Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 4: Override lets players spend Sprite Dust to change which items can appear from Chests in their matches. If you are working on the quest to upgrade Loot Hacks with Sprite Dust in Fortnite, you do not need to find a special console during a match. The purchase happens in the Override menu from the Battle Royale lobby. One eligible purchase or upgrade can finish the basic objective, while eight count toward the separate Peely Wrixel style challenge. Here is how to get the dust, make the purchase, and check your progress.
How to Upgrade Loot Hacks With Sprite Dust in Fortnite
Fortnite Override tab showing the Loot Hacks menu
Key takeaways
Open the Override tab in the Battle Royale lobby, then select Loot Hacks.
Spend Sprite Dust to unlock an available item or upgrade one you already unlocked.
One purchase or upgrade completes the basic quest; eight qualifying actions are needed for the Peely Wrixel style challenge.
A Loot Hack changes your personal potential Chest drops. It does not give you a permanent weapon or a character outfit.
The important distinction is between the two objectives. If your quest tracker asks for one purchase or upgrade, stop after the counter moves. If you are trying to earn the Peely style for Wrixel, keep going until the Build-a-Wrixel objective reaches eight.
How to Purchase or Upgrade a Loot Hack
Sprite Dust cost for unlocking a Fortnite Loot Hack
You can complete this part from the lobby. You need enough Sprite Dust to pay the price shown on an available Loot Hack.
Open Fortnite and select Battle Royale.
From the lobby, open the Override tab.
Select Loot Hacks to see the available items.
Choose an item you have not unlocked, or select one you already own that has another upgrade available.
Check its Sprite Dust cost, then select Unlock or Upgrade.
Open your quest tracker to confirm that the purchase counted.
The supplied gameplay video shows a first unlock costing 500 Sprite Dust and immediately completing the one-action quest. Do not treat 500 as a fixed price for every item or upgrade. Check the cost on your own screen before spending, especially if the Loot Hack selection has changed.
You also do not have to choose the item shown in the video. Its Chug Splash and Minigun examples came from an earlier selection. Pick an item that is available in your current menu and useful for the matches you play.
One way to earn Sprite Dust is to extract Sprites during matches. Fortnite’s Override season places Sprites around the island, and successful extraction gives you dust to spend in the lobby.
The video shows a player using dust earned after extracting a Shadow Sprite. If you do not have enough for an unlock, play a match, work on a Sprite extraction, and return to the Override tab afterward. You do not need to perform the Loot Hack purchase while you are in that match.
Fortnite’s Admin Panel can also award Sprite Dust through eligible Lobby Hack codes. The two codes demonstrated in the video are Perlimpinpin and Abgestaubt, each shown awarding 2,000 Sprite Dust. Because codes can stop working, treat them as an optional shortcut rather than a requirement for this guide. Enter them exactly as written in the lobby’s Admin Panel and check the reward shown by the game.
Do you need to extract a Sprite first?
Not necessarily. The video’s creator extracts a Sprite to obtain enough dust, but the quest asks you to purchase or upgrade a Loot Hack with Sprite Dust. If you already have sufficient dust from another valid source, you can go straight to the Override menu.
Peely Wrixel quest requiring eight Loot Hack purchases or upgrades
The Peely reward discussed in the video is a style for Wrixel, not a separate Peely outfit unlocked by buying one Loot Hack. Its Build-a-Wrixel challenge asks you to purchase or upgrade Loot Hacks with Sprite Dust eight times in the Override tab.
Open your Build-a-Wrixel quests and find the Peely objective before you start spending. Then make eligible purchases or upgrades and check the counter after each one. Both a new unlock and an upgrade can count toward the stated objective.
If your aim is only to finish the eight-action challenge, compare the prices shown in your menu. Buying several lower-cost eligible upgrades may use less Sprite Dust than investing heavily in one item. If you also want better loot during matches, it may be more useful to upgrade a weapon you actually carry.
Make sure you have access to the relevant Wrixel outfit and Build-a-Wrixel quests before treating the style as an available reward on your account. Completing a Loot Hack purchase by itself is not a way to unlock a standalone Peely skin.
What Do Loot Hack Upgrades Do?
A Loot Hack adds a selected item to your personal potential Chest loot. Once it is unlocked, opening Chests during matches gives you a chance to find that item. Your setup is personal; it does not change everyone else’s Chest drops.
Further upgrades can improve an item’s Chest drop chance or the rarity it can reach. That makes upgrades useful beyond the quest, particularly if you have a favorite weapon in the available rotation. Still, even an upgraded Loot Hack is not a promise that every Chest will contain that item.
Do not confuse a Loot Hack in the lobby with a Match Override activated at an in-game console. Both are part of the Override season, but the quest in this guide specifically tells you to spend Sprite Dust in the Override tab.
As of September 29, 2026, Epic’s most recently published Loot Hack refresh lists the Hyperburst Pistol, Mammoth Pistol, Reaper Sniper Rifle, Deadeye DMR, Flowberry Fizz, and Rocket Ram. The available menu can change with a later update, so use the list displayed in Fortnite when making your purchase.
Fortnitemares begins on October 1, but no Fortnitemares-specific Loot Hack unlock is confirmed in the published lineup as of this guide’s freshness date. Do not follow an older video expecting its Chug Splash or Minigun selection—or an unannounced Halloween item—to appear in today’s menu.
If the Quest Does Not Progress
First, check the exact wording of the objective you are tracking. The basic purchase-or-upgrade quest and the eight-action Peely Wrixel challenge have different targets.
Next, confirm that you spent Sprite Dust on an item inside the lobby’s Loot Hacks menu. Opening a Chest, earning Sprite Dust, or activating an Override Console during a match is not the purchase shown in the video. After buying or upgrading, reopen the quest tracker to see whether its count changed.
If your goal is the Peely Wrixel style, also check that you are viewing the correct Build-a-Wrixel objective and have access to its associated outfit and quests. Avoid spending more Sprite Dust solely to troubleshoot until you know which requirement has not registered.
