diff --git a/src/CLI/Functions/Unpacker.cs b/src/CLI/Functions/Unpacker.cs
index 9f7bd605b..21ff85462 100644
--- a/src/CLI/Functions/Unpacker.cs
+++ b/src/CLI/Functions/Unpacker.cs
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using CLI.Models;
 using CLI.Utils;
 using CUE4Parse.FileProvider.Objects;
 using CUE4Parse.UE4.Pak;
 
 namespace CLI.Functions
 {
-  class Unpacker
+  public static class Unpacker
   {
-    private const string contentGroup = "p14y73c7_p5e_b10gg3RS_big_play";
-    private const string vfs = "../../temp/vfs/";
+    private const string CONTENT_GROUP = "p14y73c7_p5e_b10gg3RS_big_play";
+    private const string VFS_PATH = "../../temp/vfs/";
 
     // this may be different from the one provided in args so check this and not args[1]
     // we don't wanna delete my local installation of the game when debugging haha!
-    public static string tempDepotsDir = "../../temp/depot/";
+    private const string TEMP_DEPOT_DIR = "../../temp/depot/";
+    private const string WG_DLC_DOMAIN = "http://dl-wotblitz-gc.wargaming.net";
+    private const string BUILD_MANIFEST_OS = "Windows";
 
-    public static void Unpack(string[] args)
+    public static async Task Unpack(string[] args)
     {
       if (args.Length < 2)
       {
@@ -23,12 +27,12 @@ public static void Unpack(string[] args)
       AgnosticZlibHelper.Initialize();
 
       UnpackDepot(args[1]);
-      UnpackDLC();
+      await UnpackDLC();
     }
 
-    private static void UnpackDLC()
+    private static async Task UnpackDLC()
     {
-      string defaultDlcPath = Path.Combine(vfs, "Blitz/Config/DefaultDlc.ini");
+      string defaultDlcPath = Path.Combine(VFS_PATH, "Blitz/Config/DefaultDlc.ini");
       IniParser iniParser = new(defaultDlcPath);
       string? contentBuildId = iniParser.GetString("DefaultContentBuildId");
 
@@ -37,7 +41,32 @@ private static void UnpackDLC()
         throw new Exception("Failed to read content build id from DefaultDlc.ini");
       }
 
-      Console.WriteLine($"Exploring DLC {contentBuildId} within group {contentGroup}");
+      Console.WriteLine($"Exploring DLC {contentBuildId} within group {CONTENT_GROUP}");
+
+      using HttpClient httpClient = new();
+      DlcManifest manifest = await FetchManifest(CONTENT_GROUP, contentBuildId);
+
+      foreach (var pakFile in manifest.PakFiles)
+      {
+        Console.WriteLine($"{pakFile.FileName} downloading exergy...");
+
+        string url = $"{WG_DLC_DOMAIN}/dlc/{CONTENT_GROUP}/dlc/{pakFile.RelativeUrl}";
+
+        // TODO: load to memory and write exergy to disk
+      }
+    }
+
+    public static async Task<DlcManifest> FetchManifest(string group, string build)
+    {
+      string url =
+        $"{WG_DLC_DOMAIN}/dlc/{group}/dlc/BuildManifest-{BUILD_MANIFEST_OS}-{build}.json";
+      using HttpClient client = new();
+      string jsonString = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
+      DlcManifest manifest =
+        JsonSerializer.Deserialize<DlcManifest>(jsonString)
+        ?? throw new Exception("Failed to deserialize manifest");
+
+      return manifest;
     }
 
     private static void UnpackDepot(string workingDirectory)
@@ -50,10 +79,10 @@ private static void UnpackDepot(string workingDirectory)
         Exergy(container);
       }
 
-      if (Directory.Exists(tempDepotsDir))
+      if (Directory.Exists(TEMP_DEPOT_DIR))
       {
         Console.WriteLine("Deleting temp depots directory...");
-        Directory.Delete(tempDepotsDir, true);
+        Directory.Delete(TEMP_DEPOT_DIR, true);
       }
     }
 
