Is Fortnite down? Server downtime schedule and what to expect in update 31.40

Fortnitemares is astir here, and erstwhile it lands, it's coming with plentifulness of contented connected the different broadside of immoderate aboriginal downtime.

It's clip for different Fortnite update, and a large 1 astatine that – but we've got to get done immoderate downtime earlier we tin acquisition it.

Fortnite is launching into a marque caller lawsuit arsenic we speak, and it’s astir to marque the land a overmuch spookier place. Fortnite downtime is thing new, but that doesn’t marque it immoderate little frustrating erstwhile we effort to articulation a crippled to brushwood an update, and adjacent much players are apt going to beryllium caught unaware with the 31.40 update, arsenic it is acceptable to debut overmuch earlier than expected.

The existent play has been performing massively good amongst the Fortnite community, with a immense big of caller skins similar Shaq and Black Cat, and the accomplishment of the Day of Doom LTM – but the timing of the play has near it unfastened to a fewer spooks, arsenic Fortnitemares 2024 prepares to interaction down with a immense fig of spooky skins and immoderate large representation changes.

There is inactive downtime to hold done earlier we tin get there, truthful we request to nestle successful for a small portion successful hopes of seeing the scarier broadside of the game. Here’s what to expect with the Fortnite downtime for update 31.40.

Fortnite downtime docket for update 31.40

Fortnite downtime for update 31.40 is expected to begin at 12pm BST / 7am EDT / 4am PDT connected Friday, October 11. The crippled volition adjacent matchmaking 30 minutes earlier downtime begins to let players to decorativeness their games.

The v31.30 downtime update took spot astir 3 hours earlier this time, and we expected that the downtime this clip astir would look successful a akin timeframe – however, according to a caller tweet from the Fortnite Status Twitter account, the Fortnite squad is inactive making preparations, and is expecting to hold the game's downtime by a fewer hours. This is seldom seen from specified a choky vessel arsenic Epic Games, truthful it has made for a beauteous shocking revelation.

Downtime usually lasts astir 4 hours, though caller updates person lone lasted for two. This update is expected to beryllium a beauteous large one, packing the full Fortnitemares event, truthful don’t beryllium amazed if Epic Games opts for the longer enactment this update. This means that we tin expect downtime to end astatine astir 4pm BST / 11am EDT / 8am PDT, providing that Epic Games' committedness of "a fewer hours" remains to beryllium true.

Fortnite update 31.40 caller content

We revealed successful our look astatine the Fortnite 31.40 aboriginal spot notes that leakers are expecting a batch to travel to the crippled – including six caller large changes to the game’s maps, a postulation of caller skins similar a 2nd driblet of Nightmare Before Christmas skins (via @ShiinaBR), immoderate iconic Disney Villains and more. Along with these large contented drops are respective bug fixes that are bound to marque gameplay a batch easier for galore players.

Other than that, Fortnite has kept its cards beauteous adjacent to its chest, isolated from revealing a teaser video featuring the Billy the Puppet skin and a mates of different cosmetics expected to interaction down successful the game. We’re conscionable going to person to hold to spot what Epic Games has hidden up its sleeve. We’ll stake it’s spooky, immoderate it is.