Hazbin Hotel Fortnite Skins Arrive October 16
Fortnite's Hazbin Hotel collaboration launches with the October 16 Item Shop reset at 8 PM ET, featuring Charlie Morningstar, Alastor, and Vaggie skins as part of Fortnitemares 2026.
The Hazbin Hotel crossover arrives with the October 16 Fortnitemares reset, featuring Charlie Morningstar, Alastor, and Vaggie skins. The collaboration is scheduled for release tonight, Friday, October 16, at 8 PM ET and 5 PM PT, as part of the ongoing Fortnitemares 2026 seasonal event. These outfits, revealed in an extended event trailer and previously confirmed via datamining, mark a long-awaited crossover for fans.
Item Shop reset timing details
The Fortnite Item Shop refreshes once daily at 00:00 UTC. For players in the United States, this translates to 8 PM Eastern Time and 5 PM Pacific Time on October 16. Epic Games states the shop "refresh[es] at around 0:00 AM GMT," according to its official Item Shop help page. A delay of a few minutes is normal.
Since Epic removed the in-game countdown timer in January 2024, players must check the 'About Shop' section for their local time. The UTC reset time remains constant, but US time zones observing daylight saving will see their local reset shift by one hour when clocks change. Arizona and Hawaii, which do not observe daylight saving, see no change in reset time year-round. The shop resets in the afternoon for US players, and not every item leaves the shop daily, with collaboration sections often remaining for several days.
Pricing and availability uncertainty
Epic Games has not confirmed final prices for the Hazbin Hotel items. Any V-Bucks estimates circulating before the reset are purely speculative. The collaboration includes full character skins, not new items or mythic weapons. Its release follows a minor Hazbin Hotel emote from earlier in the series' history within Fortnite.
Leaked schedules from community sources matched the reported October 16 date. Fans have anticipated this crossover for years, with rumors tracing back to a single Reddit post in 2024. Epic Games held back the collaboration until the Fortnitemares update.
Event context and player advice
The Hazbin Hotel skins launch during Fortnitemares 2026, which runs until November 1. They are expected to be among the final new collaborations of the season. Players are advised to compare bundle values, perhaps against the cost of the Five Nights at Freddy's bundle earlier in the event, if they are budgeting V-Bucks.
Immediate purchase is not required, as collaboration sections typically stay in the shop for multiple days. If the shop does not update within 15 minutes of the reset, players should restart the game and check the live server status page. Players should monitor the Item Shop after the October 16 reset for the Hazbin Hotel skins, with no need for immediate purchase as collab sections typically remain for several days.
