Crimson Desert's first summer patch is rolling out: Improving "Re-Blockade", mounts, mini-games, and more

New Additions

• Improved Re-Blockade.
  • Improved the flow before and after blockades by adding the stages "Battle" and "Reconstruct".
  • For major strongholds, players can request "Protection" through the contribution assessor (formerly known as the manager of the contribution shop) in each region to suppress Re-Blockades.
  • Liberating strongholds rewards contribution, provisions, trade goods, and other items.
• Added the "Pinball" minigame to the inn near the Delesyian Institute.
  • Added the "Marni Token Exchange" where tokens obtained from the Pinball machine can be exchanged for various items.
  • Obtainable items: Material Box of Fortune, Abyss Artifact, 2 types of Artifact Chests, a Helm, 13 types of furniture, and 3 types of gear crafting recipes
• Added the "Orb Roll" minigame at the Great Gate of Urdavah.
  • Obtainable items: Material Box of Fortune, Abyss Artifact, 2 types of Artifact Chests, golden apple, 3 types of carpets, 3 types of lights
• Added a new mount: "Wyvern".
• Added a new pet: "Kuku Bird Chick".
  • Kuku Bird Chicks and Baby Wyverns can grow after being fed. After reaching a certain level of growth, they can be registered as special mounts.
• Added new mount equipment, the "Wyvern Saddle".
• Added new pet equipment, the "Small Kuku Bird Eggshell" and the "Small Wyvern Aviator Hat".

Content

• Improved locked items so that Abyss gear can be removed from them.
• Improved the Large Farming Scythe so that it can used to obtain gatherable items.
• Added a "Carpet" category to the house decoration category.
• Added carpets to the items sold at some dyehouses.
• Added a cat tower to Furlington Farm in the Azerian Estate.
• Improved the animation of feeding certain wild animals while holding them.
• Changed the item description for "Sigil of Valor".
  • Can be equipped on: Dogs, Baby Wyverns
  • After the next patch, the Iron Eagle and Phoenix will also be able to equip the Sigil of Valor.
• Added a map to the constellation research journal and improved it so that the location of constallations can be found through it.
• Changed the carry postures for certain pets.

Control

• [Controller] Changed the basic interaction (Y/△) to not operate as a long press when using the "Default" customization preset.
• [Controller] Changed Axiom Force so that its buttons can be customized.
• [Keyboard/Mouse] Fixed an issue where, when customizing secondary keys, the customization setting would not save properly.

Combat / Action

• Added a ground attack skill to Blackstar.
• Improved it so that, if you change your element slot or arrow/bullet/small cannonball slot during a boss battle, the changes are kept even after dying and retrying.
• [Damiane] Adjusted the damage of unarmed skills.
• Improved arrows so that normal arrows are used first when Replenishing Arrows run out.

UI Fixes & Improvements

• Changed the category tabs in the Mission Dispatch menu from region-based to mission-based.
• Added knowledge on "Dye Colors" and "Small Tools" in the Journal > Knowledge > Gatherables menu.
• Fixed an issue where some key guide information displayed at the bottom-right would not appear in certain situations.
• Added a level of growth UI to the inventory, allowing you to check the growth levels of pets and horses.
• Improved the Photo Mode UI.

Localization

• Fixed various localization errors and improved localization quality across all languages.

