Pearl Abyss has launched a brand new main patch for Crimson Desert — the second this week alone — that makes but extra vital adjustments to the recreation.
There’s quite a bit to dig into with replace 1.07.00, which provides extra bosses for rematches and makes numerous bug fixes (patch notes, courtesy of the Crimson Desert website, are beneath). However maybe the spotlight right here is the addition of Blinding Flash Finisher for unarmed fight with Kliff.
For the uninitiated, Blinding Flash Finisher is a vital fight ability that allows you to do large harm to surprised enemies whereas time is slowed down. However, even higher, should you maintain the button down till Kliff finishes the slow-mo combo, he ends it with a success that sends a shockwave out in all instructions. That is nice for clearing teams of weaker enemies, in addition to dealing severe harm in opposition to foes with extra well being. Including it to unarmed fight means those that favor fisticuffs now have entry to considered one of the strongest fight talents in the recreation. So, should you’re taking part in Kliff like some fantasy model of Batman, your moveset is just about full.
Additionally of notice, this patch fixes a difficulty the place Damiane’s Elegant Carmine Leather-based Armor appeared abnormally. Earlier this week, social media posts of earlier than and after photos of Damiane, the feminine playable character in Crimson Desert, went viral for displaying clothes seemingly modified to cowl up beforehand naked pores and skin. This led to complaints inside the group — and even delicate Steam review-bombing — with some accusing Pearl Abyss of censorship.
Nevertheless, Pearl Abyss insisted Damiane’s Elegant Carmine Leather-based Armor was “unintentionally altered” whereas it was fixing a difficulty that may trigger the merchandise of clothes to clip. Now, the bug is resolved.
Elsewhere, the patch provides further wolf and bear sorts that may be registered as mounts, and each Damiane and Oongka (the third playable character) now have entry to the Aerial Stab, as Pearl Abyss continues to make non-Kliff characters extra viable.
Followers weren’t anticipating one other main Crimson Desert patch so quickly after the final one, however as the developer has defined, it’s working to a extra MMO-like replace schedule — knowledgeable by its precise MMO, Black Desert — and it maintains momentum on this single-player open world motion journey. Definitely gamers are having fun with the velocity with which Pearl Abyss is bettering the recreation.
This week, Pearl Abyss revealed simply how profitable Crimson Desert has been, whereas additionally confirming plans to discover DLC. It’s offered 5 million copies since occurring sale on March 19, and simply in March alone it generated KRW 266.5 billion (approx. $178.8 million) in income. Pearl Abyss expects it to make over half a billion {dollars} by the finish of 2026.
What might the DLC contain? Gamers have gone out of bounds and located numerous attention-grabbing elements of the map with unused content material. There’s additionally a named space to the east, referred to as Sunbaked Peaks, that gamers are at present unable to succeed in. Maybe a narrative enlargement might open that up.
Crimson Desert replace 1.07.00 patch notes:
New Additions
Added extra bosses that may be challenged once more in rematches.
- The rematch places for every boss are listed beneath and will also be present in Journal > Information > Reminiscence Fragments > Bosses. Moreover, rematch places for bosses initially present in the Abyss have been adjusted to happen on land.
- Muskan: Bonepit
- Corrupted Caliburn: Fort Musket
- Goyen: Spire of the Solar
- Draven, the Crowcaller: Church of West Demeniss
- Clockwork White Horn: Gate to Development
- [Damiane] Added unarmed fight expertise.
- Yow will discover the new expertise by choosing “Fists” in the ability menu.
- [Damiane/Oongka] Added “Aerial Stab” for Damiane and Oongka.
- [Kliff] Added “Blinding Flash Finisher” for unarmed fight.
- Added further wolf and bear sorts that may be registered as mounts.
- Added reins for sure mounts.
Most important Enhancements Content material
- [Damiane] Fastened a difficulty the place the “Elegant Carmine Leather-based Armor” appeared abnormally.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the “Faces on the Bounty Discover” couldn’t be progressed if the participant obtained Ulzok’s bounty discover earlier than talking with Yann.
- Improved visible results of “Champion’s Plate Gloves.”
- Fastened a difficulty the place the “Jap Witch’s Fan” would disappear when extracted.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the Kuku Chook Egg would often disappear from the nest.
- Fastened a difficulty the place some NPCs would seem abnormally at the Saltroad Buying and selling Put up.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the “Check the honey high quality at the Pollengarth Apiary” couldn’t be accomplished for “Ugmon’s Request.”
- Fastened a difficulty whereas finishing up the “Protectors of the Abyss” quest, the place tokens inserted into the door would disappear if solely a few of them had been inserted and the participant moved too distant.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the “Plentiful Greeting” quest couldn’t be progressed even when the related necessities had been met.
- Fastened a difficulty the place floppy-eared bulldogs couldn’t equip the “Sigil of Valor”.
- Fastened a difficulty the place Ibexes couldn’t be offered to a fence.
- Fastened a difficulty the place missions couldn’t be progressed if comrades had been disbanded after transferring to the mission location whereas assembled.
- Fastened a difficulty the place legendary mounts couldn’t be summoned when switching to Kliff in sure conditions.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the A.T.A.G. couldn’t be summoned in sure conditions.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the A.T.A.G. would often not seem in the hangar.
- Elevated the variety of animals in the world that can be utilized as mounts.
Controls
- Fastened a difficulty the place the consuming animation wouldn’t be canceled by different actions whereas unarmed on Straightforward or Regular issue.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the handwheel on the coil pillar might solely be interacted with from sure angles.
Fight / Motion
- [Oongka] Added a cost section to Explosive Strike.
- [Oongka] Improved chaining into “Stab” when dual-wielding.
- [Damiane] Improved common motion animation whereas unarmed.
- Improved most unarmed assaults and expertise in order that they will now efficiently hit enemies mendacity on the floor.
UI
- Fastened a difficulty the place the icon for the “Sword of Starlight” differed from its precise look.
- Fastened a difficulty the place, when taking part in with a controller, sure key guides proven in the bottom-right space of the display would show keyboard and mouse inputs.
Graphics & Settings
- Fastened a GPU crash problem that occurred with AMD driver model 26.5.1.
Localization
- Fastened numerous localization errors and improved localization high quality throughout all languages.
Others
- Fastened a difficulty the place, when the “Show Melee Weapons” possibility was set to “Chosen Solely”, the sheath for a two-handed sword can be displayed whereas a one-handed sword and defend had been outfitted.
- Fastened a difficulty the place tools outfitted on horses would disappear in sure conditions.
- Fastened a difficulty the place lions, tigers, and huge wolves would fall over each time they had been hit.
- Fastened a difficulty the place different actions could possibly be carried out whereas attacking on horseback.
- Fastened a difficulty the place two-handed cannons would flicker whereas sliding.
- Fastened a difficulty the place the participant would glide an extreme distance throughout a bounce assault whereas outfitted with a sword and defend in sure conditions.
Utilized bug fixes and enhancements relating to particular bosses. (To forestall spoilers, particulars are listed in the dropdown menu beneath.)
- Fastened a difficulty the place sure assault patterns of Woke up Ludvig concerned extreme gliding.
- Fastened a difficulty the place Blackstar’s well being wouldn’t get better after retrying or giving up whereas combating with the final weapon throughout “Deferred Advance.”
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