# Fortnite keeps crashing on start up or if i do basically anything.

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-keeps-crashing-on-start-up-or-if-i-do-basically-anything/2326350>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-keeps-crashing-on-start-up-or-if-i-do-basically-anything/2326350 "2025-02-10T22:12:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![cameron\_133](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@cameron\_133](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/cameron_133)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-keeps-crashing-on-start-up-or-if-i-do-basically-anything/2326350/1 "2025-02-10T22:12:49Z")

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### Summary

when i open fortnite or if i merely do basically anything the game freezes and crashes, giving me an unhelpful message telling me to go to the epic support. i do all the steps but it still doesnt work. can anybody help?

### Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

### What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Stability

### Steps to Reproduce

open fortnite. if it doesnt crash, practically anything, and it would crash

### Expected Result

crashes gives an UE crash report

### Observed Result

UE crash report

### Platform(s)

PC

### Additional Notes

game is unplayable

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**Author:** ![Jimbohalo10](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jimbohalo10/32/961440_2.png) [@Jimbohalo10](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jimbohalo10)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-keeps-crashing-on-start-up-or-if-i-do-basically-anything/2326350/2 "2025-02-11T14:32:13Z")

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hi @cameron_133  
see post  
[Fortnite Crashing Upon Loading - Development / World Creation - Epic Developer Community Forums](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-crashing-upon-loading/824743/3)

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/fortnite-keeps-crashing-on-start-up-or-if-i-do-basically-anything/2326350/3 "2025-08-09T22:13:21Z")

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