Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.13.01 (8th July 2026)
Version 1.13.01 lands with fixes for crash-on-bear, broken quest progression, and livestock feed mechanics that weren't working as intended.
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Crimson Desert
35 articles — 18 patch notes, 17 news
Gaming News
Forget Boss Gear, Crimson Desert Pets Sleep With You Now
Pearl Abyss dropped a massive Crimson Desert patch with boss gear, Abyss expansion, and dozens of fixes. Everyone's talking about the pets curling up in bed with you instead.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.12.02 (24th June 2026)
Pearl Abyss patches out stability issues affecting AMD users and Photo Mode in Crimson Desert 1.12.02.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Notes 1.12.01 (All Platforms Hotfix) (20th June 2026)
Pearl Abyss rolled out a quick hotfix to squash bugs introduced in yesterday's furniture-heavy 1.12 patch.
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Gaming News
Who Needs Combat? Crimson Desert Drops 58 Furniture Pieces
Pearl Abyss keeps pushing Crimson Desert further into cozy territory with 58 new furniture pieces, outdoor decoration, and crafting tools in patch 1.12.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.12.00 (19th June 2026)
Pearl Abyss is on housing customization with 1.12.00, adding outdoor decoration tools and 58 new craftable items alongside combat improvements and a hefty bug fix list.
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Gaming News
100 Pets in an Action RPG? Crimson Desert Says Why Not
Pearl Abyss keeps piling features into Crimson Desert at a pace that borders on absurd. Patch 1.11 doubles down on the pet system, fixes pinball physics, and lets shopkeepers rescue your lost rare gear.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.11.00 (12th June 2026)
Patch 1.11.00 lets you register up to 100 pets, adds a shopkeeper resale system for lost rare gear, and overhauls the pinball minigame.
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Gaming News
Patching Bad Stories Is 'Fine,' Says New Vegas Director
Fallout: New Vegas director Josh Sawyer has weighed in on Pearl Abyss' decision to rework Crimson Desert's widely criticized narrative, calling it "fine / good even if it isn't ideal."
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Gaming News
Crimson Desert's Forgettable Story Finally on the Fix List
Pearl Abyss is tackling Crimson Desert's weakest link with story coherence fixes rolling out over the summer, alongside confirmed DLC and cross-save support.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Dev Update: June-26 Preview Patch Notes (2nd June 2026)
Pearl Abyss maps out Crimson Desert's next four months, with cross-save, story improvements, and a teased DLC all on the horizon.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.09.00 (29th May 2026)
Controller remapping, 30 new pets, and farming QoL land in Crimson Desert's latest update.
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Gaming News
Crimson Desert Hands Kliff a Shotgun and a Baby Wyvern
Pearl Abyss keeps stacking features into Crimson Desert at a pace that's hard to believe. Patch 1.08 gives Kliff firearms, adds a baby wyvern pet that will eventually become a mount, and quietly slips in ray-traced sun and moon shadows.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.08.00 (22nd May 2026)
Crimson Desert's latest patch adds a pond, a Baby Wyvern pet, and a dedicated tool slot, alongside a long list of combat, UI, and graphics fixes.
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Gaming News
Two Patches in Five Days? Crimson Desert Won't Slow Down
Pearl Abyss has shipped Crimson Desert update 1.07.00 just five days after the last major patch, continuing an MMO-style update cadence that's almost unheard of for a single-player game.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.07.00 (15th May 2026)
Crimson Desert's 1.07.00 update expands boss rematches, adds unarmed skills for Damiane, and patches an AMD driver crash that's been causing GPU grief.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Notes 1.06.01 (All Platforms Hotfix) (12th May 2026)
A small but targeted hotfix lands for Crimson Desert, clearing a progression blocker in the Vault of Vengeance Abyss.
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Gaming News
Crimson Desert Now Lets You Ride Lions, Tigers, and Bears
Pearl Abyss delivers on one of the biggest fan requests since launch, turning Crimson Desert's coolest wildlife into permanent rideable mounts.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.06.00 (11th May 2026)
Crimson Desert's latest update lets you saddle up a bear or a tiger, and finally gives you a way to recover materials you've sunk into refinement.
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Gaming News
Crimson Desert's End-Game Combat Fix Adds 69 Boss Rematches
Pearl Abyss has rolled out Crimson Desert's biggest patch yet, adding rematch and re-blockade systems after players complained the open world ran out of things to fight.
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Patch Notes
Crimson Desert Patch Notes 1.05.00 (2nd May 2026)
Crimson Desert's 1.05.00 update brings back the bosses you already beat, lets enemies reclaim liberated strongholds, and fixes the bug that was killing legendary mounts on summon.
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Gaming News
2.5 Minutes by Dragon to Crimson Desert's Secret Village
A Crimson Desert explorer rode a dragon far beyond the map's edge and found a snow-covered village that looks suspiciously complete, right down to bounty boards and lootable chests.
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Gaming News
5 Million in 26 Days: Crimson Desert Draws PM Praise
South Korea's prime minister publicly congratulated Pearl Abyss on Crimson Desert's record-breaking sales, pledging government support for the country's gaming industry.
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Patch Notes
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.
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