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CurrentPatch 2.00.02

Patch Notes

Current official Crimson Desert patch baseline and guide-impact tracking.

Evidence: Official source
Verified: 2026-09-01
Spoilers: No spoilers

Current verified patch

Version 2.00.02 is the current verified baseline. Pearl Abyss’s official Steam release record places the hotfix at 1 September 2026, 04:53:10 UTC; the Pearl Abyss detail page repeats the 2.00.01 timestamp, so the guide records that publisher-page discrepancy instead of presenting it as a second independent date.

The hotfix makes three focused repairs:

lip-sync is partially improved again in certain cutscenes;
controls no longer become unresponsive when using the small crane at Karin Quarry;
riding a horse into a wandering merchant no longer forces a dismount.

Pearl Abyss did not name the affected cutscenes, identify the merchant, publish a collision rule, or attach the Karin Quarry crane to a quest title. The guide maps the crane repair to its canonical Hernand route while keeping that mapping visibly separate from the publisher’s wording.

Version 2.00.01 immediately precedes it. That hotfix repaired abnormal Arabic text, partially improved cutscene lip-sync, fixed frame-rate drops in unspecified situations and fixed launch failures in certain Steam Mac environments. “Partially” remains important: neither hotfix claims universal lip-sync correction, and the frame-rate and macOS scenarios were not enumerated.

Platform rollout

Platform	Official Version 2.00.02 status
Steam — Windows PC	Available now
Steam — Mac	Available now
PlayStation	Available now
Xbox	Available now
Epic Games Store	Available now
Mac App Store	Available later; rollout in progress

Do not assume the Mac App Store build is current until the game reports Version 2.00.02.

Current Known Issues

The official notice was revised on 31 August 2026 at 13:20 UTC and contains 14 semantic issues. The sole new record is a Mac warning: some lighting effects may render incorrectly on devices with M5 chips. Pearl Abyss has not published a workaround; preserve the scene and settings and avoid destructive troubleshooting.

The prior 13 remain active: a missing Spanish voice option; two Xbox language-pack deletion faults; unavailable NPC, mount and object interactions; motionless fish; Greymane progression as Damiane or Oongka; Hold-evasion remapping; Legendary Animal quest passengers; Mac furniture-cursor and colourblind-UI defects; rapid PlayStation name-entry freezes; GTX 1060 FSR/Frame Generation white screens; and FSR 4 rainy-scene distortion.

The official English HTML still joins the Hold-evasion and Legendary Animal statements. The guide tracks them separately because they are unrelated faults; the official Japanese notice confirms them as separate entries.

Sources: Official Patch 2.00.02 · Official Steam 2.00.02 release record · Official Patch 2.00.01 · Current Known Issues

Version 2.00.00 Enhanced baseline

Version 2.00.00 was published by Pearl Abyss on 25 August 2026 at 18:20 UTC. Branded Crimson Desert Enhanced, it is a free update for existing base-game owners rather than a separate purchase.

It expands the main story with new cutscenes, story moments, Knowledge, items, Memory Fragments and boss-related dialogue; introduces Abyss Links and character-specific skill resets; adds eight Kliff skills; adds five voice languages and Arabic interface/subtitle support; and introduces Camera and Manual flying-mount controls.

Enhanced launch rollout

Platform	Official Version 2.00.00 status
Steam — Windows PC	Available now
Steam — Mac	Available now
PlayStation	Available now
Xbox	Available now
Epic Games Store	Available now
Mac App Store	Available later; rollout in progress

At the Enhanced launch, the Mac App Store build was not treated as updated until it reported Version 2.00.00. Use the current rollout table above for today’s baseline.

Abyss Links and skill progression

Spending Abyss Artifacts to learn a skill grants an equivalent number of Abyss Links to the other playable characters.
Each character spends their own Abyss Links.
Skill progression now resets per character; the Links used by that character are refunded.
The first post-update launch resets all existing skill progression and refunds previously used resources.
Kliff receives eight new skills after an unspecified main-story point. Pearl Abyss did not publish their names, inputs, costs or exact unlock condition.

After completing all main quests, a new-game feature can carry Abyss Links and other unnamed in-game currency from an existing save. The notice does not call this New Game Plus or promise equipment, inventory, mounts, Knowledge, learned skills, challenges or quest-state transfer.

