Epic Games has disabled matchmaking and has taken the Fortnite servers down this January 31 in order to prepare the game for patch v23.30, which is rolling out today.

Fortnite Servers Down Status and Updates for January 31:

Update: Here are the v23.30 patch notes!

Here’s the announcement from Epic Games:

Prepare to power up in v23.30!
Downtime begins at 4AM ET, with matchmaking being disabled shortly before. pic.twitter.com/jko8GnwWc5

— Fortnite Status (@FortniteStatus) January 30, 2023

Prepare to power up in v23.30!
Downtime begins at 4AM ET, with matchmaking being disabled shortly before.

While it doesn’t say how long the maintenance period is, it should be for 2-3 hours tops. Same as always, once the patch notes are out, we’ll provide a proper link out. We’ll also update the article if there are changes to the maintenance schedule.