Crimson Desert has obtained a brand new replace which provides problem ranges amongst different new options.
Model 1.04 is rolling out now on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, with a Mac launch coming “at a later time”.
The primary new addition is Simple, Regular and Laborious problem choices, for gamers who need to make their journey much less or tougher.
Simple mode reduces the quantity of injury taken by the participant, will increase the timing home windows for parries and dodges, and makes enemies slower, weaker and fewer aggressive.
Laborious mode, in the meantime, does the other of this, in addition to decreasing the size of time rolling makes gamers invincible, and doesn’t apply meals results till the consuming animation has ended.
Different new options embody numerous new storage gadgets, together with the Sturdy Gatherables Chest (which has 1,000 storage slots) and the Kuku Cooler, which may retailer meals gadgets and substances which can be utilized for cooking even when not within the participant’s stock.
Developer Pearl Abyss says one of many different promised additions – the flexibility replay boss fights – continues to be within the works, and will probably be added in a future replace.
The complete patch notes are as follows:
Crimson Desert – Model 1.04 patch notes
Content material
- Simple / Regular / Laborious problem choices have been added to Settings > Play. For skilled Greymanes in search of extra intense and thrilling fight, Laborious problem provides a tougher journey.
- For many who have loved many boss fights and want to problem them once more, the boss rematches function permitting you to face off towards the bosses of your selection will probably be added quickly.
- Simple
- Lowered harm taken by the participant.
- Lowered most well being, aggressiveness, and total pace of opponents.
- Prolonged timing home windows for Parry and Dodge.
- Lowered the frequency of bosses trying to counterattack or escape when hit.
- Regular
- That is the problem you will have been enjoying up to now.
- Laborious
- Meals merchandise results received’t be utilized instantly and can solely take impact after the consumption animation is full.
- Elevated harm taken by the participant.
- Elevated most well being, aggressiveness, and total pace of opponents.
- Lowered timing window for Parry and Dodge.
- Lowered the invincibility length for Roll.
- Elevated the frequency of bosses trying to counterattack or escape when hit.
- Added further fight patterns for sure bosses.
- Added the Sturdy Gatherables Chest which may be arrange with the housing system.
- The Sturdy Gatherables Chest has 1,000 slots and may be bought from furnishings outlets.
- Supplies saved within the Sturdy Gatherables Chest can be utilized for crafting or refinement even when they aren’t carried in your stock.
- Added the Kuku Cooler and Improved Kuku Cooler gadgets which may be positioned with the housing system.
- The Kuku Cooler may be obtained by means of a quest, whereas the Enhanced Kuku Cooler may be crafted. Each can be utilized to retailer meals gadgets and substances.
- Kuku Cooler: 40 slots
- Enhanced Kuku Cooler: 330 slots.
- Elements saved in both cooler can be utilized for cooking even when they aren’t carried in your stock.
- The Kuku Cooler may be obtained by means of a quest, whereas the Enhanced Kuku Cooler may be crafted. Each can be utilized to retailer meals gadgets and substances.
- Added the Collectibles Chest which may be positioned by means of housing mode.
- The Collectibles Chest can be utilized to retailer varied quest gadgets and crafting recipes.
- The Collectibles Chest has 1,000 slots and may be obtained by means of a quest.
- Added an outfit storage function to the Wardrobe, which may be positioned by means of housing mode.
- The Wardrobe may be bought from furnishings outlets.
- Every Wardrobe gives 100 storage slots, and the entire storage capability will increase primarily based on the variety of wardrobes positioned.
- The utmost outfit storage capability is 1,000 slots.
- Added the Choose Home possibility the place you possibly can change the format of your own home.
- Selectable home sorts unlock primarily based on the Greymane Camp growth degree.
- Compact Home
- Customary Home
- Spacious Home
- Spacious Pailunese Home
- Selectable home sorts unlock primarily based on the Greymane Camp growth degree.
- Improved housing mode-related UI and controls.
- Added a operate that enables all furnishings gadgets positioned by means of the housing mode to be retrieved unexpectedly.
- Improved the Greymane Camp. (To keep away from spoilers, modifications associated to this content material are listed within the dropdown menu beneath.)
- Improved the commentary function in order that Abyss artifacts may be earned when observing a talent that had already been acquired through the use of Abyss artifacts.
- Improved the next gadgets, which have been beforehand unstackable, to now stack within the stock:
- Common Abyss gears, bugs, fish, and animals
- Added birds as pets. You’ll be able to encounter these new companions all through Pywel.
- Added the Sotdae of Bond merchandise which lets you achieve Belief with birds.
- Place varied varieties of meals that birds may like on the Sotdae of Bond to feed them and achieve Belief.
