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Where to Find Firefly Jars in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2

Collect Firefly Jars and set fire to structures, or deal damage directly! Find out where best to find these deadly critters right here.

Firefly Jars are an explosive throwable item in Fortnite. They were first introduced in Chapter 2 Season 3, the season where the island was flooded, Loot Sharks appeared, and Aquaman featured in the Item Shop. Firefly Jars are an underrated item which, when used correctly, can cause some serious damage. Find out more below!

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Firefly Jars can be found as Floor Loot or foraged in woodlands, and players can carry a stack of 6. As Floor Loot they can be usually found in stacks of 3. When thrown at a player they cause 40 body damage plus 15 damage every second the player is caught in the flammable area. It is the same for wooden structures: when thrown at a structure the Firefly Jar causes 40 damage, spreads, and then causes 15 damage to each area it touched for 15 damage per second.

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A thrown Firefly Jar causes it to shatter and spread fire damage (screenshot by Touch Tap Play)

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Firefly Jars can be foraged in many woodland areas. Players must look out for areas that are glowing orange. To collect the fireflies, players must interact with the orange glowing area which collects the fireflies in a jar. Usually there are between 4 and 8 patches of Firefly Swarms to forage from in these areas.

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Collect Firefly Jars in these swarms (screenshot by Touch Tap Play)

The best place to find multiple Firefly Swarms are near the barn between Sleepy Sound, The Daily Bugle, Coney Crossroads, and Shifty Shafts:

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Find multiple Firefly Swarms here (via Epic Games)

In this area there are swarms near the trees by the river:

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Firefly Swarm (screenshot by Touch Tap Play)

There are also swarms among the bushes by the barn:

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Firefly Swarm (screenshot by Touch Tap Play)

If players have a quest or challenge to collect Fireflies, or to ignite structures, this is a great area to land and collect what is needed. The barn also has a chest and at least one ammo box, plus a chest in one of the bushes, which is helpful.

There are other areas to collect Firefly Jars, of course, but that is the best place to gain many at once. Good luck!

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Rowan Jones
Rowan has been creating content for Touch Tap Play since 2021. When she’s not writing game guides, Rowan can be found trying out new mobile games, laughing during horror movies, or wandering in the Devon countryside with her dog. She has a love/hate relationship with Dead By Daylight, and a healthy obsession with Fortnite.