Bars

Bars are a currency in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They were introduced in Chapter 2: Season 5.

Functionality
Bars are a currency that persist across matches. They are used to purchase items or services from different Characters or Vending Machines at differing prices. They can be used for:


 * Purchasing Items such as Weapons or Consumables.
 * Hiring Characters as a friendly AI.
 * Upgrading Weaponry or a Fishing Rod.
 * Purchasing Items.
 * Marking nearby Chests, Vehicles, Cozy Campfires, Bigfoot, or more.
 * Activating a Rift.
 * Turning into a Prop.
 * Locating the next storm circle.
 * Buying Ammo.
 * Donating to a Donation Station.
 * Purchasing Items or services from a Vending Machine.

Any of these purchases will deduct Bars from your account. Bars will also be deducted upon being eliminated in much smaller numbers.

A player can have a maximum of 5,000 Bars at a time. Bars do not carry across competitive game modes, but do carry across LTMs.

Obtained
Bars can be obtained in two different ways. These are by finding them as a currency, or getting them as a reward for completing a Quest or Bounty.

Bars are dropped as an item by:


 * Eliminating opponents, both AI and players.
 * Opening or destroying Chests, Rare Chests, Safes and Cash Registers.
 * Destroying Beds, Sofas, or Washing Machines (Not Guarenteed).

Bars are deposited straight into the player's inventory by:


 * Completing a Bounty (All Methods).
 * Completing quests given by characters.

Chapter 2: Season 5

 * Update v15.00: Introduced Bars. Players can reach a maximum of 10,000 bars.
 * Update v15.20: Bars are set at 50 in Arena, and do not persist across matches.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.00: Bars have been reset to 0 for every player. The amount of maximum bars a player can hold has been changed to 5,000.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Update v17.00: Bars have been reset to 0 for every player.

Chapter 2: Season 8

 * Update v18.00: Bars have been reset to 0 for every player.
 * Completing quests for characters now give bars for each stage, meaning bars can be earned up to 5 times per questline.

Chapter 3: Season 1

 * Update v19.00: Bars have been reset to 0 for every player.

Trivia

 * During Operation: Snowdown, playing a match in the Snowdown Shuffle playlist would reset players bars to 0. On December 22nd, 2020, users with 2K + Bars had their bars restored to their account and Epic Games promised that the bug should occur less.
 * Bars seem to be made out of gold and made by the Imagined Order, as noted by the Logo printed on them.
 * It is possible the gold itself was acquired from Midas prior to the I.O., as spoken by Marigold in her challenges.