Talk given as part of the European XFEL Users' Meeting 2016. Topics include: introduction to the HED instrument; HIBEF Helmholtz International Beamline for Extreme Fields; drive capabilities at HED; final X-ray properties at the HED instrument; X-ray room layout; X-ray transport optics hutch; interaction chamber; X-ray detector choices; X-ray monochromator, split & delay line; key milestones and time plan; possible day one experiment.