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The key art of Wuthering Waves Thaw of Eons art featuring Changli, Jinhsi,the male Rover, and a dragon.
Image via Kuro Games

How to update Wuthering Waves

Get back to exploring as soon as possible.

Wuthering Waves regularly brings a massive amount of fresh content you can explore to the game, which means there are pretty consistent updates that roll out. Because of this, it’s crucial to know how to update Wuthering Waves.

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Depending on which platform you’re exploring this vast world from, the process for updating your game looks a bit different. Because of this, it can be tricky to figure out how to update Wuthering Waves, so here’s how you can get the latest content installed.

How to update Wuthering Waves on PC

The Start option that becomes Update marked in Wuthering Waves.
If an update is available, it always says Update instead of Start. Screenshot by Dot Esports. Remix by Dot Esports

To update Wuthering Waves on PC, you need to open the Wuthering Waves launcher and select the Update option near the bottom right corner. This button usually says Start instead, but when there’s a fresh update to download, it changes to say Update, which means you just need to click and wait for the update to install.

The update process for Wuthering Waves generally takes quite some time and you may run into some issues while it’s working, like getting stuck at 65 percent loading or getting the stuck Verifying File Integrity error. Luckily for gamers, there’s a fix for most issues you run into, which means you should be able to get in and work on making the best builds in no time.

How to update Wuthering Waves on iOS and Android

if you’re playing on mobile, the update process for Wuthering Waves varies between iOS and Android, so here are the steps you need to follow for each.

On iOS, there are two ways you can update Wuthering Waves:

  • Open the App Store.
  • Search for Wuthering Waves.
  • Select the blue Update option right under the game title and to the right of the game icon. This button may instead say Get if you don’t have it installed on iOS or change to a square with a circle around it while actively updating.

Searching for Wuthering Waves yourself is generally the quickest way, but another method you can use instead is as follows.

  • Open the App Store.
  • Click on your profile in the top right corner.
  • Select Apps.
  • Find Wuthering Waves.
  • Click the Update option.
The Wuthering Waves App Store page with the Get option marked.
When there’s a new update available, the Update option will appear. Screenshot by Dot Esports. Remix by Dot Esports

On Android, there are two different methods you can use to update Wuthering Waves:

  • Open the Google Play shop.
  • Search for Wuthering Waves.
  • Select the Update option.

This method is usually the easiest, but you can also update this game with the following steps.

  • Open the Google Play store.
  • Click on the profile icon near the top right corner of the screen.
  • Select Manage apps & devices.
  • Choose Manage.
  • Find Wuthering Waves.
  • Select Update.

Once you have the update downloading, all you have to do is wait. Wuthering Waves updates tend to be pretty massive, so there’s a good chance you’ll be waiting for a while. You might consider reviewing the current and future planned banners while you wait so you can figure out who you want to recruit next.


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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.