When is maintenance for The First Descendant?

Long gone are the days when a game is released and no further support, be it additional content or maintenance, is offered. When it comes to the likes of The First Descendant and its looter shooter ilk, weekly maintenance is typically a known quantity. Even knowing this, it can be hard to track down exactly when maintenance is going to take place. So, just when is maintenance for The First Descendant?

What time is The First Descendant’s weekly maintenance?

For the upcoming Week 5 Patch, The First Descendant servers will be down from 3 a.m. ET to 8 a.m. ET on July 31, 2024.

At the time of this writing, The First Descendant doesn’t have a dedicated weekly maintenance window. Unlike other studios, Nexon typically doesn’t announce upcoming maintenance on its site or X account. Instead, it opts to publish the information on its official Discord server.

The prior week’s patch was also on a Wednesday whereas the two weeks before were on Thursdays and the first week’s maintenance was on Wednesday. While many games, especially those in the live service space, have a dedicated window, it’s still unclear if Nexon will move towards that or continue to play it fast and loose.

There are pros and cons to this style of maintenance. On the one hand, there’s no dedicated downtime that players can anticipate and play around, like in Destiny 2 or World of Warcraft on Tuesdays. On the other hand, Nexon has shown a willingness to patch The First Descendant far quicker than most games. This, in itself, is also a double-edged sword as both bugs and unintentional farms, like the Valby run, can be quickly taken care of.