When is the Fortnite OG update? Release date & time, battle pass & loot pool
Dexerto / Epic GamesAfter the roaring success of Fortnite OG back in November 2023, the devs confirmed it would return at some point in 2024. Remix brought players back to Chapter 2 but that’s not all, as the OG mode returns in Chapter 6 Season 1, and it’s here to stay.
Chapter 6 arrived on December 1, bringing a brand-new map, Battle Pass, and more in this Japanese folklore-themed season. This throwback mode will be entirely separate though, even bringing its own Battle Pass.
Here’s everything we know about its return including the release date, map, and return of a deadly meta.
Fortnite OG update time
Fortnite OG is live now, as it went live on Friday, December 6, 2024, at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT. The mode will remain a permanent fixture.
Which map is Fortnite OG?
When Fortnite OG kicks off, it brings the very first iteration of the battle royale map from Chapter 1 Season 1.
When Fortnite OG arrived in November 2023, it took players to the Chapter 1 Season 5 map with Tilted Towers, Junk Junction, and Risky Reels. Now, with it going back to Season 1, it’ll be the most plain version of the map ever seen.
It’s all one grassy biome with the racetrack to the east being nothing more than a dirt path, Moisty Mire in the place of Paradise Palms, and Dusty Divot is Dusty Depot – just a few warehouses in a big open field.
Without a lot of these small houses and POIs that were gradually added, it might seem a bit empty and open, but it’ll be a real dose of nostalgia for those who were there on day one.
With Epic saying you can “relive OG seasons,” expect the map to update as it did from 2017-2019.
Fortnite OG Battle Pass
The first Fortnite OG battle pass includes several skins, emotes, wraps, and gliders, but no V-bucks. It ends on January 31st. Here’s everything you can get:
Page 1:
- Renegade Rebel outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
- Renegade Reaver pickaxe
- Banner Icon
- Renegade Rider glider
- Eternal Renegade wrap
- Renegade Rebel loading screen
- Rebel’s Rucksack back bling
- Rebel Bubble
Page 2:
- Lil’ Tank emote
- Never Yield emote
- Racer’s Reaver
- Rebel Joy
- Wreckfall contrail
- Rebel’s Rucksack back bling
- Renegade Rebel outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
Page 3:
- Rocket Wrecker pickaxe
- Aerial Classic wrap
- Homebase Banner banner icon
- Bomb Bag back bling
- Pilot’s Charm emote
- Aerial Swagger graffiti
- Royale Rider glider
- Aerial Assault Bomber outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
Page 4:
- Bomb Bag backbling
- Aerial Assault Bomber loading screen
- Rescue Flares contrail
- Captain’s Wrecker pickaxe
- Jet Signals emote
- Da Bomb emote
- Aerial Assault Bomber outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
Page 5:
- Wraith’s Shadow contrail
- Skull Royale emote
- Ghoul Portal back bling
- Skull Commander loading screen
- Spinal Slicer pickaxe
- Skeleglider glider
- Laughing Skull graffiti
- Skull Commander outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
Page 6:
- Ghoul Portal back bling
- Banner Icon
- Flow Bones wrap
- Outta my Skull graffiti
- Wraith Slicer pickaxe
- Skele-dance emote
- Skull Commander outfit (LEGO, Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing)
Fortnite’s modes will all have separate Battle Passes with the Chapter 6 Season 1 update, including the regular pass, Music Pass, Lego Pass, and Fortnite OG Pass.
Fortnite OG loot pool
The Double Pump, one of the most infamous meta in the game’s history, returns with Fortnite OG. This strategy allowed players to fire two pump-action shotguns in quick succession by switching between them, bypassing the pump animation that gave it the slow fire rate.
The devs eventually patched the Double Pump out with a cooldown timer where once a shotgun was fired, you couldn’t shoot another for a second or so. But, it wouldn’t be classic Fortnite without the Double Pump meta, and it will at least be in the game for a short while in Chapter 6 Season 1.
Trusted Fortnite leaker FNAssist has also revealed that the classic weapons below will also be returning and with their own “Special version” of the following items:
- Assault Rifle
- Scar
- Burst Assault Rifle
- Scoped AR
- Bandages
- Bush
- Grenades
- Medkit
- Slurp Juice
- Shield Potion
- Small Shield Potion
- Smoke Grenade
- Grenade Launcher
- Rocket Launcher
- Launch Pad (Thrown)
- Submachine Gun
- Suppressed SMG
- Tactical SMG
- Pistol
- Revolver
- Tactical Shotgun
- Pump Shotgun
- Bolt Action Sniper Rifle
- Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
- Ceiling Zapper Trap
- Damage Trap
- Jump Pad (Up)
- Jump Pad (Directional)
- Launch Pad
- Wall Dynamo Trap
That’s everything to know regarding Fortnite OG’s return. Check out all the new content added with the Chapter 6 Season 1 update, including the NPC characters locations, Mythic weapons, and all the new, unvaulted, and vaulted weapons.