Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred release times & how to preload on PC, Xbox & PlayStation

If you’re a wanderer ready to become Spiritborn, you might want to embrace the Vessel of Hatred expansion for Diablo 4 as soon as you can.

Diablo 4’s first expansion arrives alongside the Season 6 update on October 7, bringing players to the Nahantu Region for a brand-new story.

As well as this new region, the Spiritborn class arrives in the game alongside Mercenaries, the Realmwalker event, the Kurast Undercity dungeon, and Dark Citadel activity.

If you’re wondering when you can dive into Vessel of Hatred and Season 6, here’s when it releases in every region.

Diablo 4 Season 6 & Vessel of Hatred release times

October 7

• Los Angeles: 4 PM PDT
• Toronto: 7 PM EDT
• New York: 7 PM EDT
• Mexico City: 6 PM CST
• Sao Paulo: 8 PM BRT

October 8

• London: Midnight BST
• Helsinki: 2 AM EET
• Paris: 1 AM CET
• Riyadh: 2 AM AST
• Seoul: 8 AM KST
• Tokyo: 8 AM JST
• Sydney: 10 AM AEDT
• Auckland: Noon NZDT

Blizzard

Both the Vessel of Hatred and Season 6, Season of Hatred Rising, will arrive at the same time. Although the expansion is only available for those who buy it, every player can access Season 6’s content when it goes live.

How to preload Vessel of Hatred

Diablo 4 players on Battle.net, Xbox, and PlayStation can pre-download the Vessel of Hatred and the Season 6 update by checking your platform’s store, as it will be a regular update for the game.

Preload times

If you’re on Battle.net you can pre-load Vessel of Hatred right now, but Steam players will need to download when it goes live on October 7.

Check out the pre-load times for PlayStation and Xbox:

October 5

• Los Angeles: 4 PM PDT
• Toronto: 7 PM EDT
• New York: 7 PM EDT
• Mexico City: 6 PM CST
• Sao Paulo: 8 PM BRT

October 6

• London: Midnight BST
• Helsinki: 2 AM EET
• Paris: 1 AM CET
• Riyadh: 2 AM AST
• Seoul: 8 AM KST
• Tokyo: 8 AM JST
• Sydney: 10 AM AEDT
• Auckland: Noon NZDT

Download file size

On PC, the Vessel of Hatred update is around 40 GB with High-Resolution Assets enabled. If you untick that box, it comes in at around 25 GB.

With console pre-loading not live yet, it’s unclear exactly how big it’ll be, but it should be in that ballpark.

First thing you should do

Once the Vessel of Hatred and Season 6 goes live, the first thing you should do is make sure you’ve completed the campaign. But, you technically don’t have to, you just have to complete the main campaign’s prologue. We would recommend getting a mount before visiting Nahantu, though.

After that, look for the Vessel of Hatred’s campaign in your quest log which is where you should be able to begin your journey to the new region.