Crimson Desert is an RPG where you can do a lot of things. The game was made to keep you distracted from the main mission, or any mission for that matter. Here are some tips for new players to get off to a better start Crimson Desert.
How to get Epidote in Crimson Desert
Epidote is one of many ores in the Crimson Desert that players must collect for their equipment.
Use food
When you start the game, you'll learn how to cook from some early side quests, like Renee's Request i Crimson Desert. You can eat food to heal and gain resistance to elemental attacks. You can also assign a button to quickly heal when you need it during battle. It reduces the number of times Kliff has to fall against strong enemies. The importance of this food mechanic only becomes more useful as you progress through the game. Ultimately, food becomes an important thing to do before big boss fights.
Get a pet
Pets are cute creatures that you come across in towns and villages Crimson Desert. You may encounter them occasionally in the wild. Petting or feeding them increases their confidence until they reach 100. When they do, you can bring them in as your pets and summon them to follow you around. They will not engage in combat, but they will pick up the loot for you. That's a good reason to get a pet Crimson Desert.
Keep your bags until you need them
While exploring Crimson Deserts massive map, you will encounter many bandits and bandits' camps. They usually drop pouches when defeated, which can be used to earn money in Crimson Desert. While this is a great way to earn money, you may want to wait to exchange bags, as they are important for gifting merchants and earning their trust. Some merchants have bags as the cheapest you can give them to earn their trust. So make sure to finish that side of the game before using bags to earn some copper or silver coins.
Increase seller confidence
Speaking of merchant trust, earning merchant trust is important Crimson Desert. At 100 trust, they start selling better gear and rare items in their shops. Some of them even sell a trade deal so you can buy their stuff from your camp, saving a lot of time between them in the late game. The best part is that some merchants sell you sight documents, which lead you to legendary creatures in Crimson Desert.
Ring bells
You do not need to go through all areas Crimson Desert to open it on the map. You can climb a clock tower and ring its bell to unlock the entire area on your map. This helps you find points of interest and provides better visibility in that area. Each region has a couple of bells to ring, especially in its capital.
Open Teleport Points
While it's fun to get lost in the game's huge open world, sometimes you just need to reach a certain point without traveling the entire map. For that, you need to open a new fast travel point when exploring a new area. It gives you access to that area when you want to do something there.
Sanctum Of Solace Puzzle Guide In Crimson Desert
Cleansing the Sanctum of Solace will reward players with the Kuku Bismuth Spear Blueprint and Guidance of Dark Pursuit in the Crimson Desert.
Every blurry area on the map with one question marks lead to an Abyss Nexus or a puzzle. You can stand on the Abyss Nexus to unlock them and use them as fast travel. As for the puzzles, they also act as a teleportation point after you solve them. Either way, when you see a question mark on the map, it's a fast travel point to this area.
Upgrade your building
Although the game doesn't force you to upgrade your equipment, you will often encounter enemies that need a good build Crimson Desert. Once you find a good set of armor and weapons, refine them at the blacksmith. Later, you can create and upgrade Abyss Gear and add them to your build. The more you explore, the more new abilities you'll find hidden inside Abyss gear, which you can extract and add to your build.
Pay attention to your skill tree
Just like building armor and Abyss gear, leveling up your character's skills is important Crimson Desert. If you want your characters to sustain more hits and dodge more often, you'll need to put some Abyss Artifacts into their health and stamina. After that, upgrading their melee damage is just as important, as that's where most of their damage comes from.
Give your camp attention
You can slow down on the main quests as the game offers plenty of side content, such as taking care of Greymane's camp in Crimson Desert. The camp will grow from a few tents to become a hub where you can buy everything you need. Not only that, but at one point you can send your companions to collect food and materials for you, helping you cook more meals and be more prepared.
Do your research
It's easy to miss the research feature Crimson Desertbut it can unlock some important features. For example, you can get a recipe for Abyss items, or even Palmar pills, which you can use to revive when you fell.
Increase your inventory
You start the game with a limited inventory, where you cannot keep collecting everything you need at once. But that changes quickly if you focus on completing side quests in Hernand. Each mission increases your inventory by three to five slots. Additionally, most merchants sell small bags that increase your inventory by an extra slot. In no time you'll be conserving food, ores, and upgrade materials and side armor to use later.
Horse management
Horses are your traveling companions, as they help you travel further and faster. They have a whole mechanic dedicated to them, where you can manage horses Crimson Desertlike feeding them, taming them and leveling them up.
How to Fish in the Crimson Desert (Fishing Guide)
Players can easily catch some fish to cook recipes or befriend cute cats in the Crimson Desert.
You start a game with an acceptable horse, but the game doesn't stop you from getting a better one right away. So make sure to get a better horse as soon as you get the chance. The best type of horse to get early is the Priden type, as it has more stamina and can do more, in general. Later you can hunt for legendary horses in Crimson Desert.
Stealing isn't so bad
Some players may not like the crime mechanics in Crimson Desertas it reduces the region's contribution meter. But the game secretly gives you the green light to use these mechanics by putting a limit on how many contribution points you can collect. You will always find yourself reaching the cap unless you know a way to lower it.
Instead of buying a book that teaches you how to craft armor, you can just steal it. Instead of saving money at the bank, you can just rob the bank Crimson Desert. Some crimes are worth the fine.
You don't need to unlock Double Jump
Kliff learns Force Palm early in the game. It's a great skill in its own right, with the amount of utility it adds to Kliff's combat and exploration. However, along with the Force Palm, Kliff also unlocks the Aerial Force Palm, which uses the same skill while in the air. This will allow him to push himself higher using the skill. He can use that skill up to three times from the start of the game. So instead of climbing a mountain, you can triple Force Palm Kliff on top of that mountain.
Sometimes it's better to fall off the cliff
Sometimes you get a mission far away in an unknown area that you haven't explored before, which means you won't have a teleport point there. If you don't feel like traveling there on foot, you can always jump off the cliff. The Abyss platforms can be used as teleportation points as they are above the entire map. So, more often than not, you might find an Abyss platform near the area you want to visit.
- Released
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March 19, 2026
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood, drug reference, intense violence, strong language
- Developer
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Pearl Abyss
- Publisher
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Pearl Abyss
