If you are looking for Fortnite's Rarest Skins then we've got all the rarest outfits, back bling, pickaxes, emotes, gliders, and items in this post. We're including the top 50 rarest skin based on how long ago they've been seen in the item shop. This isn't a perfect methodology, but it's as close to a scientific-method as we can get for this kind of list.
Rare skins in Fortnite has been a controversial subject. Players that have them don't want them to return because they want the reward of being around in the beginning of the game (OGs). Newer players obviously want to get a chance to grab all the skins they like.
Epic has made an interesting compromise for the Skull Trooper skin. This was a very rare skin and hadn't been in the shop for a year. When they brought it back, they gave OG owners of the skin a style that will not be available for people who buy the skin new. This is a nice way to reward older players, while not keeping popular skins away from people who just got into the game.
What is the rarest Fortnite skin in 2020?
The rarest skin in Fortnite is probably Aerial Assault Trooper! Why do I think that? Well, because it's just not that great of a skin. While most people would put Renegade Raider at the #1 spot, but if you played back when it came out, you most likely picked it up. It's just an overall better skin, so it's way less likely that people bought Aerial Assault Trooper because it's a pretty bland outfit.
The fact of the matter is that we have no idea which skin is the rarest. There's no official way to tell! Epic would have to release the numbers or just outright tell us what skin is least owned across all accounts. It's unlikely that this will ever happen.
What is the rarest item shop skin?
To me it's between two skins... Pillar and Hacivat. These aren't well liked skins, they don't really fit any particular type of skin that I see people buy very often. They've only been in the shop a few times, and they haven't been back in a very long time.
What are the top 5 rarest skins in Fortnite?
This is very tough, so I'm going to try to compile a list out of all the skins by age and how hard they were to get at the time. Here's the top 5 rarest skins in my opinion:
I think the first four are pretty obvious, these are really old skins when the game had just really come out. Fortnite wasn't a smash hit straight out of the gate, and it did take some time to really get going. So, I think those early battle pass skins are pretty rare. Double Helix is on the list because I'm not convinced people bought a Nintendo Switch to get a Fortnite skin. You likely already had a Switch, and I don't think a skin was going to encourage you to get one. When it comes to promotional skins, it's very hard to know how popular they are.
What are the top 5 rarest item shop skins?
We've got a better idea on how rare these are with the length of time since they've been seen, ratings, and how many times they've been in the shop before. So, here's the top 5 rarest item shop skins in my opinion:
I've already discussed the first two, they don't seem popular and they've been in the shop pretty infrequently. Axiom is just another of the skins that fits in the category of: "I have no idea why this was made?" It's just not an overly good looking skin, it's bulky, and I don't really see it being bought very much! Now that Far Out Man has returned, it looks like we've got to replace him! Psion is the addition I feel like belongs on the list. She hasn't been in the shop often, and I doubt she was very popular when she came out.
Rarest Fortnite Skins & Cosmetics
These are skins you CANNOT get anymore. They won't be back again unless Epic changes their policy completely. I'm only including the skins from the very first season of Fortnite because we know for sure these are rare. Trying to determine whether or not certain Battle Pass Seasons are rare is impossible. These skins were available for purchase if you got your Season level to a certain point. You could then purchase them with V-Bucks.
Outfits
Aerial Assault Trooper
Renegade Raider
Gliders
Aerial Assault One (Season Level 5)
Mako (Season Level 25)
Pickaxe
Raider’s Revenge
Rarest Fortnite Item Shop Cosmetics
Now, these skins are ones you might actually have a chance to get. These are being determined automatically based on the last time they were seen in the item shop. Do NOT ask if a certain skin is rare, there's no way to tell in any real practical sense. Do let me know if one of the dates is wrong on the list so I can correct it!
After the release of Recon Expert, I'm making a couple of changes to this list. I'm no longer including Holiday Skins, since they all seem to return to the Item Shop around their respective holiday. I've also removed Rogue Agent, because him being in the Item Shop seemed like a mistake.
6/1/20: Excluding World Warrior skin due to it reportedly not returning to the shop.
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Hey, my name is Mark, and I'm a video game enthusiast! My earliest memory was playing Worms on the Amiga against my Godmother, yes the Amiga, massive box type thing, needed eighty-five thousand floppy disks to play one game, maybe a slight exaggeration. Ah, those were the days!
I love RPG’s, and The Legend of Zelda series. Dogs are pretty awesome.
Because it’s a Holiday Wrap, these only release around Holidays, which isn’t fair on the shop’s non-Holiday items. So all Holiday-wraps are excluded from the lists.
