What time does Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 release?

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2, also known as Showdown, will launch on Thursday, March 19 with an epic face-off between the Foundation and the Ice King.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will reprise his role as the Foundation, and will be featured in the season's battle pass along with original characters and the iconic Bugs Bunny. However, before you can get your victory royale in the new season, you'll need to wait for the maintenance to complete.

Here's when Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 will be released in your time zone, and what to expect from the new chapter.

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What time does Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 release in your time zone?

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 is expected to go live at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19, according to the in-game timer in the lobby. Here's when the maintenance is expected to end in your time zone:

• 4 a.m. PDT for the west coast of North America
• 7 a.m. EDT for the east coast of North America
• 8 a.m. BRT for Brazil
• 11 a.m. GMT for the U.K.
• 12 p.m. CET for western Europe
• 8 p.m. JST for Japan
• 10 p.m. AEDT for the east coast of Australia

As updates can be a bit finicky, there is a chance that the update will be finished early or late.

For those looking to finish out their battle pass, Fortnite usually goes down for maintenance around 4 a.m. EDT, which is three hours before it's expected to go live, so complete those quests and get those elims!

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What to expect from Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2

At the time of this writing, there aren't a lot of confirmed details, but as always with a new Fortnite season, there will be a new battle pass, item pool, and points of interest. From the official teaser posted by the Fortnite X account, we can see that there's an assortment of original skins which include the likes of Foundation and the Ice King, along with an icon skin in Bugs Bunny.

As for map changes, Fortnite's Spanish X account has posted a series of images featuring Wonkeeland, Battlewood, Latte Landing, and Painted Palms with the caption, "A nostalgic look back before C7S2." While this could be hinting towards map changes for these areas, nothing is confirmed yet, but, if you enjoyed these POIs, make sure to visit them as it could be your last.

Last but not least, for the mobile gamers out there, Fortnite is returning to Google Play on Thursday, March 19, which is the same day that Chapter 7 Season 2 is launching.