Sun, November 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM UTC
Is Fortnite down?
The popular Battle Royale game officially went offline at 1 a.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 1 as Epic Games gets ready for the launch of a new mini-season with a One Piece collaboration.
“Downtime for v43.00 begins November 1 at 1 AM ET (5 AM UTC) with matchmaking ending shortly beforehand,” Fortnite Status posted on X on Friday.
Fortnite’s Chapter 7, Season 4 Overridebegan back on Aug. 20 and ended with the annual Fortnitemares <a href="https://comicvibe.com/zendaya-has-a-ball-channeling-halle-berry-for-halloween-2026/” title=”Zendaya Has a Ball Channeling Halle Berry for Halloween 2026″>Halloween event.
When does the new Fortnite season drop?
New Fortnite seasons normally is available a few hours after the current season ends and usually the update is available to play by around 6 a.m. Eastern time.
“Pre-downloads for the v43.00 update begin rolling out tonight at 7 PM EDT (11 PM UTC) on Xbox One, Series X|S and PlayStation 5,” Fortnite tweeted on Saturday with a reminder to enable auto updates.
What we know about new Fortnite One Piece season
The Treasure Hunters (Chapter 7 Season 5) will be a mini-season, lasting just over a month. It will end with a live event on Dec. 5.
Here is what will be new and coming to this season:
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Instead of 100-player lobbies, the new smaller Crossbones Isle will have only 80 players
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One Piece skins, including Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy the Clown
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“Fight with One Piece powers,” Fortnite promised in a tweet
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Battle Pass skins include: Anime Charlotte, Anime Jones, Anime Hope, Anime Cuddle Team Leader, Anime Oscar.
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A$AP Rocky will get his own skin this season and you will be able to challenge him as the Island’s first boss
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Sprites will back with new variants
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