Fortnite: Date and time of the start of the new season and everything we know

Less than twenty-four hours from the time of publication of this news for the start of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3, which is the new season of Fortnite and the number 30 in total. In this news we summarize all the information available for now: start date and time, new outfits, new weapons, new items and much more. Let’s go:

When does the new Fortnite season start?

Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 starts on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 2:00 AM ET. This date and time is equivalent to the following in the United States:

Of course, we remind you that it is not enough to connect to Fortnite at this time. First you have to download patch 30.00, which is the one that adds all the content of the new season of the game. And after that, you will have to wait for an unspecified time that, as has happened on other occasions, could be three or four hours. During this downtime, Epic Games is responsible for making sure that everything is working as it should before the servers are reactivated.

The official name of the new season of Fortnite

The official name of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 is Wreckage. Its theme is post-apocalyptic and vehicles will play a key role on an island full of desert areas.

New outfits and locations of the new season of Fortnite

Epic Games has partially shown the appearance of some of the new outfits of Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3. Since the theme will be post-apocalyptic, many of them have a distinct punk aesthetic a la ‘Mad Max’ and ‘Fist of the North Star’. There is also a collaboration with the Fallout franchise that brings the Brotherhood of Steel’s T-60 Power Armor as a new outfit with different styles.

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Another new outfit is a girl with punk hair and spiked shoulder pads.

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Another new outfit is the leader of the new villains, a man with a half-shaved head, a mohawk, and a device with tubes that he uses as a respirator like Immortan Joe from ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’.

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In these teasers we can also see some of the new map locations, such as the landing site of the new villains in their shark-shaped ship, a “Nitro Drome” that is supposed to be a stadium with monster trucks, and a dilapidated factory. We also know that the game’s sandstorm will not eliminate some of the existing areas, but it will drastically alter them, burying much of them.

New Vehicles for the New Fortnite Season

In another of the teasers for the next season of the game, we were able to see some of the new vehicles that we will be able to control, such as a new monster truck and new models for existing vehicles like ATVs and dirt bikes.

New Weapons and Items from Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3

As usual, the new season of Fortnite will add new weapons and items to the game, and in one of the teasers, new Fallout items could be seen along with other classic weapons returning from previous seasons: