Fortnite Chapter 6 start date and everything we know about the Japan-themed season so far

A marque caller section for Fortnite looms, and it's preparing to crockery retired plentifulness of caller changes to the map, subordinate movement, and adjacent the mode that the Battle Pass works.

It's clip to brace for an all-new epoch of Fortnite arsenic Chapter 6 peeks astir the country – and it's coming with heaps of caller content.

Fortnite Remix Chapter 2 mightiness person been a blast truthful far, dunking Juice WRLD, Eminem’s refreshed NPC and Ice Spice onto the island, but it has to marque mode for thing bully – and we’re holding retired anticipation that it’s going to beryllium big. Chapter 6 is close astir the country close now, and though details are sparse, hopes are precocious that the caller changeover into a marque caller section volition mean immoderate large changes for Fortnite. And, to beryllium honest, we’re already seeing a batch of alteration adjacent earlier the crippled steps implicit the line.

The crippled has introduced caller cosmetic type called Fortnite Kicks, a means for players to prime up immoderate shoes that volition enactment with galore of their existing skins and flex connected others successful existent style. And Fortnite Crew’s large changes person teased thing that players person been hoping for, since it was confirmed that Fortnite OG is returning permanently, an all-new OG Pass afloat of items for them to earn.

There’s a batch to effort to brace for incoming, truthful here’s everything you request to cognize astir Fortnite Chapter 6, including the highly-anticipated commencement date.

Fortnite Chapter 6 commencement date

The Fortnite Chapter 6 commencement day is Sunday, December 1. We cognize this due to the fact that the caller section volition statesman aft Fortnite Remix: The Finale ends and its consequent downtime concludes, and arsenic the existent play is expected to extremity astatine 3am GMT connected Sunday, December 1 and 10pm EST / 7pm PST connected Saturday, November 30, and caller downtimes person taken astir 5 hours, we tin expect the caller Chapter to spell unrecorded astatine 8am GMT / 3am EST / 12am PST.

New leaks from @ShiinaBR person besides revealed that Chapter 6 Season 1 volition extremity connected February 21, 2025, though this hasn't been officially confirmed.

Fortnite Chapter 6 – caller Japan theme

According to assorted leaks, similar this 1 from @Hypex arsenic acold backmost arsenic November, Chapter 6 Season 1 volition reportedly person a Traditional Japanese theme, utisiling Japanese folklore to animate its POIs. For example, salient leaker @ShiinaBR has claims that Oni Masks, accepted masks fashioned to look similar demons from folklore that person unthinkable spot and harness powers of thunder and lightning, volition look successful the crippled arsenic items, and are apt crockery retired immoderate caller abilities.

It is besides said that cat sprites volition travel players around, perchance tying successful erstwhile again to the Traditional Japanese taxable – Kaibyō are supernatural cats successful Japanese folklore that tin shapeshift, and are deemed to beryllium bully luck to those they follow.

Fortnite Chapter 6 – caller question mechanics

The caller play of Fortnite will, according to prominant leaker @ShiinaBR, diagnostic caller changes to the game’s question system, which has already changed an atrocious batch implicit the years. Joining the quality to sprint and mantle implicit obstacles volition reportedly travel the accidental to swing from poles and spell prone, cleanable for sniping players from afar.

Movement systems successful Fortnite person been arguable successful the past, particularly aft Fortnite Remix Chapter 2 didn’t spot a instrumentality to classical question styles – truthful clip volition person to archer if these changes are of immoderate usage to players.

Fortnite Chapter 6 – Fortnite OG returns

The biggest header of Fortnite Chapter 6 is, of course, the instrumentality of Fortnite OG arsenic its ain mode connected Friday, December 6. The throwback volition alteration from season-to-season reflections of Chapter 1 each azygous week, giving players the accidental to acquisition the ‘good aged days’ whenever they fancy.

It’s a large interaction for players looking for a deed of nostalgia, that’s made adjacent amended by the information that the crippled volition statesman offering a Fortnite OG Pass for players who are invested astir wholly successful the caller mode. There’s nary telling what the walk volition cost, oregon however galore cosmetics volition beryllium successful it but, what we bash know, is that each of the items that you tin unlock successful the walk volition beryllium offered to subscribers to Fortnite Crew astatine nary further cost, arsenic per the caller Fortnite Crew changes. Seems similar a beauteous bully woody to us.

Fortnite Chapter 6 – leaked content

There’s inactive plentifulness to beryllium seen of Chapter 6, but leakers are inactive moving overtime to excavation up the details of what we tin expect from the caller epoch for Fortnite. Here’s what @ShiinaBR is suggesting volition besides beryllium coming to the crippled with the refreshed chapter:

• Medallions volition beryllium reworked

• Winterfest volition get connected December 10

• Battle Stars volition beryllium removed arsenic the Battle Pass is reworked

• The Quad Launcher volition return

• A mysterious 'void' diagnostic volition marque an appearance

• An Industrial Town POI volition look connected the map

It’s going to beryllium a large postulation of changes – but we’ve got Fortnite Remix: The Finale to breach first. Enjoy the show, and we’ll spot you connected the different side.