Outfits that were once locked behind a single season are coming back. Epic Games is starting a program called Unvaulted that resells skins from past Battle Passes through the in-game shop, and the first batch arrives this week. This reverses a long-standing rule that kept Battle Pass content exclusive to the players who earned it during its original season.
Quick answer: Unvaulted goes live on June 28, 2026. The first wave brings back Marvel Outfits from Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom), each sold as its own separate bundle in the shop rather than tied to a season pass.
What Unvaulted is and when it starts
Unvaulted is Epic’s plan to reintroduce Outfits and items from older Battle Passes by selling them directly in the shop. It does not bring back the full Battle Passes themselves. Instead, individual skins return as standalone bundles you can buy with V-Bucks.
The program launches on June 28, 2026. The reveal came through the official Fortnite account on X, which posted a trailer showing the first returning skins. Epic confirmed each reintroduced Outfit will have its own separate bundle.
Which outfits return first
The first wave is built around Chapter 5 Season 4, the Absolute Doom season that ran from August 16 to November 2, 2024. It was Fortnite’s most recent Marvel-themed Battle Pass. The named Outfits shown in the announcement trailer are listed below.
| Returning Outfit | Source season |
|---|---|
| Gwenpool | Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom) |
| War Machine | Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom) |
| Peelverine | Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom) |
| Captain Jones | Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom) |
| Mysterio | Chapter 5 Season 4 (Absolute Doom) |
The Absolute Doom pass also included characters such as Doctor Doom, Shuri, and Emma Frost, along with a Captain America styling of the recurring Fortnite character Jonesy. Epic has not said whether every skin from that season returns or only the ones featured in the trailer.
Note: It is not yet confirmed whether the skins will appear all at once on launch day or be rolled out gradually across multiple shop rotations.
The policy change behind Unvaulted
For years, Epic promised never to resell content released through its time-limited Battle Passes. That made each pass feel essential, but it also locked newer players out of characters released seasons earlier. Outfit purists who bought those passes held skins that nobody else could obtain afterward.
Epic dropped that policy starting from 2024, beginning with the Absolute Doom season, while setting an 18-month waiting period before any Battle Pass content could be sold on its own. That window has now passed for Absolute Doom, which is why its Outfits are the first to come back.
A standard Battle Pass cost around $10, roughly the same V-Bucks price as a single individual skin. That pricing left many players expecting these characters to eventually reappear as standalone purchases.
What comes after the first wave
Epic has framed Absolute Doom as the starting point rather than a one-off. As each older season passes its own 18-month mark, its Battle Pass content becomes eligible for the shop. Epic has not named which season follows Absolute Doom into Unvaulted.
The reveal lands during a busy stretch for the game. A Fortnite update rolls out on June 25, after which Epic begins its annual two-week summer break. Content planned across that period includes a collaboration with Olivia Rodrigo and a crossover with Neopets.
For now, the practical takeaway is simple. Mark June 28 if you want one of the returning Marvel skins, watch the shop for Gwenpool, War Machine, Peelverine, Captain Jones, and Mysterio, and expect more Battle Pass favorites to follow as their windows close.
