games has not revealed the official drop rate. However, a widely repeated community estimate puts the chance of finding Pirate Shop Access at roughly 1 in 700,000 chests.