Unlock the Ultimate Gaming Experience: Give the Gift of Fortnite Battle Pass with Vbucks

If you’re an avid Fortnite player, you may be wondering how to gift the Battle Pass to your friends or family members.

Here, we will explore what the Fortnite Battle Pass is, how Vbucks play a role in gifting, and the step-by-step process to gift the Battle Pass in Fortnite.

We will also discuss the benefits of using Vbucks to gift the Battle Pass, any restrictions or limitations to be aware of, and which platforms support this feature.

Let’s dive in and learn more about this exciting gifting option in Fortnite!

What Is Fortnite Battle Pass?

A Fortnite Battle Pass is a seasonal subscription that grants players access to the following benefits for the duration of the pass. Each pass costs 950 V-Bucks to purchase, and occasionally players can earn V-Bucks as part of their pass benefits, meaning they can’ve gotten it for free. Battle Passes give players FORTBYTES and BATTLE STARS every match which in turn allows one to level up their pass and unlock various cosmetic rewards. If you buy the base pass, you go on to level 100. If you buy the Battle Bundle, you start at level 25 and progress to level 100 without delays. The Battle Bundle is priced at 2800 V-Bucks.

What Are Vbucks?

Vbucks are the in-game currency of Fortnite. You can earn them as rewards or buy them with cash. Their main purpose is to be be spent on new characters, skins, weapons, items, transport, and other personalization options.

Players have the option of purchasing Battle Passes in Fortnite with Vbucks. This is the step players would take to enter the Battle Pass chat command as noted by Knowinsiders.com that can be found by hitting ‘B’ within the game. There is no Battle Pass or gift card option in the Fortnite shop. Players must follow the procedure and are only able to give the equivalent value in even amounts of Vbucks to others for Fortnite purchases.

How To Gift Battle Pass In Fortnite With Vbucks?

The various Battle Passes and levels for Fortnite are not available for gifting but you can help others by giving them V-Bucks, the special in-game currency that players can buy and then use for purchasing Battle Passes. The process for acquiring V-bucks varies slightly by device. V-Bucks are used to buy Fortnite Battle Passes where prices are as follows:

1. Regular Battle Pass (Rest of Chapter 1, now only referred to as Chapter 1): 950 V-Bucks (gets you back 1500 V-Bucks with progressive upgrades).
2. Standard Fortnite Chapter 2 Battle Pass: 1000 V-Bucks.
3. Regular Fortnite Chapter 2 Battle Pass: 950 V-Bucks (if you buy one of the first two passes, you can keep earning V-Bucks for successive Battle Passes).
4. Grab-and-Go Pay Later: 3433 V-Bucks.
5. Fortnite Chapter 3 Battle Pass: 1014 V-Bucks.
6. Fortnite Crew Subscription: Bundled in with membership.

The cost of V-Bucks varies from country to country and from currency to currency. Even the cost of V-Bucks on different devices can differ. There is also a 5000 V-bucks (+300 bonus) option. You can gift V-Bucks in the following manner:

Step 1: Purchase Vbucks

To gift a Battle Pass in Fortnite with Vbucks, the First Step is to purchase Vbucks. Vbucks are Fortnite’s proprietary virtual currency. The least expensive option is 1,000 V-bucks for $7.99 which will cover the cost of the Battle Pass for the current season. Vbucks can be purchased simply by selecting V-Bucks from within Fortnite. The game provides several methods to purchase V-bucks. They can be purchased through the Epic Games Web site, Playstation Store, the X-Box store, or in-app purchase from the i-Tunes store or Google Play Store. V-bucks can be gifted to other players as well.

Step 2: Access the Fortnite In-Game Store

To access the Fortnite in-game store, open Fortnite on your gaming device and enter the lobby. In the main lobby menu, the store tab is on the right. You can also access the in-game store through the Battle Pass tab.

The Fortnite Store is a place where users can find and purchase outfits, gliders, back bling, and other cosmetic items for in-game avatars using V-Bucks or real money. The image above is from the main Fortnite lobby screen with the store highlighted as the rightmost option.

The game also has a Battle Pass which is a seasonal level system that provides cosmetic rewards, such as outfits, back bling, gliders, and more. The Battle Pass can be purchased with V-Bucks and costs 950 V-Bucks ($9.50).

A tab on the store screen allows you to buy a Battle Pass and gift it to another user, potentially after first purchasing the required V-Bucks. Battle Passes are unique in that they can reward users with up to 1,500 V-Bucks (hence a free season pass, to an extent).

