Fortnite Season 5: Here's Everything We Know

Fortnite's Marvel-filled season is over. Season 5 officially begins on December 2, and although little has been confirmed about the season as Epic Games wants to surprise everyone, but we do have a few clues about what's in store for the future of Fortnite.

When Does Season 5 Start?

Fortnite's Galactus event has taken place, and it concludes with a countdown revealing the start time for Season 5: 9 PM PT on December 1 / 12 AM ET on December 2. Server maintenance is scheduled to take place then, though, meaning you won't be able to jump right into the game. That maintenance should take four hours, so here's the schedule for when you can start playing Season 5:

• US West Coast: 1 AM PT
• US East Coast: 4 AM ET
• UK: 9 AM GMT
• Australia: 7 PM AET

Until then, Fortnite is currently offline and unplayable.

New Update

Epic confirmed that the server maintenance will coincide with the release of the v15.00 update. That will include all of the new content to kick off Chapter 2, Season 5. However, we don't know what will actually be in it.

Season 5 Teaser

As part of the live event, Galactus attempted to devour the Zero Point. Players were able to defeat him and send him to wherever he came from, but the Zero Point has apparently been affected in some way. Epic has begun teasing the new season with the tweet below, which suggests the Zero Point is now unstable. There's also a reference to "Project Hunter."

Replying to that tweet unlocks a "reality log" audio log video that talks about jungles, snakes, and shapeshifters, among other things. There are six videos total to be unlocked by replying to these tweets with the correct hashtag, but so far it appears only the first of these is available so far.

What's new in Fortnite: Chapter 2: Season 5?

Leakers have been rather tight-lipped about the new content coming in Season 5. They've given us sneak peeks at map changes and themes for previous seasons, but haven't given us much this time. A few leaks have slipped through--including one that showcases a special Mandalorian skin.

Leakers don't believe that next season will have as much licensed content as Season 4. It's expected that the Mandalorian skin will be similar to Deadpool--a one-off that players can earn or purchase individually. Some players do hope for a full Star Wars-themed battle pass, though.

The Season 4 Fortnite map is covered in Marvel locations that were "transported" here by some sort of dimensional rift. Stark Industries, Upstate New York, the Black Panther statue, and many other locations should disappear and revert back into standard Fortnite locations or transform into something new once the new season begins.

Thor and the rest of the Marvel heroes came to defend reality from something called the Black Winter. We don't know what that is yet but it could turn the map into something snow-related since the new season will run through December and January. It would go well with whatever holiday event Epic has planned for the end of the month.

Season 5 will probably be a big change from all the madness that we had in Season 4. The special Marvel superhero abilities, the Gorgers and Gatherers, and the computer-controlled Wolverine and Iron Man characters will all most likely vanish, too.