Wuthering Waves 3.6 Pre-Download Guide: Size, Times & Compensation
Kuro published the official 3.6 maintenance notice on August 13. Pre-download opens August 18 at 10:00 (UTC+8), maintenance runs August 20 from 04:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8), and eligible players get 300 Astrite plus 2 Crystal Solvent. Here are the exact sizes, times and steps for PC and mobile.
3.6 update timeline at a glance
Version 3.6 "Lamplight in Mirage, Sword's Resolve in Heart" is scheduled for release on August 20 (UTC+8). The official Version 3.6 Update Maintenance Notice, published August 13, pins down every important time. All times below are UTC+8, the server timezone.
| Date & time (UTC+8) | What happens |
|---|---|
| August 18, 10:00 | Pre-download opens for all platforms |
| August 20, 04:00 | Maintenance starts, the game goes offline |
| August 20, 11:00 | Maintenance ends, 3.6 goes live |
The maintenance window is the hard deadline for anything you still want to do in 3.5. The current banners close before it: per the wiki's convene history, every 3.5 banner ends on August 19, so don't leave pulls for the final hours of the 20th.
Pre-download: exact sizes for PC and mobile
The notice separates two numbers that people mix up: the storage you need to free up, and the size of the actual download.
| Platform | Required free space | Actual package size |
|---|---|---|
| PC | 50 GB | 22 GB |
| Android / iOS | 33 GB | 13 GB |
Why the gap? The launcher needs extra room to merge resources during maintenance, and the notice is explicit that pre-download may not start at all if your device lacks the full reserved space. The good news: the extra space is freed automatically once the update finishes, so you only need the full 50 GB temporarily.
You can keep playing while the pre-download runs in the background, and you can pause it at any time. A partial pre-download still speeds up the final update, so starting it even on a slow connection is better than not starting it.
How to pre-download
- PC: open the launcher. A "New Version Pre-download" option appears below the Start button; select it and wait for the resources to finish.
- Android / iOS: on the title screen after login, or in the in-game Terminal page, press the "Pre-download" button and confirm.
Pre-download starts August 18 at 10:00 (UTC+8), two days before maintenance. Kuro recommends Wi-Fi for the download, which makes sense given the package sizes above.
Maintenance window and compensation
Maintenance runs from 04:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8) on August 20. During those seven hours you cannot log in, so plan your waveplate spending and event clears around them.
The compensation for the downtime:
- Astrite ×300, which is one pull (160) with 140 left over, just short of a second pull.
- Crystal Solvent ×2, each restoring 60 Waveplates, so 120 Waveplates total.
Eligibility: you need a character with access to the Mail feature before August 20, 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation stays claimable until the next version update, so there is no rush to grab it on day one.
One caveat straight from the notice: if maintenance gets extended, Kuro will publish a follow-up notice and adjust the compensation accordingly. The 04:00-11:00 window is the current plan, not a promise carved in stone.
How to update after maintenance, by platform
Once the servers are back, updating is straightforward. The notice lists the exact steps per platform:
- PC: close the game, restart the launcher, click "Update."
- Android: launch the game and follow the update pop-up.
- iOS / Mac: update through the App Store.
- PS5: open the home screen, select Wuthering Waves, press OPTIONS and choose Check for Update.
- Xbox Series X|S: My games & apps, Manage updates, then update the game.
- Xbox PC: open the Xbox app, find Wuthering Waves in My Library, go to Manage, Files tab, and select Check for Update.
If you pre-downloaded, the final step is a quick merge rather than a full download, which is the whole point of doing it early.
What is actually in the 3.6 update
For the full banner and pull-planning breakdown, see our 3.6 version preview. The short version, straight from the maintenance notice:
- New Resonators: Qingxiao (5-star, Aero/Sword) and Jingran (5-star, Fusion/Broadblade), on their own Featured Resonator Convenes.
- New weapons: Glint of Clouds (Sword) and Thousandfold Deliverance (Broadblade), each on a Featured Weapon Convene.
- New area: Xuanyuan Domain, reached during Main Quest Chapter IV Act III "Song of the Heart Sword." The patch also adds the Segue quest "The Nethermancer's Requiem" and a new Echo, Calamity Effigy.
- PC: NVIDIA DLSS frame generation support is upgraded to DLSS 4.5, plus optimization to Echo Recommendation, Mail, and Expedition Motorbike navigation.
Last-minute checklist before the servers go down
Six days of 3.5 remain as of this article. Worth doing before August 20:
- Finish your 3.5 pulls. The Phase II banners (Suisui's Blessings From Dewy Winds, Aemeath's Take Flight in Spring) and the all-patch Starpath and Tideforge Reverbs end August 19. After that, Radiant Tides can't be used on them.
- Don't waste a guarantee. Pity and 50/50 state carry over between character banners, so there's no need to panic-pull at the last minute. If you want to understand exactly what carries, read our 50/50 guide.
- Spend waveplates and clear event rewards so nothing expires into maintenance. Mail rewards from the 3.5 events won't survive forever.
- Free up storage and start the pre-download on August 18, so patch day is a ten-minute merge instead of a two-hour wait.
3.6 banners after launch
The banner schedule is already visible on the banner history and in the wiki's Version 3.6 page:
- Phase 1 (from August 20): Wind of Transcendence (Qingxiao) and False Promise for Tomorrow (Denia rerun). Weapons: Absolute Pulsation: Glint of Clouds and Absolute Pulsation: Forged Dwarf Star.
- Phase 2 (date not yet confirmed): Where Santu Beckons (Jingran), Thousand Futures Mirrored in Snow (Hiyuki) and Distant May the Starlights Be (Mornye). Weapons: Absolute Pulsation: Thousandfold Deliverance, Frostburn and Starfield Calibrator.
Kuro hasn't announced the phase 2 date. As an expectation only: 3.5's phase 2 opened exactly 20 days after launch (July 30, following the July 10 release), so if 3.6 follows the same pattern, phase 2 lands around September 9. Treat that as a working guess, not a confirmed date.
Frequently asked questions
August 18, 2026 at 10:00 (UTC+8), per the official maintenance notice. It opens on all platforms at the same time.
PC: 50 GB of free space for a 22 GB package. Android/iOS: 33 GB of free space for a 13 GB package. The reserved space is freed automatically after maintenance finishes.
August 20, 2026, from 04:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8). You can't log in during that window, and 3.6 goes live when maintenance ends.
300 Astrite and 2 Crystal Solvent (120 Waveplates total). You qualify if you created a character and unlocked Mail before August 20, 04:00 (UTC+8). The rewards stay claimable until the next version update.
Yes. The download runs in the background and can be paused at any time. Even an incomplete pre-download speeds up the update on August 20.
Sources
- Official: Wuthering Waves Version 3.6 Update Maintenance Notice (August 13, 2026) - maintenance times, compensation, pre-download sizes and platform steps.
- Official: Wuthering Waves Version Preview | Version 3.6 "Lamplight in Mirage, Sword's Resolve in Heart" (August 7, 2026) - version lineup.
- Official: Convene Details - published convene rates and pull cost basis (160 Astrite per pull).
- Fandom wiki: Version/3.6 - https://wutheringwaves.fandom.com/wiki/Version/3.6 (banner schedule, phase 1 dates, events).
- Fandom wiki: Convene - https://wutheringwaves.fandom.com/wiki/Convene (current banner end dates, August 19).
- Fandom wiki: Crystal Solvent - https://wutheringwaves.fandom.com/wiki/Crystal_Solvent (60 Waveplates per use).