Midas' return toFortnitehad some unintended consequences on the island, with the wildlife being affected ever since he was let out. If you’re wandering the island in Battle Royale or Zero Build, you’ll likely come across a shiny golden chicken clucking away as it wanders the wilds.

These golden chickens, and their eggs, will give you Midas' favorite resource, which can then be turned into buffs to help you win the Battle Royale. It isn’t as easy as it sounds though, as you’ll first need to search for specific biomes where the avian flocks are known to spawn.

A screenshot from Fortnite Chapter Five Season Two showing the player character as Cerberus jumping off the street outside Grand Glacier with a golden chicken.

How To Use Golden Chickens

Thesenew shiny chickenswander Fortnite’s island and can be found in many of the placeswhere their non-gold brethren spawn. However, thereal benefitcomes once enough time has passed after the start of the match whenthey begin to lay golden eggs.

You can hunt the chickens andeliminate them for 12 Gold Barseach, but this would be a waste compared to farming their eggs. Right now, each of theGolden Eggs is worth 350 Gold Bars.

A screenshot from Fortnite Chapter Five Season two showing the player character standing next toa Gold Egg with a prompt that reads ‘Collect’ attached to the square button.

Collecting Gold Eggs is theeasiest way to get Gold Barswithout having to complete an objective.

Since chickens aren’t restrained by how many eggs they can lay, you cansometimes find multiple clustered togetherafter the match has progressed

A screenshot of Fortnite Chapter Five Season Two’s map with large orange circles around the general spawn locations for chickens.

Where To Find Golden Chickens

As with any of the wildlife on Fortnite’s island,it’s hard to know exactly where they’ll spawnat the start of each match. Instead,you can generally tell which biome they favorand can look there for them when you’re nearby. However, this isn’t a rule andchickens can sometimes be found in surprising locations.

Thechickens tend to prefer the green and grassy areasof the map that aren’t in the darker Underworld biome.

A screenshot from Fortnite Chapter Five Season Two showing Cerberus landing over the green area south of Fencing Fields, with orange circles highlighting two gold chickens that can be seen from the sky.

The grassy green area between Fencing Fields and Restored Reels.

Reckless Railways

The large grassy area between Restored Reels and Reckless Railways.

When you’re using your glider or the wings, youcan see the golden shine from the chickenswhen you’re in the sky. Thisalso goes for Gold Eggs, which give off a similar shine to the chickens.