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Starting place

1262 meters up

1551 meters and this was my target, Courtyard of Precision Island

Not too far off from where I started, X marks the spot

figured out a cheat of sorts-don't hit the electricity tho-instant kill and do over 😂

snagged it

Today I decided to ignore the main story for a bit and go after an element early. I’ve been neglecting the Abyss puzzles, so I roughly marked where the Courtyard of Precision should be on the map (big X) and took my best Cloud Cart out for the mission.

Left around 1:20 am… finally arrived close to 4:00 am 😂 The views on the way up were absolutely spectacular though. Still curious how high the max Cloud Cart can actually go!

I managed to position the cart right next to the island, leveled it out, and jumped over. The first part of the puzzle involves charging Focus Shot and pressing R1 on up to 4 targets so the arrow hits them all at once when released. I had no idea you could do that, super cool mechanic I just learned!

Then it got spicy. You have to jump into a wind tunnel that shoots you up and through two target areas… and I kept messing it up. At one point, I slammed into the semi-round platform thing and got zapped, forcing a restart 😅

On my second attempt, I accidentally landed on the electric platform (but off the actual shocking part) and realized you can snipe all the targets safely from there. Way easier! So I finished the puzzle, unlocked Lightning, and called it a successful night.

Mission accomplished. Had a blast, learned new skills, and the game keeps surprising me. Love Crimson Desert! ❤️

During one of my exploring jaunts in Chapter Three, I found an Abyss Artifact with the challenge "Bow Aimed at Fate V", which is to take down 5 enemies at once from over 20 meters away. I’d already been to Gorthak and fought the mechanical enemies, so I knew that was the perfect spot.

Grabbed some exploding arrows, crushed the challenge, and got the Greater Infinite Arrows gear. The moment I tried it, I realized how broken it was. Those infinite exploding arrows let me melt the Knight of the Beacon with zero stress. That fight convinced me I needed the permanent version.

So I waited until Chapter 5. I maxed out all the witches (100% relationship), cleared the Timeworn Ruins, and unlocked the Dispatch mission. It’s expensive (lots of lumber and stone) and takes 72 in-game hours, but I’d stocked up ahead of time.

I saved right as the mission ended and started save-scumming. This was pre-patch 1.06 , I actually did it just 2 days before the update dropped because I wasn’t sure if the method would still work. It took me 50 reloads before the Infinite Arrow blueprint finally dropped. I got two blueprints at one point (which tempted me for a second 😂), but mostly silver pouches, gold goblets, and random Abyss Artifacts.

After that, it was straight to the witch to synthesize the gear. Super happy with the result, the 40/60% stack for 100% arrow return is exactly what I wanted.

Crimson Desert really rewards thinking ahead like chess. What blueprints have you guys grinded for? Any favorites?

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The exclamation marks are what I got, including the correct blueprint

Finally!

Sitting pretty 😂

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The egg

And it's Born!

Had to clear the camp

And beat him pretty easily

I meant to write a synopsis last night with these pictures, but was so tired I figured I'd catch up today. The pictures of the Red Giant Lizard are elsewhere-a new hiding spot in my photos so hopefully I find them or I'll just take some more pics later.

The Kuku bird is a lot of fun, very goofy with Final Fantasy Vibes. I did not realize the fort that contained it was the relentless arrows area, and I had no idea how large the camp was, it took a long time to clear out by myself, and I wound up Killing the main boss first, and then cleared the rest of the ppl out after. I had just upgraded and consolidated gears in all my equipment and that made a huge difference. I periodically do this to make sure I am keeping up with the enemies' strength. Anyway, cleared the camp, found the secret tower (which is obvious because it is missing a window where you force palm in). Make sure you have a mask, and there is an important red book to pick up, also having to do with the Kuku Bird. Afterward, you can travel east of the fort to find a nest in the area. I went back to Demeniss, where there is another nest, and hatched the bird there. This bird does not take fall damage, so you can leap from cliffs while on it-I will need to test its limits 😂.

