Fortnite Server Maintenance Today: Update 36.20 Brings New Content and Bug Fixes

• Layla Nour
• . July 15, 2025
• . Update: July 15, 2025 10:08 pm
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Epic Games announced that Fortnite players should be ready to accept the scheduled server maintenance that will take place on July 15, 2025. The hottest battle royale game is going to be taken offline to have the much-awaited update that is the Update 36.20, rolled out by Epic Games. It will indeed be an exciting update of Fortnite, which would provide new content, and most importantly, address some of these bugs, as well as some surprise collabs, which would keep the gamers on the edges of their seats in the next few weeks.

Fortnite servers will be taken offline at 1 a.m. PDT (4 a.m. EDT, 9 a.m. BST) to undergo maintenance, which has been estimated to take two to three hours. In the period of downtime, Fortnite players will have no access to any of its game modes such as Battle Royale, Creative, and Save the World.

Fortnite Update 36.20: What’s Coming in the Latest Patch

Forthcoming Fortnite Update 36.20 will be bringing a lot of new materials to the game to transform the gameplay. The last several months have been marked by intensive work of the development team at Epic Games as the company took a summer break in June and wanted to give the players a rich variety of new features and changes.

Shiina on X (designed as Twitter), a reliable leaker, said that this update to Fortnite will have a lot of significant additions. There will be new Battle Royale content, which will transform the way players play the game. The game will implement surprise collaborations with already established brands, offering exclusive content and zippy items in a Fortnite atmosphere.

Among the most exciting products that appear in Fortnite is a free collaboration car that may feature legendary vehicles such as the Batmobile or Fantasticar. To reward the players, those who log in to the game after the update takes place will be given a free pickaxe. This very friendly manner displays the desire of Epic Games to reward its faithful Fortnite followers.

Fortnite update will likewise bring live event files about OG Rocket Launch, implying that Epic Games is aiming for impressive in-game events. Also, one will be able to play POI (Point of Interest) called Fortress of Solitude, which is a new location where the players will be able to fight.

Fans of music will be pleased to get the idea of potential deadmau5 integration in Fortnite. This collaboration may result in exclusive emotes, skins, and even a virtual concert directly in the game.

Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements in Fortnite

In addition to new content, Fortnite update 36.20 asserts itself on the correct data and optimized performance. The game development crew has found a variety of problems that have caused the quality of gameplay and experience. The following are some of the problems that will be solved by these Fortnite bug fixes:

• Stability issues that caused unexpected crashes
• Visual glitches affecting character models and environments
• Audio problems that disrupted gameplay immersion
• Matchmaking improvements for better player connections
• Performance optimizations across all platforms

There is also going to be a patch to the Blitz Royale mode, which was already enjoyed by the community of Fortnite players. This game mode will be refreshed every week by the addition of new themes. The Reload mode of Squid Grounds will not be left unattended and will be subject to some alterations and improvements.

New leakages will also happen aside from this Fortnite update, as Epic Games is in the process of working on the Companions Feature. This strange element may have AI friends or pet systems, which will represent a different type of strategy recently in battles.

The new update of Fortnite will include new ICON emotes, which will be added to the game files, as well as updates to the older collaborations so that they can be restored in the item shop. Players will have a chance to become familiar with such collaboration items that have gone on sale before.

In the future, some Chapter 6 Season 4 material could also be present in the files and provide a bit of an indication to data miners regarding future Fortnite changes. There will also be a New Luminary Hypatia Pack, which will allow players to explore another cosmetic piece.