What is the rarest skin in Fortnite?

The rarest skin for Fortnite is the one you won't find for sale at Epic. Black Knight, the reward for Tier 70 of the Chapter 1 Season 2 Battle Pass, never appeared in the item shop; outfits offered with a phone, such as Galaxy and Honor Guard, neither. Renegade Raider, long considered the rarest, returned in December 2024.

In brief

• The rarest Fortnite skins are those that Epic does not put back on sale : Chapter 1 Battle Pass rewards, such as Black Knight and the skins that come with a device, such as Galaxy, iKONIK and Honor Guard.
• The Battle Pass items Items from Chapter 1 of Season 2 through Chapter 5 of Season 3 remain exclusive. Starting with Chapter 5 of Season 4, Pass items may appear in the Item Shop 18 months or more after their respective season, with no guarantee.
• Renegade Raider and Aerial Assault Trooper returned in December 2024 and December 2025 for players with 1.5 million and 1 million cumulative XP, respectively. The original owners from 2017 received a black-and-gold OG style that is not available for sale.
• The A skin's rarity color does not indicate its actual rarity. It's the way it was released that matters.

Why do some Fortnite skins never come back?

The rarity color for each skin (Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary) is a style tag rather than the number of owners. What makes a skin rare is how it was released and whether or not Epic can resell it.

The Most skins keep coming back again and again in the Item Shop (the daily rotating shop where skins are sold for V-Bucks, the game's currency): Skull Trooper, one of the oldest, returns almost every October for Halloween.

Four cases remain rare skin.

1. A Former Battle Pass reward (the seasonal progression of rewards unlocked tier by tier) remains exclusive if it spans from Chapter 1, Season 2, to Chapter 5, Season 3.
2. A promotion tied to a device or console, which has never been sold for V-Bucks, remains unavailable in the store.
3. A a collaborative project that hasn't resurfaced since its initial release remains rare as long as the license does not allow for another run.
4. Finally, the the original version of a skin that has returned in a new form may be rarer than the following: this is the case with the Renegade Raider from 2017 with its OG style (the black-and-gold look reserved for original owners).

Like a skin Fortnite remains in the account that unlocked it, OG skins like Black Knight, Where Renegade Raider in their classic black-and-gold style, are now only available on older accounts, and this page shows you which ones are still in the lockers associated with those initial accounts.

Ranking of the Rarest Fortnite Skins

There is no No definitive list of rare skins on which most players agree. In most cases, the rarest skins are:

• those who do not have have never been sold in the Item Shop ;
• Next come those who haven't haven't been sold in years ;
• then the the pair that came back.

Epic does not publish ownership figures; therefore, the ranking is based on how often the door is closed, not on the number of owners. Black Knight still shows zero appearances in the Item Shop in the’Black Knight Store History on fnbr.co.

• The first seven lines do not have never been sold in the Item Shop.
• The next two are the ones most likely to change, because the’The lack of a collaboration skin may come to an end (See the section on promotions and collaborations.).

Renegade Raider and Aerial Assault Trooper: The OG Duo That's Back

Chapter 1, Season 1 did not have a Battle Pass. The outfits were sold in the Store Season: November 8–December 13, 2017 and unlocked at a certain point in the season:

• Aerial Assault Trooper at level 15 for 1,200 V-Bucks
• Renegade Raider at level 20 for 1,200 V-Bucks

These past five weeks have been the the only opportunity to obtain them during the seven years that followed. That's why many Fortnite fans still consider them the rarest.

The OG Seasonal Store has them back on sale from December 2024 to January 30, 2025, and then from December 2025 to January 31, 2026. The price was 1,200 V-Bucks per outfit, but each item required a certain amount of cumulative XP (the total XP earned by an account across the entire Fortnite game):

• glider Aerial Assault One at 500,000 XP,
• Aerial Assault Trooper at 1,000,000 XP,
• Renegade Raider at 1,500,000 XP,
• pickaxe Raider’s Revenge at 2,000,000 XP.

What has remained rare is the’original copy. Epic offered players who owned these outfits before their return an exclusive black-and-gold OG style, which will be rolled out starting in May 2025 and cannot be purchased.

