Wuthering Waves update 2.6: release time and maintenance details
By Marco Wutz
It’s time for Septimont’s Augusta and Iuno to enter the stage in Wuthering Waves 2.6, titled By Sun’s Scourge, By Moon’s Revelation.
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WuWa 2.6 is a chunky update, bringing two 5-Star Resonators with their signature weapons as well as a new line of 4-Star weapons into the game alongside the Sanguis Plateau, new Echoes, and Sonata Effects. Furthermore, this patch will make Rinascita’s flight ability available in both Jinzhou and the Black Shores.
Here are all the details on the Wuthering Waves update 2.6 start and server downtime.
Wuthering Waves update 2.6 – server downtime
The Wuthering Waves servers are scheduled to go offline on August 28, 2025, at 4am (UTC+8) in preparation for update 2.6. Here’s what that means for your timezone:
- August 27, 1pm PDT
- August 27, 3pm CDT
- August 27, 4pm EDT
- August 27, 5pm BRT
- August 27, 9pm BST
- August 27, 10pm CEST
- August 28, 1:30am IST
- August 28, 4am CST
- August 28, 5am KST/JST
- August 28, 6am AEST
- August 28, 8am NZST
The Wuthering Waves servers are estimated to be offline for a duration of seven hours, after which users can log back in and play through update 2.6’s content.
Wuthering Waves update 2.6 – release time
Here’s when Wuthering Waves update 2.6 should be available in your timezone if everything with the update and its connected maintenance goes according to plan:
- August 27, 8pm PDT
- August 27, 10pm CDT
- August 27, 11pm EDT
- August 28, 12am BRT
- August 28, 4am BST
- August 28, 5am CEST
- August 28, 8:30am IST
- August 28, 11am CST
- August 28, 12pm KST/JST
- August 28, 1pm AEST
- August 28, 3pm NZST
Kuro Games will provide a downtime compensation worth 300 Astrite and 2 Crystal Solvent after the servers are back up. You’ll be able to grab these free goodies from your in-game mailbox, where they will wait for you to claim them until the next version update rolls around. Make sure to add them to your inventory before they expire.
Wuthering Waves update 2.6 – preload
Players on PC, iOS, and Android can begin downloading Wuthering Waves 2.6 on August 26, 2025, at 10am (UTC+8), which is August 25, 2025, 10pm EDT. Preloading will allow you to cut down the time you need to get back into the game after the update is available, since most of the required data will be on your device already. There is no preload option for PS5.
Wuthering Waves update 2.6 – download size
The exact size of the Wuthering Waves update will depend on your installed language package and the device you play on. Kuro Games recommends that you always have around double the download size in free storage to accommodate the file decompression process. Here are the preload sizes for WuWa 2.6:
- PC: 35 GB
- Android and iOS: 11 GB
Make sure to be connected to Wi-Fi before downloading the update on mobile devices.
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