The Candyman Skin is an Epic Fortnite Outfit from the Wild Hearts set. It was released on February 14th, 2020 and was last available 333 days ago. … Candyman was first added to the game in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1. it might be rare
Yes you are right it is kind of rare now but if you properly read the list they dont add any holiday skins because then there would be too much to update evrry holiday. Plus it isnt rare enough to make the list. Make sure only to say for Mark to add a skin if you are COMPLETELY sure that that the skin is rarer or it came out in the item shop. This isnt because i am being harsh but is means then the admins have to waste their time checking the database to see it that specific skin is rare when they could be making more amazing pages for the site! 😉
I feel like skins that are tied for a spot should be side by side in one spot so that the list has more spaces. For example, rather than having black widow at #15 and starlord at #16, have them share #15 because they have been gone for an equal amount of time. That leave more space on the list for skins that aren’t part of the same set.
this website is to see when the item last came out, not how many people buy the skin so dont say you think a skin is rare just cause nobody bought it cause usually something from along time ago that hasnt come back will naturally be rare to the player base now compared to then.
this website is to see when the item last came out, not how many people buy the skin so no it probably isnt the rarest skin and i do see poeple using it.
Hacivat wasn’t a very good skin imo. Had multiple opportunities to buy it back then and just never did. Neat to see it among the rare though. I have a bunch on this list though.
reading some of these comments, people can be so rude whenever they see a skin on this list they aren’t happy with. i come back to this article pretty frequently due to its accuracy with the shop and i’m never disappointed with the statistics. great job, man! let’s all hope pillar stays a super rare for another year to come!
I understand not putting Holiday items on the list, as they come out yearly. But I still think cosmetics that skip coming out should be kept. I’m mainly referring to the Golden Clouds wrap. Its meant for Chinese New Year, but it didn’t return in 2019. After all, Royale Dragon is still on the list and that was meant for Chinese New Year.
This whole list is wrong The Far Out Man skin has his glider his back bling and his pickaxe has not been in the shop since november 2018. 828 days since its last been out. Thus it is rarer than any skin listed in this article. The Far Out Man skin is so rare the author of this poorly constructed article either forgot it existed or hates the fact that the hippie skin reigns supreme
Hello
While you are right about the Pickaxe and the glider being VERY rare (And yes, if you actually look, they are on their respective lists) The Far Out Man skin and his backbling returned in Mid-October (I think October 19, 2020)
No he did not I check the store every day and he was not on there ever. Seriously fortnite tracker the site you got all this info for states that it has not been in the store since november 2018. THAT is the credible source. Not some clickbait article that lied. If you believe that than you must believe that than I guess you believe air royale came back chapter 2 season 3 like some article said when it did not either. Go to fortnite tracker and get the right answer.
Far Out Man is the rarest skin from the item shop its only been there 4 times between september 2018 and november 2018. You cant use fortnite tracker as the basis of all of these stats for every other skin but far out man. Update your list because until you do you sit on a thrown of lies.
hey, just wondering why the Nautilus glider from the Deep Sea set isn’t showing up under the rarest gliders, since its been over 643 days since it came out and its only been out once.
also i’ve seen some people comment about empress not being on here, but even though she is a pet she still goes under the back-bling category in-game so it’d make sense for her to at least be mentioned here.
Well, kinda, but theres a chance that it comes back soon, since callisto is already confirmed to return soon, and callisto is his female counterpart so :I
I actually ran an experiment in Party Royale about who had the top 20 rarest emotes that I have (Zany, Where is Matt?, Buckets, etc.) I have seen many rare skins over around 30-40 servers do Zany, Rambunctious, and others, but I did not see any single person have Where is Matt? so, I personally, think Where is Matt? is the rarest emote in the game.
What about the Midnight Ops skin?
Btw not only the sunflower skin rare but so is hayseed i own the set and I don’t see them that much
How rare is the flutter bug glider and thorn pickaxe
Type it into the search bar at the top of the page and it should tell you
The Marathon music pack came back last night.
Why is the Golden Clouds wrap missing? It should be at 733 days based on what it says on it’s page.
Because it’s a Holiday Wrap, these only release around Holidays, which isn’t fair on the shop’s non-Holiday items. So all Holiday-wraps are excluded from the lists.
Unreal chill is back, so it is unfortunately, no longer rare.
When will the Dare skin be officially rare?
Be gone with the Hot Ride glider as it’s available now!
indigo Kuno is rarer than Arial assault trooper due to the fact only about 1000 people got it
This page is showing the rarity based on last seen in the item shop and not by how many people physically own it
The Candyman Skin is an Epic Fortnite Outfit from the Wild Hearts set. It was released on February 14th, 2020 and was last available 333 days ago. … Candyman was first added to the game in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1. it might be rare
Yes you are right it is kind of rare now but if you properly read the list they dont add any holiday skins because then there would be too much to update evrry holiday. Plus it isnt rare enough to make the list. Make sure only to say for Mark to add a skin if you are COMPLETELY sure that that the skin is rarer or it came out in the item shop. This isnt because i am being harsh but is means then the admins have to waste their time checking the database to see it that specific skin is rare when they could be making more amazing pages for the site! 😉
What about the Garrison skin? Shouldn’t that be the rarest?