Step 3: Select ‘Battle Pass’ as a Gift

From selecting the ‘Gear Store’ option after hitting ‘Start’ on the Epic Games Launcher, the next step is to select the ‘Battle Pass’ as a gift. Select this option on item categories. The minimap in the bottom left corner will note that a friend only has to accept the invite to receive the gift. Select a friend, add a personal message, and the Battle Pass you gifted Fortnite will be received by a friend.

Step 4: Choose the Recipient

Next you choose the intended recipient of the Battle Pass. That is one of the players you are using Vbucks to give the Battle Pass to.

If you want to gift the Battle Pass to an existing user, you must type in his Epic Game account login email. After this step, you will see the Vbucks price in the payment section.

You can click the purchase button if you’re ready. And if you need a gift card-like code you can follow the next step.

Step 5: Confirm the Purchase

When you have selected the correct gift recipient, pressed go to item shop, selected the Battle Pass, and have enough V-Bucks, confirm your purchase. In doing so, a pop-up will ask you to confirm your purchase by clicking the corresponding button. The cost of the Battle Pass will be automatically deducted from your account.

If you have enough V-Bucks but want to use another payment method, you can now switch to another payment method. Go to the Upgrade Pass using (Upgrade Pass) button in the Home page and now pay through any other payment option than V-Pass. You can cancel the purchase if you navigate away from the upgrade page prior to final confirmation. After confirmation, the purchase cannot be undone according to Epic Games and it is not possible to receive a refund for the Gift Battle Pass.

What Are the Benefits of Gifting Battle Pass with Vbucks?

The benefits of gifting the Fortnite Battle Pass with V-bucks are limited mostly by geographic restrictions. Gifting the Battle Pass itself lets the recipient choose how to spend their money in the game and allows for purchasing of previous seasons of the Battle Pass. Because gifting Battle Passes is only sometimes available in the in-game store, many people default to gifting others with V-bucks. The gifter does not have to save up for a Battle Pass purchase, as the amount of V-bucks they spend can be lower.

Convenient Gift Option

If you are looking for a simple, convenient, and widely accepted way of gifting Fortnite Battle Passes, spending V-bucks on Fortnite is the best choice. It is an easy and direct process that does not even require the initial download of the game. Exceptions for using V-bucks to gift Battle Passes will be if Fortnite decides to discontinue using them. It is necessary to check Fortnite’s official communications from time to time to know they will serve the future.

Players must have a surplus of V-bucks to gift Battle Passes to friends. Battle Passes cost 950 V-bucks for the standard Battle Pass and 2,800 V-bucks for the premium Battle Pass. To use V-bucks to gift Battle Pass in Fortnite, note the following steps:
• Begin by going into the Lobby
• From the Lobby tap on the V/Currency Icon near the top corner of your screen
• Tap on the Gift option (symbolized by a wrapped present)
• Choose whether you’d like to give this as a Battle Royale Pass or as V-Bucks. Then click Continue
• Select whether you’d like this to be a One Time or Event Present. Then click Next. Once you’ve made your decision, the platform’s Friends List will show up, where you can pick the person you want to send your gift to
• To finish the process, click Next once more. The other player will then receive a free gift notification during a live game. The gifter gets a note thanking them, and the player will be able to accept the present
• It should be noted that there is a 10 Day Cool Down after each Battle Pass gift, and it can only be sent to people who have been on your Friends List for a minimum of 48 hours

Allows Friends to Play Together

Buying a |gift Fortnite Battle Pass| for friends is a fantastic method of growing a community or expanding an existing one. Players rating system has grown popular within the Fortnite Battle Pass system, where Fortnite Battle Pass gamers can challenge friends, family, and other people around the world to a game. Whenever players continuously defeat others, they get a tier upgrade, increasing their rank of progression within the game. The sluggish learner remains in the lower tier and does not receive as many benefits as a quick learner who climbs much faster towards the upper levels and consequently gets more gifts.

Supports the Game Developers

Purchasing the battle pass supports Epic Games and Fortnite developers. These are the same people with salaries, holidays, travel expenses, needs, and dreams just like you and me. They are responsible for keeping the game fresh and exciting with new material every few weeks. Your purchase purchase supports them and their job performance, which is good if you want them around for a longer period of time.

Are There Any Restrictions or Limitations?

There are no limits set by Epic Games when it comes to gifting the Fortnite Battle Pass. Accounts do have restrictions and limitations that are typical of systems designed to control abuse – such as two-factor authentication and so forth – but gifting the Battle Pass should not be at all difficult.

