The Wizard World of Harry Potter is headed to Fortnite, as Epic Games offers Hogwarts Legacy for free via its PC Store.
As announced last night at The Game Awards 2025, Hogwarts Legacy is now free to claim from the Epic Games Store until December 18, at 11am ET. Shortly following the announcement, users reported that the store was struggling to load — with many linking the troubles to a flood of wizard wannabes rushing to claim their copy.
Anyone with more than two hours of Hogwarts Legacy gameplay time on their account by December 18 will be granted a Chocolate Frog Back Bling in Fortnite, Epic Games has said. And that’s not the only Harry Potter content coming to its battle royale game.
While Harry Potter himself appears to be sitting things out for now, Fortnite skins featuring characters in Hogwarts robes will be sold later this month. These outfits will be customizable so you can dress as a student in any of the Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or even Hufflepuff.
Harry Potter content coming to Fortnite is no surprise — fans tracking the game’s files have previously ppointed to a collaboration coming in the near future, and expect broomsticks as Mythic items within the game’s upcoming annual Winterfest celebrations.
Beyond this, Harry Potter is just the latest in the long line of Warner Bros. characters now arriving into the game following the shutdown of the publisher’s own live-service attempt Multiversus.
Familiar faces from DC and Adventure Time have been in Fortnite for some time, but recent months have seen the addition of the Scooby-Doo gang, Beetlejuice and Jason Vorhees — all former Multiversus veterans. Will we see more next year, such as characters from Game of Thrones, Gremlins and Looney Tunes? Time will tell.
“In almost every way, Hogwarts Legacy is the Harry Potter RPG I’ve always wanted to play,” IGN wrote in our Hogwarts Legacy review, awarding the game 9/10.
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