Fortnite OG is about to loop back to one of its most memorable eras: Chapter 1 Season 7, the original winter season with planes, snow biomes, and some notoriously strong loot.
Fortnite OG Season 7 release date and start time
Fortnite OG Chapter 1 Season 7 is scheduled to launch on December 11, 2025.
Update 39.10 brings the new OG season after a short maintenance window. Server downtime is planned to begin at 9am GMT, with Fortnite expected back online around 10:30am GMT, when OG Season 7 becomes playable.
The update runs alongside the mainline Chapter 7 Season 1 content, so OG remains a limited-time mode that sits next to the current chapter rather than replacing it.
Epic is also reusing the original Chapter 1 Season 7 slogan, “You Better Watch Out”, signalling that the seasonal focus is firmly on holidays and winter-themed content.
What’s changing on the OG map in Season 7
OG Season 7 rolls the island back to its first major snow transformation from late 2018. That means a partial snow biome rather than a fully frozen island at launch, mimicking the start of the original season.
Three classic points of interest are confirmed to return:
- Polar Peak – the towering icy mountain that anchors the southwest snow region.
- Frosty Flights – the airfield built around X-4 Stormwing hangars, with strong chest density and vehicle access.
- Happy Hamlet – a tight, winter village-style POI focused on close-quarters building fights.
These locations defined how players rotated through the southwest of the Chapter 1 island. In OG Season 7 they are expected to remain active throughout the run of the mode rather than rotating out mid-season.
Later in the season, an in-game event centered on the Ice King is expected to push the map toward deeper winter, mirroring the moment in 2019 when the snow spread across the island.
Returning weapons, items, and vehicles in OG Season 7
The loot pool in OG Season 7 leans heavily on the original Season 7 lineup, with a mix of precision weapons, utility items, and loud disruption tools coming back. The following are confirmed to return:
| Category | Returning item |
|---|---|
| Sidearms / ARs | Scoped Revolver, Scoped Assault Rifle |
| Secondary weapons | Dual Pistols |
| Snipers | Suppressed Sniper Rifle |
| Mobility | Balloons, Glider Redeploy |
| Area denial | Stink Bombs |
| Structure disruption | Boom Box |
| Vehicles | X-4 Stormwing planes |
| Melee mythic | Infinity Blade (mid-season) |
The X-4 Stormwing returns as the signature vehicle of the season, bringing aerial combat, rapid rotations, and the chaos of dogfights back into the OG playlist.
The Infinity Blade is confirmed but will not be available on day one. It will arrive later in the season, echoing its original, short-lived release window where it quickly became one of Fortnite’s most controversial mythic items.
Not every Season 7 weapon returns immediately. A staggered rollout is planned so that new items, including additional weapons and mobility options such as drift boards, can be introduced via mid-season updates rather than all at once.
OG Season 7 Battle Pass and skins
OG Season 7 introduces a fresh OG Battle Pass that focuses on remixing classic Chapter 1 cosmetics rather than simply reissuing the original skins.
Confirmed outfits include:
- Remixed Lynx – a new take on the fan-favorite tech assassin from Chapter 1 Season 7.
- Onesie-style pyjama skin with a cat hood – a cozy, cartoonish design that references the original Onesie variant, with customization expected for long-time players.
- Festive Santa-inspired outfit – a reworked version of the original winter Santa skin, tuned for the OG pass.
Players with an active Fortnite Crew subscription automatically gain access to the OG Battle Pass, in line with how Crew has handled recent seasonal passes.
Beyond headline skins, the pass includes a new OG umbrella and other cosmetics that sit in the same visual space as the 2018 season, but with slight updates to match the current engine and art direction.
How long OG Season 7 is expected to run
Fortnite OG as a whole is planned to continue until the end of November 2026. OG Season 7 is one phase in that longer run and is expected to be significantly longer than a standard modern season, with the possibility that OG mode will eventually move through all remaining Chapter 1 seasons up to Season X.
Earlier OG rotations showed that a window of roughly two to three and a half months keeps players engaged without making the meta feel stale, so Season 7 is likely to follow a similar trajectory, supported by mid-season content drops.
What to expect from events and gameplay tweaks
Several in-game beats from the original Season 7 are being revisited. Most notably, an Ice King event around late December is expected to dramatically increase snowfall on the island and line up with the delayed release of the Infinity Blade and additional weapons such as the infantry rifle, as well as drift boards.
Community expectations for gameplay tweaks include:
- Visual changes that push OG closer to Chapter 1’s look, potentially with more muted lighting and simpler materials than the current chapter.
- An optional classic HUD toggle to bring back the older UI layout while keeping core Chapter 7 systems intact.
- Settings that adjust movement visuals to look more like pre–Chapter 5 animations while keeping newer mechanics like sprinting and sliding.
Epic has not confirmed every one of these tweaks, but OG’s return structure makes small, nostalgic settings changes likely targets for experimentation during the Season 7 window.
Why OG Season 7 matters for Fortnite’s future
OG’s first run brought a huge spike in concurrent players by leaning on nostalgia without fully abandoning the live game. Chapter 1 Season 7 sits at a critical point in that timeline: it is modern enough to feel fast and familiar to current players, but old enough to trigger the same “first time on the Battle Bus” feeling for long-time fans.
The structure of OG Season 7 reflects that balance. Classic loot and POIs return largely intact, but content is paced out through mid-season updates and events so the mode has reasons to log in beyond launch week. Combined with the ongoing Chapter 7 Season 1 content, December becomes one of the densest periods of the year for Fortnite, both for returning veterans and for newer players trying Chapter 1 systems for the first time.
If Epic can keep the rotation of items, events, and cosmetic rewards steady throughout the extended Season 7 run, OG mode is positioned to carry strong player numbers deep into 2026 while it continues to work through the remaining Chapter 1 seasons.
