The login screen flickers. You hover over the HoYo Play Launcher while the timer ticks down and realize the five-hour blackout is closing in. I’ve been there — a half-finished wish, a coffee gone cold, and the quiet before a patch drops.
I track update windows so you don’t have to guess. Read fast: the clock matters, the maintenance window matters more, and pre-installing saves you precious playtime.
Genshin Impact Luna V update release countdown
Screenshots of the countdown widget are already being shared across feeds.
Luna V goes live on Wednesday, Feb. 25 — but that looks like Feb. 24 if you’re playing from the United States. I’ll give you the exact rollouts so you can plan around the server blackout.
The update rollout times the site is counting on are:
- 7pm PT (Feb. 24)
- 9pm CT (Feb. 24)
- 10pm ET (Feb. 24)
- 3am UTC (Feb. 25)
- 4am CET (Feb. 25)
Note the maintenance clock: servers will go offline five hours before the times above. When maintenance ends, the new patch is live — no staggered logins, no manual triggers. For a lot of players the countdown now feels like a tide pulling everyone toward patch day.
When will the Luna V servers go down?
Maintenance begins five hours before the rollout times listed above. That means if you’re on Eastern Time, expect servers to go dark around 5pm ET on Feb. 24. You won’t be able to log in on any platform while maintenance is running.
How long will the maintenance take?
miHoYo (Hoyoverse) schedules major updates with roughly a five-hour maintenance window. I’ve watched those windows hold steady across past patches — plan on the full five hours as your baseline.
How to pre-install Luna V in Genshin Impact
Look at your main menu before patch day — mobile players often see the Pre-Install Resource Package icon first.
If you want to skip the frantic download after maintenance, pre-install the partial files now. On PC use the HoYo Play Launcher. On iOS or Android tap the Pre-Install Resource Package icon in the lower-left of the main menu and let the client fetch what it can.
Treat the pre-download like packing a carry-on suitcase: you’ll still have a few items to add after the servers come back, but you won’t be waiting through the full baggage claim.
I recommend doing the pre-install on Wi‑Fi and leaving the launcher open for the background fetch — it’s saved me a lot of boot time when patches actually hit.
Want tools? Use the HoYo Play Launcher on PC, the in-game Pre-Install icon on mobile, and follow Hoyoverse / Genshin Impact on social channels for live maintenance updates.
Will you play the patch day grind or skip straight into Luna V with a pre-install waiting — and does miHoYo’s five-hour blackout still make sense for a global launch?