With the release of every single patch, developer Pearl Abyss’ open world action adventure title Crimson Desert keeps getting better and better as each new update continues to bring whole new gameplay features plus lots of quality-of-life fixes and improvements that make the overall experience even more polished and enjoyable for all players. And the latest patch continues the streak by adding a new finisher for the melee combat called Blinding Flash Finisher which lets you add a new flavor of fun in Crimson Desert’s highly satisfying combat system.
Essentially, the new finishing move lets the player do massive damage to stunned enemies while time is slowed down and if you choose to hold down the button during the string of animations, your playable character ends the combo with a hit that also sends a shockwave across all directions. And in this way, the newly added move lets you do great damage to groups of enemies as well as against all foes that have a large amount of health. Overall, if you love the melee combat in Crimson Desert, which a great deal of players clearly do, you’re going to love the Blinding Flash Finisher.
The latest patch also adds more replayable bosses, fixes for the “Elegant Carmine Leather Armor” that many players had complained about recently where a part of the clothing would appear to be clipped, addresses several UI issues and many more.
Check out the full patch notes:
New Additions
Added more bosses that can be challenged again in rematches.
- The rematch locations for each boss are listed below and can also be found in Journal > Knowledge > Memory Fragments > Bosses. Additionally, rematch locations for bosses originally found in the Abyss have been adjusted to take place on land.
- Muskan: Bonepit
- Corrupted Caliburn: Fort Musket
- Goyen: Spire of the Sun
- Draven, the Crowcaller: Church of West Demeniss
- Clockwork White Horn: Gate to Advancement
- [Damiane] Added unarmed combat skills.
- You can find the new skills by selecting “Fists” in the skill menu.
- [Damiane/Oongka] Added “Aerial Stab” for Damiane and Oongka.
- [Kliff] Added “Blinding Flash Finisher” for unarmed combat.
- Added additional wolf and bear types that can be registered as mounts.
- Added reins for certain mounts.
Main Improvements Content
- [Damiane] Fixed an issue where the “Elegant Carmine Leather Armor” appeared abnormally.
- Fixed an issue where the “Faces on the Bounty Notice” could not be progressed if the player obtained Ulzok’s bounty notice before speaking with Yann.
- Improved visual effects of “Champion’s Plate Gloves.”
- Fixed an issue where the “Eastern Witch’s Fan” would disappear when extracted.
- Fixed an issue where the Kuku Bird Egg would occasionally disappear from the nest.
- Fixed an issue where some NPCs would appear abnormally at the Saltroad Trading Post.
- Fixed an issue where the “Check the honey quality at the Pollengarth Apiary” could not be completed for “Ugmon’s Request.”
- Fixed an issue while carrying out the “Protectors of the Abyss” quest, where tokens inserted into the door would disappear if only some of them had been inserted and the player moved too far away.
- Fixed an issue where the “Plentiful Greeting” quest could not be progressed even when the relevant requirements were met.
- Fixed an issue where floppy-eared bulldogs could not equip the “Sigil of Valor”.
- Fixed an issue where Ibexes could not be sold to a fence.
- Fixed an issue where missions could not be progressed if comrades were disbanded after moving to the mission location while assembled.
- Fixed an issue where legendary mounts could not be summoned when switching to Kliff in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue where the A.T.A.G. could not be summoned in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue where the A.T.A.G. would occasionally not appear in the hangar.
- Increased the number of animals in the world that can be used as mounts.
Controls
- Fixed an issue where the eating animation would not be canceled by other actions while unarmed on Easy or Normal difficulty.
- Fixed an issue where the handwheel on the coil pillar could only be interacted with from certain angles.
Combat / Action
- [Oongka] Added a charge phase to Explosive Strike.
- [Oongka] Improved chaining into “Stab” when dual-wielding.
- [Damiane] Improved general movement animation while unarmed.
- Improved most unarmed attacks and skills so that they can now successfully hit enemies lying on the ground.
UI
- Fixed an issue where, when playing with a controller, certain key guides shown in the bottom-right area of the screen would display keyboard and mouse inputs.
- Fixed an issue where the icon for the “Sword of Starlight” differed from its actual appearance.
Graphics & Settings
- Fixed a GPU crash issue that occurred with AMD driver version 26.5.1.
Localization
- Fixed various localization errors and improved localization quality across all languages.
Others
- Fixed an issue where, when the “Display Melee Weapons” option was set to “Selected Only”, the sheath for a two-handed sword would be displayed while a one-handed sword and shield were equipped.
- Fixed an issue where equipment equipped on horses would disappear in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue where lions, tigers, and large wolves would fall over every time they were hit.
- Fixed an issue where other actions could be performed while attacking on horseback.
- Fixed an issue where two-handed cannons would flicker while sliding.
- Fixed an issue where the player would glide an excessive distance during a jump attack while equipped with a sword and shield in certain situations.
Applied bug fixes and improvements regarding specific bosses. (To prevent spoilers, details are listed in the dropdown menu below.)
- Fixed an issue where certain attack patterns of Awakened Ludvig involved excessive gliding.
- Fixed an issue where Blackstar’s health would not recover after retrying or giving up while fighting with the ultimate weapon during “Deferred Advance.”