- The Sotdae of Bond may be obtained by means of a quest.
- Added 5 new varieties of cat pets.
- Improved the Abyss Heuklang in order that it might probably turn out to be your pet.
- Added a operate to alter the names of horses and pets.
- Mounted a problem the place cats may stay on the participant’s shoulder indefinitely, opposite to the meant design. Nonetheless, contemplating that many Greymanes really favored these cats’ conduct, now we have added an merchandise that enables cats to remain on the shoulder for an extended time frame.
- Added an adjunct slot for pets, which can permit pets to now tackle a greater variety of roles.
- Sigil of Bonding: Equipping this merchandise on a pet cat ensures it to remain longer in your shoulder.
- Added an adjunct slot for pets, which can permit pets to now tackle a greater variety of roles.
- [Damiane] Added a brand new unique one-handed weapon, the Sword of Starlight, which may be obtained by means of a quest.
- [Kliff/Oongka] Added two new one-handed weapons, Tree Department and Sturdy Tree Department.
- These things may be obtained by chopping down bushes and bamboo bushes.
- Added a brand new software, Sturdy Broom.
- [Kliff] Added the brand new Baltheon armor outfit.
- Modified the identify of Rekhia Plate Helm to Baltheon Plate Helm and improved it in order that it may be outfitted by Kliff.
- Added a secret store in Pororin the place pet tools may be bought.
- Added further outfits to sure outlets, together with the Again Alley Store.
- Improved the Kuku Flame-Resistant Armor and the Kuku Ice-Resistant Armor in order that they are often dyed.
- Added varied ores and wells throughout Pywel.
- Lowered the quantity of assault and protection gained from tools reinforcement with grindstones and anvils.
- Mounted a problem the place the cloudcart couldn’t be known as.
- Improved the cloudcart in order that it may be used as a everlasting mount.
- Modified the cloudcart crafting mission in order that it might probably solely be accomplished as soon as.
- Improved the costs of products bought by Greymane NPCs in order that they are often purchased at a ten% discounted worth.
- Added livestock distributors throughout Pywel.
- Livestock akin to cows, pigs, goats, sheep, geese, and chickens may be bought from these NPCs.
- Added 13 new tattoos for characters.
- Added a “Lock” operate that forestalls promoting or discarding of the chosen merchandise.
- Improved gathering and mining in order that the amount of things obtained is utilized persistently.
- Improved resting in mattress in order that the participant’s character will get up instantly afterward.
- Improved NPCs to point out a greater variety of reactions to their environment.
- As a part of ongoing visible enhancements, changed choose 2D visible property to higher align with the sport’s artwork route.
- Within the Mission Dispatch menu, the “Dispatch” and “Repeat Mission” buttons have been separated, permitting choice between performing a mission as soon as or repeating it. (Added: 2026/04/23)
Managements
- Added a preset function for each keyboard/mouse and controllers.
- The unique controls can be found by way of the “Basic Preset”.
- Extra detailed controller customization will probably be added quickly.
- Added a function the place, when the interplay secret is pressed, the corresponding motion is carried out instantly.
- [Keyboard/Mouse] This function, situated in Settings > Enter > Keyboard/Mouse Customization, can be utilized when the UI interplay part doesn’t overlap with the keys within the Default Enter Group. If the keys overlap, that part will probably be highlighted in yellow.
- [Controller] This function can be utilized by means of the default settings in Settings > Enter > Controller Customization.
- Added the “Evasion Management” and “Swap Roll and Evasion Enter” choices.
- This function means that you can select between both the unique double click on/press possibility or the maintain possibility.
- Enabling the “Swap Roll and Evasion Enter” possibility switches the controls for Roll and Evasion.
- Improved the controls for aiming
- Added a operate that means that you can flip your lantern on and off whereas aiming.
- Improved the controls in order that even when a weapon is drawn, urgent goal whereas there’s an interactable goal close by will instantly swap to goal as a substitute of guard.
- Added the “Utilizing Talent: Component” possibility.
- Choosing “Fast Slot Possibility” means that you can use the chosen parts assigned for every particular person enter.
- Modified the controls for Vault.
- Vault can now solely be utilized by urgent Leap whereas performing a distinct assault.
- Modified all interactions in order that they’re executed constantly whereas the button is held down.
- [Keyboard/Mouse & Controller] “Dismount/Drop” and “Cancel” keys/buttons have been mixed.
- [Keyboard/Mouse] Expanded the vary of customizable key bindings.
- [Keyboard/Mouse] Modified the Escape key used whereas below standing results to match the Evade key.
- [Controller] Improved the map in order that it may be opened by holding the DualSense contact pad or the Xbox controller’s View button.
