Fortnite is crossing over with a Roblox game, and it is not the one most people expected. Epic Games has confirmed that 99 Nights in the Forest is joining Chapter 7 Season 4, the season known as Override, through a short teaser showing Peely fishing alone at night before The Deer sneaks up and attacks him.
Quick answer: The 99 Nights in the Forest collab arrives with Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4 (Override) on August 20, 2026, and The Deer is the character being teased.
What the teaser confirms
The clip is brief and works purely as a reveal. Peely is fishing in the woods when The Deer, the boss-level entity from the Roblox horror game, creeps up behind him and strikes. A horror stinger plays, and that is the whole teaser. It plays the same way as the Sonic reveal that came before it, so treat it as a confirmation rather than a full breakdown of what the crossover includes.
The bigger surprise is the pairing itself. Fortnite and Roblox have circled each other as direct competitors for years, standing as the two main platforms for user-generated content. Seeing one of Roblox’s breakout hits show up inside a Fortnite season is unusual, and it points to Epic chasing the players who already move between both games daily.
The Deer is the natural pick for a skin because it is the game’s most recognizable face. Full details of the crossover have not been shared yet, but The Deer is the character expected in the Override Battle Pass.
Why the “SurviveTheNight” code pointed here
When Epic began dropping teaser codes on August 10, the phrase “SurviveTheNight” sent players in the wrong direction. The first guess was Five Nights at Freddy’s. Then dataminers shifted to Minecraft, since “survive the night” appears in Minecraft’s official social media bio. Both theories are now off the table for this particular teaser.
Surviving nights is the entire loop of 99 Nights in the Forest, so the code fits it cleanly. This does not rule out a Minecraft collab happening separately at some point, but “SurviveTheNight” was not it.
Confirmed Override teaser codes
| Collaboration | Teaser code |
|---|---|
| Sonic the Hedgehog | GottaGoFast |
| Persona 5 | TakeYourHeart |
| 99 Nights in the Forest | SurviveTheNight |
What 99 Nights in the Forest is
99 Nights in the Forest is a survival-horror experience that launched on Roblox in March 2025 from Grandma’s Favourite Games. The loop is straightforward. During the day, you gather resources, upgrade your camp, and search for missing children scattered across the map. At night, you barricade in and fend off wolves, cultists, and The Deer, the game’s toughest and most recognizable threat.
Despite that simple premise, the game became one of Roblox’s biggest releases. It has pulled in more than 28 billion visits and hit an all-time peak above 14 million concurrent players, which is what makes it a meaningful pickup for a Fortnite season rather than a niche one.
When the collab goes live
The crossover launches alongside Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4, Override, on August 20, 2026. Servers are expected to come back up around 11 PM PT after scheduled downtime, at which point the new Battle Pass and its collabs become available. You will know the season has flipped over when the game finishes updating and Override loads in place of the current season.
99 Nights in the Forest joins Sonic and Persona 5 as confirmed Override crossovers, and Epic has been revealing a new one roughly every day in the run-up to launch. Expect more teasers to appear on Epic’s social channels before the season starts.
