‘Fortnite’ Servers Are Down, Here’s When Chapter 6, Season 1 Goes Live

Post up to date 11/30/24. See updates beneath.

Fortnite’s present ‘Remix’ Season has been extremely in style, nevertheless it’s about to finish. Not solely is the season drawing to a detailed Saturday, the brand new Season would be the first of Chapter 6. Fortnite gamers will get a completely new map, new motion mechanics, a model new Battle Pass and way more this weekend.

Chapter 6, Season 1 is named ‘鬼 Hunters’ (Demon Hunters) and can function an Asian/anime theme, with numerous new areas with a distinctly Japanese look, together with pink cherry tree blossoms, Asian markets and creatures that seem like they’ve popped out of a Studio Ghibli movie. There may also be Yokai demons, Titans, new mystical powers and the arrival of King Kong and Godzilla. An enormous floating turtle can be one of many cool new additions. It’s not solely lovable, it strikes across the map. New motion mechanics embody rolling and wall-running, making this probably the most parkour of all Fortnite seasons.

Before Chapter 5 ends, gamers can take part on the massive season-ending occasion, The Finale, which won’t solely be an enormous Juice WRLD live performance, however options the return of The Device. This is one thing of an odd occasion, provided that the rapper—actual identify Jarad Anthony Higgins—handed away in 2019. A brand new Snoop Dogg observe even be a part of the occasion, which you’ll be able to learn extra about proper right here. A free Juice WRLD pores and skin and different goodies can be found within the retailer now, however solely till the tip of the season.

When Does Chapter 5 End And Chapter 6 Begin?

The official end-time for Chapter 5 and this ‘Remix’ season is 11pm PT / 2am ET on Saturday, November thirtieth / Sunday, December 1st however since that is the tip of a complete Chapter, it’s additionally attainable that the season will finish straight after The Finale occasion. If that’s the case, we’ll see the season finish and servers go down someday after 11am PT / 2pm ET, because the occasion is roughly 20 minutes lengthy. It’s attainable that the sport will stay reside till later. Edit: Clearly, now that the occasion is over this isn’t the case, so the unique downtime needs to be correct.

The new Chapter will go reside Sunday morning barring any hiccups, and gamers will be capable of replace their video games the second servers return on-line and dive into the map. Without official affirmation, we will solely speculate on when Chapter 5 will finish nevertheless it’s a protected wager that by Sunday morning you’ll be cruising across the new map. I’ll replace this publish if we get a extra particular end-time, or if the servers go down.

Here’s the trailer:

The different little bit of thrilling information is the return of OG Fortnite, which incorporates the sport’s unique map and can let gamers go battle it out on unique areas with the sport’s unique loot. According to Epic Games you’ll be capable of play by older seasons as properly. This new (previous) mode will go reside completely on December sixth.

It’s an thrilling weekend for Fortnite, principally. I’m excited to drop in!

Update: Fortnite servers are down and the massive Chapter 6, Season 1 replace is in progress. Server downtime is anticipated to final round 8 hours, with downtime starting at 10pm ET. That means the sport ought to return on-line at round 6am ET / 3am PT. Obviously, that is an estimate and downtime may take longer or the sport may go reside sooner than anticipated. Either method, Fortnite’s new season will go reside early Sunday morning. Here’s the brand new map:

“As the wind blows, the solar rises on a good looking new island, shrouded in thriller and mystical vitality. In its darkest corners, demons dwell, wreaking havoc with their masks of chaotic energy. Great heroes should rise to drive again the traditional evils that roam this land. Become a ronin and lower by the darkness to search out the sunshine in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 6 Season 1: 鬼 HUNTERS (Demon Hunters)!” Epic Games posted within the new Chapter’s official weblog publish.

Epic additionally launched new details about the brand new ‘Simple Edit’ operate that guarantees to make constructing edits a lot simpler to drag off, giving these of us who have been by no means the most effective builders to start with new hope—and master-builders much more of an edge:

Simple Edit, a brand new construct setting you’ll be able to toggle on within the Settings menu, permits for enhancing builds with a single button press. The ensuing edit relies on the a part of the constructing you’re somewhat than being painted manually — it routinely executes constructing edits instantly, eradicating the step of choosing tiles altogether.

Simple Edit makes enhancing on the fly a breeze, and it must also show useful for gamers who’re new to constructing in Fortnite or fascinated about studying. Simple Edit permits for a smaller subset of edits to select from, and masters of the present edit system may have extra edit choices accessible.

As with any main addition to Fortnite, we’ll be gathering information and suggestions on Simple Edit and will make changes to the system sooner or later.

This, together with all the brand new motion mechanics, magical powers and a model new map ought to give Fortnite gamers a ton to mess around with as December kicks off. I’ll be diving in tomorrow to attempt to earn the brand new Umbrella.