In Fortnite, the servers are going down today, May 2nd, on all platforms (PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, Android). The maintenance work will be used to load the 24.30 update onto the servers.
What’s happening in Fortnite today? Epic Games is shutting down the servers for Season 2 Chapter 4. The update is likely to add new items, weapons, and skins to Fortnite and its Items shop.
A new skin for Star Wars has already been teased (via twitter.com). So it’s quite possible that more will follow with Update 24.30.
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Fortnite: Server Down – When and how long are they offline?
This is the downtime in the morning: According to Epic Games, the servers are expected to be shut down at 9:00 a.m. German time to install a hotfix. Matchmaking is already disabled 30 minutes beforehand, so you won’t be able to search for new rounds after 8:30 a.m.
When can you play again? This is a major update. It is therefore likely that Epic Games could restart the servers at 11:00 a.m. or even at 1:00 p.m. But that is not confirmed.
When are the patch notes coming? Epic Games usually posts a short list of patch notes on their site after the update. If that happens, we will list them briefly and clearly for you here.
What content could come with Update 24.30?
Epic Games reveals little to no new information about upcoming content before a new update. Trusted leakers like Shiina have been keeping an eye on the data that’s been hidden from ordinary users for a long time and know roughly what to expect this time. You can count on the following things:
- Big Star Wars update
- Anakin-Skywalker-Skin
- More unknown skins to Star Wars
- “Might” Mythics and new blasters
- Return of lightsabers and E-11 blasters
- New augments (maybe)
- New level pack (maybe)
Shiina shows the first (leaked) images of the content in the tweet:
This time it’s more of a major maintenance, which with high probability could also bring one or the other new skins into the shop. Stay tuned as soon as the patch notes or leaks are released.
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