Pearl Abyss has taken Back Desert servers down for today, October 18 for some planned maintenance, as they prepare to release the next title update.

Black Desert Down for Server Maintenance Schedule for Oct. 18:

Scheduled Maintenance Period:

• NA: October 17th, 10:00 PM – October 18th, 03:00 AM (PDT)

• EU: October 18th, 06:00 AM – 10:00 AM (UTC)

• ASIA: October 18th, 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM (GMT+9)

All servers will be taken down during the maintenance.

• Once maintenance starts, all Adventurers will lose their connection.
• Maintenance time is subject to change. If there are any changes to the schedule, they will be made in this announcement.

Maintenance of the website is scheduled for 05:00 AM ~ 10:00 AM (UTC)

• During the website maintenance, you will be unable to access the Official Website.
• During the website maintenance, you will be unable to access the app’s Central Market and Coupon functions.

After the maintenance is completed, there will be a new update available for Black Desert. We’ll be sure to link to it, once the patch notes are live, so stay tuned!

Source: Black Desert