The Recon Expert Fortnite skin was featured on the Item Shop in Fortnite this week, for the first time since November 2017. Collectors of unique and rare cosmetics were up in arms about the latest addition, making one of the hardest skins to obtain available to anyone with 1,200 V Bucks to spare. With the top spot of "rarest Fortnite skin" open, there are plenty of contenders to fill those roles.
The rotating Item Shop in Fortnite has skins available only for a day at a time before they are gone and can no longer be purchased. This creates an intended scarcity where skins become more coveted and fills our need to not miss out on what could be one of the most exciting purchases you'll make all week. The skins don't necessarily have to be flashy to be considered rare, they just have to be rare additions to the Item Shop. The Skull Trooper, memed as one of the rarest skins the game has ever had, lost its top spot when it became available for purchase for a second time in October of 2019.
Some skins are still included in the Item Shop's rotating carousel, with the skin having a chance to show up randomly on one of the days. If you aren't checking the shop when the skin comes out, then you might not see it again for months or even years. Skins that are out of rotation, either available through challenges or the Battle Pass, might not ever be added to the Item Shop.
Here are some of the rarest Fortnite Skins, with some personal bias thrown in for good measure.
Golden Peely - This gilded banana is still available, so some might be questioning why it makes the list. Though other skins just required time and a good sense of when the shop refreshes, Peely must be earned. You'll need 28 million experience from leveling up and an extra 8.2 million from in-game achievements, which could take up to 10 hours a day of play, according to reddit user zMuska.
Black Knight - The season two battle pass was still a test to see if the progression mode works, with Epic Games still experimenting with the idea. The Black Knight required you to reach tier level 70, which would take hours and hours of grinding. If you see this skin in your game of Fortnite, that's a hardcore player right there.
Renegade Raider - You needed to reach level 20 in season one to unlock this skin. How many people are still playing and haven't moved to another game after two years?
Ghoul Trooper - If you have Colgate-colored zombie skin, you must have been playing during Halloween of 2017. She was rereleased around the same time as Skull Trooper, but the skin still holds some rarity.
Aerial Assault Trooper - Like Renegade Raider, but even uglier.
Do you own any of these skins? Tell us in the comments.