Winterfest in Fortnite 2025 is set to start on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
Exact start date
Epic Games has promoted Winterfest 2025 with the date “12.18.25” in its official teaser posts, confirming December 18, 2025 as the launch day. Multiple gaming news outlets also report that Winterfest 2025 “will begin on Thursday, Dec. 18,” matching that teaser date.
Expected start time
Coverage summarizing Epic’s usual schedule lists regional rollout times, such as around 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time for North America on December 18, 2025. Other event guides note that Winterfest updates typically go live around mid‑morning Eastern (about 9 a.m. EST), so the event should be available sometime that morning depending on server updates.