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Is Nightingale down? As the game has just launched, Nightingale is forcing players to be at the whims of an always-online environment, which means the servers will sometimes go offline.
Whether this is for maintenance, an update, or hotfixes will depend on the issue. If you aren’t able to get into the game and see an error screen that says ‘Shards error’, then the servers might be offline.
Now the game has been released, updates and hotfixes are to be expected. Let’s take a look at whether or not the Nightingale servers are currently down, and for what reason if they are.
Are Nightingale servers down?
Yes, Nightingale servers have been taken offline as of 11am, February 21. While frustrating for many players trying to log in, the servers have been taken offline for maintenance. As per a developer update on Steam’s Community page, the developers shared the following message:
“Our server maintenance has begun. During this time you will be unable to log into the Realms. This maintenance period is to push a hotfix that should address the following issues:
- Most instances of “Running out of GPU memory” error on graphic cards that exceed min spec
- Issues with arrow keys being used for key rebinds
- Pressing Tab + I together crashing the game
We anticipate approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour of downtime. We will post another news article when the servers are back online.”
There you have it, Nightingale servers are offline at the moment but the downtime is only expected to last for about 30 minutes to an hour.
How to check Nightingale server status
If you find that you can’t ever log into the game, you should always look for communications from the developers. In this case, the devs shared a small notice on the official Steam forums that they would be performing maintenance.
Another great place to check is the game’s official Twitter account. As the game is online-only, it should only be offline and down when updates are required or new patches are added to the game. One final place to look is on Nightingale’s website, which has a dedicated page for Nightingale server status updates.
Once the maintenance has ended, there might be a hotfix to install so make sure you do this before trying to get back into Nightingale. Hopefully, the downtime won’t be long and everything will be running again soon.
That’s it for is Nightingale down. For more, read our pages covering whether Nightingale will be on Switch or coming to Game Pass.
