Fortnite Season 5 start date confirmed – bonus XP weekend starts on Friday

Epic Games has confirmed the start date for Fortnite Season 5.

With Season 4 almost done, Fortnite Season 5 will start on July 12 at 4am EDT – that's 8am GMT.

To help players fill up the tiers of their Battle Pass, Fortnite players will get an extra 100% bonus XP this weekend, running from June 29 at 4am EDT (8am GMT) and ending July 2 at 3am EDT (7am GMT).

The confirmation of the Season 5 start date comes as Epic releases the new Fortnite Playground LTM, which allows up to four players to build and practice their games in a safe zone.

Today also brought with it dual pistols as a new weapon and swapped the grenade launcher for a fireworks launcher. Because everyone loves fireworks, right?

With Season 5 beginning on July 12, that gives you two weeks to catch up on all those Season 4 challenges – if you're missing some of them, why not check them all out here:

• Week 8 Challenges: Search 7 Hungry Gnomes, Search between a Bear, Crater and a Refrigerator Shipment
• Week 7 Challenges: Follow the treasure map found in Pleasant Park, Score on different pitches, more
• Week 6 Challenges: Search between a Playground, Campsite, and a Footprint, Spray over Carbide and Omega Posters
• Week 5 Challenges: Greasy Grove treasure map, Dance with others to raise the Disco Ball near Loot Lake, more
• Week 4 Challenges: Visit 3 different storm centers, search between a bench, ice cream truck and helicopter, more
• Week 3 Challenges: Search rubber duckies, Salty Springs treasure map, more
• Week 2 Challenges: Dance in front of film cameras, search between scarecrow, pink hotrod and big screen, more
• Week 1 Challenges: Search 8 F-O-R-T-N-I-T-E letters, Tomato Town treasure map, more
  

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