I feel like skins that are tied for a spot should be side by side in one spot so that the list has more spaces. For example, rather than having black widow at #15 and starlord at #16, have them share #15 because they have been gone for an equal amount of time. That leave more space on the list for skins that aren’t part of the same set.
this website is to see when the item last came out, not how many people buy the skin so dont say you think a skin is rare just cause nobody bought it cause usually something from along time ago that hasnt come back will naturally be rare to the player base now compared to then.
Breezy haven’t came out for 571 days and havent came out since
im sorry i was wrong
I think Pillar was actually back in the shop right before the Galactus event, or during Halloween, but I MIGHT be wrong.
Instead of havicat I would say Baba Yaga is the rarest skin because I doubt anyone would buy it unless they buy everything
this website is to see when the item last came out, not how many people buy the skin so no it probably isnt the rarest skin and i do see poeple using it.
Hacivat wasn’t a very good skin imo. Had multiple opportunities to buy it back then and just never did. Neat to see it among the rare though. I have a bunch on this list though.
Hacivat was last in the shop 745 days ago. Baba Yaga was in the shop 60 days ago. I fail to see the logic here.
Wouldn’t The Paradigm Skin be in the list of the rarest skins? Haven’t seen her in the item shop since last year I believe it was.
Sterling came back today
Accidentally said this a a reply so I am going to post it again.
The “pop lock” emote came back a few days ago.
Just a question, where is the basketball skins I don’t recall them being in the shop since around season 5
They were in the shop last in October 2020.
reading some of these comments, people can be so rude whenever they see a skin on this list they aren’t happy with. i come back to this article pretty frequently due to its accuracy with the shop and i’m never disappointed with the statistics. great job, man! let’s all hope pillar stays a super rare for another year to come!
I understand not putting Holiday items on the list, as they come out yearly. But I still think cosmetics that skip coming out should be kept. I’m mainly referring to the Golden Clouds wrap. Its meant for Chinese New Year, but it didn’t return in 2019. After all, Royale Dragon is still on the list and that was meant for Chinese New Year.
This whole list is wrong The Far Out Man skin has his glider his back bling and his pickaxe has not been in the shop since november 2018. 828 days since its last been out. Thus it is rarer than any skin listed in this article. The Far Out Man skin is so rare the author of this poorly constructed article either forgot it existed or hates the fact that the hippie skin reigns supreme
Hello
While you are right about the Pickaxe and the glider being VERY rare (And yes, if you actually look, they are on their respective lists) The Far Out Man skin and his backbling returned in Mid-October (I think October 19, 2020)
No he did not I check the store every day and he was not on there ever. Seriously fortnite tracker the site you got all this info for states that it has not been in the store since november 2018. THAT is the credible source. Not some clickbait article that lied. If you believe that than you must believe that than I guess you believe air royale came back chapter 2 season 3 like some article said when it did not either. Go to fortnite tracker and get the right answer.
Far Out Man is the rarest skin from the item shop its only been there 4 times between september 2018 and november 2018. You cant use fortnite tracker as the basis of all of these stats for every other skin but far out man. Update your list because until you do you sit on a thrown of lies.
“Thrown of lies”
Just give up, your wrong.
I literally bought him when he came back out my man. October 19th he was in the Daily. Dreamflower was in the shop the day before.
Yall forgot the havoc its the first Twitch prime pack
Didn’t forget it, I just don’t think it’s that rare. It was given out for free, a lot of people got it.
It just changed s I commented. lol
Team burger and team tomato are in the item shop right now
Should be fixed now.
Lol what about the world cup skins we havent seen or heard no one talk about those in forever.
6/1/20: Excluding World Warrior skin due to it reportedly not returning to the shop.
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hey, just wondering why the Nautilus glider from the Deep Sea set isn’t showing up under the rarest gliders, since its been over 643 days since it came out and its only been out once.
also i’ve seen some people comment about empress not being on here, but even though she is a pet she still goes under the back-bling category in-game so it’d make sense for her to at least be mentioned here.
Fixed, thanks.
Asmodeus is becoming rare right? barley anyone knows its a skin
Well, kinda, but theres a chance that it comes back soon, since callisto is already confirmed to return soon, and callisto is his female counterpart so :I
I actually ran an experiment in Party Royale about who had the top 20 rarest emotes that I have (Zany, Where is Matt?, Buckets, etc.) I have seen many rare skins over around 30-40 servers do Zany, Rambunctious, and others, but I did not see any single person have Where is Matt? so, I personally, think Where is Matt? is the rarest emote in the game.