The Fortnite Fortnitemares 2024 event will be launching on October 11, to kick off the traditional annual Halloween celebration across the battle royale and beyond. There will be plenty of spooky challenges to take on, while you visit areas of the island that have received a chilling makeover, along with the return of the Horde Rush to eliminate waves of monsters heading your way. We've already seen the arrival of Billy, the puppet from the Saw franchise, which is possibly one of the creepiest skins made so far – especially when trundling around on their tricycle! For the lowdown on everything, here's what we know so far about the Fortnite Fortnitemares 2024 event.
What is the Fortnitemares event
The Fortnite Fortnitemares 2024 event is a little over three-week event in Fortnite during which limited-time quests and rewards are added to the game, all Halloween themed, along with certain new weapons, enemies, locations, and NPCs added to the map. Most of these new map and gameplay additions are featured in the quests in some way, so players will need to find all of the new elements to fully complete the Fortnitemares quests.
There are a number of Fortnitemares skins being added, with Shadow Monks and Billy from Saw currently available plus Lexa Hexbringer, Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Mephisto due to arrive over the course of the event. The Brawler's Battleground, Grand Glacier, and Restored Reels POIs are due to get a Halloween makeover, with six new landmarks also appearing around the map according to @HYPEX, while @iFireMonkey confirms that Horde Rush will be returning for Fortnitemares 2024.
Fortnitemares quests and rewards
Fortnitemares quests will be making a return for this year's event, though at the time of writing they haven't been revealed or leaked yet. If last year is anything to go by, then there will be a regular set of Fortnite quests themed around Halloween that can be completed in various game modes, plus a separate set of Horde Rush quests that can only be completed in that specific mode. In addition to the usual XP bonuses for ticking off those assignments, there will be cosmetic Fortnitemares rewards to unlock along the way to spook up your locker.
When does the Fortnitemares event end?
The Fortnitemares event is likely to run for just over three weeks in total, with all quests and rewards attached to the event expected to end on November 2 at 2am ET. The event ending at that time will coincide with the conclusion of the current Fortnite Season 4, so all of the Halloween/Fortnitemares content will be taken down at that point – meaning that anybody who hasn't earned the unique rewards attached to the event will have missed their chance.
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