Fortnite Winterfest 2022 schedule
Epic Games have confirmed that Fortnite’s Winterfest 2022 event is scheduled to begin on December 13, 2022, at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM GMT.
The event will come to an end on January 3 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET / 2 PM GMT. Until then, players can hop into Fortnite and enjoy all the new Christmas-themed content that’s available.
Fortnite Chapter 4’s 23.10 update has brought back the fan-favorite Winterfest event, bringing Holiday cheer and free rewards to Epic’s battle royale.
How to get free Fortnite Winterfest 2022 presents
During the Winterfest event, you can unwrap free presents by accessing the Cozy Lodge through the snowflake tab in the Lobby every day for 14 days. These presents contain 17 different items, including the Arctic Adeline and Sled Ready Guff Outfits.
Here are all the presents that you can unwrap in Winterfest 2022:
- Arctic Adeline Outfit
- Sled Ready Guff Outfit
- Two Winterfest 2022 Gliders
- Three Winterfest 2022 Lobby Tracks
- Three Winterfest 2022 Sprays
- One Winterfest 2022 Back Bling
- One Winterfest 2022 Eickaxe
- One Winterfest 2022 Contrail
- One Winterfest 2022 Emote
- One Winterfest 2022 Emoticon
If you end up forgetting to visit Cozy Lodge during some of the days of the Winterfest 2022 event then you won’t have to worry about missing out on the free presents. Just return anytime before the event ends to open them up.
That’s not all though, as Fortnite players can also claim the free Guff Gringle Outfit by launching the game through the Epic Games launcher during Winterfest, and Fortnite Crew members get the Chill-la-la-Llama Backbling. Plus, playing with five different friends until before January 6, 2023, grants the Curling Iron Emote.
Fortnite 23.10 unvaults Snowball Launchers & Holiday Presents
Two classic Fortnite Winterfest items have been unvaulted in the 23.10 update — Snowball Launchers and Holiday Presents.
If you’ve never used them before, Snowball Launchers replace the Rocket Launcher in the loot pool and fire explosive snowballs. The Holiday Presents can be thrown down, and contain high-tier loot inside.
Plus, Sgt. Winter will be flying around the map dropping Holiday Presents at random, but, the devs recommend players “be careful not to get on his bad side…”
Players can also complete two sets of Weekly Winterfest-themed Quests from the main menu, as well as plenty of themed in-game challenges to complete and new festive skins to unlock.
The first set will run from December 13 to December 20, and the second will run from December 20 to December 27. We’ll have a separate guide for how you can complete those once they go live.
Fortnite 23.10 update buffs Reality Augments
With the 23.10 update, “Reality Augments that your teammates have unlocked now have a chance to appear in your own selections,” helping out Fortnite players who haven’t unlocked them all yet.
Super Level Styles return in Fortnite 23.10 update
For the grinders out there, Fortnite has added the Super Level Styles to the Bonus Rewards section of the Season 1 Battle Pass.
Progressing past Level 125 will allow players to unlock the “Elysian, Aeon, and Halcyon Styles for the Helsie, Selene, Ageless, Dusty, and Massai Outfits.”
Fortnite 23.10 update patch notes
BALANCE CHANGES
In case you missed it, we made several balance adjustments in a hotfix on December 9 ET:
- Reduced the time it takes to capture a POI.
- Improved the Tactical Pistol’s accuracy and recoil.
- Improved the Maven Auto Shotgun’s fire rate and accuracy.
- Reduced the Thunder Shotgun’s equip time.
- Reduced the Ex-Caliber Rifle’s player damage and hipfire accuracy, and greatly reduced its environment damage.
- Increased the recharge time of the Shockwave Hammer’s bounce.
- Light Ammo now drops in stacks of 20, up from 18.
Also, in the v23.10 patch, we have increased the amount of materials harvestable from many large stone objects around the Island.
COMPETITIVE NOTES
- Snowball Launchers, Holiday Presents!, and the patrolling Sgt. Winter are not included in competitive playlists.
MAJOR BATTLE ROYALE BUG FIXES
- For PC players, we have fixed an issue causing the rebinding of Reality Augments to only be available during a match.
- Voice chat settings changed in the Sidebar will now save correctly.
- Fixed an issue causing Overshield damage numbers to appear white.
- The Shockwave Hammer will no longer deal damage to players through structures/builds.
- Mobile players can now swipe through the Battle Pass and are no longer restricted to only pressing the arrow keys.