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Pearl Abyss has released Crimson Desert Update 1.12.00, introducing a major housing expansion that allows players to decorate the area outside their homes. The update also adds new equipment, crafting tools, furniture items, accessories, and combat enhancements across the game.
In addition to the new content, the patch delivers a long list of gameplay improvements, quality-of-life updates, combat refinements, performance optimizations, localization improvements, and bug fixes affecting quests, housing, mounts, combat, and progression systems.
Patch Notes
New Additions
Housing
- Added the ability to decorate areas outside player houses.
- Added 58 new housing items.
Facilities
- 4 tools
- 10 Sotdaes
- 7 fountains
- 6 wells
Lighting
- 8 braziers
- 6 streetlights
Decorations and Pet Furniture
- 4 carpets
- 6 hanging planters
- 4 automata toys
- 1 music box
- 2 pet furniture items
- New items can be crafted using a Loom or Workstation.
- Crafting manuals and items can be obtained through:
- Shops
- Claw machines
- Flower basket crafting missions
- Box of Fortune
- Orb Roll Challenge
New Crafting Tools
Workstation
- Added the Workstation crafting tool.
- Available at locations including:
- Greymane Camp
- Timberham Sawmill
Loom
- Added the Loom crafting tool.
- Available at locations including:
- Hernand Tailor’s Shop
Equipment and Accessories
Kliff
- Added five new headgear items:
- Silent Conqueror Plate Helm
- Sentinel of Tenacity Helm
- Feral Sentinel Helm
- Sentinel of Trust Helm
- Steelmaw Plate Helm
- Added Greymane Light Armor.
Damiane
- Added Honorary Greymane Cloth Gloves.
All Characters
- Added the Greymane Signet accessory.
- Added chain attacks while sliding for all weapon types.
Companion Updates
Damiane and Oongka
- Can now equip Visiones.
- Can now read memories.
- Can now mount Blackstar.
Mysterious Shop
- Added Box of Fortune.
- Costs 100 silver.
- Limited to three purchases per restock.
Knowledge
- Added 51 new Collectibles – Contract knowledge entries.
Major Improvements
Content
- Added character loading screens for Oongka and Damiane.
- Reduced loading times through loading optimizations.
- Renamed “Pets – Tailor’s Shop” to “Pet Shop.”
- Kuku Cooler and Enhanced Kuku Cooler can now be sold.
- Adjusted foul conditions for certain All-Out Duel skills.
- Added new methods to obtain previously missable knowledge entries.
- Improved logging rewards when Logging Quality Up Lv. 2 is active.
- Enabled rematches at strongholds undergoing reconstruction.
Controls
- Prevented unintended inputs while aiming and interacting.
- Added key guides for Explosive Evasive Shot.
- Fixed keybinding conflicts with interaction prompts.
- Fixed keyboard and mouse housing placement issues on Mac.
Combat and Action
- Retains selected settings when retrying boss encounters, including:
- Knowledge observations
- Weapon selections
- Elements
- Quick-slot assignments
- Instant-use items
- Improved Aerial Force Palm functionality in safe zones.
- Improved Nature’s Snare placement while flying.
- Nature’s Snare is now shared with Oongka and Damiane after observation learning.
- Improved Quick Swap spear skills.
- Added a unique sitting animation for Damiane.
- Adjusted Damiane’s Whirl Kick range.
- Added a new attack pattern for the Queen Bismuth Oreback Crab.
- Improved Wyvern dive animations.
UI Improvements
- Fixed minimap enemy icons occasionally disappearing.
- Improved Collectibles Chest ownership visibility through shading differences.
Graphics and Settings
- Added quick navigation to the top and bottom of the Settings menu.
- Added a minimum font-size setup prompt for first-time players.
Localization
- Improved localization quality across all supported languages.
- Fixed various localization errors.
Bug Fixes
Housing and Pets
- Fixed disappearing eggs when hatching at maximum pet capacity.
- Fixed item placement outside housing boundaries.
- Fixed camera angle shifts in Housing Mode.
- Fixed furniture placement and preview issues.
- Fixed excessive visual effects on certain furniture.
- Fixed pet unsummoning during specific quests and minigames.
Combat
- Fixed crashes related to Nature’s Echo and weapon switching.
- Fixed shield return issues when combining Smiting Bolt and Shield Toss.
- Fixed Lightning Kick being usable in safe zones.
- Fixed weapon swapping and tool switching issues.
- Fixed several Damiane and Oongka combat-related issues.
Quests and Progression
- Fixed missing quest rewards.
- Fixed progression blockers in specific quests.
- Fixed NPC pathfinding and escort issues.
- Fixed inaccessible knowledge acquisition.
- Fixed reconstruction timer refresh issues.
- Fixed wagon crafting mission repetition.
World and Exploration
- Fixed tracking marker icon errors.
- Fixed inaccessible shop icons appearing on the world map.
- Fixed Blackstar and Wyvern landing issues.
- Fixed wagon pathing and terrain navigation issues.
- Fixed world map and minimap tracking inconsistencies.
Performance and Stability
- Fixed crashes related to:
- Camp expansion
- Dye menu usage
- Nature’s Echo
- Improved mount performance.
- Fixed frame drops in specific locations.
- Fixed camera-related performance issues.
- Improved overall game stability.
Crimson Desert Update 1.12.00 launched on June 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Windows PC, and macOS. The update adds outdoor housing decoration, new crafting tools, equipment, furniture, combat improvements, and a wide range of fixes and optimizations.
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