Fortnite FNCS 2026 Solos: Grand Finals
Mon, Oct 26 – Oct 27
Epic's official FNCS Solos 2026 rules list the Finals as Day 1 October 26th and Day 2 October 27th, after Qualifiers (Sep 28–Oct 11), Heats (Oct 17–18) and the
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October 2026
WoW Forever WoW Forever Early Name Reservation opens
Tue, Oct 27 – Nov 3
Oct 27 to Nov 3 for pack buyers.
Fortnite The Final Spritemare: five-day Override send-off
Tue, Oct 27 – Oct 31
9:00 AM ET. Every day from 9 AM ET (1 PM UTC): 2x Sprite XP and 2x Sprite Dust, a Lucky Locator from the daily login Quest, and 1-Up Tokens and Portable Extractors may drop
Turner Finance Fed decision: October 27–28, 2026
Wed, Oct 28, 2:00 PM ET
Statement at 2:00 p.m. ET, press conference 2:30 p.m. ET.
Fortnite LEGO Fortnite Odyssey: Count Brickula's Crypt
Thu, Oct 29
Third and final Brick or Treat drop. The event started Oct 15 with Kraken props and the Haunted Cheese Hideaway; Calcitor's Jaws arrived Oct 22.
Fortnite Last day of Override and Fortnitemares 2026
Sat, Oct 31
Claim every unlocked Battle Pass tier and finish Fortnitemares quests before downtime. The Battle Pass timer reads "Ends November 1, 2026 Eastern Time"; downtim
November 2026
Fortnite Treasure Hunters mini-season launches (v43.00)
Sun, Nov 1
"Treasure Hunters – The Greatest Adventure of All Time" (name via HYPEX; the Nov 1 date is in Epic's teaser). A pirate-and-anime mashup with a confirmed One Pie
Fortnite Fortnite: Treasure Hunters begins
Sun, Nov 1
Mini-season start; v43.00 downtime the night before.
Fortnite Fortnite: Override ends
Sun, Nov 1, 2:00 AM ET
Battle Pass closes. Treasure Hunters starts 2026-11-01.
TAuto Desk US auto sales: October 2026
Tue, Nov 3, 9:00 AM ET
Monthly reporters post around 9 a.m. ET.
Turner Finance Jobs report, October 2026
Fri, Nov 6, 8:30 AM ET
BLS Employment Situation, 8:30 a.m. ET.
Fortnite Mini-season content update (leak)
Thu, Nov 12
A mid-season content drop on Nov 12 appears in the datamined 2026 schedule (HYPEX, via VICE). Epic has not confirmed a date.
Turner Finance Last day to create a my Social Security account to see the COLA notice online
Wed, Nov 18
Notices appear online in late November.
Fortnite Save the World: Portal Combat questline ends
Wed, Nov 18
Last day to earn the Grave Feather reward from the Portal Combat questline added in v42.40. Challenge the Rift (4 BluGlo for a sealed mini-boss fight) continues
December 2026
Fortnite Fortnite OG: current season reportedly ends (leak)
Fri, Dec 4
The leaked schedule has the OG season wrapping Dec 4, the day before Chapter 8. Nothing from Epic yet.
Fortnite Chapter 8 Season 1 (leak)
Sat, Dec 5
Dataminers disagree: ShiinaBR and the September schedule leak say Dec 5; HYPEX has floated Nov 28. Epic has only said the mini-season is "a new phase of the sto
Fortnite Winterfest 2026 (leak)
Thu, Dec 17
Leaked start date for the holiday event. Winterfest has run mid-December every year, but this date is from the datamined schedule, not Epic.
January 2027
Turner Finance Social Security payments carry the 3.6% COLA from January
Fri, Jan 1
February 2027
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