In Fortnite (PC, PS4, Xbox One), the servers will go offline on February 15. This also affects the Fortnite Battle Royale servers. These are planned maintenance works for the official update with version number 2.5.0. Players are expected to be back in the queues soon.
A scheduled server downtime starts today, in the morning of February 15, 2018, in Fortnite. This will affect the servers as follows:
- The matchmaking for the Battle Royale mode will be disabled from 9:30 AM
- The servers will be taken offline from 10:00 AM
- Fortnite Maintenance – How long will it last?
It is not yet known when the servers will be back onlineMeanwhile, the Fortnite servers are back online, and you can play!
If everything goes according to plan, the servers will soon be available again. We will update this article when we have more information on that.
Fortnite Maintenance – Update 2.5.0 is on the way – Patch Notes
The patch 2.5.0 introduces shrines and a new type of grenade for the Battle Royale mode.
For PvE, the mode introduces new heroes and skins.
Here we report on the patch notes of 2.5.0: What Update 2.5.0 brings to Fortnite and Battle Royale – Patch Notes
Gold Update – Developers apologize for poor communication
The developers apologize for the poor communication and the delay of the update. The original plan was to reset the seasonal gold in version 2.5.0. To prevent leftover gold from being lost due to the reset, it will be converted into Firecracker Tickets.
Due to the delay of the update, you currently won’t find anything in the event shop, and you also can’t find Storm Llamas right now.
In the future, gold resets will take place on specific days that will be communicated by the developers beforehand. This way you can better prepare for it. Now seasonal gold will be converted into Firecracker Tickets.
How will it be converted?
- Each 1000 stack of Storm Event Tickets has been replaced by Storm Llamas
- Up to 3000 seasonal gold will be converted into Firecracker Tickets at a 3:1 ratio. Any additional gold over the 3000 value will be lost.
