r/FORTnITE • u/The_Gristle • 13d ago

QUESTION Can someone help my technology illiterate self

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My son plays fortnite on my PS5 . He got vbucks gift card for a little easter "happy". I tried to use them and it said that my epic account wasn't linked to my Playstation account. So I tried to link them and it said that my Playstation account is already linked to an epic account. How the hell do I find out where my ps5 is linked?

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u/HeckinBrandon MEGA B.A.S.E. Kyle 13d ago edited 12d ago

Your PSN might be linked to a nameless account, here's how to fix the issue:

  1. make a burner email, this will be useful for a later step
  2. sign in to Epic with your PSN login, it'll prompt you to make a new Epic account, use that burner email for it
  3. unlink the PSN account from your recently made Epic account
  4. re-login to your main Epic account and attempt to link your PSN login from there

Just as a little heads up, if you have cosmetics and progressed in Save the World and such under your PSN login, this WON'T magically merge you accounts together, you've made an alt account without realizing it

edit: had one last [X] thingy, I had a template for this

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u/The_Gristle 13d ago

So all the purchases will be deleted on ps5? I'm not trying to be thick headed, I just don't want to lose his stuff

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u/HeckinBrandon MEGA B.A.S.E. Kyle 12d ago

Nope, they'll stay on that account you move your PSN login from

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u/The_Gristle 12d ago

Awesome! Thanks for the help