Fortnite Servers Back Up After Challenges Glitch

The Week 7 Challenges in the world of Fortnite have begun but not everyone was able to access them [...]

By Liana 'LiLi' Ruppert

fortnite bang

The Week 7 Challenges in the world of Fortnite have begun but not everyone was able to access them when they went live. Many players were reporting that the option to partake in the Gnome hunting, treasure seeking adventure wasn't even showing up in their menu and Epic Games took to investigating immediately. Luckily, it appears that the issue has been resolved and that all Battle Pass members are free to enjoy the latest in-game event going on now.

The objective is simple: There are seven gnomes 'hidden' on the map and players are tasked finding them. Why? Well, we're not really sure but stranger things have happened and this is Fortnite we're talking about. If you're looking to capture these little guys, we wrote up a quick and easy guide for you to being your gnome-y adventure! For all of the locations, included a detailed walkthrough, you can check out our previous coverage here.

As far as the status of the overall servers, this is the current status:

Website and Forums - Operational
Game Services - Operational
Login - Operational
Parties, Friends, and Messaging - Operational
Voice Chat - Operational
Matchmaking - Operational
Stats and Leaderboards - Under Maintenance

The Fortnite Week 7 challenge is for Battle Pass holders for Season 3? Not a Battle pass holder yet? Here's what you need to know before joining in on the fun:

100 tiers, 100 rewards. The more you play, the more you unlock. Level up faster and do it on your own schedule. Weekly Challenges give you the flexibility to make progress whenever you can play. Availble for 950 V-Bucks.

There's also the Battle Bundle that includes access to the Battle Pass and instantly unlocks your next 25 tiers, all at a 40% discount.

Play to level up your Battle Pass, unlocking up to 100 rewards worth over 22,000 V-Bucks (typically takes 75 to 150 hours of play). That's 30 more items than last season!

Want it all faster? You can buy up to 100 tiers, each for 150 V-Bucks!

  • Launch Fortnite
  • Select Battle Royale
  • Navigate to the Battle Pass Tab
  • Purchase either the Battle Pass or the Battle Bundle

Fortnite is available now for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and iOS players. And Android version of the mobile game will be arriving later, though we don't have an exact release date at this time.

Trending Now: