Update Log

1 September 2026 — Patch 2.00.02 and 2.00.01 hotfix reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to v1.36.2 and Version 2.00.02 as the current verified baseline.
• Routed the Version 2.00.02 Karin Quarry small-crane control repair into the canonical Hernand crane route without claiming Pearl Abyss named the quest.
• Added the horse/wandering-merchant collision fix without inventing a merchant identity, location or broader dismount-rule change.
• Preserved both Version 2.00.01 and 2.00.02 lip-sync changes as partial improvements with no unsupported cutscene list.
• Added Version 2.00.01 Arabic-text, unspecified frame-drop and Steam Mac launch repairs as regression guidance, without promising universal performance or macOS compatibility.
• Reconciled the 31 August, 13:20 UTC Known Issues revision to 14 semantic issues and added the Mac M5 lighting-effects record; the prior 13 remain active.
• Recorded the publisher timestamp conflict for Version 2.00.02 and used the official Steam posttime for the release baseline rather than silently repeating the malformed date.
• Reconciled rollout across Steam PC, Steam Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store; Mac App Store remains officially in progress.
• Updated every current guide page, structured technical record, route ledger, public trust surface and Steam export baseline, backed by a fail-closed Version 2.00.02 audit.

25 August 2026 — Patch 2.00.00 Crimson Desert Enhanced reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to v1.36.0 and Version 2.00.00 as the current official baseline.
• Added the intended one-time skill-progression reset warning and full refund of previously spent resources, including Abyss Artifacts.
• Added Abyss Link rules, character-specific resets and a safe post-update rebuild procedure.
• Added completed-save currency carry-over guidance without claiming unsupported New Game Plus, item or quest-state transfer.
• Recorded eight new story-gated Kliff skills while leaving unpublished names, costs, inputs and unlock point unclaimed.
• Added Camera and Manual flying-mount control guidance.
• Added German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese voice-over support plus Arabic interface/subtitle support.
• Reconciled rollout across Steam PC, Steam Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Epic Games Store and the pending Mac App Store build.
• Expanded the structured Known Issues register from 10 to 13 with the Spanish option and two Xbox language-pack faults.
• Routed every named story, combat, quest, mount, trade, interface, localisation and presentation change into the affected guide sections.
• Flagged all 168 main-story records for Version 2.00.00 narrative and transition review without inventing a changed quest order.
• Preserved the TKB Soundscape, music assets and playback behaviour unchanged.

17 August 2026 — Patch 1.18.02 hotfix reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.35.2 on the verified Patch 1.18.02 baseline.
• Reconciled the all-platform hotfix rollout: Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store are available; Mac App Store remains officially in progress.
• Retired the Camp Resources zero-comrade and A Secret Deal silver-reset records after Pearl Abyss’s fixes, while preserving both stable IDs in the retirement ledger.
• Preserved save-safe guidance for players already affected by the silver reset because the notice does not promise automatic restoration of a previously lost balance.
• Added current guidance for the repaired player movement animation and shop-interaction lockup faults.
• Reconciled the 17 August, 09:00 UTC Known Issues revision to 10 semantic issues, retaining the official restart workaround for unavailable NPC, mount and object interactions.
• Updated patch, technical, quest, save, camp, economy, trade, settlement, platform, Steam, registry, trust and public-update surfaces with a fail-closed Patch 1.18.02 audit.

16 August 2026 — Patch 1.18.01 hotfix reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.35.1 on the verified Patch 1.18.01 baseline.
• Reconciled the all-platform hotfix rollout: Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store are available; Mac App Store remains officially in progress.
• Retired the lantern-menu delay, hidden legacy-housing and unexpected-close-after-launch records after Pearl Abyss’s fixes, while preserving their stable IDs in the retirement ledger.
• Added the current map-area display fix without inventing affected locations, coordinates or completion states.
• Reconciled the 16 August, 09:00 UTC Known Issues revision to 12 semantic issues, adding stable records for the Camp Resources zero-comrade display and the A Secret Deal silver reset.
• Routed the official instructions to avoid roster changes based on the displayed zero, pause A Secret Deal and restart the game when NPC, mount or object interactions become unavailable.
• Updated technical, quest, save, camp, economy, housing, Atlas, platform, Steam, registry and trust guidance with a fail-closed Patch 1.18.01 audit.