There is no clear limitation in the Epic Games documentation, except for indicating that the same player cannot receive the V-Bucks gift equivalent of Battle Pass twice during the season, nor can they indefinitely delay redemption.

Only Available for Fortnite Players

At present, the Battle Pass gifting feature works only in Fortnite. The underlying uni-token methodology used for Fortnite spend was only rolled out in 2018, whereas both publishers started selling virtual goods almost a decade ago.

PlayStation and Microsoft allow their users to gift digital codes or cryptocurrency for in-game purchases, which would allow you to gift a functional equivalent to a Battle Pass. Google Stadia has said they will allow gifting of content through the platform so you may be able to gift “Fortnite coins” in the future.

So, if you want to gift a virtual gaming good in similar fashion to how one gifts a Battle Pass in Fortnite with real money, a simple way to do it is to get a PlayStation or Microsoft gift card(s), which you can purchase at numerous retail shops or online. Giving a Fortnite coin may soon be an option as well, though it is uncertain how folks would be able to use it outside of the game to meet the goal of being as widely usable as a gift whether friends play the game or not.

Note that Microsoft has temporarily disabled gifting new Xbox Live memberships, and they now grandfathered the remainder of their former subscription offerings into the new Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. It is foreseeable that the same complications with maintaining platform-specific currency, difficulty in transferring from one platform to another, skills-based economies that may deter beginner recipients who want to play casually, or legal and privacy restrictions may complicate the game gift-gifting environment in the future.

Limited to One Gift per Day

There is a limit of one Battle Pass per day that one player can gift in Fortnite Chapter 3. This limitation is imposed because players can maximum refund three items within 30 days in case a Battle Pass gift is refunded as per Epic Games’ Vybucks and Content Refund Policy. Hence, after one Battle Pass is successfully gifted, the payer is limited to “one per day” for 30 days from the day of successful Battle Pass gifting before they can gift another one.

During this daily period, it is easy to see how many humble bundle gifts you have used on a particular day in order to track it.

1. Open Fortnite.
2. Go to the lobby by selecting Battle Royale or Creative.
3. Click the V-Bucks icon at the top which will show you how many V-Bucks you have, the cost of upgrades to the Battle Pass, and your available gifts.
4. Select “Upgrade to Battle Pass” which will show you how many Battle Passes you have recently gifted using your V-Bucks and the silent era Add Button to Gift inside the track bar. This will allow you to predict the expected date.

Cannot Be Refunded or Transferred

The Fornite Battle Pass that is gift-le or the vbucks that were used are non-transferrable. Only the player purchasing and playing the game can redeem the code, as it requires personal verification of their Epic Games ID and account. As such, the batt pass and vbucks code cannot be refunded or transferred to another player. Items purchased using vbucks during a battle pass season will remain in the player’s posses on after the season ends.

Can I Gift Battle Pass with V-Bucks on All Platforms?

No, you cannot gift the Battle Pass directly with V-Bucks on any platform. The only way one player can use their own V-Bucks to buy the Battle Pass for another player is for the recipient player to ask the gifter player for the exact amount needed for the Battle Pass and for the gifter player to buy V-Bucks as a gift and for the recipient player to buy the Battle Pass themselves.

However, V-Bucks can be used to indirectly gift the Battle Pass via gift cards. V-Bucks gift cards are available in several non-USD denominations. After receiving the gift card, the recipient can redeem it to their account, earning V-Bucks that can be used to buy the Battle Pass or anything else in Fortnite.

Direct Battle Pass gifting is available only on mobile and is only possible via the Battle Pass purchase screen in Fortnite. The paying player does not buy V-Bucks and transfers them as in the V-Bucks system on a purchase one-and-done basis. Gifting V-Bucks is done outside the game.

PlayStation

Although a gifting system for Fortnite is not currently available on PlayStation through V-Bucks or any other means, you can still gift Fortnite Battle Passes with download codes. To do this, you first need to buy a gift card for Fortnite.

Since the PlayStation store does not have Fortnite gift cards, you can buy a gift card for the system that you know the recipient uses (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or mobile), or to a retailer like GameStop or Walmart. These then must be used to buy a Fortnite code in the Fortnite game, which can afterward be used to buy a Battle Pass in Fortnite.

Xbox

To gift a Fortnite Battle Pass on the Xbox, the process is nearly the same as gifting it on a PlayStation. That is, Microsoft and Sony have established a close partnership when it comes to their gaming communities.

