Fornitemay be planning a major event to send Chapter 3 Season 4 that could lead to the servers going offline in transition to Season 5.Fortniteplayers are likely well familiar with the different ways Epic Games shifts from season to season. Sometimes there’s no event, like with the conclusion of Season 3. Sometimes events occur and transition seamlessly into the next season ofFortnite. Taking servers down inFortnite, however, traditionally implies a more substantial change.
Players will recall majorFortniteseason transitions by their dramatic offline time. The Black Hole is an especially notableFortniteseasonal transition, part of the battle royale’s The End event. The Frozen Meteor crashed intoFortnite’s Zero Point, leading to a Black Hole loading screen while servers were offline for over 37 hours. When theBlack Holedisappeared,FortniteChapter 1 had ended andFortniteChapter 2 had begun.
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There’s no indication that the upcoming ending event forFortniteChapter 3 Season 4will be as big as the Black Hole, but it does imply something exciting is coming. According to frequent leaker Tom Henderson, Epic’s current plan is to host a season-ending event followed byFortnite’s servers going offline. Unfortunately, the description of what will happen is somewhat unclear. Henderson says on December 3 an event will conclude with “gameplay being disabled.” Then, “around 12 hours later,” a patch will drop forFortnite23.00, followed by another 4 hours of server downtime.
According to Henderson’s description, the chain of events will start withFortnite’s Chapter 3 Season 4 ending, lead to 12 hours of disabled gameplay, and concludes with 4 hours of server downtime. If Henderson’s report is accurate, it’s a very odd situation. What Epic is planning is a complete mystery, but 16 hours withFortnitegameplaybeing disabled is plenty of time for some significant happenings.
It should be reiterated that the report aboutFortnite’s Chapter 3 Season 4 ending is only a rumor at this point. Henderson’s previous report on the same subject, for example, said the season would end on December 5. Plans can change or be canceled andEpicis particularly known for shifting things around frequently. In other words, don’t be surprised if the details surrounding Season 4’s end are different than this rumor.
If there’s anything to take away from the rumor, it’s that there’s an indication thatFortniteChapter 3 Season 4 should be something exciting to watch out for. After Season 3 being especially underwhelming in terms of storytelling and major events, Epic could be preparing toescalate things inFortnitein Season 5 at the start of December.
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