Secret Bookcase

Musical Strongbox

Tarivian Necklace

Took a look at the fireworks before going back to the Desert

Could not believe it-didn't even need the necklace this time 😂

Still in shock

God's Plate Gloves

Stats

So I had a bunch of things to do in this play-through. I was waiting for one of my dispatches to finish, and since it took 72 hours, I figured I would try to fight Muskan the Emperor to get the God's Plate Gloves. I quickly realized my fighting skills needed a lot of work-I kept inadvertently unsheathing my sword and either getting disqualified or just dying to his attacks. How to solve this? I needed to work on my unarmed combat. So I headed to all the different rings that I knew about, wrestling at Kharonso and Goldenfist Arena. Practiced at both these places and learned NOT to unsheathe my sword and better button control.

Then I remembered about a necklace I heard about in Demeniss that gives you a second wind before you die. You can not use food or Palmer Pills during your bout with Muskan, so I figured this would give me a positive edge in the fight. So off to Demeniss. I used a map I had printed a while ago, found the house. I also used a disguise (armor picked up from Demeniss). Sneaked in and found the revolving bookcase. Listened to the tune (there is a button on the side of the machine to do this), figured out the correct tune to play, and voila, snagged it! On my way out, I watched the fireworks and took in the atmosphere.

Got back to the Bonepit and had some time to kill, so walked around the arena and talked to NPCs. Watched in horror in one area that was crammed with ppl, a brazier got knocked over, and the ensuing panic and death of several NPCs ( which you can loot after they are dead, and it's not considered stealing). A potential farming method of silver and copper pouches, legally, I suppose 😂 , Anyway, it was finally time to register for the fight. And fight I did, much better, and I beat him without dying at all 😂. Lesson learned: You can do these things if you practice. I have not really needed to learn these skills up to this point, and by going back and practicing, I was able to beat the boss. What is cool is that the game gives you ample opportunity to learn these things. So I got the cool-looking gloves and a necklace that is helpful in these types of situations. What did you learn in your last play through?

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NOTE: Since I can't amend my title, for those of you who are confused, I meant the post was released on X this morning, NOT the Patch 😂 Which will be released in a few days...

“It is up to the player to make the game, not the other way around.”

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, with all the “this game feels empty/boring” posts I see. To me, Crimson Desert is one of the few modern games that actually gives you real agency. I get my fun from the consequences of how I interact with the world, not from waiting for the world to constantly entertain me. At 360 hours in, mid Chapter 5, I’m still having a blast hunting for Graymanes, running 72-hour dispatches, diving into Abyss puzzles, and just riding through quiet forests appreciating the world.

Flying crows signify a spot to explore

A lot of players seem to come from a completely different philosophy. They want the game to constantly throw things at them: combat, loot, events, dopamine every few minutes. When the world has peaceful, contemplative areas with nothing “happening,” they call it empty. When they have to create their own fun and set their own goals, it feels like the game is failing them.

I genuinely believe that modern gaming has done a disservice to many younger players. We’ve trained them to be passive consumers who need constant stimulation, rather than active creators who know how to slow down, explore at their own pace, and build their own experience. Not every corner of the map needs to be busy. Some areas are meant for beauty, atmosphere, and reflection. The ability to sit with that and still find joy in it is something I’m really grateful I learned from growing up with games.

Different strokes for different folks, but I hope more people give themselves permission to actually play the game instead of waiting for it to play them.

What do you think? Are you someone who makes the game, or do you prefer the game to make the experience for you? Could this be a reason some players just can't get into Crimson Desert? There definitely is a divide between those who enjoy the game and those who don't.

Hey fellow Graymanes,

I'm guessing there's around a 40% chance Pearl Abyss drops a hotfix in the next 24 hours based on how they've been patching lately. Quick heads-up for anyone grinding hard right now: There are two fairly common save-erasing bugs going around:

Console (PS5 / Xbox): Cloud sync is randomly overwriting saves with older versions. People have lost 10-30+ hours or their entire saves.

PC: Mods (especially Abyss Gear editors) are causing infinite loops, crashes, and full save corruption.

