Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt release time, file size and server downtime for update 0.2.0

The Dawn of the Hunt league (which is how Grinding Gear Games refers to seasons as) kicks off today with the arrival of patch 0.2.0. Here's when it goes live and everything you need to know ahead of its release.

is getting the update we've been waiting for today, with Dawn of the Hunt patch 0.2.0. Developer GGG has been teasing the upcoming content for a few weeks now, giving us a deep dive in a , and there are plenty of changes in store.

After introduced four new Lost Tower maps, GGG has more tweaks on the way for Towers and the endgame, letting them spawn with mechanics, including bosses, and letting players juice Towers with content added by tablets from other Towers.

You can read more in the full 2 Dawn of the Hunt patch notes on the but the tl;dr highlights include:

• A new playable character class, the Huntress
• New Amazon and Ritualist Ascendancy Classes for the Huntress
• New Smith of Kitava Ascendancy Class for the Warrior
• New Tactician Ascendancy Class for the Mercenary
• New Lich Ascendancy Class for the Witch
• Over 25 new Skills, primarily Spear Skills
• Over 100 new Supports
• 2 new item classes, Spears and Bucklers
• Over 100 new Unique Items
• 8 new Endgame Maps, each with new encounters and new rewards
• 4 Unique Strongboxes – special chests with unique encounters
  
• Introduced 12 Rogue Exiles
• Introduced Azmerian Wisps
• Added 15 new Socketable items with new modifers that you can craft onto your items
• Introduced the Twilight Reliquary Key
• Essences can now have Vaal Orbs applied to them to corrupt the Essences with a range of unpredictable outcomes
• Continual improvements of the sound, art, effects and environments

There will be some server downtime for players ahead of the Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt release, with the on preloads and file size saying that maintenance will begin at 5pm UTC which is 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST / 7pm CEST.

It looks like there'll be no downtime for and |S, with the post saying console players will be able to play the current version of the game until Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt launches.

On that note, here's exactly when Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt releases in your region, info on preloads and how big the file size will be.

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Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt release time

The Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt release time is set for 7pm UTC, on Friday, April 4. Servers will be down for a few hours beforehand, but this is when they should be up and running for you to jump in. Here's what the Path of Exile 2 release time is in your time zone:

• 12pm PDT
• 2pm CDT
• 3pm EDT
• 8pm BST
• 9pm CEST
• 3am SST Saturday, April 5
• 4am KST, Saturday, April 5
• 6am AEDT Saturday, April 5

Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt preload and file size Console

If you're on or , then you'll be pleased to hear that Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt preload is live now for consoles, coming in at approximately 27GB, according to GGG. You'll be able to play the game in its current version until the launch of today's Dawn of the Hunt update update 0.2.0.

PC

Things are slightly different on PC, with a torrent for the developer's standalone PC client being available now, prior to the update going live. As GGG notes, "this method, while available earlier, makes it a larger update as it includes all the existing client content". It adds that once patching begins for Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt update, there'll be a "few remaining files that you’ll need to update as well."

Without the torrent, using or the standalone launcher will let you download the Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt update roughly two hours before the league launches. The file size on PC is around 31GB on the standalone client and Steam.

Another point to note for newcomers who may not be aware, is that the torrent is aimed at players who have a sluggish internet connection, are using the standalone client, and want to play as soon as the league launches. Otherwise, GGG says if you have "decent internet" (giving the example of being able to download 31gb in 2 hours) then you don't need to download the torrent.