The downtime for the new season began at around 2:20 PM Eastern Time, right after the conclusion of the live event.

While Fortnite server downtime between patches and season changes ... start of Chapter 5 Season 2 where the maintenance period was extended by eight hours. If and when this happens, we'll let ...

However, before players can play the new Fortnite season, they will have to wait for downtime to end. According to the game developer, this process won’t be short, as we will have an extended ...

As Fortnite players eagerly anticipate the ... server overloads or last-minute bugs have extended downtime. Players are ...

Epic Games has announced that the Fortnite downtime has been extended by an extra eight hours at least, due to an "unexpected issue" found during maintenance. "We’re continuing the work to bring ...

2024 As announced by the official Fortnite Status Twitter account at 9am ET, the downtime has to be extended by a whopping eight hours, meaning that we won’t be able to start playing until at ...

Update: It looks like Fortnite servers are back online with Epic overestimating how long the extended downtime would last. While Epic hasn't made an official announcement saying that the downtime ...

Keep in mind, based on past timelines, the downtime could be extended by a few hours as well. As seen at the start of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2, Epic Games had to extend things due to technical ...

the Fortnite servers will be back up Friday around 2 a.m. CT with Chapter 5 Season 4. Of course, server maintenance can take longer than expected, as we found out when extended downtime delayed ...

Fortnite Season 3 is expected to release on June 7th, 2025. An afternoon launch is expected following an in-game event to kick off the season. Reports on downtime vary, but an extended downtime ...