FN POWER HOUR.

FORTNITE
VAULT LOCATIONS.

Found a Vault Key? Follow its unopened-vault marker, then find the entrance at the right height. Start with the map, three illustrated approaches and a plan for what comes next.

Plan my next vault step

Sources checked

A player beside a yellow vault door and its Use Vault Key interaction
The closed door’s actual key interaction. Epic Games, via TechWiser.

VAULT KEY.
YOUR NEXT STEP.

Carrying a key: use the current map marker for a nearby unopened vault. No key: continue your normal chest route; standing at a locked door will not produce one.

A Vault Key opens a room. Pirate Shop Access is a random reward, and a Map Fragment is a separate quest pickup. Choose the object you actually have.

Your next vault step

No key yet. Keep a normal route.

Keep opening ordinary chests on your existing route. A Vault Key is random loot; do not wait at a locked door without one.

Search the ship’s lowest interior level, not the upper deck.

Entrance reference: The $.$. Rocky

Open and record the chests you actually use. Read each treasure notification; the room does not guarantee Access or a gold outfit.

Record actual chest openings

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Read or manually copy the plan

Key markers and access: TechWiser and Destructoid. The short plan is our planning aid, not a position tracker.

VAULT LOCATIONS.
MAP & AREA INDEX.

DigitalTQ’s launch guide maps nine vault areas. Use it to recognize the region, then check the live marker from your own key before travelling.

Treasure Hunters source map with nine key markers at the ship, town, lagoon, fort and coastal areas
Source map from the launch period. Its old POI labels and key icons are reported locations, not live match availability. Game image: Epic Games, via DigitalTQ. Select to enlarge.
The $.$. Rocky
Search the ship’s lowest interior level, not the upper deck. See this entrance.
Loguetown
Find the underground waterway and check the curtained entrance. See this entrance.
Loot Lagoon waterfall
Look behind the waterfall for the flagged entrance, then use the door prompt. See this entrance.
Rubber Resort coast
Check the coastal beach beside the resort against your current key marker.
Lantern district
Look along the cliff or mountainside east of the lantern district.
Cursed Cavern area
Check the nearby stone structures and the marker’s height before choosing a path.
Windmill Village coast
Look along the coast beyond the village and follow the current key marker.
Busy Bay coast
Search the beach south of the town, rather than only the streets above it.
Fortress area
Older guides call this Fortune’s Fort. Read the current map name and key marker.
Why do some guides use different names or directions?

These are launch-guide area names. Epic’s season notes use names including Lantern Lanes and Fort Fortuna, while the pictured guide uses Lantern Landing and Fortune’s Fort. Read the label on your current map rather than assuming every old name is current.

DigitalTQ lists Loot Lagoon and the fort separately. TechWiser combines them and adds a Plunder Port entry; Destructoid says Plunder Port has no vault. We have not adopted that extra pin. Resort beach and cavern-side directions also differ. Use the named region, the key marker and the entrance’s height together.

Sources: DigitalTQ’s nine-area guide, TechWiser’s list, Destructoid’s exceptions, and Epic’s season notes.

FIND A
VAULT KEY.

Reviewed guides describe keys as random chest loot. You can also take a key from an eliminated player who was carrying one. There is no fixed key drop rate in the sources used here.

A Vault Key on the ground with a Rare pickup prompt
Recognize the named key, not just a gold glow or a treasure notification. The shown pickup binding is an example. Game image: Epic Games, via TechWiser. Select to enlarge.

  1. Pick up the key

    Keep it in your inventory. DigitalTQ reports that it occupies an inventory slot; check what you are swapping before you leave.

  2. Compare the marker and storm

    Check a nearby unopened-vault marker, your remaining time and an exit. The closest icon is not automatically the safest route.

  3. Find the entrance’s level

    A cliff or street above the marker is not the door. Look for an accessible lower approach, a red flag or a breakable curtain where applicable.

  4. Use the actual door prompt

    Approach the closed door with the key and use the interaction shown on your device. Read a missing-key or already-open state before spending more time there.

