After a reasonably brief spring season, Fortnite is making an attempt one thing new with battle royale: a shortened, five-week season that is all about Star Wars. Sadly for us, there’s only one little factor getting in the way in which of us diving into all the brand new stuff: Fortnite servers are down for upkeep whereas Epic deploys the brand new season replace. Under, you will discover a rundown on when Fortnite servers needs to be again on-line.
Regardless of the brief size, Season 2 has been fairly eventful, introducing the wonderful new Kneecapper and Rocket Drill gadgets, and in addition including Sabrina Carpenter as the most recent Pageant headliner just some weeks in the past. However now Season 2 is completed, and the Kneecapper is a factor of the past–but you continue to cannot play simply but. There are numerous enjoyable actions you possibly can strive when you wait, like going outdoors or sleeping, however that is not what we’re right here to speak about proper now. Let’s go forward and minimize to the chase.
Fortnite’s Star Wars Season begin time
When Fortnite goes offline to deploy a patch, it normally takes about three or 4 hours, however a brand new season launch is rather more of a factor than your common replace is. For a brand new season, Fortnite usually goes offline for 4 hours at minimal, and sometimes longer. Typically a lot longer–Fortnite was offline for 18 hours forward of the beginning of Chapter 5 Season 2 final yr. If all goes effectively, you possibly can count on Fortnite to come back again on-line, on the earliest, round 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
When Fortnite’s servers do return to motion, the Star Wars takeover will start instantly in each battle royale and Lego Fortnite. There shall be a brand new battle move filled with Star Wars skins, a new Lego Move filled with Star Wars builds and a Captain Phasma pores and skin, and really doubtless some new stuff within the store as effectively. For individuals who do not observe Could the 4th, different Epic-made modes like Reload and OG will proceed doing their very own factor, with none injections of Star Wars content material apart from skins that different gamers are sporting.
Epic began the hype practice a lot sooner than it usually does for a brand new season of Fortnite, revealing the Galactic Battle season two weeks forward of launch at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. Epic usually would not reveal a brand new season till the week of launch. So when you’re ready for downtime to finish, you possibly can learn up on what to anticipate within the new season, from the map modifications, to new weapons, to the battle move lineup, and every part else we already know.
