When does Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 downtime begin?

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 was preparing for launch, and the scheduled server downtime for the new Absolute Doom season was rolled out.

When every Fortnite season eventually ends, Epic Games deploys a scheduled downtime that sees the servers taken offline by the devs for a short time span. This was no different for the release of Season 4, in which Epic announced a scheduled downtime will take place as normal.

Here’s everything you need to know about what day and time the downtime for Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 will begin and how long it will actually last.

When does Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 downtime begin?

The downtime for Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 began on August 15, 2024, at around 11 PM EST.

Epic originally stated in-game that Season 3 was set to end at 2 AM ET on August 16, however, this was moved forward by three hours and the downtime started shortly after.

How long is Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 downtime?

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4’s downtime lasted around 5 hours in total on August 15, 2024.

Epic announced that they expected the downtime to last around 5 hours, in which it did and there was no stated issues or delayes with the maintence downtime for the servers.

Previous seasons in Chapter 5 had run over their expected times. For example, Chapter 5 Season 2’s downtime ended up lasting around 10 hours in total, therefore this season’s was fairly quick.

When does Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4 downtime end?

The downtime for Chapter 5 Season 4 of Fortnite for update update v31.00 ended on August 16 at 4:30 AM ET/ 1:30 AM PT.

Epic’s scheduled maintenance had no delays and finished within the timescale stated. With the downtime having fully ended, the servers have gone live and Fortnite’s Absolute Doom has officially started.

You can check out the full patch notes for Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, every new, vaulted, and unvaulted weapon and everything included in this season’s Absolute Doom Battle Pass.