Fight/Motion
- Adjusted the general stability of bosses.
- Modified bosses in order that they’re now not resistant to participant assaults whereas performing highly effective assaults.
- Adjusted the frequency at which bosses counterattack or escape whereas being hit consecutively.
- Adjusted the assault sample of sure bosses.
- Elevated harm taken from elemental standing illnesses.
- Barely lowered the harm dealt when hitting enemies with pillars or bushes.
- Added new charging levels for Drive Palm Pulse.
- The talent may be charged as much as 3 levels, with harm rising progressively.
- Improved the general pace of “Look at” when inspecting gadgets.
- Improved the pace of pushing or rotating objects throughout puzzles.
- Improved follow-up assaults in order that they join extra shortly even when the preliminary assault is blocked.
- Modified Blinding Flash in order that it may also be utilized in areas the place weapons can’t be drawn.
- Modified Blinding Flash in order that it’s used towards the goal presently being confronted throughout fight.
- Improved assault chaining after utilizing Dodge throughout unarmed fight.
- [Kliff] Added the talent Weapon Throw, usable whereas twin wielding.
- This skill can be utilized with the identical controls as Protect Bash.
- Weapons may be retrieved by urgent the identical controls or by approaching it.
- [Kliff] Improved the assault pace of Drive Palm.
- [Kliff] Mounted a problem the place the parry motion after guarding wouldn’t set off when a non-sword weapon was outfitted as the first weapon.
- [Kliff] Mounted a problem the place Cost couldn’t be used with sure weapons.
- [Kliff] Improved Drive Present in order that Kliff now not falls from ledges when utilizing it.
- [Damiane/Oongka] Added the talent Ambush.
- [Damiane/Oongka] Added a talent that has the identical impact as Kliff’s Centered Drive Palm.
- [Oongka] Mounted a problem the place Oongka couldn’t transfer horizontally throughout Vertical Flight.
- [Oongka] Improved Oongka’s blaster in order that it may be fired throughout Flight.
- [Oongka] Mounted a problem the place Scatter Shot may very well be used even with out bullets throughout Again Grasp.
- Improved “Look at” in order that it may be utilized in your stock whereas mounted on a horse.
- Improved the brightness and detection vary of the Miner’s Lantern Hat in order that it might probably extra simply determine gatherable ores.
- It might now determine stone as effectively.
- Modified the therapeutic results displayed on targets affected by Therapeutic Drive Palm.
- Mounted a problem the place the “Elevate” interplay turned unavailable when a restrained goal fell into water.
- Mounted a problem the place stamina would recuperate when repeatedly drawing and stowing weapons whereas transferring.
- Mounted a problem the place sprinting, swimming, and another actions couldn’t be carried out whereas using the Marni’s Mechahorse.
- Mounted a problem the place the character would get caught in sure conditions whereas working mechanical gadgets.
- Improved spears and longswords in order that their assaults movement extra naturally throughout fight.
- [Damiane] Improved Fast Reload in order that, along with being acquirable by talent commentary, the talent may also be acquired with Abyss Artifacts. (Added: 2026/04/23)
UI Fixes & Enhancements
- Improved the stock in order that gadgets may be considered by means of class tabs.
- There are 5 classes: All, Paperwork, Gear, Meals, Supplies, and Others.
- The Type settings for every stock class are saved and can stay in impact even after restarting the sport.
- The identical class tabs may even be added to the personal storage within the close to future.
- Improved the stock UI in order that grouped icons will present an icon with a consultant picture of that group.
- The function could also be turned on or off in Settings > Play > Present Group Icon in Stock.
- Separated the enter choices for “Ungroup” and “Ungroup All Gadgets”.
- Added “Filters/Search” operate to the map.
- Improved the map and minimap in order that icons are displayed for obtained Reminiscence Fragments.
- After Reminiscence Fragments are obtained, lanterns will now not show a detection sign.
- Added a function that enables gamers to decide on the form and colour of map markers.
- Improved the map to show the inventory standing of store gadgets for outlets with whom most belief has been reached.
- Improved the map and minimap to show effectively icons.
- Improved the minimap to show north, south, east, west.
- [Kliff/Damiane/Oongka] Adjusted the format of the Abilities menu.
- Improved the Faction Quests and Challenges UI to point out the variety of quests and challenges accessible.
- Improved the Journal in order that reward merchandise data may be considered.
- Added a UI show to outlets that present what number of of an merchandise the participant owns.
- Improved outlets’ purchase menu to show the situations required for buying deactivated gadgets.
Graphics & Settings
- Improved the rendering high quality of distant objects and textures. The upper the graphics settings, the extra enhanced the main points and visible readability will probably be.