15 August 2026 — Patch 1.18.00 reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.35.0 on the verified Patch 1.18.00 baseline.
• Reconciled rollout across Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store; Mac App Store remains officially in progress.
• Added route guidance for the eight Quest Knowledge subcategories, retroactive Knowledge, animal pickup, repaired quests, research camp funding, 100-unit high-value cargo, restored merchants, stable horse gear, lock-on modes and exploration-state map distinctions.
• Reconciled all 13 semantic Known Issues from the 15 August, 12:50 UTC notice, including four new stable records for lantern menu delay, unavailable interactions, hidden legacy housing and unexpected closure after launch.
• Preserved the GTX 1060 white-screen workaround because the Known Issues revision published after the patch still lists the narrower FSR-plus-Frame-Generation fault.
• Updated technical, platform, patch-watch, registry, trust, Steam export and source-note contracts without inventing quest coordinates, prices, hidden statistics or retroactive repair.
• Added a fail-closed Patch 1.18.00 audit covering source identity, rollout, Known Issues semantics and routed player-impact guidance.

10 August 2026 — Boss portrait rights correction

• Removed 13 community-derived YouTube thumbnail and gameplay-frame portraits because attribution did not establish permission to copy and republish them.
• Retained the four exact official Pearl Abyss Fan Kit portraits.
• Restored a visible media-pending state for the other 13 canonical dossiers.
• Added an official-only media audit and a public Media Rights Register; any creator image now requires a written publication licence.

10 August 2026 — TKB Soundscape ownership release

• Released Guide v1.34.1 with “Abyssal Drums” by CRNY / Daniel Conroy as the Crimson Desert guide soundtrack.
• Replaced the previous third-party soundtrack player and removed its locally hosted media file from the production release.
• Registered the track as TKB Soundscape release TKB-SC-001, with Daniel Conroy recorded as composer, performer and recording owner.
• Added fail-closed runtime checks for the retired audio URL, CRNY attribution and the owned Soundscape master.
• Repaired the production chain so deployment follows a successful main-branch guide build and reports the exact Actions run when publication fails.

8 August 2026 — Patch 1.17.00 reconciliation

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.34.0 on the verified Patch 1.17.00 baseline.
• Reconciled rollout across Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store; Mac App Store remains officially in progress.
• Added current guidance for Desperate Rescue challenge tracking, food quick-slot replacement, special-headgear effects, movement footstep/animation stutter, unobtainable chest icons and trade-route map display.
• Added five searchable Technical Centre verification paths with reversible tests and explicit escalation evidence.
• Revalidated all current source datasets and 1,200 focused guide records without inventing retroactive challenge credit, an affected-headgear list, chest locations or route geometry.
• Confirmed the official Known Issues notice remains on its 4 August, 05:20 UTC revision with nine semantic issues.
• Updated patch surveillance, release registry, trust metadata, Steam export and fail-closed patch certification.

5 August 2026 — Patch 1.16.04 equipment-state hotfix

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.33.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.04 baseline.
• Reconciled the official all-platform rollout: Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic are available; Mac App Store remains in progress.
• Documented the fix for equipment quantities becoming incorrect after receiving certain equipment, saving and reloading.
• Added a searchable Technical Centre recovery path for protected before/after quantity verification without inventing affected item names or promising retroactive save repair.
• Revalidated all nine current official Known Issues against the unchanged 4 August, 05:20 UTC notice.
• Updated patch surveillance, registry, trust metadata, Steam export and release audits while preserving all guide progress/state migrations.
• Bundled the already-complete Phases 26–29 truth, focused-record and progressive-delivery programme into the same current-patch release; Steam publication and AdSense activation remain externally controlled.

5 August 2026 — Phases 26–29 coverage truth and progressive guide architecture

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.32.0 while retaining the verified Patch 1.16.03 gameplay baseline.
• Replaced the empty research presentation with one generated coverage ledger containing 1,551 tracked gap records and 2,807 unresolved claims across quests, bosses, Atlas, catalogue, economy and faction source boundaries.
• Published a focused, searchable route for each of the 1,200 canonical guide records, with direct guidance, evidence links, private notes and explicit unknowns instead of one multi-megabyte encyclopaedia page.
• Converted Completion, Atlas, Catalogue, Economy, Command Centre and Research Queue to progressively loaded tools with small first-result windows and URL-preserved filters.
• Reduced the largest generated HTML document to less than 250 KB and added a fail-closed 500 KB route budget, while preserving local progress, backups and evidence boundaries.
• Corrected the public count contract: 49/49 planned editorial routes, 57 total public guide routes, and 1,200 record pages are separate measurements.
• Prepared a versionless replacement Steam publication package; public Steam replacement and AdSense activation remain externally controlled and are not claimed complete.

4 August 2026 — Atlas field route finder repair

• Replaced the non-functional 12-location graph tester with a searchable route finder covering all 221 supported Atlas destinations.
• Added route-type, region, destination-name and nearest-landmark filtering for all 213 Abyss Nexus records and eight Toll of Pywel bells.
• Route results now render the supported landmark or search origin, ordered approach, activation signal, hazards, prerequisites and recovery steps.
• Added direct field-record focus and route-level activation tracking without weakening spoiler controls or inventing coordinates.
• Preserved the verified connection graph for its one proven fast-travel edge, but removed it from the primary interface until it can support meaningful point-to-point planning.

