Pearl Abyss continues to make significant improvements to Crimson Desert, this time addressing criticism over the low number of permanent mounts. Initial marketing indicated that players could tame and summon a dire wolf and bear, but that turned out not to be the case.
Rejoice as you can now acquire three Legendary Animals – the White Bear, Silver Fang, and Snowwhite Dear – alongside two boss mounts – Rock Tusk Warthog and Icicile Edge Alpine Ibex. Once obtained, they can be summoned whenever you’d like and even taken into towns. Best of all is that those who caught the Legendary Animals will have them automatically added as mounts via the Extra Rewards List. Now if only it could address those annoying cooldown times on the dragon mount.
Other much-needed changes include shifting the Howling Hill Camp’s private storage chest to Kliff’s tent, so no more awkward shuffling to get behind Karl. A “Make Now” option allows cooking food after choosing a recipe without selecting specific ingredients. Gliding now consumes less stamina, and the amount of stamina needed for Aerial Maneuver and Aerial Stab is lower.
However, my personal favorite is the Refinement Token. It can upgrade equipment to Stage 4 without requiring any other materials, thus making it easier to upgrade new items. You’ll still need to complete certain quests to obtain them, though. Of course, another incredible change is that crimes no longer decrease your Contribution if an NPC isn’t around to see it. Loot those bandit camps with a guilt-free conscience.
Check out some more of the patch notes below, and full details here. Otherwise, head here to learn what Pearl Abyss’s CEO thought of the game’s story.
Patch Notes Version 1.01.00
Content
- Added 5 new mounts that can be obtained and summoned after completing certain conditions.
Mounts:
– Legendary Animals: White Bear, Silver Fang, Snowwhite Deer
– Boss’ Mounts: Rock Tusk Warthog, Icicle Edge Alpine Ibex
– The people of Pywel are not afraid of tamed animals, so feel free to travel through towns with these mounts.
– If you had already caught any of the Legendary Animals before this patch, you will retroactively receive the corresponding reward in the “Extra Rewards List” when you get into the game. - Added chests containing various materials throughout Pywel.
- Added the “Refinement Token” item. With this item, equipment can be tempered up to Stage 4 without consuming any additional materials. Refinement Tokens can be obtained from certain main and faction quests.
- Added a “Make Now” function which allows food and items to be cooked/crafted immediately in the Cooking/Crafting menu once a recipe is selected, without having to separately select ingredients.
- Added a “Store all selected items” function to move all items from the inventory to your private storage. (Keyboard: Shift+RMB/ PS5: □ / Xbox: X)
- Moved the the private storage chest in Howling Hill Camp, previously located behind Karl, to inside Kliff’s tent.
- Added wholesale grocer shop NPCs to regional farms in Pywel, and accordingly adjusted the quantity of certain Knowledge entries.
- Improved shop item knowledge acquisition so that knowledge for all items sold in shops can now be learned at once, with the learning time set to 3 seconds.
- Improved locked doors so that an interaction button is displayed, allowing players to choose whether to use a key to open the door.
- Improved pets so that they do not stray excessively far away during combat.
- Fixed an issue where pets in certain situations were unable to loot during combat.
- Improved wells so that 5 units of water can be obtained at a time.
- Improved the Mining Knuckledrill so that items obtained from drilling can be collected immediately.
- Improved the Demenissian Chainsaw item so that lumber from felled trees can be collected immediately.
- Changed the crafting materials for the Kuku Watcher Pack.
- Improved Abyss Cells dropped from destroying disappearing rocks so that they can now be placed into the Kuku Pot.
- Improved the Knowledge Helm so that all obtainable knowledge visible on the screen can be acquired at once.
- Slightly increased the treasure detection range of the Pirate King Hat.
- Additional inventory expansion items obtained after reaching the maximum inventory expansion limit (240 slots) will now be granted as boxes containing crafting materials and other items.
- Made the Abyss more convenient to play.
- Reduced the chance of pickpockets running into houses while fleeing.
- Increased the maximum camera distance in Photo Mode, added a field of view adjustment feature, and a camera shutter sound effect.
- As part of ongoing visual improvements, replaced select 2D visual assets to better align with the game’s art direction.
- Fixed an issue where resting or waiting at beds, campfires, and similar objects were unavailable.
- Fixed an issue where Damiane and Oongka would become invisible under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where money deposited in the bank could disappear when interest was refreshed under certain circumstances.
- Changed sealable items so that when they become lost, sealable items will become sealed and items that cannot be sealed are registered as lost items.
- Improved the system so that leaving out a sealable item and then saving and reloading the game triggers either a sealed or lost item notification.
- Changed criminal acts to not decrease Contribution before an NPC witnesses the act.