I've been lucky so far (360+ hours, no issues), but I'm not risking my 72-hour Timeworn Ruins dispatch happening right now 😆.

My suggestion/Do this right now:

Turn off Cloud Auto-Sync (PS5: Settings → Saved Data and Game/App Settings → Auto-Sync). Make multiple manual saves in different slots before you quit. Always load the newest/local save if a conflict pops up.

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PC players: Disable Steam Cloud + back up your save folder

Better safe than sorry; there are some brutal save-loss stories out there. Stay safe, protect those Graymanes and dispatch timers! 🛡️ Let me know if you run into anything weird.

The YouTube Short you linked (by ItemRelocationClub) is a popular Interstellar parody edit: it shows the protagonist launching into space (using mods for infinite stamina + aerial attacks), complete with dramatic re-entry, plasma effects, and the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night."

It went viral in the Korean community and got picked up by English outlets like PC Gamer and IGN because it highlighted how ridiculously detailed Pearl Abyss made the upper atmosphere/space in the game (way beyond what most players would ever see).

This creator was one of the first to discover and showcase the insane space implementation, which blew up and generated huge positive buzz for the game. Pearl Abyss apparently rewarded them with this custom gold coin for the standout content. It's not a mass-produced item; it's a one-off (or very limited) thank-you gift for top creators who helped promote the game in a fun/creative way.

Pearl Abyss has a history of generous creator support (they also do nice care packages, which we showcase), and this fits their style for something that really stood out. If you see other examples of how Pearl Abyss rewards talent and innovative creativity and kindness, please post it below.

999.99 gold, the purest before becoming liquid

cert of Auth

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"For years, South Korea’s biggest game studios made money in places most American players never look, inside the PC cafe or on the mobile charts. Korean games have been huge, but they’re also, in the global console conversation, mostly invisible.

That changed March 19 when Pearl Abyss released “Crimson Desert,” selling more than 5 million copies since launch, 2 million in the first day and another million by day five. A month in, it’s retaining more players on PC than most multiplayer games. It is easily the fastest-selling South Korean game ever.

South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok posted on X to say the game had “captivated the hearts of users worldwide with a living game world created entirely from start to finish using their own technology.” The game, he said, had “opened a new chapter for K-content.”

A large part of the game’s continued success after that first explosion of sales can be attributed to the near-unprecedented amount of updates and changes made to the game within one month. Since release, “Crimson Desert” has added massive rideable mythical creatures like wolves, bears and boars, new items, new quests, and new ways to move, control and attack. The game received a tepid critical reception at launch, but nearly all of critics’ early complaints about pacing and a confusing interface have been scrubbed out. No wonder the game is retaining more players than the 2022 fantasy classic “Elden Ring” in the same period of time.

Most game studios take months if not years to make similar changes. “Starfield,” published by Microsoft’s Xbox, took three years to make its most recent updates. French publisher Ubisoft routinely takes months to push major updates to its Assassin’s Creed games while charging a substantial fee. Pearl Abyss has achieved more than most within a month, all without charging an additional penny.

Will Powers, the studio’s head of publishing, said the breakneck speed of updates was informed by the company’s experience updating “Black Desert,” Pearl Abyss’s massively multiplayer online game (a genre staple for South Korean gamers). It has shipped a major update almost every Wednesday since 2015. “Crimson Desert” began as a follow-up. Instead, the company eyed the global console market and pivoted the game to focus on a single-player narrative adventure while bringing a “live service” feel to the adventure.

“That is not normal in the industry. That is normal here,” Powers told The Washington Post in an interview.

The post-launch responsiveness has looked, from the outside, like a road map being executed in real time. It mostly wasn’t.

“There was no official communicated roadmap with set-in-stone dates,” the development team told The Post through a written statement, with answers confirmed by co-founder and chairman Kim Dae-il. In contrast to games like “Highguard” — a competitive shooter that promised much in advance but shut down within 45 days — Pearl Abyss has rearranged its plans according to what players have asked for since launch.

“Everything, patch-wise, content-wise, has been iterated in real time based on feedback, based on response,” Powers said. “If you bake in a road map, you’re presuming. We are not baking in presumptions around what the players want,” he added.