Inventory and access: DigitalTQ; flags and coverings: Destructoid. No keycard boss elimination or guaranteed spawn is required by this plan.

ROCKY’S VAULT.
GO BELOW DECK.

For The $.$. Rocky, go into the ship and reach its lowest interior level. The source image shows the yellow door set into a metal room, rather than a red-flagged cliff curtain.

Yellow vault door and key panel inside the lowest metal ship room at The $.$. Rocky
Use the room, door and panel as references. A nearby Map Fragment is a different object. Game image: Epic Games, via DigitalTQ. Select to enlarge.

If the marker seems close but the door is absent, check whether you are one deck too high. For the separate ship collectible, follow the Map Fragment route.

LOGUETOWN VAULT.
GO UNDERGROUND.

Search the aqueduct below town. DigitalTQ describes approaching the sewers from the surrounding water on the south or west side. Check the lower waterway rather than searching only the streets.

Underground brick waterway in Loguetown with a white curtain and red pirate flag
The low waterway, covering and flag help you recognize the approach. Game image: Epic Games, via DigitalTQ. Select to enlarge.

Check the marker again after entering the lower level. A breakable covering is an entrance clue; the vault door still needs its own key interaction.

WATERFALL VAULT.
CHECK BEHIND IT.

The Loot Lagoon route enters the waterfall area beside the pirate ship. Look for the flagged opening shown in the source image, then locate the closed vault door.

Player beside a waterfall with a red pirate flag marking the reported Loot Lagoon vault approach
Water, cliff and flag identify this approach. Use the key marker to choose the correct opening. Game image: Epic Games, via DigitalTQ. Select to enlarge.
Door or a different puzzle? This guide is for a Vault Key door. A rock, a back wall or an emote puzzle is not interchangeable with the Use Vault Key prompt. Check the object before trying an unrelated walkthrough.

VAULT OPEN.
WHAT NEXT?

The reviewed guides show multiple Rare Chests and a Sprite Chest inside. They disagree about a fixed Rare Chest count, so count the chests you actually find rather than treating one screenshot as a guaranteed room inventory.

An opened vault room with several glowing chests and piles of treasure
An example room from the source guide. Its chest count, player count and storm timer are not live data. Game image: Epic Games, via DigitalTQ. Select to enlarge.

Hunting chest rewards?

Open eligible chests and read their individual notifications. A vault does not guarantee Pirate Shop Access or a Weekly Gold Outfit.

Record actual openings

Keeping a Sprite?

Check the helper you obtain, then finish extraction if you want it in your collection. Opening its chest is only one step.

Follow extraction steps

For a named cosmetic, Access or a quest result, use the right reward-checking menu. Room location does not establish a higher token rate.

VAULT TROUBLE?
RECOVERY STEPS.

I have no key and the door is locked

Leave the locked door and continue your ordinary chest route. Keys are random loot. Do not replace a missing key with Pirate Shop Access, a boss keycard from another season or a map item.

The marker is close, but I cannot see a door

Check height first: lower ship level, underground waterway or cliff approach. Compare the entrance image and current marker before circling the same upper level again.

The vault has already been opened

Check the current map for another unopened target only if the storm and your remaining time allow it. Otherwise continue your normal route; a published map is not a list of doors still closed in your match.

A chest inside seems locked or the interaction differs

Read the exact object name and prompt. The outer door’s Vault Key is not proof that every separate inner object uses the same mechanic. A screenshot alone cannot establish the key or action for that object.

I opened the vault but did not receive Access

Opening the room is not a cosmetic unlock. Check actual chest notifications and compare the published reward chances. Your chest tally does not make the next drop due.

Plan the whole runChoose an exit and a backup

Add the vault stop to a wider route instead of forcing a cross-island detour.

A key, then the correct door

Keep the key, follow its marker and look for the Use Vault Key prompt. A decorative wall or unrelated puzzle is not the same door. If the area is occupied or storm-unsafe, keep a safe fallback instead of forcing entry.