A mysterious countdown has appeared on the Fortnite island as Chapter 5 Season 3 begins to wrap up, which means that there’ll doubtless be a mini occasion to observe as soon as that timer goes off.
You’ll find this in Brutal Beachhead being projected as a hologram, however past that, not a lot else is going on across the timer itself for now.
Beneath we record out the beginning occasions for the countdown timer in your area, in addition to what we all know primarily based on datamines on what might occur when the timer finishes.
Fortnite reside occasion time: When does the countdown finish?
Primarily based on what we’re seeing in recreation, the reside occasion countdown will finish on Saturday, Aug. 10 in most areas on the following occasions:
11 a.m. PDT for the west coast of North America
2 p.m. EDT for the east coast of North America
7 p.m. BST for the U.Okay.
8 p.m. CEST for western Europe/Paris
3 a.m. JST for Japan/Tokyo on Aug. 11
4 a.m. AET for Australia/Sydney on Aug. 11
Observe you need to hop into recreation shortly earlier than this, loot up, and head over to Brutal Beachhead if you wish to see what’s going to occur.
What’s going to occur in Fortnite when the countdown timer ends?
There was no formal announcement about what the deal is with that timer, however some knowledge miners have dug up details about what is going to in all probability occur. For individuals who don’t thoughts spoilers, you possibly can scroll previous the picture beneath.
Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Supply pictures: Epic Video games
The lengthy and in need of it’s — following the occasion, the map is probably going going to alter a little bit bit, and there shall be some form of tie-in to the upcoming season 4.
This map picture from the FortniteLeaks subreddit does indicate that there shall be a slight map change after the occasion. The map change primarily focuses on Redline Rig, which has some form of explosive construction in it now.
One other dataminer, McMistrzYT on X (previously Twitter), has rendered the 3D model of the map to indicate that that explosive merchandise is: Pandora’s Field!
It seems that extra mischief is about to be launched by the field for the upcoming season, however we’ll have to attend and see.
When you wait, remember to soar into the not too long ago added Fall Guys problem and get some simple XP earlier than the season ends.
