Summary
After accidentally putting the Go Home! emote in the Item Shop, Epic Games has tried to make it up to theFortnitecommunity by giving players free items or V-Bucks based on when they got the emote. There are various ways to determine how exclusive a cosmetic is inFortnite, and the criteria have shifted greatly over the years. Some fans care about how exclusive an item is or might be in the future. This has led to controversy and backlash when certain items return to the game after some time.
Epic Games has made mistakes in the past and brought back cosmetics that fans thought would never be made available again. An incident that was particularly controversial was when it brought back Rogue Agent as an Item Shop cosmetic, even though it was initially sold as a Starter Pack back in Chapter 1 Season 3. However, this is just an example among several, asFortnitehas seen multiple exclusive cosmetics returnto the Item Shop when they were expected not to be for sale again.
Recently, the Go Home! emote wasadded to the Item Shop when it refreshedon July 08, 2025. Even though it was removed within a few hours, hundreds of players purchased it, as it was only 100 V-Bucks, and many were also aware of its rarity. The players who had bought it when it was first available in the shop back in 2019 were appalled that the emote in their locker suddenly wasn’t rare anymore. Epic Games promised to find a way to make it right for everyone involved in the situation, and it has finally come up with a solution: original owners will receive the Spectatin' emote for free, and new owners will get to keep the emote and will also get their 100 V-Bucks back.
Who Will Get V-Bucks for the Go Home! Emote in Fortnite?
The Go Home! emote was originally released 2,032 days prior to its reappearance, and it was only available the following three days. It was added toFortniteas part of a Chapter 1 Season X event alongside The Paradigm skin. Both items were promoted as limited-time cosmetics, supposedly only available for a few days. Unfortunately, Epic Games was unlucky when it came to both the Go Home! emote and The Paradigm, as both made it onto the Item Shop again due to a mistake. During the summer of 2024,The Paradigm was accidentally released in the shop, just like the emote in its set.
Epic Games has dealt with a lot of complaints regarding exclusive items. Some gamers who have exclusive items don’t want to give them up to newcomers, and players who missed out on exclusive items don’t want to feel like they’ll never have the chance to get them in the future, especially regarding collab skins and cosmetics, as it may lock them out ofobtaining their favorite characters inFortnite. Therefore, nowadays, event and Battle Pass cosmetics are no longer exclusive at all unless Epic confirms otherwise.
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