{"rewrite":{"id":"r_cb7c528b086fb592cf0ba9e0","clusterId":"c_8bb5165c309ee03868f8e78a","slug":"ironmouse-joins-fortnite-as-a-sprite-with-2-new-bleach-cosmetics","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Ironmouse Joins Fortnite as a Sprite, With 2 New Bleach Cosmetics","summary":"Epic Games announced that VTuber Ironmouse is joining Fortnite Battle Royale as a collectable Sprite in Chapter 7 Season 3, granting players a special ability when equipped. The item launched with boosted drop rates on Tuesday night. Fortnite also revealed two new Bleach collaboration cosmetics for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, launching Friday.","whyItMatters":"The Ironmouse Sprite and the Bleach cosmetics expand Fortnite's crossover slate with a VTuber collectable and two more anime characters, following the December 2025 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War collaboration.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEpic Games introduced Ironmouse to Fortnite Battle Royale not as a player skin but as a Sprite, the collectable companion items from Chapter 7 Season 3. A short video on the Fortnite X account showed the ability the Sprite grants when equipped. Boosted drop rates ran at 9:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, with normal rates starting at 3:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after release, Epic investigated reports that the Sprite was not being granted after extraction and that players were finding empty Sprite Chests. Fortnite Status later said the issue was resolved and the Sprite was back in the loot pool, with Epic promising to grant the Sprite to affected players in the coming days.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeparately, Fortnite announced two new Bleach collaboration cosmetics for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, launching in the in-game store on Friday. The game previously collaborated with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War in December 2025 with cosmetics for Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida, and Orihime Inoue.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ironmouse is now a collectable Sprite in Fortnite, with boosted drop rates live. Epic also confirmed two new Bleach cosmetics for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, launching Friday.","twitterPost":"Ironmouse joins Fortnite as a Sprite with boosted drop rates. Epic also announced Bleach cosmetics for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, out Friday.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Epic Games added VTuber Ironmouse to Fortnite as a collectable Sprite, with boosted drop rates now live. The company also confirmed two new Bleach cosmetics for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin, launching Friday.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-08-05/ironmouse-joins-fortnite-battle-royale-in-cute-sprite-form-along-with-2-more-bleach-characters/.240309\",\"title\":\"Interest: Ironmouse Joins Fortnite Battle Royale in Cute Sprite Form Along With 2 More Bleach Characters\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4479,"outputTokens":692,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785983159,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T02:14:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T02:17:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T02:14:31.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8bb5165c309ee03868f8e78a","canonicalTitle":"Interest\nIronmouse Joins Fortnite Battle Royale in Cute Sprite Form Along With 2 More Bleach Characters","representativeArticleId":"a_443f20ccd5682345cbefc691","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Fortnite Battle Royale\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Ironmouse\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-06T01:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-06T01:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T02:17:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-08-05/ironmouse-joins-fortnite-battle-royale-in-cute-sprite-form-along-with-2-more-bleach-characters/.240309","title":"Interest\nIronmouse Joins Fortnite Battle Royale in Cute Sprite Form Along With 2 More Bleach Characters"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Fortnite Battle Royale"],"studios":[],"people":["Ironmouse"],"type":"news","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}