Fortnite chest locations in Treasure Hunters and where to land

Crossbones Isle, the new Fortnite map, is stuffed with chests. There are about 365 normal ones across the twelve named locations, 36 rare ones and 62 buried ones, and they refill as the match goes on.

That matters more than it sounds. Every chest you open is another roll at the free rewards, and the Pirate Shop token is the kind of prize you only get by opening an unreasonable number of them. Where you land decides how many you open before the first fight, so the numbers are worth knowing.

Chest types

Normal chests are the bulk of it. They sit in and around every named location and on the small islands between them, and most of the new weapons come out of them.

Rare chests are the ones with the good stuff, and there are only 36 of them, so I’d open one the second I saw it. Buried chests are underground and you dig them up with your pickaxe. There are 62 of those, and more than half sit in one place.

All of them refill over time. A chest you emptied earlier can be opened again later in the same match.

Chest locations by area

Epic’s own map shows where each location sits, and the table underneath has the count for each one.

A few sit outside the named locations. The big island in the top right hides 11 buried chests, two more are on the road linking Loguetown to Windmill Village, and four rare chests are tucked into the purple patch between Lantern Landing and Cursed Cavern.

The Chest is the strange one. It has ten normal chests and 34 buried ones, which makes it the best digging spot on the map by a distance.

This is the same island with a pin on every chest spot. It’s more spread out than you would think, and the small outer islands have chests on them too, so don’t write them off.

Where to land

For raw numbers it’s Rubber Resort, with 47 normal chests and 6 rare ones. Lantern Landing and Loguetown come after it on 45 and 41, and both sit nearer the middle of the island, which saves you a long run when the circle closes. Miku and Teto take Rubber Resort over on November 14, so expect it to play differently from then on.

The S.S. Rocky is the opposite. Eight chests, four of them rare, plus the first Island Boss. Beat A$AP Rocky and he can drop his Shock Rocket and a Lil’ Flacko Sprite, which is a better haul than anything in the chests on that ship. Lil Uzi’s Stronghold takes over the boss job from November 7.

If you’re digging, go to The Chest and ignore everything else.

Faster chest runs

Cannons are the quickest way across the water, and a lot of this map is water. Climb into one and you skip the swim.

A Fortune Sprite shows chests near you, which helps when you’re hopping between the small islands.

Sundays are Treasure Hours, with boosted drops, so that’s the day for the long chest runs. Bring a squad as well, because every reward is shared with the whole team.