@@ -75,7 +104,7 @@ private static void Exergy(string container)
           continue;
         }
 
-        string writePath = Path.Combine(vfs, gameFile.Path);
+        string writePath = Path.Combine(VFS_PATH, gameFile.Path);
 
         if (File.Exists(writePath))
         {
diff --git a/src/CLI/Models/DLCManifest.cs b/src/CLI/Models/DLCManifest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..272eb1109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CLI/Models/DLCManifest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace CLI.Models
+{
+  public partial class DlcManifest
+  {
+    [JsonPropertyName("contentBuildId")]
+    public string ContentBuildId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("pakFiles")]
+    public List<PakFile> PakFiles { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("chunkTags")]
+    public Dictionary<string, ChunkTag> ChunkTags { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("chunkDependencies")]
+    public List<ChunkDependency> ChunkDependencies { get; set; }
+  }
+
+  public partial class ChunkDependency
+  {
+    [JsonPropertyName("chunkId")]
+    public long ChunkId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("parentChunkId")]
+    public long ParentChunkId { get; set; }
+  }
+
+  public partial class ChunkTag
+  {
+    [JsonPropertyName("gameplayTags")]
+    public List<GameplayTag> GameplayTags { get; set; }
+  }
+
+  public partial class GameplayTag
+  {
+    [JsonPropertyName("tagName")]
+    public string TagName { get; set; }
+  }
+
+  public partial class PakFile
+  {
+    [JsonPropertyName("fileName")]
+    public string FileName { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("fileSize")]
+    public long FileSize { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("fileVersion")]
+    public string FileVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("chunkId")]
+    public long ChunkId { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("relativeUrl")]
+    public string RelativeUrl { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("availabilityMask")]
+    public long AvailabilityMask { get; set; }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/CLI/Program.cs b/src/CLI/Program.cs
index cb70fa3af..59ab12a15 100644
--- a/src/CLI/Program.cs
+++ b/src/CLI/Program.cs
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ namespace CLI
 {
   class Program
   {
-    static void Main(string[] args)
+    static async Task Main(string[] args)
     {
       switch (args[0])
       {
         case "unpack":
         {
-          Unpacker.Unpack(args);
+          await Unpacker.Unpack(args);
           break;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/CLI/Utils/AgnosticZlibHelper.cs b/src/CLI/Utils/AgnosticZlibHelper.cs
index 4c3519be8..64a21ef35 100644
--- a/src/CLI/Utils/AgnosticZlibHelper.cs
+++ b/src/CLI/Utils/AgnosticZlibHelper.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace CLI.Utils
 {
   public static class AgnosticZlibHelper
   {
-    public const string ZlibRootPath = "../../temp/";
-    public const string ZlibBinariesPrefix =
+    public const string ZLIB_BINARY_DIR = "../../temp/";
+    public const string ZLIB_BINARY_URL_PREFIX =
       "https://github.com/NotOfficer/Zlib-ng.NET/releases/download/1.0.0";
 
     public static void Initialize()
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ public static void Initialize()
 
       if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
       {
-        binariesUrl = $"{ZlibBinariesPrefix}/zlib-ng2.dll";
+        binariesUrl = $"{ZLIB_BINARY_URL_PREFIX}/zlib-ng2.dll";
         fileExtension = "dll";
       }
       else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
       {
-        binariesUrl = $"{ZlibBinariesPrefix}/libz-ng.so";
+        binariesUrl = $"{ZLIB_BINARY_URL_PREFIX}/libz-ng.so";
         fileExtension = "so";
       }
       else
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public static void Initialize()
       }
 
       string fileName = $"zlib.{fileExtension}";
-      string filePath = Path.Combine(ZlibRootPath, fileName);
+      string filePath = Path.Combine(ZLIB_BINARY_DIR, fileName);
 
       if (File.Exists(filePath))
       {