Fortnite Chapter 5 estimated release date

Fortnite Chapter 5 seems like it's not too far away, especially with the in-game battle pass drawing to a close around the end of November and start of December. With all the time travelling antics that have taken us back to previous seasons, we can help but wonder what the next chapter will have in store.

Though Epic Games is yet to say anything official about the next Fortnite Season, we can guess a rough release date based on the Big Bang live event happening on Saturday, 2nd December and the confirmed downtime around that date for creator-made experiences.

Based on current leaks and an upcoming live event, here's the Fortnite Chapter 5 estimated release date and everything we know so far about next season.

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Fortnite Chapter 5 estimated release date

Though Epic Games are yet to officially announce anything, thanks to a blog post about Cosmetic Gating, we can estimate that Fortnite Chapter 5 could be released on Sunday, 3rd December.

The Big Bang Event starts on Saturday, 2nd December. This is likely to be the beginning of the events that return the throw-back Fortnite OG map to the present day, which could signal the imminent beginning of Chapter 5.

Also, as detailed on the official Big Bang event blog post, creator-made experiences downtime for version v28.00 will start on Saturday 2nd, December for the US and Sunday, 3rd December for the UK/Europe - which could be another indicator that Chapter 5 will be arriving the same day.

Downtime during the Big Bang event will start on Saturday, 2nd December at:

• East Coast US - 12PM (ET)
• West Coast US - 9am (PT)
• UK - 5pm (GMT)
• Europe - 6pm (CET)

Creator-made experiences downtime will start at the following times:

Saturday, 2nd December

• East Coast US - 11:30pm (ET)
• West Coast US - 8:30PM (PT)

Sunday, 3rd December

• UK - 4:30am (GMT)
• Europe - 5:30am (CET)

To back up the new season launch date even more, a post from @FortniteBR on X published on November 22nd is captioned "10 days until the end". This countdown lines up with the beginning of the Big Bang live event kicking off on Saturday, 2nd December - further enforcing the idea that this event will be the end of one season and beginning of the next.

However, it is worth remembering that Epic Games are yet to say anything about Chapter 5 so all of the information mentioned above is currently speculation.

Everything we know about Fortnite Chapter 5

So far, we know very little about Fortnite Chapter 5 as Epic Games are yet to give away any more hints about the upcoming season, but information is starting to be posted by reliable leakers on X (formerly Twitter).

Chapter 5 Collabs

Both @ShiinaBR and @HYPEX on X have revealed two potential collabs for Fortnite Chapter 5:

• Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

According to an earlier post by @ShiinaBR, the Battle Pass has leaked on Xbox. While this does make the information above seem likely to be true, it's important to remember that Epic are still being quite secretive about the next season.

Rocket Racing Mode

A post on X by @ShiinaBR ,which collects information from @Krowe_moh and @SpushFNBR, hints that there could be a new game mode coming to Fortnite Chapter 5 called Rocket Racing. If this mode does exist next season, here are a few of the features you could be getting:

• Car cosmetics, such as skins for the body and customisable wheels.
• A global leaderboard - time to get competitive!
• AI drivers to fill slots.
• Custom lobbies.
• Driver reactions.
• Map voting.

LEGO mode

From another post from @ShiinaBR on X, it looks like we could be getting a LEGO mode of some kind in the next season. Again, if this mode does exist in Chapter 5, here are some of the features you may be getting:

• Crafting and Auto-Crafting.
• Custom Inventory.
• Weapons and Abilities.
• NPCs (they collect resources for you).
• View Orbit ability.
• New POI's and Biomes.
• Custom Death UI.

Again, nothing official has been said by Epic Games, so this is all speculation at the moment.

Fortnite OG

According to a post from @HYPEX on X (formerly Twitter), there are no plans for Epic to carry Fortnite OG over to Chapter 5 as its own mode, which may disappoint some people as this has been a widely loved throwback season.

Possible Battle Royale Changes

Based on the past history of the start of a brand new Fortnite Chapter, we can look forward to several big changes that could include:

• A New Map.
• New Vehicles.
• New Weapons.
• New Challenges.
• New collaboration events.

Plus, we've come to expect that Epic will have a few surprises up its sleeve for the next chapter. As this is all speculation at the moment, we will have to wait for official confirmations on any and all new additions.

One 'Big'(see what we did there?) thing we do know is the Big Bang live event starting on Saturday, 2nd December will mark the end of Fortnite OG and the beginning of Fortnite Chapter 5, only the specific start time for the new season is still hard to nail down.

One thing worth noting about next season is that Cosmetic Gating will be disabled until a more workable and long-term solution is created.

Until then, make the most of the current season by visiting our guides detailing all Hidden Gnome locations and all Hoverboard locations.