Fortnitemares 2025 Is Creeping In: Start Date, New Skins, Modes, and Everything You Need to Know
Lights are flickering, temperatures are plunging, and midnight footsteps are rattling a quiet neighborhood — a creeping mystery that’s getting harder to explain.
Halloween season means horror icons crash the party, and yes, Fortnite is doing the big crossover thing again. Fortnitemares 2025 is live, it is stacked, and it has a couple of surprises that feel tailor-made for movie and TV fans.
When it runs
Epic announced the event on 10 October via press release and flipped the switch the same day. Fortnitemares 2025 runs from 10 October through 1 November. If you live for this stuff, make it count — this is the last major event before the next Fortnite season lands next month.
What is actually new this year
- A new boss, the Mother of Thorns, arrives — voiced by Doja Cat. Celebrity-voiced big bad? Sure, why not.
- More horror heavyweights step onto the island: Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), Ghostface (Scream), Wednesday Addams, and even Scooby-Doo. Expect them to show up as part of the event lineup, with cosmetics to match.
- The main Battle Royale map gets its seasonal spooky makeover.
- Reload mode adds a fresh twist with Nitemare Island, a new locale debuting for that specific playlist.
- New quests are in the rotation, plus a mix of new and returning weapons.
- Plenty of cosmetics to earn in-game and others to pick up from the Item Shop.
How it compares to last year
For a quick benchmark: last year brought in weapons like the Boom Billy and the Chainsaw, and rolled out skins including Leatherface, Edward Scissorhands, and Billy from Saw. If Epic is treating 2025 as a bigger swing — and it looks like they are — we should see some crowd-pleasers that can top that lineup.
Bottom line: it is a short runway this year, but there is a lot packed in. If you are here for the movie/TV crossovers, this is basically your Super Bowl. Jump in before it vanishes on 1 November.