r/LowSodiumCrimsonDesrt

I was very reluctand at first if this game would be for me but the most kind people on this sub convinced me that it was.

So I bought the game....

There has never been so much regret of me buying a game as with this one.

Except....

It's not me regretting, it's my wife!!

Every spare moment I have goes into this game, our whole social life is at the brink of collapse.

I realy need to come up with something to make amends with my dearest.

So Pearl Abyss, thank you, there should be a warning prior to purchasing your game.

Shees, this game is fantastic!!

Content might not be everyone’s cup of tea. I’m just advocating for as much additional content as possible.

Please Add a Raid system. Random factions attacking not just your camp and forts but farms and settlements that have a chance encounter. The recaptured feature for forts that was just added is great for replay ability but lacks immersion. I would like the chance to prevent territory from being captured as well.

Waypoints that show the quickest route to a tracked destination. That’s more of a QOL request. Nothing groundbreaking

The notice board is severely underutilized. Add Radiant bounty, hunting, fishing, mining, horse taming, and clearing outpost missions. This would help with immersion. EOG these boards are going to be purely cosmetic without a radiant system. Maybe BountIes can escape their cells every now and then.

Also add chance encounters for enemy ambushes and assassination attempts maybe even mini bosses that will hunt you down wherever you are. Just random encounters in general. They don’t all have to lead to a fight. This is a big one for me. You have created a beautiful and interesting world. I don’t want to feel like I have to fast travel from point A to point B or to sprint or dash on a horse because there is no benefit or nothing to experience from “taking it slow” and just strolling down a road. I want to fill that the world is truly alive with danger or excitement possibly lurking around everywhere. Besides assassin attempts should help with immersion. I doubt that all the warring factions wouldn’t want to see Kliff out of the picture.

Add Barbers to every region with different hair styles and tattoos to collect for Eric or even add tattoo books scattered all over the map similar to crafting recipes to unlock unique tattoos. This one would add more content to explore and track down books and give people access to early game character customization that they are asking for

Allow companions to be sent on dispatch missions to ride your wagon and sell your trade goods for you. I like the system and enjoy taking the wagon out for an adventure but I think there would be more use and immersion for it if we could delegate this to our comrades if desired

More armor sets for Oongka and Damiane. And different cannon/bullet types for pistols and blasters: explosive, poison, sleep & smoke bombs. Possibly add abyss gear just for ranged weapons in general. This would add to more combat variety

A ranger/rogue type playable character. Specializing in acrobatics, daggers or short blades, bows, crossbows or even throwing knives. It could be Naira or Ryan maybe even Yann(even though the community finds him intolerable) I don’t think anyone would mind if they used the same jet pack function as Oongka to travel. I don’t know if there are plans to add more playable characters to the game. Right now I feel the community is divided on using Oongka and Damiane. I personally think it’s great to play as everyone. For immersion I can have 3 different mission being tracked, 3 different regions being explored. If you do decide to add another character, I would enjoy someone more stealthy and rougish.

Since there already is an inventory mechanic for crafting materials, give us separate inventories for Oongka, Kliff and Damiane. Switching back up weapons mid combat is a chore when I have to sift through backup weapons for Kliff when I’m playing as the other two.

Pegasus or Gryffin mount, maybe even a sea type mount. Just a thought

More mini games like duo. More reasons to stop and smell the roses. Everybody loves variety

co-op mode. Because, why not?

DLC quest line expansion or Map expansion (North of Pailune, South of Hernand or East of Crimson Desert. Paid of course. Maybe Pirate content if you decide to go south of Hernand

Add a telescope. I keep seeing this request. I can take or leave this one.

Fix Mattias so we can interact with him and build trust to unlock the Solas gloves but add a replayable sparring arena to the castle where he resides since he’s always training there.

More elemental imbued abyss gear. Once again this just adds to more combat variety

Let us take the main unit companions(Niara, Shane, Arnold, Duane, Yann -probably not Marius) on certain activities or tag along for Radiant quests. Like how GTA lets you hang out with your friends. Maybe to the circus or wildlife exhibit together or hunting or horse taming.

Dungeons. Legend of Zelda style. or at least more interior based content like sewers and caverns possibly. It would add more build up to certain bosses and make defeating them feel more rewarding. An example would be that all of the sanctum missions could’ve been dungeons. It could add more opportunities to play stealthy too

Righteous Verdict needs a Custom animation for pulling it out of the pedestal. The place literally has its own dungeon but no animation

Romance system since people keep asking for it. Once again I keep seeing this request and I could take it or leave it.

Let Oongka and Damiane equip their own pets. Kind of immersion breaking when Kliff loyal hound can be in two places at once

Let us choose our primary and secondary weapons. I want to be able to switch from barehanded to a two handed weapon mid fight. Maybe add bracelets as a barehanded weapon or something so we can add abyss gear to barehanded combat. You lose out on 5-6 abyss gear slots for fighting barehanded. I’m not saying give us access to that many but maybe a bracelet as a barehanded weapon can add 2 extra slots

Let us pick what weapons our companions fight with. If I build Damiane to wield a spear that has 10 refinement and elemental imbued attacks, she should use that when she follows me. This breaks immersion. Some people already don’t like the other characters. Don’t give them any more reason to not use them

Tournaments. Everywhere. Maybe once a week or something. Fighting, fishing, target shooting, tree cutting, arm wrestling, horse racing, canoe racing, maybe wagon racing etc.

