Remember not to plan your gaming nights on certain days in the coming month because the official Fortnite downtime schedules have just been announced. Over the next few months, there are quite a lot of new updates dropping and many of them call for downtimes as they are quite substantial.
What is downtime?
Downtimes are a boon and a bane since they indicate that there is an exciting update about to drop, but during the downtimes themselves, players won’t be able to play the game. Fortunately, though, Epic Games has done everyone the courtesy of revealing the downtime schedules, well in advance.
Epic Games’ Fortnite Downtime Schedule
According to a popular YouTuber Shiinabr, the downtimes for the next eight updates have already been etched in stone. We’re expecting them to be large updates and here is what the schedule looks like:
- v30.20: June 25
- v30.30: July 23
- v30.40: August 6
- Chapter 5 Season 4: August 16
- v31.10: September 4
- v31.20: September 17
- v31.30: October 1
- v31.40: October 15
Albeit the exact time durations for these updates are something that Epic Games have not made us privy to, the dates seem to be pretty straightforward. These seem to be a part of a larger group of updates that include the season change, extending till the end of October.
Is the Fortnite downtime schedule a leak?
Well, even though ShiinaBR is more notorious for her leaks than official news, we believe this time it is otherwise since Epic seems to have confirmed this schedule as well. But there is a small caveat that these numbers could be subject to change if Epic finds some delays along the process. They even went on to say that the August 16 Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 update won’t be that large, and hence won’t demand a lot of downtime.
But regardless of the period of days when the game is inaccessible, we the community are already cognizant of the fact that these downtimes run for a couple of hours, meaning you and half the couch potatoes reading this article should plan on touching grass on those days. Seriously, go outside and get into some physical activity.
Beyond October though? We don’t have the answers for when the next updates are, but we will for sure let you know if you press “Ctrl” + “D” after clicking here. For the latest updates on Fortnite in real time, follow us on Instagram!
