How to Level Up and Master Crown Sprite in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 introduces a new selection of Sprites for players to collect, featuring the rare Crown Sprite which utilizes a unique leveling and mastery approach. Unlike other items, advancing the level of a Crown Sprite requires victories in matches. While mastering Sprites currently offers no specific rewards at the start of the season—unlike the previous season—it remains a viable method to secure experience points and Sprite Dust.

Securing a victory with a Crown Sprite equipped immediately raises the item to its maximum level, completes the mastery track, and unlocks a new variant of the Sprite to progress with further. Because this process must be repeated for each newly unlocked Crown Sprite variant, players have explored alternative leveling strategies.

Reports indicate that the Adventure Sprite can currently be utilized to level up a Crown Sprite, though it remains unclear if this mechanism is unintended and subject to removal. When an Adventure Sprite is equipped, every level-up secures an upgrade for a random item currently held in the inventory. Players looking to optimize this method have utilized tactics such as emptying their inventories prior to opening a final chest—leaving only the Crown Sprite alongside non-upgradeable items like healing items and shields—to ensure the Crown Sprite receives the upgrade. However, this alternative method does not instantly maximize mastery in the same manner as winning matches, and its long-term viability remains uncertain pending potential future patches from developers.