So, the rare item today is the’2017 edition and you can tell by the style. Of the two, Aerial Assault Trooper It is widely considered the rarest, but Epic does not release any ownership figures.

Battle Pass Skins: Which Ones Might Return, and Which Ones Won't?

Epic's rule, in plain language:

• The Items in the Fortnite Passes Items from Chapter 5 of Season 4 may become available in the Item Shop 18 months or more after the Pass ends, with no guarantees, and Epic may retain certain exclusive items.
• The Passes for Chapters 1 through 5 of Season 3 remain exclusive.

This 18-month limit is specified in the Epic's FAQ on Passes. The first Battle Pass was for Chapter 1, Season 2, which explains why Black Knight and Sparkle Specialist are at the very top of the table.

In concrete terms :

• A The Pass skin obtained over the past two years is rare for now;
• A The Chapter 1 Pass skin is rare as long as the rule remains in effect. Many recent items in the Pass are still in this waiting period.

Promotional Skins and Collaborations: Phones, Consoles, and Licenses

Device-specific promotional skins are not never purchased through the store with V-Bucks.

• Galaxy was included with a Samsung Galaxy Note9 or a Galaxy Tab S4 in August 2018;
• iKONIK with the Galaxy S10 series in 2019;
• Glow with a subsequent Samsung offering in late 2019;
• Honor Guard with the Honor View20 and Wonder as part of the Honor 20 series in 2019;
• Double Helix with the Nintendo Switch Fortnite bundle in October 2018.

None of them were sold for V-Bucks. The The real price of those skins was the device itself.

Collaboration skins are a special case.

• Travis Scott It was available for six days in the Item Shop, from April 22 to 27, 2020, during the Astronomical concert event, for 1,500 V-Bucks, and never returned; Epic did not provide a reason.
• Kratos was last available in the store on March 19, 2021.
• But a long absence can come to an end: Arcane's Jinx left the store in February 2022 and returned in late November 2025, at the launch of Chapter 7, Season 1.

Collaboration skins remain rare until the license states otherwise.

How can you tell if a locker skin is rare?

Ask yourself this: Is it a Battle Pass reward from before Chapter 5, Season 4; a promotion tied to a device or a bundle; or an item from the store? For the items in the store, a tracking tool like fnbr.co shows you the last date the skin was sold and how many times it has appeared.

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In Fortnite, the The scarcity is more a result of a decision by Epic Just a coincidence. Epic has reopened the 2017 store, but not the Chapter 1 Season 2 Battle Pass. The same logic—release date rather than color—applies to other games, including The rarest skins in Valorant.

FAQs

What is the No. 1 skin for Fortnite?

There is no no official ranking. In terms of availability, Black Knight has the strongest case: Tier 70 of the Chapter 1 Season 2 Battle Pass, never sold in the Item Shop and kept exclusive under Epic's rules regarding Battle Passes.

Many lists still mention Aerial Assault Trooper, but it's back in the OG Seasonal Store.

What are the 10 rarest skins?

By availability:

1. Black Knight,
2. Sparkle Specialist,
3. The Reaper,
4. Galaxy,
5. iKONIK,
6. Honor Guard,
7. Double Helix,
8. Travis Scott,
9. Kratos,
10. And the Renegade Raider the original 2017 model with its OG style.

Which Fortnite skins cost 800 $?

None in the Item Shop. The skins that come closest to having a real-money value are device-specific promotions:

• Galaxy came with a Samsung Galaxy Note9 or a Galaxy Tab S4,
• iKONIK with the Galaxy S10 series,
• Honor Guard with an Honor View20.

So, to get one, you had to buy the device.

Will Black Knight ever return to Fortnite?

Not under Epic's current rules. Only Pass items from Chapter 5, Season 4 onward can reappear in the Item Shop, and Black Knight dates back to Chapter 1, Season 2.

Is the Aerial Assault Trooper rarer than the Renegade Raider?

It is widely considered to be the rarer of the two, because it's estimated that fewer players purchased it in 2017. Epic does not release any ownership figures, and both have returned to the OG Season Store.

Does "Legendary Rarity" mean that a skin is rare?

Nope. Rarity color is a style label. A Legendary skin can appear many times in the Item Shop, whereas a skin like Galaxy—which is also Legendary—has never been sold in the Item Shop.