New Year

The New Year is an annual Live Event in Fortnite: Battle Royale . The first occurrence was on December 31st 2018 for New Year 2019.
==Event Summary==
The event starts with a giant purple ball coming through a rift in the sky. The ball lights up into a giant disco ball and a 10 second countdown appears in four directions off in the distance. Once it reaches zero, it celebrates the new year with many fireworks going off and forcing all active players to dance. When the players stop dancing, a big firework is fired from the middle of the island into the sky. Exploding into a Llama Pinata shaped firework particle with the new year displayed. The event occurs every hour to accommodate the different time zones in the real world.
==Trivia==
* The New Year is the only Live Event to happen every year.
** It was also the first non-storyline related Live Event.
* During the 2019 New Year in Season 7 the giant disco ball can be seen above the island in the Replay Client.
* Looking closely at the giant disco ball before it lights up shows Cube Runes.
* The track that plays during the event period is an extended version of the Boogie Bomb song. And the effect players are forced into is the same but only until the final firework.
==Gallery==
New Year (2020 - Discoball) - Event - Fortnite.png|The Giant Discoball in 2020
New Year (2021 - Discoball) - Event - Fortnite.png|The Giant Discoball in 2021
New Year (2024 - Discoball) - Event - Fortnite.png|The Giant Discoball in 2024