Here’s The Exact Time ‘Fortnite’ Chapter 6, Season 1 Ends And Season 2 Begins
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The current season of Fortnite is about to end, so make sure you’ve wrapped up all your challenges and finished every tier of the Chapter 6, Season 1 Battle Pass. Only hours remain before a new season drops and the Demon Hunters season draws to a close.
A plethora of new content awaits, from major changes to the Fortnite map, new weapons, a brand new Battle Pass and much more. Chapter 6, Season 2 is a crime-themed season, replete with train heists and bank robberies. There’s a bit of a Grand Theft Auto vibe from all the promotional material. We also get some cool crossovers, the return of a fan-favorite character and what appears to be dual-wielding guns. There are also anthropomorphic pickles and hotdogs. Obviously.
Read on to learn everything you need to know about the new season, titled Lawless.
Chapter 6, Season 1 will go down around 11pm PT on Thursday, February 20th / 2am ET Friday, February 21st. Downtime typically lasts several hours so expect to see servers rumble back to life early Friday morning. At this point, you’ll be able to download the update and drop into the newly updated map.
Midas, who first made an appearance in Chapter 2, Season 2, is returning as part of the new Lawless Battle Pass. The new season seems to take a lot of cues from the first season he appeared in. While that was a spy-vs-spy season, this is more of a crime-themed affair. “Run amok in Crime City – gold vaults, Rocket Drills, and so much mayhem,” Fortnite posted to Twitter.
Along with an armored train and new banks to assault, the trailer shows players wielding an SMG and a shotgun at the same time. Dual-wielding should add an interesting wrinkle to the usual gameplay we’ve come to expect.
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Another skin coming to the new Lawless Battle Pass is Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat. Expect to see Mortal Kombat-themed powers in the game as well as other characters from the classic fighting game. (I’ve wanted a Mortal Kombat x Call of Duty crossover forever because I think the Fatalities would make great Finishing Moves and because it’s a very bloody, gory game. Almost too violent to make sense for Fortnite!)
New POIs include Crime City, melting snow in some areas, the Turret Train and other unannounced locations. New weapons include an unannounced shotgun and the Mammoth Pistol, including a likely Mythic version for Midas. The Rocket Ram is also returning as a Rocket Drill.
Beyond this, there should be plenty more to discover once the season goes live this Friday, including the new Victory Umbrella and Battle Pass rewards. I’ll update this post as more information surfaces, so stay tuned!
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Fortnite’s new season will be Lawless.
The online game will be going dark tonight as the servers go down to update for the new season.
Here’s what you need to know about the downtime and Season 6 Chapter 2: Lawless.
The current season of Fortnite will end at 2 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network, reports. After that, Epic Games’ servers will go offline as Fortnite updates for Lawless.
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The new season should be available on Friday morning.
Past updates have typically lasted about four hours, so the game should be ready by 6 a.m. Friday. However, there have been delays before, like in March 2024 when Epic Games needed an additional eight hours to complete the job.
You can check the server status for Fortnite and other Epic Games products at status.epicgames.com. Fortnite also has a status account on X, @FortniteStatus, where you can get the latest on issues with the game.
Fortnite dropped its trailer for the new season on Wednesday, which features a pickle character rapping alongside a hot dog, a visit from Mortal Kombat’s Sub-Zero, and lots of characters battling over the spoils from a bank heist.
See for yourself.
According to TechRadar, the pickle is a playable character named Big Dill, who initially robs the bank before being robbed himself. After the loot is passed among several other characters, it ends up before a wolfman mob boss, possibly the game’s antagonist.
And that was indeed Sub-Zero. Epic Games has confirmed that the character will be featured in the new Battle Pass, TechRadar reports, making him the first Mortal Kombat character to be added to the game.
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