Fortnite Is Down: When Will Fortnite Servers Be Back Up For Chapter 7?

Phil Owen
11/29/2025

Fortnite's biggest day of the year started off with a massive live event that wrapped up Chapter 6, and if all goes well, Chapter 7 will begin very soon. In the meantime, though, Fortnite's servers are offline for maintenance and to deploy the Chapter 7 update. There's no bug here--Fortnite is offline on purpose. But it shouldn't be down for long.UPDATE: Servers are back online as of 4:30 PM PT. Chapter 7 has begun!When will Fortnite Chapter 7 start?In the past, the start of a new chapter came with longer periods of downtime--like a day or more--but these days Epic tends to treat new season and new chapter updates the same as it would a regular mid-month patch. That means you can expect Fortnite to be offline for between 4 and 7 hours, with Chapter 7 likely launching in the evening on Saturday, November 29, likely around 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET--primetime, in other words.Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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