Fortnite Skipped Annual Rainbow Royale Pride Event This Year

Fortnite’s annual Rainbow Royale Pride event didn’t go ahead this year, breaking a four-year streak with no explanation given.

For the first time since 2021, Fortnite didn’t hold its annual Rainbow Royale Pride celebration this year. The event, which had run each July to August since its introduction, typically offered free cosmetics and a handful of themed features to mark the occasion. As reported by GameSpot, no such event was held in-game in 2025.

Rainbow Royale wasn’t a major Fortnite event in comparison to other seasonal and collab events held in-game, but it was symbolic of Epic Games’ support for the LGBTQIA+ community. Players could usually claim free rainbow-colored items in the shop, such as the Big Fan and The Dip emotes, while 2022 saw the addition of Pride-themed quests, a special battle bus, and rewards like a hammer pickaxe and weapon wrap. That year also brought the DC character Dreamer, a transgender character, to the item shop. More recent editions were scaled back, with last year’s Pride content limited to a shop section that appeared briefly in both June and September.

In 2025, however, Rainbow Royale is absent altogether from Fortnite. Epic Games has yet to bring back any of the free Pride items, and the Mazy skin – usually a featured part of the Pride shop section – was only available once this year, appearing for a single day without the rest of the collection. As of October, no Pride content has been added at all.

Epic Games has not provided any reason for skipping the Fortnite Pride event. Multiple outlets – including Blunt – have requested comment, but the company has so far remained silent. The lack of communication has led to speculation about whether the decision is tied to the Trump administration’s broader efforts to roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives in the United States. Whether Epic leadership is avoiding political controversy, shifting priorities, responding to internal factors, or simply just didn’t do it for no ulterior reason is unclear.

What is clear is that, after four consecutive years, Fortnite’s Rainbow Royale Pride celebration has been dropped without explanation, leaving fans wondering whether it will return in the future, or whether it’s done for good.

We’ll update this piece if we get a response from Epic Games regarding the decision.