recently, the officially site announced that black desert online's na/eu version will be released on march 3,2016 and pre-order will be available until february 26. did you get the closed beta key to enjoy black desert in advance? before the black desert online released, the official bdo forum is updated with a new post with pm_belsazar thoughtfully listed out all the relevant dates, times for bdo in the next 2 weeks.
16.02
• pre-download of cbt2 client is available on your account page
• winners from the beauty & beast contest will be announced in our forum
• additional cbt2 keys will be distributed by end of date utc to those who registered
17.02 | 08:00 utc
• everyone who reserved his name by 08:00 utc will be able to use his reserved name during cbt2 to test this feature
18.02 | 08:00 utc
• cbt2 will start; follow us for details about patch notes, events and news in our forum
**relevant threads for cbt2 will be updated before cbt2 start.
22.02 | 08:00 utc
• cbt2 will be closed
• character creator will be closed
• redeem page for cbt2 keys will be closed
26.02 | 08:00 utc
• pre-order will be closed
27.02 | 08:00 utc
• name reservation will be closed
28.02 | 08:00 utc
• soft launch for early access who pre-ordered the conqueror’s package will begin
• claiming process for pre-order packages will begin
01.03 | 08:00 utc
• soft launch for early access who pre-ordered the explorer’s package will begin
02.03 | 08:00 utc
• soft launch for early access who pre-ordered the traveler’s package will begin
03.03| 08:00 utc
• hard launch for everyone who purchased the game will begin
10.03
• cash shop will be opened
pre-download
• access your account page to see the download button once pre-download is opened
• pre-order package owners will be automatically activated for this process above
• cbt2 key holders will have to redeem their key first on the redeem page and the follow the process above
claiming process for pre-order items
• once the claiming process has opened, you will have to create first a character on a server of your liking
• once created, you can claim all items yourself via our website
• details and url will be provided prior to the opening
cash shop opening
• the cash shop will not be available at launch
• all items available in the cash shop will be available during cbt2 testing phase including pricing