Genshin Impact 3.0 Update: Maintenance ending time and Sumeru release countdown

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Genshin Impact 3.0 certainly has countless Travelers waiting with bated breath. It will go live at the usual time, but some might need to learn more about its maintenance process. In that case, they should know that maintenance will happen at 6:00 AM (UTC+8) and is expected to take five hours.

That means Sumeru will be explorable at 11:00 AM (UTC+8) on August 24, 2022. Unsurprisingly, not every player will know what 11:00 AM (UTC+8) translates to in their timezone. That's why the countdown is listed down below in the next section. With that being said, Genshin Impact 3.0 will go live on every server simultaneously.

Here is the crucial countdown relevant to this topic. The countdown should be more or less self-explanatory, especially since it's the same for every server. If the reader sees "Genshin Impact 3.0 is out" in the countdown, that means the update is already live.

Otherwise, the feature displays how much time is left until Genshin Impact 3.0 launches. Keep in mind that this countdown doesn't account for technical problems that might delay a Version Update.

Instead, it's based solely on HoYoverse's estimates.

This tweet even mentions the start of maintenance that Travelers need to consider:

Hence, beginners should know that there is a five-hour period where they cannot play the game in any capacity. The earlier countdown is only valid for when the next Version Update comes out. Curious readers should know that maintenance will begin five hours before that countdown hits 0:0:0:0.

Pre-installation for the upcoming Version Update is already available. Some Travelers should take advantage of this feature to save time and avoid the tedious process of downloading everything once the update arrives.

As with previous Version