The First Descendant is a multiplayer online shooter game developed by Nexon. The players assume the role of Descendants and fight against an invasive alien race. The players will receive quests, which will be completed in various battle areas unlocked through progressing the main story. There are a variety of features and explorable options in the game, making it huge. As such, some issues are bound to occur at some point. The latest issue that the players faced was the ‘upstream not available’. It was a form of connection error, quite expected in a multiplayer game of such kind. It prevented the users from logging in to the game. The exact nature of the error is unknown, but we have some news regarding this for you below.
The First Descendant upstream is not available error: How to fix it
Coincidentally, the game received an update before the error showed up. The hotfix 1.3.1d was patched on Aug 18, 2025, which introduced some changes to the game. The issues it fixed are listed below:
- Battle Pass daily bonus EXP not resetting was fixed. Battle pass EXP will be distributed to all Descendants as compensation.
- Battle Pass daily challenge not appearing if it was refreshed with the same objective as before was taken care of.
There is a possibility that this update might have introduced the error when it was pushed through the servers. However, the exact cause is not known. People reported the problem to the developers, who took quick action. It seems that the issue has been resolved. As it was a problem at the developer’s end, there wasn’t much to be done anyway. The official team had taken note of the problem and was troubleshooting. However, from your side you can try general fixes like disabling crossplay, logout and login your account on Nexon website, and you can also try using VPN.
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