Transponder Snail
Transponder Snail is a Legendary Fortnite Sprite from Treasure Hunters. Grants extra resources on pickup, with Teammates who also have this Sprite equipped receiving some extra resources as well! Increased amount of resources received at each Level Up! It has 1 collectible variant. It was added in patch Launch — Treasure Hunters (2026-11-01).
Ability
Grants extra resources on pickup, with Teammates who also have this Sprite equipped receiving some extra resources as well! Increased amount of resources received at each Level Up!
Level 1 → 5: Resource bonus increases with each Level Up.
Is the Transponder Snail worth it?
When to use it
Transponder Snail adds resources when you pick them up, and teammates who also have it equipped get some of that bonus. The amount grows each level.
Synergy & loadout
It is a squad farming Sprite. A solo still gets the personal bonus, but the shared line is the reason to coordinate it.
Collection & trade value
Legendary and base only. fortnite.gg lists no Fortune and no Cursed. Drop rate unknown.
How to get Transponder Snail
No chest percentage or summon cost is published for Treasure Hunters. The notes below are the hunt routes checked on 2026-11-05. A 0% on another tracker is a placeholder. The shared method is written up in how to get Sprites.
- Source: Wanted Posters become a Sprite Treasure Map to a buried Sprite Chest. Also Sprite Chests, regular chests, and Sprites other players drop. Game Rant reports that red Ruby Sprite Chests guarantee a random Fortune variant. Epic has not published a percentage.
- Where: Island-wide Sprite chests and Wanted Poster treasure maps
Transponder Snail — track your variants
Each variant is a separate collectible entry. Tick them off as you extract them — progress saves on this device.
Sources
Sources for the Treasure Hunters notes on this card. Unpublished rates are left blank:
- fortnite.gg — fortnite.gg — Legendary, base only. No Fortune or Cursed row. Chest % and summon cost are 0 placeholders.