Fortnite Chapter Finale November Event Recap: Zero Hour Full Live Event Walkthrough Highlights

Reality fractured, timelines collided, and the island faced its strangest collapse yet. The Chapter 6 finale, Zero Hour, merged dimensions, rewrote alliances, and challenged every player to fight through the multiverse chaos – a spectacle that redefined what a Fortnite live event can be.

While it took players a while to get in when the event playlist went live (thanks to Matchmaking Errors), the event began after an in-game countdown of 45 minutes as Hope and Jonesy set up Rift Beacons to summon several characters spread throughout the multiverse in the pre-event lobby, as players either attempted to wake up Homer or parkoured along pipes. Now, if you missed anything of what I’m talking about here, we’ve got the full recap for you right here.

What Happened in Fortnite Zero Hour Live Event Today?

Fortnite’s Zero Hour live event concluded Chapter 6 with a dramatic clash across multiple realities, merging iconic maps and characters from past seasons into one explosive finale. Players witnessed rifts tearing through the sky as realities collided, leading to a massive showdown against a mysterious new threat controlling fragments of time itself. The event ended with the island collapsing into darkness, teasing the start of Chapter 7 and leaving fans speculating about the fate of the multiverse and what new mechanics Epic Games has planned next.

The Twitter in Fortnite began with Hope and Jonesy calling in assistance using Jonesy’s Rift Gun to travel back to the island and defeat the Dark Presence. Some names that were mentioned in the pre-event lobby were Kong, Godzilla, Superman, Mecha Team Leader, and Star Wars X-Wings.

As the event began, Jonesy rifted all players to the island, but instead, we took a trip across multiple realities. The first included a black and white detective noir era, and the second was Fall Guys reality, the third was a concert at a basketball court with Playboi Carti, then Simpsons island bouncing on Giant Homer’s belly, Hatsune Miku concert, Bobblehead reality, in Star Wars space in front of a Star Destroyer, Prop Hunt reality, Underwater, Comic Book Page, Lava Hell, and finally the destroyed Chapter 6 island.

Then, the Giant Presence rose from the ground into a huge monster, and Jonesy teamed up with the loopers to face the menace. Meanwhile, an Avengers Endgame-style assemble moment happened in the live event as characters from almost every Fortnite collab appeared out of rifts that opened behind Jonesy, and everyone started charging towards the monster – even Godzilla, Kong, Ice King’s Creature, and Mecha Team Leader joined in!

Players then boarded a chopper piloted by K-Pop Demon Hunters and fired at the presence with their OXR Rifle. Then, as the chopper crashed down, players were left with Dual Micro SMGs to squash bugs and fight the tentacle alone. Suddenly, to save the loopers, The Bride from Kill Bill appeared and carried the loopers on the back of her bike towards the Giant Presence, as they equipped a Jet Pack. As players flew and kept attacking the presence, Jonesy summoned a Red Kevin the Cube on the island to beam the demon with strong red lightning.

However, the demon was able to throw the cube in another direction. But thankfully, Mecha Team Leader kicked the cube right at the presence’s face and eliminated it successfully. Shortly after, the island was finally restored by the Zero Shard, and a trailer reflecting on the legacy of the Zero Point played as Jonesy still finds The Seven’s location, which is currently unknown.

The event ended with an Twitter, which sees players partying on a new Battlewood map, but a greater threat in the form of The Last Reality returns as The Queen’s Cradle beams the Battle Bus out of the air, sending the entire game into downtime, and Twitter (yup, they did that).

Which collab characters appeared during Zero Hour

Zero Hour featured an unprecedented ensemble of collab characters from 18 major IPs and 15 real-life icons, assembling for the multiverse battle against the Dark Presence. These crossover heroes appeared during reality-hopping sequences, the “Endgame”-style charge, air assault, and final Cube strike.​

Major IP Collabs

• MonsterVerse: Godzilla (atomic breath combo with Miku), King Kong (thrown as a projectile).​

• Star Wars: X-Wings, Star Destroyer, TIE Fighters.​

• The Simpsons: Giant Homer Simpson.​

• Marvel: Iron Man, Winter Soldier, Yelena Belova, Rocket Raccoon.​

• DC: Superman.​

• Invincible: Invincible, Atom Eve, Allen the Alien.​

• Mortal Kombat: Scorpion, Sub-Zero.​

• Kill Bill: The Bride (motorcycle rescue).​

• Squid Game: Front Man, Games Manager, Games Guard, Kang Sae-byeok.​

• Scooby-Doo: Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley.​

• TMNT: Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello.​

• Power Rangers: Dino Megazord, Green Ranger.​

• Halo: Female UNSC Spartans.​

• Back to the Future: Marty McFly, DeLorean time machine.​

• Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku (beam attack atop Godzilla).​

• KPop Demon Hunters: HUNTR/X (Rumi, Zoey, Mira; helicopter pilots).​

Additional Cameos

• Beavis and Butt-Head: Beavis, Butt-Head.​

• Fall Guys, Dragon Ball, Steal The Brainrot, Playboi Carti, content creators (Ninja, Clix, Nick Eh 30, Bugha, etc.): Brief reality glimpses or army ranks.​

• Fortnite OGs aiding: Mecha Team Leader (final Cube kick), Black Knight, Cube Fiend, Survivalist Jonesy, and others like Peely, Midas.​

This lineup celebrated Chapter 6’s collabs while teasing Chapter 7 debuts like Kill Bill and Back to the Future.​

List all confirmed collab skins that appeared in Zero Hour

Zero Hour showcased an extensive roster of collab skins from 18 major IPs, appearing across reality-hopping, army charges, and boss fight phases.​

Confirmed Collab Skins List

• MonsterVerse: Godzilla, King Kong​

• Star Wars: X-Wing pilots, TIE Fighter pilots (Star Destroyer backdrop)​

• The Simpsons: Homer Simpson (giant form)​

• Marvel: Iron Man, Winter Soldier, Yelena Belova, Rocket Raccoon​

• DC: Superman​

• Invincible: Invincible, Atom Eve, Allen the Alien​

• Mortal Kombat: Scorpion, Sub-Zero​

• Kill Bill: The Bride​

• Squid Game: Front Man, Games Manager, Games Guard, Kang Sae-byeok​

• Scooby-Doo: Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley​

• TMNT: Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello​

• Power Rangers: Dino Megazord, Green Ranger​

• Halo: Female UNSC Spartans​

• Back to the Future: Marty McFly (DeLorean vehicle)​

• Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku​

• KPop Demon Hunters: Rumi, Zoey, Mira (HUNTR/X)​

Brief Reality Cameos

• Beavis and Butt-Head: Beavis, Butt-Head​

• Fall Guys: Bean competitors​

• Dragon Ball: Brief fighter silhouettes​

• Playboi Carti: Concert stage appearance​

• Content Creators: Ninja, Clix, Nick Eh 30, Bugha, SypherPK, LazarBeam, Ali-A, others as army fodder​

These skins drew from Chapter 6 collabs, with debuts like Kill Bill’s Bride teasing Chapter 7.​