That practice traces back to “Black Desert” and its customers who never left.

“There is no ‘Black Desert’ if there are no players, and there is no ‘Crimson Desert’ without ‘Black Desert,’” Powers said. “The DNA of the company is inherent in listening to players.”

The audience has been spoiled. Complaints in forum threads and articles are made outdated within a week. Too little inventory space for stuff you pick up? Pearl Abyss conjured up wardrobe closets, refrigerators and new ways to reformat the game’s “camp” to act as a hub for equipment. Does Kliff, the player protagonist, get too tired too quickly? Give them a few days, and the “stamina meter” is exponentially increased.

Players even discovered a hack to make Kliff zip across the skies with a special stab move in the air, which the team did not intend. Rather than removing the ability, Pearl Abyss made it a little less viable but gave it a fancy animation, letting Kliff twirl through the air gracefully.

“We’re not onerous about, if an idea didn’t come from us, then it can’t be in the game,” Powers said. “I think that’s something that [other companies are] too ego-driven a lot of the time to be able to accept other people’s ideas. It’s almost Silicon Valley-esque. A good idea can come from anywhere.”

Pearl Abyss is a sizable studio in South Korea, but it has a small footprint on the global scale. Kim told The Post in 2022 that he hoped Pearl Abyss could do for games what “Squid Game” and Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” had done for Korean television and film. It’s been an uphill battle in a games industry that’s become more volatile and risky over the years.

While most game studios have platoons of marketing teams across the world, Powers was part of a five-person squad monitoring online feedback. But he said that means less red tape.

“We are an indie publisher with a triple-A quality game,” Powers said. “We can actually have fun and we can do things. We’re more adaptable, we are more malleable. We can pivot faster, versus the AAAs of the world that are restricted by their brand bibles.”

The game took seven and a half years to make, on top of three years to create the company’s internal toolkit, the BlackSpace game engine.

With this much work, is the studio being overworked? South Korea is famous for its brutal work culture. Powers said work hours are normal because the studio is designed for making massive changes in short bursts. If anything, he said, the studio has been preparing itself for a decade to put on what’s essentially a performance that responds to its audience, like a live improv show.

“We needed to ‘yes and’ ourselves,” he said.

The creative engine driving all this, Powers said, is co-founder Kim, who serves as the game’s executive producer and director (and rarely gives interviews).

“He’s very much not the business person. He’s the creative mind behind all the ideas,” he said. “He still is incredibly integrated and active in developing the creative and tech behind it. He works in the weeds every day to make things happen.”

It was Kim, Powers said, who insisted that the game’s Korean cultural undertones be made overt, including its taekwondo-inspired martial arts moves, costuming, food and architecture, all fused into a bright Western fantasy frame.

South Korea’s entertainment industry has spent decades building up its soft power as a global cultural force. With “Crimson Desert,” Pearl Abyss has earned a seat at the table in the games industry as a major player worth watching. For now, players can expect more free updates and expansions as the company slowly shifts toward creating new content and adventures.

“This is just us doing what we do,” Powers said. "

I included the whole article so you don't need to give The Washington Post your email to read it. 😂

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collected some scales sad I couldn't help the Serpent yet

Hoped over to the Islands and found a cave

Got the Eastern Witches Fan

Location

Early Morning in Northern Hernand

Then took a boat ride along the coast

Hmm heard Marnis Lazer Helm was up there somewhere

my position marks the spot

Got lucky, dropped into the room, and there was only one robot to kill and got it!