Story and progression

Main-story narrative flow has been revised.
New cutscenes and story moments appear throughout the main questline.
Knowledge, items, Memory Fragments, dialogue and conversations were added to strengthen boss narratives.
The main-quest interface was improved.
Bilwise now awards Double Jump during Unexpected Gift.
Golden Star is separated into distinct phases with phase-specific attack patterns.
Chapter 9’s Mysterious Voice guide cutscene can restart if Woosa or Maegu dies.

The official notice does not enumerate changed quest IDs, route order, objective wording or Golden Star’s new phase count. All 168 main-story records carry an explicit Version 2.00.00 review flag for narrative presentation and transitions.

Controls, combat and systems

Added Flying Mount Controls under Others → Input: Camera follows the view direction; Manual separates mount heading from the camera and uses separate ascent/descent inputs.
Corrected crafting at Kilnden Workshop.
Corrected situations that allowed Blackstar riding without a cooldown.
Corrected the wartime Calphade wanted-state prison fault.
Reduced damage received by accompanying characters.
Restored Axiom Force while flying in safe zones.
Corrected proximity damage from The Forgotten General’s phantom knight.
Restored Strongbow Gloves ricochet with special arrows.
Corrected Nature’s Grasp throw direction.
Corrected Contribution UI persistence and inappropriate skill Knowledge notifications.

Quest, world and presentation fixes

Improved Memory images revealed by lantern and fixed the Chapter 2 Blinding Flash guide message.
Prevented Damiane’s Shield Toss while falling.
Corrected musket visibility during minigames such as Duo.
Prevented projectiles hitting the Spectre knight summoned by Spirit’s Judgment.
Corrected dismount behaviour after certain high falls.
Restored trade-goods transfer to horse inventory at stables.
Improved selected quest/Knowledge images, puzzle hints, outfits, terrain and objects.
Corrected the crane-breaking fault in House Roberts → Estate in Dismay → Sealed in Stone → Extract the Buried Relic.
Enabled Demenissian Chainsaws as camp-weapon donations.
Improved localisation quality.

New language support

Full voice-over is now supported in German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese. Arabic is supported for interface and subtitles, not listed voice-over.

Install language data through the platform’s game-content or language options, then select it in Menu → Others → Settings → Language and Audio. See Essential Settings for platform routes and current pack warnings.

Known Issues at the Enhanced launch

At the Enhanced launch, the official notice was revised on 25 August 2026 at 19:00 UTC and contained 13 semantic issues, up from 10.

New in this revision:

Spanish may be missing after the update when voice language had previously been changed; selecting Default in Language and Audio is the official workaround.
On Xbox, downloading another language pack can delete the previously installed pack.
On Xbox, deleting one installed language pack can delete every other installed pack.

The prior ten also remained active at that revision: unavailable interactions; motionless fish; Greymane progression as Damiane or Oongka; Hold-evasion remapping; Legendary Animal quest passengers; two Mac UI defects; rapid PlayStation name-entry freezes; GTX 1060 FSR/Frame Generation white screens; and FSR 4 rainy-scene distortion.

The official HTML still joins the Hold-evasion and Legendary Animal statements. The guide tracks them separately because they are unrelated faults.

Source: Official Patch 2.00.00 · Enhanced Update · Language Guide · Current Known Issues

Patch 1.18.02 hotfix baseline

Patch 1.18.02 fixed the Camp Resources zero-comrade display, the A Secret Deal silver reset, movement-animation stutter and shop-interaction lockups. Those repairs remain part of the regression record beneath Version 2.00.00.

Patch 1.18.01 hotfix baseline

Patch 1.18.01 fixed delayed NPC interaction menus while a lantern was lit, hidden housing items placed on Version 1.12.00 or earlier, unexpected closure after launch and incorrectly displayed areas on the map. Those fixes remain part of the regression record; the map notice did not name affected areas, so the guide still does not invent locations or coordinates.

Source: Official Patch 1.18.02 · Official Patch 1.18.01 · Current Known Issues

Patch 1.18.00 feature baseline

Patch 1.18.00 remains the feature baseline beneath this hotfix. It added quest-focused Knowledge organisation and applied fixes across quests, trade, mounts, controls, combat, the map, graphics, saves and progression.

