Is Fortnite Down? When is Chapter 4 Season 4 downtime over?

Is Fortnite Down? The latest Chapter 4 Season 4 update for the battle royale shooter is set to arrive today, August 25th, and Epic Games has begun to disable matchmaking in preparation. It’s highly likely that any issues with the game are caused by this.

At the moment, Fortnite is effectively down, however this is planned. When it comes back up, we’re expecting a brand new villain in the Kado Thorne, with skins and more from the new mythos making their way into the game.

When is Fortnite’s downtime?

Fortnite downtime for the week began as of 7:30 AM BST – as declared by the Fortnite Status official Twitter account. Matchmaking servers were disabled, and the game will be unavailable until the maintenance has completed.

Usually Fortnite servers are taken down at roughly 9am BST, though they’ve chosen to pull forward the time slightly.

How long will Fortnite be down?

Generally speaking, weekly updates take a few hours to patch. The v25 update took roughly 5 hours to flash, however, this one was larger than normal.

We can expect Fortnite to be down for a couple of hours before it’s back online, though we’re going to be keeping an eye out for the latest updates.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Fortnite is down, will I be able to queue matchmaking?

No – the reason behind this is that the servers have been temporary halted so Epic Games can make some hotfixes to the game!

How long does Fortnite downtime take?

We expect the downtime to last a few hours at best, so hold tight for a few!