Crimson Desert Notes 1.04.02 (All Platforms Hotfix) (24th April 2026)
Crimson Desert's second hotfix in two days lands on Steam PC, cleaning up UI bugs, horse gear dye, and a nasty difficulty setting glitch.
Two hotfixes in two days. Pearl Abyss is clearly keeping a close eye on Crimson Desert's launch window, and 1.04.02 continues that trend with a focused round of bug fixes across UI, input handling, and a few quality-of-life irritants.
The one that'll matter most to players who've been experimenting with horse builds: horse gear can now actually be dyed. That was broken before this patch, which is a frustrating thing to discover after spending time customising your mount. There's also a fix for a annoying difficulty bug where starting a new game with an existing save file would apply the wrong difficulty setting, not the one you selected. If you started fresh recently and something felt off, that might explain it. On the UI side, the patch clears up an overlap issue where the Content Guide was intercepting clicks meant for the Extra Rewards List, and sorts out HDR settings locking keyboard and mouse inputs entirely.
A few changes flagged here were actually rolled out in 1.04.00 and are just being formally noted now, including the Greymane Contribution Shop at Carl's and the camp furniture preservation fix. Mac players are still waiting; Pearl Abyss notes the Mac patch is in progress. The complete notes are below.
Full Patch Notes
Fellow Greymanes,
Here are the fixes and improvements that have been added this patch.
Update Schedule
Please refer to the Updates section below to see the state of the patch for each platform.
Update
Steam (PC): Patch available now
Steam (Mac): Patch available at a later time (in-progress)
Patch Details
- Improved the game so that changes to the Minimum Font Size settings are applied immediately.
- Fixed an issue where starting a new game while a separate save file existed applied a game difficulty setting apart from the one actually selected.
- Fixed an issue where parts of the fishing dock vendor's and tanner's shop UI were displayed awkwardly.
- Fixed an issue where changing a Pet's name would change the name of a non-Pet animal in the trust increase notifications.
- [Keyboard/Mouse] Fixed an issue where key inputs would not work while adjusting Others > Video > HDR.
- Fixed an issue where, when the Extra Rewards List and Content Guide UIs overlapped, the Content UI in the back would be interacted with first.
- Fixed an issue where the fadeout in some shop cutscenes occurred too slowly.
- Fixed an issue where horse gear could not be dyed.
- Fixed various localization errors across all languages.
- Increased character movement speed slightly. (This change was applied in Patch Version 1.04.00)
- [PlayStation 5 Pro] Fixed an issue where screen brightness would become unstable when "PSSR Sharpness" was enabled.
- Added a Greymane Contribution Shop with Carl at the Greymane Camp. (This change was applied in Patch Version 1.04.00.)
- When expanding the camp, furniture placed in the house will no longer be retrieved. (This change was applied in Patch Version 1.04.00)
- However, if the house layout is changed through housing mode, all placed furniture will be retrieved.
- Improved the Greymane Camp. (To avoid spoilers, changes related to this content are listed in the dropdown menu below.)
[expand type=details]When relocating the Greymane Camp to Pailune, furniture placed in the house will now be moved together as well. (This change was applied in Patch Version 1.04.00)
Known Issues
- For known issues, please check the notice below:
- \[Crimson Desert Known Issues]
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