Give Damiane her own house in Deminiss nothing as big as the Cabin. Just a small little room where we can see how she lived before meeting up with the Greymanes.

More house mechanics. Either move the cabin into the camp or let us decorate the cabin exterior in Howling Hills or maybe add cabins for the Main unit, Marius, Shane, Arnold, Yann etc. It kinda makes no sense to have a random Cabin outside your camp, especially when your main chest is in a tent inside your camp.

More dialogue from Kliff, Oongka and Damiane. Also more dialogue to NPCs. The world looks lively but it doesn’t sound lively. Taverns should seem more lively at night. I walk around town and everyone looks like they are talking but it sounds like control you get right up to them. Like in Deminiss when there is a ceremony of people out in the open. It makes you want to approach them but everyone is silent.

Allow your mount to autopilot or follow road. Another QOL request. This feature is common for open world exploring games

More stealth based content overall

Let us Dye our two handed weapons and quivers.

And lastly.. Is it too much to hope for that Pearl Abyss can convince WB to have access to the Nemesis system?

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I have tamed a bunch of dogs and cats for the camp, but never seriously used them while adventuring-it was just fun to make the camp feel more lively.

But, I found a crow, tamed it, and man, that bird picks up a lot of stuff, lol.

How are people managing this?

I have to make constant trips back to camp to unload the swords, shields, axes, *branches*, and tons of food stuff. It's great for resources, but really makes you have to do a lot of back and forth traveling.

And the big battles? (The ones with percentage completed?) Insane amounts of loot.

One thing I really hope Pearl Abyss considers adding to Crimson Desert long-term is a true dungeon system.

The world, combat, atmosphere, and boss design already feel perfect for it. Imagine discovering hidden underground ruins, massive labyrinths, ancient castles, or multi-level caves with unique enemies, environmental mechanics, puzzles, and rare loot at the end.

Even though Crimson Desert is primarily a single-player/open-world RPG now, dungeon-style content could massively improve replayability and endgame progression. The combat system is way too good to only be used for open-world encounters.

Some examples of games that became even better because of dungeon or raid-style content:

- Elden Ring — Legacy Dungeons like Stormveil Castle and Leyndell were some of the best parts of the game because they mixed exploration, shortcuts, secrets, elite enemies, and bosses.
- Dragon's Dogma 2 — Bitterblack Isle in the first game became legendary because it gave players a difficult endgame dungeon crawl with meaningful rewards.
- The Elder Scrolls Online — Dungeons and trials gave players reasons to continue progressing their builds and mastering combat.
- Black Desert Online — One of the biggest criticisms from Western players for years was the lack of strong PvE dungeon content, and even Pearl Abyss acknowledged that feedback in earlier Crimson Desert interviews.
- Monster Hunter: World — Repeatable difficult PvE encounters created long-term engagement for players.

What would make Crimson Desert dungeons amazing:
- Rare gear/cosmetics/materials
- Multi-boss encounters
- Hidden lore areas
- Procedural or rotating layouts
- Difficulty tiers
- Optional co-op support
- Weekly challenges/endgame content
- Huge underground kingdoms or ancient ruins

I genuinely think dungeon content could take Crimson Desert from “great open-world RPG” to an all-time replayable classic.

What do you guys think? What kind of dungeons or endgame PvE content would you guys want to see?

Edit:

Thank you to everyone for sharing your thoughts. The one theme that keeps recurring is people thinking dungeons can only be underground and that the battle system works better outside or that they like being outside more. I just want to clarify that dungeons can be both indoor and outdoor styled. They can be out in the world or they can be a separate area where we teleport to.

of course I notice the other wagon no longer is there 😂

All Yann does is NAG

Got back and tried to park

😂 Luckily it re sets if your talk to the guy to take it out again

Finished the quest without too much trouble-having guys trying to attack your wagon is not fun, luckily I paid for the most durable one-my parking needs some help 😂. Glad I have been practicing, however, this wagon is the biggest I've driven. Anyone else have issues doing this quest?

1. Those annoying flying shadows-the common suggestion is to Blinding Flash them, as one hit kills them. However-you have to activate Blinding Flash, target them with the crosshair as they fly around, and press L1, which can take a bit of time while you are getting attacked.

2. The other common suggestion is to use charged shot them with your bow-this does work well when you first approach the Sanctum-you can pick off a few from a distance before they converge on you. However, you have to be a decent shot, especially once they surround you.

3. The third option I just found out by accident-Crows Pursuit works on them! This Abyss Gear sends a flock of crows at your enemies, and I was surprised it knocks the irritating flying shadow guys out as well! It also doesn't need a lot of aiming-the crows seem to have pretty good homing instincts.

So if you have this Gear, install it before taking on the Sanctums. (It's a cool gear anyways).

PS:
Also, I'm sure everyone must know this by now, but after you cleanse the sanctum, there is a little mini-game you can play for an extra Abyss Rock thing. The little circular dial with metal tabs-you use Blinding Flash on the center, then as each metal tab passes the top indicator, you press Blinding Flash in time with it. Hit them all in proper timing, and a rock appears above the Sanctum you can grab and store.

Earlier mentions of this mini game had complaints it was very difficult to do on a PC, but with my PS5 controller it is pretty trivial to accomplish. They may have fixed it.

I have no idea what the extra rocks do, lol. But I'm saving them just in case.