Fortnite’s current ‘Remix’ Season has been incredibly popular, but it’s about to end. Not only is the season drawing to a close Saturday, the new Season will be the first of Chapter 6. Fortnite players will get an entirely new map, new movement mechanics, a brand new Battle Pass and much more this weekend.
Chapter 6, Season 1 is called ‘鬼 Hunters’ (Demon Hunters) and will feature an Asian/anime theme, with lots of new locations with a distinctly Japanese look, including pink cherry tree blossoms, Asian markets and creatures that look like they’ve popped out of a Studio Ghibli film. There will also be Yokai demons, Titans, new mystical powers and the arrival of King Kong and Godzilla. A giant floating turtle will be one of the cool new additions. It’s not only adorable, it moves around the map. New movement mechanics include rolling and wall-running, making this the most parkour of all Fortnite seasons.
Before Chapter 5 ends, players can join in on the big season-ending event, The Finale, which will not only be a massive Juice WRLD concert, but features the return of The Device. This is something of an odd event, given that the rapper—real name Jarad Anthony Higgins—passed away in 2019. A new Snoop Dogg track also be part of the event, which you can read more about right here. A free Juice WRLD skin and other goodies are available in the store now, but only until the end of the season.
When Does Chapter 5 End And Chapter 6 Begin?
The official end-time for Chapter 5 and this ‘Remix’ season is midnight on Saturday, November 30th but since this is the end of an entire Chapter, it’s also possible that the season will end directly after The Finale event. If that’s the case, we’ll see the season end and servers go down sometime after 11am PT / 2pm ET, since the event is roughly 20 minutes long. It’s possible that the game will remain live until the evening also, with servers going down around 10pm PT / 1am ET.
The new Chapter will go live Sunday morning barring any hiccups, and players will be able to update their games the moment servers go back online and dive into the map. Without official confirmation, we can only speculate on when Chapter 5 will end but it’s a safe bet that by Sunday morning you’ll be cruising around the new map. I’ll update this post if we get a more specific end-time, or if the servers go down.
Here’s the trailer:
The other bit of exciting news is the return of OG Fortnite, which includes the game’s original map and will let players go battle it out on original locations with the game’s original loot. According to Epic Games you’ll be able to play through older seasons as well. This new (old) mode will go live permanently on December 6th.
It’s an exciting weekend for Fortnite, basically. I’m excited to drop in!
