The new John Wick skin in Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 is a comic-style "Pen & Ink" version of the assassin, and it headlines the Runners battle pass alongside a sidekick based on his dog. If you want to play and start unlocking it, the timing is tied directly to the end of the current season.
Quick answer: Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 launches Saturday, June 6, 2026. The Runners battle pass unlocks once servers come back online, which happens after the Shattered live event on June 5 and a maintenance window that takes the game offline for roughly half a day.
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 3 release date and how launch works
Chapter 7 Season 3, branded as Runners, begins on June 6, 2026. Epic Games confirmed the date and revealed the full battle pass lineup early in a post on its official Fortnite account.
The sequence is straightforward. The Shattered live event closes out Chapter 7 Season 2 on June 5. After it ends, the servers go down for maintenance for about half a day. When they return, the new season is live.
An exact release time has not been confirmed. Based on how Fortnite handles season transitions, the game is expected to come back online early in the morning on June 6. There is no official countdown clock for the minute it unlocks, so treat the morning of the 6th as the window.
How you know it worked: Once servers are back up, the Runners battle pass is automatically unlocked for anyone who owns it, and you can immediately begin earning tiers and cosmetics.
John Wick Pen & Ink skin and his bonus items
This is not the realistic John Wick that mirrored Keanu Reeves in earlier appearances. The Chapter 7 Season 3 version uses a hand-drawn, comic-book look. Fortnite has done this art style before with The Mandalorian and Deadpool, so the inked, sketched finish should feel familiar even though the character is new.
The collab does not stop at the outfit. John Wick brings his unnamed Pitbull from the films as a cosmetic sidekick, and the set is rounded out by a handful of themed extras. Together they cover a glider, a pickaxe, kicks, and a back bling, so the full Wick package goes well beyond a single skin.
| John Wick item | Type |
|---|---|
| John Wick – Pen & Ink | Skin |
| John Wick and Dog | Skin + Sidekick |
| John Wick Gunglider | Glider |
| Blade of the Void | Pickaxe |
| Dark Cubic Sneakers | Kicks |
All Fortnite Runners battle pass skins
The Runners battle pass includes eight new skins in total. Two are remixes of returning characters: Heatwave PJ gets a summer-ready look, while Vanguard Slone returns with glasses and a black-and-green futuristic outfit, hinting that she is back in the story after vanishing earlier in the game's lore. The TheBurntPeanut crossover, tied to the Twitch streamer, joins as a sidekick rather than a full skin.
| Skin | Notes |
|---|---|
| The Guardian | Original design |
| Heatwave PJ | Remix of returning character PJ |
| Vanguard Slone | Remix of returning character Slone |
| Dylan | Original design (Tier 4) |
| Cluster | Original design (Tier 5) |
| John Wick – Pen & Ink | Movie collab |
| The Voidblade | Original design (Tier 7) |
| Wolfe | Original design (Tier 8) |
| TheBurntPeanut | Streamer collab (Sidekick) |
Launch week bonus rewards (starting June 6)
Beyond the standard tiers, the Runners season hands out a set of bonus cosmetics during launch week. These become available starting June 6 once the season goes live, and they include a second John Wick glider, his Dog sidekick, and the Blade of the Void pickaxe.
| Reward | Type |
|---|---|
| Gold Huntress Dylan | Skin |
| Venomous Chainsaw | Pickaxe |
| Gilded Cherubs Holster | Back Bling |
| Marbled Speedboat | Glider |
| John Wick and Dog | Skin + Sidekick |
| Dark Cubic Sneakers | Kicks |
| John Wick Gunglider | Glider |
| Blade of the Void | Pickaxe |
If you own the battle pass, none of this requires a special claim step. Log in after the June 6 maintenance ends, and the Runners pass plus its launch-week bonuses will be ready to earn as you play.