Patch Notes Version 1.00.03 (Revised: 2026/03/24 13:00 UTC)

Fellow Greymanes, Check out the fixes and improvements that have been added this patch below.

Major Updates

In this patch, we've adjusted some gamepad and keyboard/mouse controls, increased Health restored from food and items, and added new item storage in the Howling Hill Camp.

Fellow Greymanes

Thank you to those who have been playing Crimson Desert and sharing your feedback with us.

As we mentioned in a previous notice, we have been paying close attention to your experiences across issue reports, videos, livestreams, and community discussions. Your feedback has been invaluable to us, and we appreciate the time and care you have taken to share it with us. This patch includes some of the improvements and fixes we were able to prepare first, including changes based on player feedback, like the addition of a Storage at Howling Hill Camp for storing your Inventory items and some improvements related to keyboard and mouse controls. However, this is not the end to our control improvements; we will continue to improve both controller and keyboard/mouse controls moving forward.

We are currently reviewing various gameplay elements based on your feedback and will roll out further improvements and fixes in subsequent updates. We remain committed to improving Crimson Desert and your experience in Pywel. Thank you once again for your continued support.

Patch Notes Version 1.00.03

Quests

• Fixed an issue in the Chapter 2 quest "Reunion" where the cat would sometimes stop leading the way.

• Improved the Chapter 4 quest "Mysterious Pot" by making the symbol stop briefly when it reaches the correct position while repairing the ancient generator.

• Fixed an issue in "Turnali's Request" where the quest would not complete if a Bekker Shield that had already been refined was refined again.

• Improved the notification to appear when crime status prohibit the quest from progressing.

Content

• Added more Abyss Nexuses across the continent of Pywel to improve fast travel via teleportation.

• Added the Private Storage that can be used to store items from your Inventory.

  • The Private Storage is located at the initial temporary lodgings in Hernand and at the Howling Hill Camp.

• Reduced the time required to acquire knowledge.

• Changed skill observation to be only required once to learn before being able to use it.

• Adjusted when Force Palm is learned to allow players to use it much earlier in the game.

• Reduced the number of hits required to log trees.

• Changed logging so that trees are chopped with basic swings without aiming first.

• Decreased the QTE difficulty in the Arm Wrestling minigame and when pinned by an opponent (Mount).

• Improved the visibility of items that can provide knowledge by adding icons and tooltips that show the total number of knowledge acquired.

• Changed ore veins and collectibles to be discovered automatically when you are within a certain proximity.

  • Regular Ores: 8m

  • Tools: 2m

    • Bonfire, Special Cooking Tool, Grindstone

• Improved Skybridge Alignment Devices in the Abyss to trigger immediately when placed in the correct activation point.

• Improved the visibility of Skybridge Alignment Devices within the Abyss to make them easier to locate.

• Improved the visibility of the circuit board attached to Axiom Force to show its lines while being moved.

• Improved camera movement when aiming a bow at a brazier and adjusted the range for lighting arrows accordingly.

• Added an indestructible brazier in front of the Lioncrest Watchtower.

• Improved the Trading Post UI to display Damiane, Oongka, and Kliff's horses' Inventory.

• Added effects for destroying facilities at enemy strongholds. The effects of facility destruction are as follows:

  • Infirmary: Wounded