Pirate Shop Token: where to open the most chests
Cursed Cavern has the most chests on the island: 96, and 40 of them are always there. Buggy's Beachhead (85) and Lil' Uzi's Stronghold (85) come next.
Easy steps
- Land at Cursed Cavern. With 96 chests it's the best place to open as many as possible in one match.
- Open the always-spawn chests first: 40 of the chests at Cursed Cavern are always there. On our map they have a gold ring, so you know where to run.
- Grab the rare chests too: they count as chests, and Cursed Cavern has 4.
- When Cursed Cavern is looted, rotate to Buggy's Beachhead: about 500 m away, with 85 more chests.
- Play in a squad: when one teammate finds the token, the whole squad reportedly gets Pirate Shop access.
- Play during a Treasure Hour if one is on: Epic runs them on some weekends during Treasure Hunters.
How the Pirate Token drop really works
Epic hasn't said exactly how the game picks who gets the token. Here's what the facts point to, and what that means for how you play.
- It's decided when you open a chest. Epic gives the odds per chest, 1 in 137,500, and multiplies them during a Treasure Hour. That fits a roll made on Epic's servers each time a chest opens. The treasure isn't in the game you download, so nothing on your device knows about it in advance.
- No match or chest is luckier than another. Every chest has the same odds. There's no lucky lobby or secret spot, and a long run without it doesn't make you due: the next chest is still 1 in 137,500.
- Nobody can tell you where it is. No app, site or video can show which match or chest has the token. Anyone selling a "token finder" is scamming you, and tools that read the game's memory or network traffic are cheats that get accounts banned.
- Your squad is the multiplier. When one teammate finds it, the whole squad reportedly gets Pirate Shop access. So in a full squad where everyone opens chests, about four times as many chests count for you.
- Chests per minute is everything. Only the number of chests matters, so skip fights you don't need, land where chests are packed and keep moving. Save your longest sessions for Treasure Hours: on 7–8 Nov Epic doubled the token's odds.
Your real chance by the finale
| Playing | Chests | Chance | In Treasure Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | 5,040 | 3.6% | 7.1% |
| Duo | 10,080 | 7.1% | 14% |
| Full squad | 20,160 | 14% | 25% |
Every player opens 30 chests a match, 8 matches a day for 3 weeks, so 5,040 chests each. The Treasure Hour column uses the 2× Epic gave on 7–8 Nov. Squad sharing is reported, not confirmed by Epic. Work out your own odds
The best places
#1Cursed Cavern
96 chests · 40 always there · 4 rare
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#2Buggy's Beachhead
85 chests · 27 always there · 4 rare
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#3Lil' Uzi's Stronghold
85 chests · 37 always there · 5 rare
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Every place
| Place | Chests | Chests | Always there | Rare | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursed Cavern | 96 | 96 | 40 | 4 | Map |
| Buggy's Beachhead | 85 | 85 | 27 | 4 | Map |
| Lil' Uzi's Stronghold | 85 | 85 | 37 | 5 | Map |
| Lantern Landing | 79 | 79 | 21 | 4 | Map |
| Loguetown | 73 | 73 | 16 | 4 | Map |
| Busy Bay | 69 | 69 | 16 | 4 | Map |
| The $.$. Rocky | 65 | 65 | 20 | 4 | Map |
| Windmill Village | 64 | 64 | 23 | 4 | Map |
| Plunder Port | 62 | 62 | 12 | 0 | Map |
| Friendship Villa | 60 | 60 | 17 | 6 | Map |
| Arlong Park | 50 | 50 | 8 | 0 | Map |
| The Tiger's Eye | 41 | 41 | 16 | 0 | Map |
| The Chest | 29 | 29 | 16 | 0 | Map |
Each place counts what's within 250 m of its centre. Always there means the chest is in that spot every match; the others may or may not spawn.
What other sites report
Epic hasn't confirmed these, so treat them as reports, not facts.
- Besides chests, some sources say it can also drop from other containers such as buried chests.
- When one squad member finds it, the whole squad reportedly gets access.
- Tokens reportedly have to be activated by 15 December 2026.
Sources: Vice: Pirate Token drop rate · esportnow: squad access · VGC: Pirate Shop Access guide · Lootrundown: Treasure Hunters · Rosenberry Rooms: Treasure Hour