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For many players who play Fortnite across regions, server latency is one of the key factors that they ensure runs smoothly and without any lag, given it’s an online Battle Royale. In several instances, like a live event or a new season, when player volume is high, the game’s servers often take a hit.
However, in general cases when it’s just another day without a hotfix or patch, things tend to run rather smoothly. But sometimes when things break, players face server issues like being unable to log in to the game or launch any experience in Fortnite.
If you’re one of those players at the moment, here’s where you can check if Fortnite is down or not.
Fortnite server status, possible reasons & fixes
As of December 5, 2024, Fortnite servers are now online. After a four-hour down period, servers were finally back online last night as Epic posted on the official Fortnite Status X page, “All Fortnite game services have returned to normal and players are able to jump back in! Thanks for your patience while we worked through this.”
After a long outage when the same account posted on December 4th that they were working to resolve the issue and would provide an update to the post once the issue has been resolved.
When players moved over to the Epic Games Status website, they noticed all services experiencing Partial Outage or Major Outage, which means they weren’t able to play Fortnite or were facing issues when they launched the game.
If you still face issues, please check your internet connection and your matchmaking region in the game.
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Fortnite
- Platform(s): Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X
- Genre(s): Action, Massively Multiplayer, Shooter
