Crimson Desert Patch Adjusts Some Keyboard/Mouse Controls, Adds Storage

Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has outlined a few improvements that have been applied to Crimson Desert in a new patch released today.

The studio has made some adjustments to both keyboard/mouse controls and gamepad, increased health restored from food and items, and introduced storage at the Howling Hill Camp to be able to stash inventory items in.

“[W]e have been paying close attention to your experiences across issue reports, videos, livestreams, and community discussions,” the studio wrote in a new post detailing the patch notes on Crimson Desert’s official website. “Your feedback has been invaluable to us, and we appreciate the time and care you have taken to share it with us. This patch includes some of the improvements and fixes we were able to prepare first, including changes based on player feedback, like the addition of a Storage at Howling Hill Camp for storing your Inventory items and some improvements related to keyboard and mouse controls.

“However, this is not the end to our control improvements; we will continue to improve both controller and keyboard/mouse controls moving forward.”

Pearl Abyss states that Patch 1.00.03 will become available on Xbox, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store at a later time.

Crimson Desert made a big splash on Steam with nearly 250,000 concurrent players, and sold an impressive two million copies in just a day. It’s currently among the most-played games on Steam, despite facing some criticism from players concerning the controls, and shipping the game with images made with generative AI. Pearl Abyss issued a statement calling the inclusion of generative AI images an “oversight” and explained it was “currently conducting a comprehensive audit of all in-game assets and… taking steps to replace any affected content.” Updated assets will reportedly be included in “upcoming patches.”

If you’re currently playing Crimson Desert, be sure to check out IGN’s guide on the things to do first, plus all the things Crimson Desert doesn’t tell you. And, if you’re not currently playing it, perhaps you can head to IGN’s Crimson Desert review and our Crimson Desert PC performance review to see if it’s for you.

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