Posted 9 November 2023

Fortnite vbucks question

I bought 1000 vbucks on PlayStation store on my phone but when my son goes on Fortnite, it doesn't show up for him

What have I done wrong? Got a feeling it's profile related but hoping it can be sorted.

I'm unable to purchase vbucks directly in the game for some reason
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  1. gav.black's avatar
    Vbucks are account bound, so if you bought them on your profile they will show up if you log into the game
  2. mdubs's avatar
    Best to buy a gift card and redeem on the account you want them for. Bear in mind also if you are dual/multi platform you can usually only redeem the vbucks on the platform you purchased upon, but any items you have will show on any platform you have your account on.

    *edit - experience from a grumpy kid in the past (edited)
  3. Willy_Wonka's avatar
    Parental Restrictions?
  4. MonkeyMan90's avatar
    They're account locked so they will be on your account. They're not wasted though as all you need to do is find out what your son wants and then you buy it with your vbucks as a gift. Just make sure you add your son as a friend so you can gift the item to him. (edited)
    MadeDixonsCry's avatar
    You cant gift a battle pass using vbucks (edited)
  5. madoka_ayukawa's avatar
    Don't you just hate it, making it so complicated, just "take my money!" . (Bought a fortnite v bucks card from game, but can't top up my son's account because he plays fortnite on his Switch and that card can't be used on the Switch, only on an Epic's account
    gav.black's avatar
    Add his account to epic account, redeem card, buy what you need, it will show up when playing on switch
  6. WiganLaticsFan's avatar
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    So I've finally enabled 2fa on my account and can gift items in 2 days

    Now I've made another mistake and put a tenner on his epic wallet but on the playstation it wants to take payment from his ps wallet!!

    Any way to spend the money from the epic wallet?
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