Whenever a Fortnite season or chapter ends, another one follows. Each iteration is as unique as it gets, as the ending live event dictates the future course of the game’s storyline.
Considering Fortnite’s Chapter Four is due for a Dec. 4 release, fans are counting down the minutes to the Fracture event. Considering previous chapters and seasons, Epic Games has been relatively successful when it comes to retaining the surprise factor. The number of leaks declined drastically, meaning the latest Fortnite chapter will be filled with surprises.
Dec 3 — 6:55pm CT: The Fracture event and leaks round themselves up ahead of Chapter 4
It looks like the flow of event leaks and updates is slowing down after the event, which means it’s time to strap in and get ready for Chapter Four. It’s still unclear when exactly Chapter Four, season one will begin, but the server downtime should conclude sometime early tomorrow morning. Until then, keep your eyes peeled for more coordinate codes that continue to emerge on social media, and good luck on the new Island.
Dec 3 — 6:20pm CT: Full list of post Fracture event leaks
After the event, there were a number of new assets found in the game’s files and through the coordinates map website. Some of the notable leaks include new weapons like a knife gun and characters like The Incredible Hulk, Geralt of Rivia, Doom Guy, and Mr. Beast.
Dec 3 — 5:50pm CT: Deleted Fortnite Fracture scene is leaked online
Fortnite‘s Fracture live event ended nearly two hours ago, with fans giving mixed reaction to it. However it now appears that a deleted scene from the event has been leaked online, showing the Zero Point sucked into an alien space ship before it explodes. The Zero Point then comes flying out of the ship.
Dec 3 — 5:30pm CT: Fortnite Chapter Four, season one daily quests and milestones leak
While digging through the game’s files, data miner iFireMonkey was able find some of the new challenges coming during Fortnite Chapter Four, season one. These included new milestones as well as the daily quests that will alternate.
Dec 3 — 5:08pm CT: Fortnite posts countdown for Chapter Four launch trailer
Ahead of the new Chapter’s release, Epic has uploaded next season’s launch trailer with a link to YouTube. The trailer is expected to go live at around 2am CT tomorrow morning, likely right around the time that downtime is expected to end.
Dec 3 — 5:01pm CT: New Fortnite perk system leaked ahead of Chapter Four
According to different data miners on Twitter, there will be a new perk system of some kind starting next season. We don’t know what this means exactly, but it will likely shake up the strategy of the battle royale. More will be revealed when the game’s update is added to the files.
Dec. 3 — 4:50pm CT: Fortnite lets players find objects from Chapter Four with map coordinates
Epic Games is allowing players to see some of the weapons and vehicles from the upcoming season through a coordinates mini-game. Only a few of the codes have been found so far, but you can see our updated list of where to find all the items on the Fortnite coordinates map.
Dec. 3 — 4:40pm CT: Players are experiencing mass login issues
Likely due to the influx of people logging in and Epic’s work on the servers, many players are being kicked from the game. It seems that Epic was kicked from their own service on the livestream, meaning they had to log back in to continue to stream the waiting screen.
Dec. 3 — 4:10pm CT: Fortnite begins a livestream leading up the launch of Chapter Four
While Epic could’ve taken the game down completely for downtime, players are able to login to the game and view a livestream featuring ambient music. If not in the game, Epic is hosting a variety of different streams featuring the same waiting screen.
Dec. 3 — 4:10pm CT: Chapter Four vehicles, weapons, and skins begin to leak
As soon as the event ended, data miners were quick to comb through the event files as well as looking at the new Chapter Four objects map. So far, players have found a copy of Geralt’s sword, a “shocker” pickaxe, a new shotgun, and the upcoming dirt bikes.
There have been a number of skins leaked as well, shown in the title card for Fortnite Chapter Four title card. These include, Doom Guy, Geralt, a character thought to be a young Geno, as well as a few others. My Hero Academia also might be coming thanks to a copyright noticed in the game.
Dec. 3 — 4pm CT: Fortnite prepares for downtime as the Fracture event ends
With Chapter three officially ending after the Fracture event, Fortnite servers will go into a maintenance state where Epic takes them offline to roll out the new Chapter. This downtime generally lasts around 12 hours.
Dec. 3 — 3:49pm CT: A new island is forged
After the Paradigm initiates something called “Zero Fusion,” the Zero Point sends out tendrils to pull in land and characters from a bunch of different realities. In the end, a new island is formed and the event ends, with players looking at it from a distant floating piece of land.
In addition potential new points of interests, it looks like cars are also back in the menu for Fortnite players.
Dec. 3 — 3:40pm CT: New collabs are seen being pulled into the Island
Hulk on a tricycle, Geralt of Rivia, Mr. Beast, and a potential My Hero Academia pickaxe were all spotted in the final cinematic of the event. While we don’t know when these collabs are coming, it does confirm previous leaks.
Dec. 3 — 3:40pm CT: Fortnite players may experience outages due to over crowded servers
With new and returning Fortnite players flooding into the live servers, players who haven’t already logged into the game may experience the following errors.
- Black Screen error in Fortnite
- Getting stuck on connecting screen bug in Fortnite
- Not loading error in Fortnite
- You do not have permission to play error in Fortnite
- Error code “errors.com.epicgames.common.server_error” in Fortnite
- Fortnite keeps crashing
- White screen error in Fortnite.
- Fortnite servers are offline error.
- Waiting in queue error in Fortnite
- Getting stuck on connecting screen in Fortnite
Dec. 3 — 3:30pm CT: The island is putting itself back together
Players were pulled in by a defenseless Zero Point and are now being asked to collect fragments of it through different puzzles. Through different challenges, they’re awarded with fragments that make the Zero Point grow and pull in more islands.
Dec. 3 — 3pm CT: The island was destroyed
After facing off against The Herald, she was able to form a large Chrome version of herself. After slamming her hand down on the Reality Tree, the island exploded in a burst of Chrome, sending the player outward into open space.
Dec. 3 — 1pm CT: The Discovery tab in Fortnite gets swept
The Discovery tab in Fortnite that features many different in-game modes was cleared out, potentially to make way for the new game modes which will become available with Chapter four.
Dec. 3 — 11:30am CT: Double Jumping could be a new mechanic in Fortnite Chapter Four
All Fortnite seasons aim to introduce new mechanics to the game in an effort to keep it fresh. Recent rumors regarding the latest chapter indicate that double jumping could be a new addition to Fortnite.
Dec. 3 — 10:30am CT: The first teaser image for Fortnite Chapter Four drops
With only a few hours until the event, more details started to pop up all around the web. A leaked Chapter Four image shared by HYPEX gives the impression that the latest iteration of Fortnite could be space themed with a storyline concerning the Zero Point.
Dec. 2 — 10pm CT: Fortnite’s Chapter Four could be Marvel-themed
As the Fracture event got closer, Epic released more teasers on various social media channels. The event’s TikTok ad had an intriguing detail as it featured the name Marvel in the legal text section.
This could only mean two things, either there will be a Marvel skin on the battle pass, or the whole season might be Marvel-themed.
Dec. 2 — 1pm CT: Fortnite Crew gets a new skin ahead of the new chapter
The latest skins that will be available in Fortnite Chapter Four remain a mystery, but Epic added a new cosmetics item as a Crew Pack drop only a day before the end-of-the-season event.
More High Stake Club members are likely to join the Fortnite world in the new chapter.
