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Guidelines for the Royalty Showdown

How/when to connect to your server!

We are very excited to see all the qualified players in Fort Destiny at the start of the Royalty Showdown. If you have qualified check out these instructions on how to join the matches to ensure you are ready for all the heart-pounding action!

As a reminder, the Royalty Showdown start dates/times for each region are as follows:

  • The Europe Royalty Showdown starts at 7:00PM CET on February 21.
  • The South America Royalty Showdown starts at 9:00PM GMT-3 on February 21.
  • The North America Royalty Showdown starts at 5:00PM PST on February 22.
  • The Australia Royalty Showdown starts at 12:00PM AEDT (Local Date: February 24) (5:00PM PST February 23).
  • The Asia/Pacific Royalty Showdown starts at 11:30AM CST (Local Date: February 24) (7:30PM PST February 23).

Convert to your local time zone here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Players should arrive to the “Hosted Games” screen by their Region’s designated start time.

  • Click Play
  • Click Hosted Games

The “Join Now” button will become available 15 minutes before the designated start time of each match. Once a player selects “Join Now”, he or she will join the match and enter Fort Destiny. The match will start at the designated start time and not be restarted for any reason. Any players who have not joined the match before the designated start time will not be able to participate, but may join any subsequent match.

Here are the specific times players should join for each of the matches:

Wednesday February 21st

  • Europe Royalty Showdown
    • Game 1 “Join Now” begins at 6:45PM CET
    • Game 1 will start at 7:00PM CET
    • Game 2 “Join Now” begins at 7:30PM CET
    • Game 2 will start at 7:45PM CET
    • Game 3 “Join Now” begins at 8:15PM CET
    • Game 3 will start at 8:30PM CET
  • South America Royalty Showdown
    • Game 1 “Join Now” begins at 8:45PM GMT-3
    • Game 1 will start at 9:00PM GMT-3
    • Game 2 “Join Now” begins at 9:30PM GMT-3
    • Game 2 will start at 9:45PM GMT-3
    • Game 3 “Join Now” begins at 10:15PM GMT-3
    • Game 3 will start at 10:30PM GMT-3

Thursday February 22nd

  • North America Royalty Showdown
    • Game 1 “Join Now” begins at 4:45PM PST
    • Game 1 will start at 5:00PM PST
    • Game 2 “Join Now” begins at 5:30PM PST
    • Game 2 will start at 5:45PM PST
    • Game 3 “Join Now” begins at 6:15PM PST
    • Game 3 will start at 6:30PM PST

Friday February 23rd

  • Australia Royalty Showdown
    • Game 1 “Join Now” begins at 11:45AM AEDT
    • Game 1 will start at 12:00PM AEDT
    • Game 2 “Join Now” begins at 12:30PM AEDT
    • Game 2 will start at 12:45PM AEDT
    • Game 3 “Join Now” begins at 1:15PM AEDT
    • Game 3 will start at 1:30PM AEDT
  • Asia/Pacific Showdown
    • Game 1 “Join Now” begins at 11:15AM CST
    • Game 1 will start at 11:30AM CST
    • Game 2 “Join Now” begins at 12:00PM CST
    • Game 2 will start at 12:15PM CST
    • Game 3 “Join Now” begins at 12:45PM CST
    • Game 3 will start at 1:00PM CST

If players have any issues joining the match they should contact customer service immediately:

  1. Go to http://help.h1z1.com
  2. Open a Support Ticket https://help.daybreakgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/218172118 or https://help.daybreakgames.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
  3. Add the tag [Showdown] in the subject line of your support ticket, and be as detailed as possible in the Description. A support representative will respond back to that ticket ASAP.