When Does Fortnitemares Start? Fortnite Halloween 2024 Event

October holds a lot of excitement for fans of live service games. Whether you're playing Warzone, Apex Legends, or Fortnite, each game tends to celebrate the spooky season in its own way. For Fortnite, Epic Games annually holds the Fortnitemares event which introduces a number of limited-time quests, challenges and cosmetics across Battle Royale and Creative.

In previous years, Fortnitemares gave players the chance to turn themselves into Werewolves thanks to special Alteration Altars. Once transformed, players gained possession of supernatural abilities such as the Howler Claws and the Wolfscent Ability. On top of that, unvaulted items such as Candy and the Pumpkin Launcher made a return in-game.

Fortnitemares usually kicks off around mid-October, but it has been known to start earlier. Below, we'll go over when you can expect the Fortnitemares event to start ramping up, and what could be on the cards this year.

Update 10 October: We've updated this article with the latest news regarding Fortnitemares 2024.

Fortnitemares 2024 Start Date

Epic Games has revealed that Fortnitemares will begin on Oct. 12. The event was originally set to start on October 11, however the studio issued a statement saying that the event has been delayed.

"In order to ensure a properly frightful Fortnitemares, v31.40 will go into downtime on Saturday at 2 AM ET," a social post said.

This lines up with the mid-October start date we've seen in previous years. Fortnitemares 2022 arrived with the v22.20 update on October 18, 2022, and Fortnitemares 2023 begain on October 10, 2023.

Fortnitemares 2024 Leaks: What We Know So Far

While it's still early days, a few additions have already been revealed for the upcoming event. Billy from Saw has been added to the Item Shop, along with a number of themed cosmetics and the Billy's Tricycle emote. 

According to leaker HYPEX (via @Rezztro & @Wensoing,) we'll see a few POI changes with Grand Glacier, Brawler’s Battleground and Restored Reels. There is also set to be six new Landmarks dotted around the map.