Wuthering Waves 3.5 Launching July 9: Maintenance End Time & Yangyang Xuanling
Wuthering Waves version 3.5 is set to launch on July 9, 2026, at 11:00 PM ET (UTC-4). The release lands close to Palworld 1.0, so players who track back-to-back releases may want to plan their time accordingly. This patch adds a new area called Mengzhou, alongside a new alternate form for Yangyang: Yangyang: Xuanling.
Alongside the update, Moonlight Peaks includes 23 romance candidates. The lineup is meant to help you get a feel for each character’s personality, supernatural classification, and more before you commit to any relationship routes.
Quick facts
- Wuthering Waves 3.5 launches July 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM ET (UTC-4)
- New region: Mengzhou
- New alternate form: Yangyang: Xuanling
- Moonlight Peaks romance candidates: 23
- Yangyang: Xuanling banner runs July 9, 2026 through July 30, 2026 (Phase 1)
Yangyang Xuanling Banner In WuWa (Wuthering Waves)
Yangyang: Xuanling’s debut banner in Wuthering Waves 3.5 is scheduled for July 9, 2026 to July 30, 2026, marked as Phase 1.
Alongside Yangyang: Xuanling, the update will feature a rerun of Luuk Herssen. Two additional 4-star Resonators will also receive rate-up during the same window.
- Danjin (Havoc-Sword)
- Chixia (Fusion-Pistols)
- Aalto (Aero-Pistols)
WuWa 3.5 Maintenance Ends & Start Time (Wuthering Waves 3.5)
Maintenance is sometimes able to wrap earlier than planned, but the expected duration is listed as seven hours. With that in mind, here are the Wuthering Waves 3.5 maintenance start and end times.
WuWa 3.5 Maintenance Starts
WuWa 3.5 Maintenance Ends
WuWa 3.5 Maintenance Time Countdown
If you prefer tracking the wait in real time, there’s a Wuthering Waves 3.5 maintenance countdown available for checking release readiness as the downtime approaches.
WuWa 3.5 Release Date & Time (Wuthering Waves 3.5)
Wuthering Waves 3.5 is expected to run for roughly six weeks. That projected schedule leads to the following set of release and end time options.
August 19, 2026, 01:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 02:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 03:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 04:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 08:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 09:00 PM
August 19, 2026, 10:00 PM
August 20, 2026, 01:30 AM
August 20, 2026, 04:00 AM
August 20, 2026, 05:00 AM
August 20, 2026, 06:00 AM
