The developers from Pearl Abyss keep releasing new patches for the open world ARPG Crimson Desert. Within few weeks after release, the game received several major patches and reaches 1.03.00 game version. The recent patch brings even more changes and fixes, improving quality of life and game experience in general. The game received the Weapon Display option, new skills for the characters and even options for fonts size change.
The patch is already available for Windows and Mac.
Crimson Desert – Patch 1.03.00 Overview
Content
- Fast-forward added for dialogue scenes (up to 4x speed)
- Abyss Nexuses easier to discover and teleport from mounted/falling/swimming
- Bank services restricted while “wanted” (no gold deposits or fund updates)
- 3 new combat tracks, 1 new loading screen track
Combat and Controls
- New Kliff ability: Focused Aerial Roll
- Damiane and Oongka gain Axiom Force, Nature’s Snare, and Force Palm equivalents
- Improved boss lock-on; larger bosses no longer lockable
- Improved device interaction animations (walls, buttons, cranks) when no longer usable
- Keyboard/Mouse: Improved Axiom Force controls
- Controller: Fixed Nature’s Snare activating during Focus via right stick tilt
UI
- Distinct icons for obtained chests, visited caves, restored Abyss locations
- Fixed map markers not saving after first reconnection
- World map/minimap: Obtained treasure chests, visited/unvisited caves, and restored/unrestored Abyss locations now display distinct icons
- Item details now viewable in storage
Graphics (PC)
- Intel Arc GPU support added
- Intel XeSS 3.0, XeSS Frame Generation, AMD Anti-Lag 2 added
- PS5 Base / Xbox Series X: Enhanced Raytracing
- PS5 Pro: PSSR Sharpness
Accessibility
- Minimum Font Size and camera adjustment options added
Fixes
- Various crash and performance fixes across all platforms
- Localization fixes
- Fixed Helm of Knowledge crash and corn vendor limit issue
For more details check out official patch notes.
