Here Are Crimson Desert’s New Patch Additions, And Why There’s No Roadmap

InnovationGamingHere Are Crimson Desert’s New Patch Additions, And Why There’s No RoadmapByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 08, 2026, 09:50am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Crimson DesertPearl AbyssWhat, did you think we would go a week without a major Crimson Desert patch? Please. This is Pearl Abyss we’re talking about. The developer has just announced that a new patch is coming over the weekend, and a few things that it will include, namely:New special mountsAn extraction feature that will allow you to recover materials from equipment refinementAnd more!“More” tends to be a lot more when we’re talking about Crimson Desert, but these other two are solid in their own right. Crimson Desert has been adding multiple mounts past horses for a while now, extending to boars, wolves, polar bears and deer. Now, you might be able to imagine what else they might add to ride. I’m thinking lions and tigers, but maybe even rhinos and elephants. They have also flat-out added new animals to the game, so who’s to say there might now be something we can’t even predict.The refinement thing is more important than it may seem. One of the game’s remaining issues is that it costs an annoying amount of resources to “commit” to upgrading a piece of gear. Namely, six abyss skill points per item. That led me to play the game for 250 hours and still only max one single set for Kliff. Every new cool weapon or armor piece you find is essentially pointless, given the investment it would take to upgrade it, and the fact that the game doesn’t have transmog (which honestly may even be more important to add, and fix a lot of problems).Crimson DesertPearl AbyssThis new system would allow you to potentially not “waste” materials on gear you no longer want or...