Having lasted about three months and three weeks, Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1 was a lot longer than most Fortnite seasons–this was its second-longest ever, in fact. But now it’s over. And Fortnite is down for maintenance while Epic Games deploys the update for Chapter 7 Season 2.
So if you’re trying to play Fortnite right now but can’t, don’t worry. This is planned downtime that comes with every major Fortnite update. If everything goes as expected, you’ll be back online celebrating the return of Dwayne “The Foundation” Johnson’s return to the metaverse in no time.
When exactly will the Fortnite servers come back online?
Unlike the past few seasons, Epic isn’t offering a target start time for Season 2. Typically, these things last in the ballpark range of 4-7 hours. That would mean that the Fortnite servers should be up once again between 6 AM ET and 9 AM ET.
But we shouldn’t be too surprised if Epic takes its time a little bit with this one. Season 2 was already delayed by two weeks–while Epic never officially stated any particular reason for it, we suspect it was a response to stability issues that plagued Battle Royale in January and February. Ensuring those bugs stay squashed may require a little more time.
Once Fortnite is back up, you’ll have a new loot pool and map updates for Battle Royale and a new battle pass featuring Bugs Bunny.