Knowledge, quests and progression

Quest Knowledge — a new category adds eight subcategories and separates Main Quests, Faction Quests, Investigation Quests, Research Quests, Daily Life Quests, Guide entries, Archive Records and Constellations. Some completed quests grant their Knowledge retroactively.
Knowledge acquisition — animal Knowledge can now be earned by picking animals up rather than killing them; boss Knowledge wording was clarified.
Quest records — Mysterious Invitation Knowledge is obtainable after reading the memory beneath Delesyia Castle.
Targeted quest fixes — Baker’s Note was relocated for Haverson’s Request; the Mysterious Pot kiln can be rebuilt with Force Current; Cairn House submission, Jijeong Temple statue state and the Oongka/Torstein progression block in Time to Face Justice were corrected.
World-state fixes — ordinary NPC behaviour in blockaded areas, Aeserion movement and the broken Abyss loop at Skyloop Bridge were corrected.

Economy, services and mounts

Research funding — research now spends camp funds instead of silver.
Trade cargo — high-value trade goods can be stacked and loaded up to 100 as intended.
Trading stalls — missing merchants were restored.
Horse equipment — horse gear can now be equipped through a stable.
Special mounts — low ledges should no longer trap special mounts as readily.

Controls, combat and interface

Lock-on Camera Rotation — the setting now offers Manual, Semi-Auto and Auto behaviour instead of a binary switch.
Mounted ranged combat — lock-on targeting was corrected.
Traversal and actions — window climbing and a repeated Sir Catfish action were fixed.
Map exploration — bell-revealed territory is visually distinct from areas explored directly.
Interface fixes — quick-slot arrow animation, dual-wield shield previews in shops and dyehouses, and Focus Mode time-lapse behaviour were corrected.

Graphics, audio, saves and stability

Indoor lighting instability and camera jitter or shake at low frame rates were corrected.
Corrupted rendering with FSR or XeSS Frame Generation on certain lower-end GPUs, including GTX 1060, received a general fix.
Return-to-title during revival, help-popup voice speed during cutscene fast-forward, worker state after loading a save, mount-rider animation, equipment clipping and Abyss Gear audio at zero volume were fixed.
Oil-canister heater slots now reject unintended multiple placement, and localisation received another quality pass.

Patch 1.17.00 reconciliation

Patch 1.17.00 corrected Desperate Rescue challenge counting, food quick-slot reassignment, special-headgear effects, movement presentation, unobtainable chest icons and malformed trade-route rendering. Those fixes remain part of the historical verification record.

Patch 1.16.04 equipment-state hotfix

Patch 1.16.04 fixed equipment quantities becoming incorrect after receiving certain equipment, saving and reloading. Pearl Abyss did not name every triggering item or promise retroactive repair of an already affected save, so the protected comparison route remains available in Save, Cloud & Cross-Save Recovery.

Patch 1.16.03 shield hotfix

Patch 1.16.03 fixed the disappearing-shield fault after switching to dual-wielded weapons, saving and reloading. A recurrence on Version 2.00.02 should be treated as a possible regression and reported with the shield, character, platform and weapon state.

Patch 1.16.02 stability hotfix

Patch 1.16.02 fixed persistent loading or black screens when loading save data, Radeon RX 9070 XT Ray Regeneration corruption, a Mac MetalFX Denoising crash and unavailable indoor housing features.

Patch 1.16.01 interface hotfix

Patch 1.16.01 fixed regional wagon workshops showing camp storage as Wagon Cargo. The former restart workaround remains retired.

Patch 1.16.00 economy baseline

Patch 1.16.00 introduced the expanded trading-post network, regional wagon workshops, new trade goods, Trade map layer, revised cargo rules and bank/bond systems. Patch 1.18.00 changes research funding, restores missing merchants and fixes the 100-unit high-value cargo rule without publishing new prices or route values.

Guide-impact protocol

When automation detects a higher patch version or a rollout-line change:

A GitHub issue is opened.
The patch and all six platform states are assessed.
Potentially affected pages move through review.
Official changes are recorded without copying the full notice.
Recommendations are revalidated before being marked current.