Some Fortnite Players had removed both V-Bucks and cosmetics from their accounts seemingly without reason, and Epic Games finally dealt with this matter. Fortnite It is free, but players can buy V-Bucks and exchange them for digital cosmetic goods that have no effect on playing the game or players' chance of winning. They are available purely for aesthetic reasons, allowing players to stylize their character. This is not an essential part of the game, but it is an essential element, because most players enjoy adding items to their cosmetic collection.
Recently, several players said that V-Bucks and cosmetic items were removed from their accounts. This was often monitored by shots of the announcement that made players to know exactly what was removed. The players were appalled and immediately demanded answers from epic games; Some lost thousands of V-Bucks and dozens of cosmetics because of what many considered a mistake. This often happened to Xbox players, which led the player to believe that it was a problem with the platform.
Epic Games cancel V-Bucks obtained from exploitation
But that was not at all. Epic Games came and clarified that it was the result of analyzing the backup requirements for refund. According to the official status Fortnite account on Twitter, there was a problem with the return of return of Xbox V-Bucks between December 2024 and July 2025; During this time, if the players return V-Bucks, they got their money back, but V-Bucks were not actually removed from their account. Many of them decided to make use of this error and separate the two, Epic returned V-Bucks to those who have gone through this process more than seven times during this period.
Skins and other cosmetics have only been removed if the player hit the negative V-Bucks balance to compensate for this value. This problem escalated to the point where they sold the returned return V-Bucks at a cheap price and gift items to other players. In these situations, this was also influenced by players who did not directly request a refund but benefited from this error.
The V-Bucks balance should be updated immediately and will therefore blame Epic Games for this incident. Of course not everyone used it and some players may not even notice that their balance remained the same after requesting to refund in Fortnite. That's why V-Bucks and cosmetic removal are not going well, but only players who have done it seven times at this moment would have more than enough opportunities to notice it.
Fortnite
- Released
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September 26, 2017
- Esrb
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T for teens – violence
- Engine
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Unrealistic engine 5