- Mounted a further difficulty the place background objects that ought to solely seem below sure situations have been at all times seen from a distance.
- Improved the visible high quality of characters at lengthy distances.
- Improved hair lighting in shaded areas.
- Improved errors and flickering associated to displacement mapping.
- Added a “Max” measurement for the subtitle font measurement setting.
- Improved to keep up the digicam’s distance to the character when adjusting the visible vary.
- Added a “Colorblind Mode” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
- Added a “Chromatic Aberration” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
- Added a “Photosensitive Mode” possibility in Settings > Accessibility.
- [PC] Improved the standard of “AMD FSR Ray Regeneration”.
- [PC] Improved the standard of “Intel XeSS 3.0” upscaling and “Intel XeSS Body Era”.
- [Steam] Mounted a problem the place actions requiring rotation of the correct stick, akin to Nature’s Snare and reeling in a fishing rod, didn’t operate correctly with an Xbox controller when the “Allow Steam Enter” was enabled.
- [Mac] Lowered stuttering throughout gameplay.
- [Mac] Added a “MetalFX Denoising Upscaler” possibility in Settings > Video. This selection is accessible ranging from macOS Tahoe.
- [Mac] Mounted a problem the place switching between a number of shows below Settings > Video didn’t work easily.
- [Mac] Mounted a problem the place the sport would launch at an unintended decision when utilizing sure shows.
- [Mac] Improved HDR high quality and allowed HDR to be enabled by default “For This Mac” preset when utilizing an HDR-compatible show.
- [Mac] Mounted a problem the place the display screen appeared excessively darkish when disabling HDR after it had been enabled.
Stability, Gameplay
- Modified the Load menu to show a discover in a slot if the save information is corrupted or invalid.
- Mounted a problem that induced the sport to crash if HDR was enabled on a monitor that doesn’t help HDR.
- Mounted a number of stability and crash points throughout PC, console, and Mac.
Localization
- Mounted varied localization errors and improved localization high quality throughout all languages.
Others
- Tumbleweeds have been added to abandon areas.
- Mounted a problem the place the “Show Weapons” setting was not utilized correctly in sure cutscenes and gameplay conditions.
- Mounted a problem the place the goal location would show incorrectly when a bounty goal quest failed.
- Mounted the bounty system in order that if the participant’s bounty is simply too excessive to show in a bounty goal, bringing the goal to the Constabulary will set off an arrest state as a substitute of the handover cutscene.
- Improved comrades’ conduct so they don’t assault bounty targets.
- Mounted a problem the place, after finishing sure quests, monitoring of the following quest didn’t set off correctly.
- Improved the Journal to point whether or not a quest goal has been dispatched on a mission.
- Improved the progress show for cumulative quests akin to “To the Rescue”.
- Mounted a problem the place the sport would sometimes shut when retrying bosses as Damiane or Oongka.
- Mounted a problem the place the character swap menu turned accessible after finishing a stage that mechanically switched the participant character.
- Mounted a problem the place teleporting by way of the map whereas mounted on Blackstar induced Blackstar to turn out to be invincible or unable to maneuver.
- Mounted a problem the place Blackstar wouldn’t transfer when summoned from a distance.
- Mounted a problem the place an merchandise was displayed incorrectly when studying a Reminiscence Fragment with the lantern.
- Mounted a problem within the Prologue the place enemies wouldn’t acknowledge the participant after the participant rested in a mattress.
- Mounted a problem that induced an inifite loading display screen to seem if the participant was caught dishonest at Duo as Oongka.
- Mounted a problem the place NPCs have been unable choose up gadgets they’d dropped after colliding with the participant.
- Mounted a problem the place some outfits regarded unnatural relying on the participant’s actions.
- Improved the show of the horse cargo so it now not overlaps with shields.
- Mounted a problem the place audio didn’t play correctly in sure conditions.
- Mounted a problem the place a sure Pailune service provider NPC wouldn’t seem in some save information.
- Mounted a problem the place the mission would fail if a bounty goal was killed after being captured.
- Mounted a problem the place Belief wouldn’t enhance after giving a present to the boss of the Beggars’ Alliance.
- Mounted a problem the place the results of the gadgets Golden Beer and Sage’s Eye didn’t apply correctly.
- Mounted a problem the place related Information was not acquired after interacting with the Pailune Militiamen.
- Mounted a problem the place the data for Tristan, the Flame Knight, Marni’s Machina Knight, and Dreadnought couldn’t be acquired.
- Mounted a problem the place Higher Abyss Gear couldn’t be bought.
- Mounted enhancement supplies, crafting supplies, and reinforcement ranges that had been set in a different way from the tools materials sort.
- Mounted varied different in-game points.
