How long to wait until Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1? Server downtime end time

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 4 recently ended with a bang, and players are eagerly waiting for the next Chapter to arrive. Soon after The Paradigm and the Loopers successfully reforged the island around the Zero Point, the server went into a downtime. Once this downtime ends, players will finally be able to enjoy Chapter 4.

Clearly, the most asked question in the community right now is when will Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 start. For all those wondering when the downtime will end, there is still no official announcement from Epic Games. However, there are a few hints that can help players figure out when exactly they can fire up their consoles or PCs and load into the new Chapter.

Fortnite Chapter 4 downtime screen (Image via HYPEX/Twitter)

The Chapter 4 Season 1 launch trailer is ready to air on the official YouTube Channel of the Battle Royale game. The launch trailer will drop at 3 AM ET, and players will finally know everything new coming to Chapter 4 Season 1. It won't be long after the trailer drops that the servers come back up.

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When will Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 start?

Initially, data miners assumed that after Chapter 3 ends, the game will go into an extended downtime that might last around 48 hours. Fortunately, after an excruciatingly long live event, players will not have to wait that long for the new Chapter to arrive.

Popular leaker HYPEX confirmed that Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 will start on Sunday, 12 hours after the live event. Naturally, players can expect the new Chapter to begin at 4 AM ET, exactly one hour after the launch trailer drops on the official YouTube channel.

This won't be any different from the usual pattern Epic Games had followed in the past. A new season usually starts 12 hours after the previous one ends. However, given that this time a new Chapter is starting, it is impressive that Epic Games is ready to release it without an extended downtime.

Therefore, for all those wondering when Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 will start, there is extremely good news. Players will not have to look at the screen that shows the new map at a distance for very long. They can jump into the new Chapter starting Sunday, December 4th at 4 AM ET.

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Is Fortnite still down?

At the time of writing, the servers for Epic's Battle Royale game are still down. Players are fresh out of the exhausting Chapter 3 Season 4 live event. Many of them described the event as a 45-minute-long "waiting room", given its slow and repetitive pace. Ever since the event ended, they can only see the Chapter 4 map at a distance, which they earlier thought was going to be a new Black Hole.

Chapter 4 map revealed (Image via HYPEX/Twitter)

Before the servers get back up, Epic Games will be dropping the official Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 launch trailer on YouTube. Along with this, a detailed blog post will arrive, highlighting everything new and all the changes coming to the new Chapter. Clearly, the next few hours are going to be extremely exciting for Loopers all around the world.