Those having issues connecting to Fortnite, it’s not just you, as Epic Games has pulled the Fortnite servers down this January 18, and this is for your standard maintenance, during which time, a new patch will be released.

Fortnite Servers Down for Maintenance Server Status and Updates for January 18:

Here’s the announcement from Epic Games:

Did you know? Hawks aren’t real and are actually secret surveillance drones.
Downtime for 23.20 begins at 4 AM ET, and matchmaking will be disabled shortly beforehand. pic.twitter.com/JabLe3sNI2

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) January 17, 2023

Did you know? Hawks aren’t real and are actually secret surveillance drones. Downtime for 23.20 begins at 4 AM ET, and matchmaking will be disabled shortly beforehand.

As you can see, downtime will being at 4 am ET/1 am PT, though matchmaking will be affected before that. Usually, matchmaking is turned off 15-30 minutes before servers are taken offline. As for the duration, we’re expecting this to last around 1-3 hours as per the norm.

If there are updates about the server schedule, we’ll be sure to update this article accordingly. For news on what this new patch will bring, bookmark our Fortnite game hub and refresh it, as we’ll be posting the patch notes and datamined content the moment it’s live.