Today was busy, Did some exploring east and found some cool things, was really lucky finding Marnis Lazer helm-because I approached the place from the cliffs and could drop in without causing hoards of robots and mechanical bugs to attack-nor the wyverns. So I guess that is the way I will go when I clear them out. Earlier today I also got the Iron Eagle that joined me on my adventure.

this is the place

Here it is

Caption next to the moving mechanism

At a certain time you are prompted to put your hand in the circle

It wakes up

Eating

I waited this far away until it was at 100%

beautiful

Climbed on the former perch

Electromagnetic Frostspitter

Without giving away major spoilers, anyone can get the Iron Eagle as long as they acquire the Electromagnetic Frostspitter, which you can get multiples of by fighting certain enemies. I recommend you save one to upgrade, and use the other (I found 2) to freeze the Mercury you need to feed the Iron Eagle. I have not gotten to the point yet where Elements are open so this is very important but I wanted ya'll to know it is completely possible to get the Eagle earlier than that. Anyway, getting the eagle requires you to read the engraved message next to the mechanical wheels, which says you can get it at a certain time. You will need to interact with it then. I had already placed the bird feeder down with the amount of mercury in it, with no other food. When the Eagle is unlocked, it will fly around and land at the feeder. I stayed away, waiting until it reached 100%, then tamed it. It is very beautiful, and I am very happy I was able to get it. The work involved was well worth it.

This is becoming a serious issue. Multiple players are losing 300–600+ hour saves after recent patches. Bug Description

Game loads to the walking animation (Kliff or your character). It stays stuck for 10–20+ minutes. RAM usage spikes, then the game crashes. The save becomes completely corrupted / unplayable.

Affected Platforms

Xbox (most reports so far) PS5 PC (yes, it’s happening on PC too, confirmed in multiple Steam threads)

Likely Cause It appears to be triggered by specific gear buff combinations, especially:

Poison Immunity gear Petrify Immunity gear Abyss Immune / Resist pieces Certain Abyss gear (Heart of Stone, Heart of the Serpent, etc.) Ice/Frost resist armor (e.g. Kuku sets)

The bug seems to happen when the game tries to recalculate all the buffs from equipped gear during load. Some players report the save works fine if they unequip the problematic pieces before saving, but once corrupted, the save is usually gone. Temporary Workarounds (While We Wait for a Fix)

Always unequip high-buff / immunity Abyss gear before manual saving. Make multiple backup saves in a “clean” state (basic gear only). Avoid saving right after equipping new powerful sets. Manually back up your save folder on PC (location: C:\Users[YourName]\AppData\Local\Pearl Abyss\CD\save).

What You Should Do Right Now

Submit a ticket to Pearl Abyss support with: Your platform Patch version Gear you had equipped when the save was made

Upvote and comment in this thread so it stays visible.

Pearl Abyss has been fast with hotfixes lately, let’s hope they push out a save stability fix very soon. This is currently one of the worst possible bugs for players who love grinding. Drop your info below 👇

Platform: Hours lost (if any): Gear that seems to trigger it:

Let’s help each other avoid this until it’s patched.

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Pearl Abyss has been insanely fast with post-launch support. They released a roadmap that was supposed to run through June (a full three-month plan of major updates, new content, fixes, and features). As of this article, they’ve already completed ~95% of it in just three weeks.

This is typical Pearl Abyss behavior (they did the same with Black Desert), but it’s still impressive for a brand-new game.

Key Highlights from the Article:

• The latest big patch (the “Endgame” update) has basically finished the roadmap early.
• Major additions include:
  • Repopulating the world with way more enemies and bosses (the map no longer feels empty after the initial story).
  • New endgame activities and content.
  • Various quality-of-life fixes and balance changes.
• Paul Tassi notes this is fundamentally changing the game from how it launched on Day One.
• He praises the studio for moving extremely quickly and delivering on promises, but also points out the usual mix of good and bad in these rapid updates (some systems improved a lot, others still have rough edges).

Overall Tone:

Very positive on the support and speed side. Tassi is impressed by how aggressively Pearl Abyss is iterating. It’s another example of why the game has strong player retention and continues to attract attention months after launch.

Game backed up, time to test the newest patch and see how it has affected my game, luckily, I am not even near chapter 7, where the major PC problem has occurred with Exploration / Dispatch Missions broken, so that should not affect me. Will be looking for the additional things that seem to be broken, missing furniture, recruiting a new pet, and the old one sticks around too, and how that affects the game. Pets don't un-summon. Issue with gliding, is my Hot Air Balloon still available, missing items in storage, etc. Will report back later. Cheers.

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