What are the rarest skins in Fortnite? There’s thousands of outfits in the game, but only a handful of skins reach this level of notoriety.
If there’s one thing that gets players excited about skins in Fortnite, it’s rarity. Not the old in-game color grading that Epic recently did away with. But actual rarity, how many players have it in their lockers. Getting a skin that nobody else has really excited players, and a lot of fans like to track just how rare their skins are. The rarest skins in Fortnite are on another level though.
The total number of Fortnite skins is huge. However, there are some which are much more interesting for collectors of the rarest items. Skins which are now unobtainable, that no one can get access to ever again. These skins exist in a few player’s lockers and nowhere else. There are tons which are competitors for the title of rarest skin, but they are our absolute top picks. What are the rarest skins in Fortnite? These are the top 10 in 2025.
| Skin | Type | Last Available |
|---|---|---|
| Renegade Raider OG Style | OG Style for Item Shop Skin | Dec-17 |
| World Warrior | Item Shop | Jul-19 |
| Double Helix | Bundle | Oct-18 |
| Travis Scott | Item Shop | Apr-20 |
| Galaxy | Bundle | Aug-18 |
| Rogue Agent | Bundle | Mar-18 |
| Reflex | Bundle | Mar-19 |
| Black Knight | Battle Pass | Dec-17 |
| Spiral Specialist | Unreleased Item Shop | Unreleased |
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For a long time, the rarest Fortnite skins were Renegade Raider and Aerial Assault Trooper. Not anymore though.
They came back in Fortnite OG, for a month. Now they don’t really rank, but the alternative OG style should still qualify. The hold-up is that Epic is taking their time actually adding them into the game. Once they do arrive these two styles will likely be a pretty rare sight.
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The World Warrior skin is one that’s gotten surprisingly rare. This was in the store for a while, during the original World Cup. However, it has never been back. Now missing for thousands of days.
The World Warrior skin is a default in a unique outfit featuring the World Cup logo. Not too interesting, but a nice piece of Fortnite history that shows how long players have been in the game.
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The next of the rarest Fortnite skins is one that came with a games console. Players could only unlock Double Helix by buying a Switch which came with a special code.
Having to buy a console just to get a skin has always made it a bit rarer. The Double Helix one wasn’t available for all that long. Which even out of skins you get from consoles, has made it one of the rarest Fortnite skins.
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This one might not be in the top 5 just in terms of how many lockers own it, but Travis Scott is only getting rarer. At one point this was one of the most popular Fortnite skins, but it’s barely been back.
The skin was released for a Fortnite live event. However, Travis Scott has barely been back to the item shop since. The artist for some reason won’t agree to license the skin again. Epic Games has even confirmed that he can’t come back without renewed permission, which doesn’t seem to be coming.
Travis Scott is only getting rarer and rarer despite once being heavily promoted all over the game. Even as recent as the Fortnite Remix live event, we should have seen Travis in-game. However, unlike every other artist featured his section was done by a stand-in skin. If permission can’t be gotten for a giant event, it’s looking very unlikely this ever returns.
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Galaxy is one of the rarest Fortnite skins that had the highest initial price tag. This skin was only accessible to players who bought a phone too. It became famous for being an expensive skin and is in very few lockers these days. Even for future Samsung promotions, they’ve used a newer skin with a similar theme. So Galaxy really is in the Vault forever unless you got him before 2019.
A lot of formerly rarest skins come back and lose that title, like the Pyscho Bandit skin. However, Galaxy as part of a promotion can’t come back again.
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Rogue Agent is an early Fortnite Starter Pack skin who has become one of the rarest in the entire world of Fortnite. This skin was released in Chapter 1, Season 3. A first test for Epic’s starter packs system. Unlike future packs this one was purchasable for V-Bucks, not money. However, as with most starters it hasn’t been back since. It’s become one of the rarest Fortnite skins in the years since.
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Reflex is definitely one of the rarest Fortnite skins. This character first arrived in one of the most expensive bundles for a Fortnite skin we’ve ever seen. It was released as a code that came with an Nvidia Graphics Card. A big commitment if someone is making the purchase just to unlock the Fortnite skin. However, if you did pick up the code then it was a fantastic bonus.
Reflex wasn’t exclusive to this card though. It was supposed to be, but it actually showed up in the item shop again since. Not very often, but it’s slight reappearance does mean it’s not quite the rarest Fortnite skin, even if it is high up there.
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With the recent changes to the rarest Fortnite skins, we have new skins we can put in that rarest of all slots. Black Knight is second this time.
This skin was part of a very early Battle Pass in Fortnite, but not Season 1. Why is the Black Knight skin rarer than those that came when the game had even fewer players? Renegade Raider and Aerial Assault Trooper were held up as rarer for quite a while, but they’ve recently returned to the item shop with OG becoming a permanent mode.
This means they’re no longer on the same level. Since just about anything from the Item Shop can come back at any point… for the rarest Fortnite skin we have to look a bit further. To those who can’t come back. That starts with the first real Battle Pass, where we got the Black Knight.
As a tier 100 skin, this one was quite a bit harder to unlock in the first place. Alongside being released at a time when fewer people were grinding through level 100. It’s also a lot more interesting than those old Season 1 rarest skins. It can’t come back either, so players either have this one or they don’t. It could be one of the skins that adds the most value if you’re looking at how much your Fortnite account is worth. It’s definitely one of the most fondly remembered from the early Battle Passes.
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The final rarest Fortnite skin is a bit tricky. It wasn’t even ever made fully available! Now there’s plenty of unreleased Fortnite skins, but these are ones that are still upcoming. Skins which will release in the future, but we don’t know when. The referee skin is a bit different.
This one was all scheduled for release. With the second NFL skins, it was supposed to come to the item shop. Which meant it went as far as being given out to content creators, many of whom still have the skin. However, it didn’t come to the game. Epic decided it was too similar to the previously released referee skin and just opted not to ever actually put this one out there. Spiral Specialist is remarkably close to the older referee.
That’s all that ever happened with it. It never released. So, the players who got given it early so they could advertise on streams are the only people with the skin. It’s one of the most limited releases we’ve ever seen. It’s unlikely a released Fortnite skin will ever get fewer sales than this one.
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