When is the next Fortnite live event, Blast Off?

The next Fortnite live event has already been announced, though at the time of writing it's still a way off. We know that it will be called Blast Off, and in a big departure from previous happenings this will be the first live event to take place in Fortnite OG rather than the Battle Royale! It's therefore fitting that it appears it will be based on the Rocket Launch (aka Blast Off), which was the first ever live event to take place back in 2018 – how far we've come since then! To find out more, here's everything we know so far about the next Fortnite live event.

What will happen during the Fortnite live event?

We don't have the full details about the next Fortnite live event at this stage, as Epic want to keep some surprises for when players jump into the Blast Off experience. However, the official description states:

"In the aftermath of the meteor, a mysterious figure has been seen around the Island, followed everywhere they go by murmurs of rockets and secret lairs. As Chapter 1 Season 4 progresses so too will the story of The Visitor – and it all seems to lead back to the rocket launch that changed the Island forever."

This is calling back to the first ever in-game event that took place during the original Chapter 1 Season 4, all the way back in June 2018! During that, a rocket launched into the sky, before falling back down and firing a powerful laser before it hit the surface to produce rifts across the island for the first time, ultimately leading to a giant rift in the sky known as the Crack. It's likely that something similar will happen during Blast Off, but we'll have to wait and see how that plays out on Fortnite OG's smaller map.

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