The Black Desert Online servers are undergoing a scheduled maintenance today, April 6, 2023, to improve the game's performance across all platforms. As a result, the servers will be down globally, and players from all regions and platforms will be unable to access the MMO during this time.
According to the official statement by the developers, the servers will be down for four hours and the maintenance schedule will start at 1 am PDT. Hence, players can expect the servers to return online at around 5 am PDT.
Both the servers as well as the official Black Desert Online website will be down, however, the latter will have a two-hour maintenance schedule and not a four-hour one.
Here is the regional server maintenance schedule based on time zones:
- 1 am - 5 am PDT
- 4 am - 8 am EDT
- 8 am - 12 pm UTC
- 10 am - 2 pm CEST
Here is the regional website maintenance schedule based on time zones:
- 1 am - 3 am PDT
- 4 am - 6 am EDT
- 8am - 10am UTC
- 10 am - 12 pm CEST
What to expect from the Black Desert Online April 6 server maintenance?
The developers have stated that apart from improving the overall gameplay experience and server stability, they will be addressing a few other things in the new patch as well.
Some of the biggest highlights will be the rework that will be making its way to the Trade Lifeskill as well as the adjustments to Wagon Weight. Additionally, there will be Training EXP Adjustments with fixes to some of the several bugs and performance issues that Black Desert Online has been facing for some time now.
Moreover, before the maintenance goes live, there are a couple of events and pearl products that will be ending. Here is a list of all the features players can expect to go offline hours before maintenance kicks off:
- Spring Spot Cleaning with Marni’s Support
- It's Time to Roll The Dice!
- Pearl Shop Update March 22, 2023
As mentioned, the Black Desert Online server maintenance will last for about four hours, however, it can take considerably longer based on how well the patching goes. If there is an issue, it might take a couple of hours longer for players to log in.