Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 is right around the corner. According to the game’s files, Season 2 will go on for just 11 weeks when all is said and done, which is a few weeks shorter than several recent seasons, which tend to last about 12-14 weeks. That means a brand-new battle pass, revised map, new loot pool, and more is coming very soon. But what do we know about this next Fortnite season? Quite a bit actually, though most of it comes via leaks and rumors, albeit credible ones. Here’s all we know about Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 so far.
Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 start date
Epic hasn’t officially revealed the start date for Fortnite Season 3, but like always, we can reliably infer when the new season will arrive anyway. In-game, you can check out the battle pass menu, which in small font at the bottom of the screen always says the active dates for the current battle pass. The last date for the battle pass can be expected to be the final day of the season. In this case, that’s Friday, June 3. That would mean Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 very likely kicks off on Saturday, June 4.
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There are some caveats regarding this expectation, however. For one, the end of a season is liable to change at any time, like we saw several times in 2020 as Epic Games adapted to the new work-from-home workflow amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Until Epic says otherwise officially, the door is at least cracked open a little for the possibility that the end date could move.
The other possibility is that there’s some extended downtime between seasons. Downtime exceeding a day or less is normally reserved for new chapters, not new seasons, but if story or technical reasons call for it, we could see Fortnite Season 2 go offline on June 3 and not have a new season to jump into right away the next day. Recent seasons of Fortnite have ended on Saturdays and launched on Sundays, so already this next season seems to be launching on a new day of the week, though perhaps an even better one for the millions of players who’d rather not be worried about school or work the next day.
Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3 battle pass: Darth Vader and Indiana Jones?
The next battle pass should be a big one, according to some credible leaks. It’s now been years since a Fortnite battle pass didn’t include at least one licensed character, and that trend looks to continue in Season 3 with one of the most requested characters yet: Darth Vader.
The Star Wars Sith lord is alleged to be a part of Season 3 by the reliable Tabor Hill aka TaborTimeYT, who also revealed that Indiana Jones would be coming to the game as well. While Hill did not specifically say either or both of these characters would be included in the battle pass–they could just be sold in the Item Shop, after all–given Fortnite’s penchant for licensed characters in the Fortnite battle pass, we’re willing to bet that at least one of them will be unlockable with the Season 3 battle pass.
Along with some of these possibilities, what’s most likely of all is that the battle pass will include several Epic-made original characters, the likes of whom we find in virtually all battle passes–the one exception being the all-Marvel Chapter 2, Season 4 battle pass. With past favorites like Peely, Jules, and Fabio Sparklemane showcasing what the Fortnite art team can do, it’s always an exciting part of each new season to meet some brand-new heroes (and villains) in the Fortnite omniverse.
Fortnite Chapter 2, Season 2 finale event
A finale event has been spotted in the game files by reliable dataminers, confirming as much as we can without Epic’s input that a major cinematic event is once again on the way. This time, it’ll likely revolve around the Collider, also known as the IO’s Doomsday Device, which is currently spitting out odd energy beams a few times per week north of Tilted Towers.
For weeks now, the Resistance and The Seven have successfully been driving out the IO from every pocket of the map, and we know from leaks that the Io will eventually be driven into just a small region on the map, which may cause the group to behave like a caged animal with its back up against the wall. Might the IO utilize this Doomsday Device, and if so, what does it do? More importantly, how can The Seven deactivate it before it’s too late? All of these questions sound like perfect material for a Season 2 finale event.
Each new season comes with new landmarks and map locations, and Season 3 looks poised to reshape the island once more on account of this massive particle collider sitting on the map. As time goes on, we’ll surely hear more about Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3, and in such cases, we’ll be sure to keep this page up to date. Brace yourselves, the island is plunging into chaos once more.