Others

• Fixed an issue where, after winning a Rematch, progress would not be maintained properly and revert to a previous state.
• Fixed an issue where some bosses would damage themselves while attacking.
• Fixed an issue where attack animations would cancel when using Axiom Force or Force Palm while on a mount.
• Fixed an issue where a double jump would sometimes activate even when the controls for Vault were inputted only once.
• Fixed an issue where Vault could not be used as a Counter.
• Fixed an issue where the character's attack power was not properly reflected when using Kliff's Nature's Echo and Damiane's Reckoning.
• Fixed an issue where Force Current could not be used properly during the "Repair the second pensive statue" mission of the "Jijeong Temple in Chaos" quest.
• Improved homing skills and items so that they no longer target unintended objects.
• Fixed an issue where, if a pet picked up certain items while the inventory was full, the items would disappear without being obtained.
• Fixed an issue where, after placing a Legendary Fish in the pond and loading, additional Legendary Fish appeared in the pond.
• Changed Legendary Fish so that they cannot be used from quick slots.
• Fixed an issue where some knowledge could not be obtained in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where the map could not be closed in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where crashes would occur on the dye menu in certain situations.
• Improved terrain and object placement in passage areas so that wagons can travel more smoothly in some regions.
• Fixed an issue where characters mounted on a mount could not be controlled in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where horses could not be changed at the stable in some save files.
• Fixed an issue where the Contribution UI would sometimes appear upon re-entering the game.
• Fixed an issue where the effect of Focused Force Palm would continuously remain in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where disbanding comrades while mounted on a horse would dismiss the horse as well.
• Fixed an issue where bounty quests would not progress properly in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where dialogue would overlap during combat with Sir Catfish.
• Added animations for placing live fish into and taking them out of the inventory.
• Changed the release function so that summoned pets can also be released.
• Fixed an issue where bird pets would sometimes lift gimmick elements.
• Improved the appearance of some outfits and characters to look more natural.
• Changed the circus sign lights so that they shine even from a distance.
• Fixed an issue where evade could not be performed while using Examine during the faction quest "Bandits Riding Wolves".
• Fixed an issue where NPCs related to the quest "Swift Delivery, Safe Borders" would not appear.
• Fixed an issue in the quest "Harvest of Greed" where the wagon disappears upon retrying the quest after the culprit dies.
• Fixed an issue where certain objects would sink abnormally into the terrain.
• Fixed an issue where, if Kliff died while accompanying the player, he could not be summoned again even after sufficient time had passed after being disbanded.
• Fixed an issue where the camera would not follow the locked-on target while in Focus mode.
• Fixed an issue where unnatural effects would appear when the character collided with certain furniture.
• Fixed an issue where the patterns of certain tattoos would not display properly.
• Fixed an issue where notifications for knowledge entries that did not exist in the Knowledge menu would display abnormally.
• Fixed an issue where rain would appear indoors.
• Fixed an issue where rendering was unstable in certain areas when the terrain was wet from rain.
• Improved the visual effect of rain to show the rain making the ground wet appear more clearly.
• Mitigated an issue where the appearance of the previous equipment would briefly appear when changing equipment in shops.
• Fixed an issue where the power core would intermittently fail to operate after moving to the Fleet of Archives Abyss.
• Fixed an issue where the barrier in the 'Fleet of Archives' Abyss would become disabled when approached.
• Fixed an issue where some text UI overlapped when buying the Writ of Absolution on a 5K monitor.
• Fixed an issue where two alchemy materials were consumed at a time when using alchemy materials on Hard difficulty.
• Changed the contribution shop and manager of the contribution shop's name to contribution office and contribution assessor.
• [Keyboard/Mouse] Improved archery/shooting contests so that the character immediately enters aiming mode when the contest begins.
• [Damiane] Improved the sitting animation. (Removed: 2026/06/05)
• [Damiane] Added an animation while equipped with the Eastern Witch's Fan. (Removed: 2026/06/05)
• [Damiane] Added a turn and a roll animation while equipped with a musket.
• [Damiane] Fixed an issue where the greatsword's appearance would appear abnormal after giving up during a Rematch.
• [Damiane] Fixed an issue where the shield's appearance would remain abnormally after using the Shield Toss ability.
• [Oongka] Improved the effect of the Devastation ability.

Known Issues

• The Phoenix and Iron Eagle cannot equip the “Sigil of Valor.”
  • This issue will be fixed in the next patch.
• For known issues, please check the notice below:
  • [Crimson Desert Known Issues]