Epic Games has finally answered one of Fortnite’s longest-running fan wishes by adding John Rambo to the island. The collaboration with Sylvester Stallone’s iconic action hero went live in the Item Shop on June 19, 2026, at 8 PM ET, slotting into Chapter 7 Season 3, titled Runners, as Epic continues to push ’80s movie crossovers across the current season.
The catch is that this bundle is time-bound. According to the in-game shop timer, the Rambo set rotates out on June 29, 2026, at 8 PM ET (5 PM PT), giving players a roughly 10-day window to grab it. Importantly, this marks Stallone’s first appearance in Fortnite after years of community speculation — the character was apparently teased as far back as Chapter 2 Season 5, when Jonesy was shown doing the iconic Rambo headband tie in key art. Stallone now joins a star-studded list of action-hero crossovers that already includes Schwarzenegger’s Terminator and RoboCop.
Below, you’ll find the exact steps to purchase the skin, the full bundle breakdown with V-Bucks pricing, and what comes inside the set.
How to Get the Rambo Skin in Fortnite
The Rambo skin is a straight V-Bucks purchase through the Item Shop. There’s no tournament requirement, no challenge chain, and no time-gated quest. Here’s how to grab it:
- Launch Fortnite and navigate to the Item Shop tab from the top bar in the main lobby.
- Scroll through the shop until you find the Rambo section. As the latest major collab, it should sit near the top of the featured items.
- Click the Rambo Bundle to grab everything at once, or select individual items if you’d rather build the set piece by piece.
- Confirm you have enough V-Bucks. If you’re short, you can pick up a V-Bucks pack directly from the shop.
- Click and hold the Purchase button to complete the transaction.
- Once the purchase goes through, the Rambo skin appears immediately in your locker, ready to equip.
Fortnite Rambo Bundle Contents and Price
The Rambo Bundle costs 2,200 V-Bucks and packs in six items. Buying everything separately adds up to 3,800 V-Bucks, so the bundle saves you 1,600 V-Bucks if you want the full set. If you’d rather not spend V-Bucks at all, there’s also a list of free Fortnite skins currently up for grabs.
Here’s the full breakdown:
| Item | Type | Rarity | Individual price |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Rambo | Outfit | Epic | 1,500 V-Bucks (includes back bling) |
| Rambo’s Quiver | Back Bling | Epic | Ships with outfit |
| Gunship | Glider | Epic | 1,200 V-Bucks |
| Rambo’s Combat Knife | Pickaxe | Epic | 500 V-Bucks |
| Prepare for Battle | Emote | Epic | 300 V-Bucks |
| Rambo’s War | Wrap | Epic | 300 V-Bucks |
Notably, the Gunship glider — a Mi-24 Hind helicopter pulled straight from Rambo III — is the priciest individual piece. If gliders aren’t a regular part of your loadout, skipping it and grabbing just the outfit at 1,500 V-Bucks is a reasonable call. However, anyone who wants the full thematic loadout will get clear value from the bundle.
Fortnite Rambo Skin Styles and Details
The John Rambo outfit ships with selectable styles, letting you toggle between two of Stallone’s most iconic looks from the franchise. The default draws from Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III, complete with the black vest, military fatigues, and the bullet belt worn across the chest.
Importantly, you can remove the bandolier entirely through the customization menu for a cleaner silhouette. Moreover, there’s an option to drop the vest altogether, revealing Rambo’s Vietnam War battle scars across his back and arms — a detail Epic apparently lifted directly from the films.
The Rambo’s Quiver back bling auto-equips when you select the outfit, with its strap wrapping naturally over the shoulder. Apart from the visual flair, none of the styles affect gameplay; they’re purely cosmetic.
Fortnite Rambo Skin Availability
According to the in-game shop timer, the entire Rambo set leaves the Item Shop on June 29, 2026, at 8 PM ET (5 PM PT). After that, it enters the standard rotation pool, which means it could return — though licensed collabs of this scale tend to take longer to cycle back than original Fortnite cosmetics.
For reference, the Terminator and T-800 skins, which dropped in earlier collabs, have rotated through the Item Shop only sporadically since release. There’s no clear pattern for when, or if, Rambo will return, so the safest move is to grab the bundle while it’s currently live.
Wrapping Up
Rambo certainly fits into Fortnite’s growing roster of ’80s action icons, joining the Terminator and RoboCop on the island. With Stallone now in the game, the only major holdout from that era is arguably Predator’s full original cast — and given how aggressively Epic has been working through the action-hero canon during Chapter 7 Season 3, there’s a chance more vintage crossovers could be knocking on the door before the season wraps on August 19, 2026.
The Rambo skin and the rest of the bundle went live in the Fortnite Item Shop on June 19, 2026, at 8 PM ET. Epic Games confirmed the collab two days earlier with a teaser post on the official Fortnite X account.
The John Rambo outfit costs 1,500 V-Bucks on its own, which includes the Rambo’s Quiver back bling. The full Rambo Bundle with all six items runs 2,200 V-Bucks.
The Rambo set rotates out of the Item Shop on June 29, 2026, at 8 PM ET (5 PM PT), based on the in-game shop timer.
Yes. Buying the John Rambo outfit at 1,500 V-Bucks automatically includes Rambo’s Quiver back bling — you don’t need to purchase it separately.
Fortnite has previously hosted collabs featuring the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800), RoboCop, Ellen Ripley from Alien, John Wick, and more. Rambo now joins this lineup as Sylvester Stallone’s first appearance in the game.
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