Fortnite Servers Go Dark for v37.31 Update: New Daft Punk Experience, Modes and Fixes — What Went Down on Oct 2 2025
Epic Games’ Downtime Announcement Epic Games scheduled maintenance for the v37.31 update on Oct 2 2025. According to the company’s public‑status page, the maintenance was set for 08:00–09:30 UTC (04:00–05:30 ET), and matchmaking was disabled 30 minutes earlier status.epicgames.com. The status board listed Fortnite’s core services — game services, login and matchmaking — as under maintenance during this window status.epicgames.com, indicating that players would be unable to log in or join matches. Epic urged players to keep an eye on the @FortniteStatus feed for updates. Third‑party trackers reported similar times. Sportskeeda wrote that downtime would start at 4 AM ET and last about 90 minutes sportskeeda.com, while other
