Fortnite Season 6 Starts Tuesday – Here’s Everything We Know

Fortnite season 6 launches Tuesday. Developer Epic Games is closing out Season 5, which was filled with appearances from pop culture icons like the Mandalorian, Master Chief, and Black Panther.

The popular Battle Royale game will start its next season soon. That means potential map changes, along with new character skins and an end-of-season event.

Here’s everything you need to know about Fortnite Season 6.

When does season 6 start?

The start date is Tuesday, March 16, and season 5 ends on March 15. There will be an end-of-season event called Zero Crisis Finale. Players will be able to participate in the experience when Epic provides a date and time for the event.

Fortnite downtime will begin at 12 a.m. ET Tuesday according to Epic. This is the same for all platforms and will end at 4 am ET / 1 am PT.

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What is the theme of season 6?

We do not know yet. Season 5 was filled with the greatest hunters of all realities, hence the star-studded cast of The Mandalorian, Master Chief, Black Panther, Kratos, and even Michonne and Darryl from The Walking Dead.

Expect some responses during the Zero Crisis Finale. Agent John Jones, a member of the Imagined Order organization, was responsible for bringing together all the hunters from different realities. We will discover what is the result of your mission and what changes in reality will arise from it.

The Zero Point, the orb that controls reality in the game, will likely play a key role in what will happen next season. Players already noticed this week that the orb appears to be cracked. What happens when it is fully opened remains a mystery.

What happened in season 5?

This season was one of the longest, lasting 15 weeks. Over the course of those weeks, Agent Jones traveled to different realities to recruit hunters in order to prevent anyone from escaping the Loop through Zero Point. Every week a new hunter from pop culture universes such as Halo, Star Wars, Street Fighter, Aliens, GI Joe, DC Comics and Marvel was revealed.

Fortnite is available for PC, PS4, PS5Xbox One Xbox Series, Switch and Android. It is not yet available for iOS and Mac devices due to a legal battle between Apple and Epic Games.