Fortnite Summer Splash Event: Release Date, Rewards, Leaks, Schedule, Rumors, New Weapons, New Items and More!


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Season 13 of Fortnite has been one of the best received yet.

The current schedule is it'll last all Summer, so prepare to see the flooded map for several months.

Let's go over what we know so far about the event.

What Is It?

Fortnite's Summer Splash event is a concept that was implemented last year during Season 9.

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This was a string of two weeks when all Epic Games employees took their Summer breaks, so with no one in the office they planned 14 days of content.

Each day consisted of brand new challenges, LTM's, a one day weapon unvaulting and new cosmetics in the item shop.

Similar to Winterfest, this event was one of the best Epic has ever pulled off!

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POP - The Bottle Rockets was one of the new items!

When is it?

This year, Epic has announced they will be leaving the offices from July 3-12, so we will see the event soon!

Schedule

While there's no official Summer Splash schedule, a series of leaks from Fortnite data miner FireMonkey claim the following layout for the limited time game modes included in the event.

  • Fog of War - 6-7 July
  • High Explosives - 8-9 July
  • Close Encounters (Duos) - 10-11 July
  • Close Encounters (Squads) - 12-13 July
  • Sniper Shootout (Solo) - 14-15 July
  • Sniper Shootout (Duos) - 16-17 July
  • Unvaulted (Duos) - 18-19 July
  • Unvaulted (Squads) - 20-21 July
  • Blitz! (Solo) - 22-23 July

Challenges

Once the files get uploaded into Fortnite, we will be made aware of all the challenges.

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Expect the same as last year, which was a new challenge everyday along with rewards for completing specific amounts of challenges.

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REWARDS - We hope there are some epic ones this year!

Rewards

As noted above, we expect some free rewards to become available to players similar to last year.

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Last year we were able to unlock the Peely Smoothie backbling and a few other rewards!

Skins

Players can expect new skins in the item shop everyday, and all of them will have a Summer spin similar to last year!

LTM's

Although we have seen a lack of LTM's over the last couple of seasons, we expect this to change in the coming weeks.

Who knows what kind of wacky modes Epic has up their sleeves.

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FORT - What is your go to landing spot this season?

New Weapons

Hopefully, Epic unvaults one weapon for 24 hours once again. This was one of the best features from last year.

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For more articles like this, take a look at our Fortnite and Season 13 page.