Fortnite Winterfest 2025 start date — here's what we know about this year's Christmas event

Fortnite Winterfest 2025 has finally been confirmed, and better yet, it's launching later this week (December 18). Epic Games just dropped a teaser for the upcoming Holiday event, showing Harry Potter Christmas stockings, a tree, and a roaring fire.

Players are currently working their way through Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1, which shook up the map and many of the game's core systems. While we all wait for the next Season of Fortnite, there are the Winterfest 2025 celebrations to tide us over well into the new year. With huge updates like these, it's no wonder that Fortnite continues to rank highly in our best crossplay games list.

Here's the Fortnite Winterfest 2025 start date, and everything announced so far for the upcoming event. So far, we know that there will be a Harry Potter tie-in and a return of the Holiday log fire loading scene. As new info is revealed, I'll update this page.

Fortnite Winterfest 2025 start date

Fortnite Winterfest 2025 will launch on December 18, 2025. This is according to the Tweet embedded above. This lines up with the last couple of years in terms of scheduling. Hopefully, players will have plenty of time to work through the Holiday event, though at present we don't know how long it's all set to last.

What is Fortnite Winterfest 2025?

Fortnite Winterfest is an annual event themed around the Holiday season. For the past few years, there's been an interactive Advent calendar, where players could open presents each day, containing festive-themed cosmetics. These have ranged from loading screens to harvesting tools and skins. Generally, these items can be claimed up to around January 10.

This year, Epic Games has only released a small teaser for Winterfest, though it does look to follow in the footsteps of last year's offering. There's a cosy fireplace, a well-decorated tree, and some hints at possible collaborations.

In the Tweet embedded below, you'll see a Holiday postcard, with some characters gathered outside a cabin. You can see Harry Potter characters, Sabrina Carpenter, Hatsune Miku, and then original characters like Jonesy and Fishstick. This all but confirms that the major Winterfest 2025 tie-ins will be Sabrina, Harry Potter, and Hatsune Miku.

Fortnite Winterfest Harry Potter

Epic Games has already confirmed a Harry Potter collaboration for later in December, but it's also confirmed that it'll tie in to Winterfest 2025. In the teaser mentioned previously in this article, you can see four stockings, with the four colorings of the main houses in Harry Potter. Looks like there will be some Harry Potter items to earn as part of Winterfest. We'll have to wait and see what's on offer.

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