The differences in the two gifting processes come mainly because Xbox players can obtain Vbucks from many other means besides the Xbox Store, while Playstation users can only access the payment method registered to their Playstation account. The main differences include the following:

• To gift on Xbox, open Fortnite on the Xbox home screen.
• Go to the Battle Pass tab by pressing A.
• Select Buy Rell Pass.
• Select the gifting option.
• If you have a second Xbox account that you are already friends with, you can send them a gift there. If they have been playing with you for at least 48 hours, they will also appear in your friends’ list when selecting the gift option.
• Select the amount of Vbucks you wish to gift.
• Proceed to checkout where you will need to use either credit or debit cards for purchase.
• Confirm the purchase and the recipient will receive the gift as they log into Fortnite.

Nintendo Switch

For the Nintendo Switch, Fortnite Battle Pass can be bought by accessing the Item Shop. To get to the Item Shop, go back to the Battle Royale lobby screen by pressing the navigate button on the right of the console’s screen, enter the item shop and select the Battle Pass tab.

Other than the Seasonal Battle Pass, the Starter Pass and the Battle Bundle Pass are other options, costing 950 V-Bucks and 2800 V-Bucks each respectively. They can be gifted as long as you are friends with the recipient. V-Bucks can be bought in the same way as on other platforms. As with all gifting, the recipient’s account cannot have a (VAC) Fresh Start Status or their gifting abilities will be restricted.

PC and Mac

The gifter can also purchase V-Bucks using the Epic Games Store on PC or through the Apple App Store on Mac machines. Here are the steps to gift V-Bucks on Windows or macOS.

1. Go to the Epic Games Store website using any web browser (including ones on Mac) and ensure that you are signed in already.
   • On the Epic Store homepage, you can find the Sign In button in the upper right corner.
2. Select Fortnite in the left pane.
3. Click V-Bucks Cards in the middle pane, either 1000 V-Bucks or 2800 V-Bucks.
4. Click the Buy as a gift button, then add the recipient’s name, sender name, the sender’s email address, and an optional gift message. You can choose an instant email delivery time or a date and time in the future.
5. Click Add to cart.

Next, you are led to the Epic Games checkout flow. Follow the steps according to the Epic Games checkout and complete the process to gift V-Bucks in Fortnite. Please note that Fortnite purchases are processed through the Epic Games platform that can be accessed through the Apple App Store even on Mac. It is not recommended to directly add V-Bucks to a friend’s account because if they already have a pass, it will not be counted as a gift and they won’t receive the Battle Plus Pass actively.

Mobile Devices

When gifting on a mobile device, you follow similar steps to those mentioned in the above sections where on a console or PC. Make sure you are logged into your Fortnite account, click Battle Pass at the top of the screen and select Get V-Bucks. On the next page, select Buy as a Gift and on the transaction screen, enter the email of the player you want to receive the Pass and the corresponding pay with your V-buck balance Buy.

You can either have the item sent now, or schedule it for a future date. If a scheduled date is picked, there is a checkbox that says Since it’s a gift. I would recommend checking this box to remove the Battle Pass from your locker so you ensure your gift is not accidentally opened prior to the scheduled delivery date.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I purchase a Battle Pass with Vbucks in Fortnite?
Answer:
To buy a Battle Pass with Vbucks, first open Fortnite and select the Battle Pass menu. Then, choose the option to purchase the Battle Pass with Vbucks and follow the prompts to complete the transaction.

Can I gift a Battle Pass with Vbucks to a friend in Fortnite?
Answer:
Yes, it is possible to gift a Battle Pass with Vbucks to a friend in Fortnite. Simply select the option to gift a Battle Pass when making a purchase and enter your friend’s username.

Do I need to have a certain amount of Vbucks to gift a Battle Pass in Fortnite?
Answer:
Yes, you will need to have at least 950 Vbucks in order to gift a Battle Pass in Fortnite. This is the cost of the Battle Pass itself.

Is it possible to gift a Battle Pass with Vbucks to someone on a different platform?
Answer:
Currently, it is not possible to gift a Battle Pass with Vbucks to someone on a different platform. The gifting feature is only available between players on the same platform.

What happens if the recipient of my gifted Battle Pass already has one?
Answer:
If the recipient of your gifted Battle Pass already has one, they will receive 950 Vbucks instead. This can be used towards future Battle Pass purchases or other items in the game.

Can I gift a Battle Pass to someone who has already purchased their own Battle Pass in Fortnite?
Answer:
Yes, you can still gift a Battle Pass to someone who has already purchased their own. They will receive the 950 Vbucks instead, which can be used for other in-game purchases.