Destiny 2 The Witch Queen Pre-Load Start Times

We’re a few weeks away from the launch of Destiny 2‘s The Witch Queen expansion. With all the new content and gear coming in 4.0, there’s a lot to come. All the new PvE content is just the beginning. Players will have a whole new cache of gear to get, with a bunch of new God Rolls to chase. But with these expansions, often comes a big download. Those of us gamers on slow connections really appreciate the concept of a pre-load. That’s basically the window that players can download the patch ahead of the actual launch.

Bungie has already said that more than one million pre-orders have already been counted for the new expansion. It would seem that many players are planning to jump back into the wars of the Guardians quite soon. That means there’s going to be a lot of people rushing to download the update. There’s a plan in place to reduce day one loads from this rush. In a blog post, Bungie has revealed necessary details about when and where you can download the expansion. It’s a paid update obviously, so the full content will need to be bought via your platform of choice. Bungie explained how this will work for the Destiny 2 The Witch Queen Pre-Load.

The game servers will be pulled offline on February 21, 7 PM PST, with patch deployment expected to take two hours. From February 21 9 PM PST, players can begin to download the patch. 12 hours later, the servers for D2 will be brought back online. After that point, you will have to download the patch, starting behind everyone else in progress.