4 August 2026 — Phase 25 boss intelligence research closure

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.31.0 on Patch 1.16.03.
• Reverified all 17 canonical boss dossiers and retained the official/community evidence boundary.
• Resolved 12 of the 43 controlled boss questions with paired evidence; 31 remain explicit.
• Closed Corrupted Caliburn phase terminology, Clockwork White Horn rewards, Queen Spider unlock routing, Titan stages, Crusher safe responses, current White Horn tactics, Staglord and Reed Devil routes, Queen Stoneback Crab drops, and One-Armed Ludvig identity handling.
• Updated preparation, encounter route, safe recovery and reward fields without inventing hidden health, damage, resistance, frame timing, scaling or rematch locations.
• Added a fail-closed Phase 25 closure hash and exact-total audit.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation remain untouched.

4 August 2026 — Phase 24 economy, recipe and acquisition closure

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.30.0 on Patch 1.16.03.
• Expanded the economy database to 71 accepted recipes: 60 cooking records and 11 Tier I Abyss Gear recipes.
• Added 103 named ingredient identities, producing 118 source-linked material/use records without inventing universal nodes, stock, prices or drop rates.
• Added three ordered economy procedures: the first Greymane Wagon Workshop unlock, a timestamped packaged-trade loop, and Bank Strongbox/bond handling.
• Migrated Completion Companion to dataset v6.0.0 and 676 milestones, preserving every prior stable ID and adding 58 permanent recipe-learning milestones.
• Excluded repeatable cooking, trade-profit and bank-result loops from completion eligibility.
• Preserved the unnamed Patch 1.16 boundary: 28 trade-good identities and 133 added trading-post identities remain explicit unknowns.
• Added fail-closed Phase 24 audits and kept Steam publication and AdSense activation untouched.

4 August 2026 — Phase 23 Atlas route intelligence

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.29.0 on Patch 1.16.03.
• Added operational field intelligence to 221/221 Atlas travel records: region, nearest landmark, approach, hazards, prerequisites, activation signal and recovery.
• Published independently corroborated landmark-relative positions and final approaches for all 8 Toll of Pywel bells.
• Added current-patch search procedures to all 213 indexed Abyss Nexus records while keeping their unsupported numeric coordinates explicitly unknown.
• Preserved every Atlas and Completion Companion ID; the 618-milestone dataset and local progress keys remain unchanged.
• Added Geometry filtering, expandable field routes and a fail-closed Phase 23 audit.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation were not performed.

4 August 2026 — Phase 22 catalogue walkthrough completion

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.28.0 on Patch 1.16.03.
• Reconciled 31 aggregate categories and 127 verified individual records in the generated catalogue.
• Added full operational guidance to every individual: starting point, requirement, preparation, ordered checkpoints, strategy, completion signal, recovery and unknowns.
• Preserved all 51 supply-contract routes and corrected all 60 Secret Places to the evidence-supported regional allocation.
• Added a 51-entry Supply Contract Collection aggregate without creating a duplicate checklist action.
• Retained all 127 stable individual IDs inside Completion Companion dataset v5.0.0; the total remains 618 milestones.
• Added a fail-closed Phase 22 audit covering catalogue counts, guide depth, regional allocation and Completion identity preservation.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.7 completion integrity and final audit

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.27.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Classified all 848 supported optional quest records into six proven one-time named quests, 40 source-labelled daily routes and 802 replayability-unresolved records.
• Preserved the 126 non-quest system records and four-row Demeniss source delta without converting either into fake quest milestones.
• Migrated Completion Companion to dataset v5.0.0 with the same 618 stable milestones, local-storage key and prior v4 progress.
• Corrected the public Chapter 7–12 and epilogue checklist table so every Phase 20 story section reports its already-proven full walkthrough count.
• Added the final fail-closed Phase 21 completion, replayability and migration audit.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation were not performed.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.6 complete visible faction-quest estate

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.26.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Reconciled all 122 Crimson Desert identities and the single Abyss source row.
• Published 115 verified Crimson Desert routes, retained 7 non-quest system records, and classified Goblin Tower as an Abyss system node.
• Advanced the full census to 969 classified / 4 unresolved candidate rows; all four unresolved rows are the existing Demeniss source-presentation delta.
• Kept the 115 new routes out of Completion Companion until replayability, exact unlock gates and mandatory characters are proven; dataset v4.0.0 remains at 618 milestones.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.5 evidence-supported Delesyia faction routes

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.25.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Reconciled all 156 Delesyia identities across 15 faction pages and 67 source buckets.
• Published 128 verified Delesyia routes and retained 28 non-quest system records without inflating quest totals.
• Advanced the full census to 846 classified / 127 unresolved candidate rows.
• Kept the 128 new routes out of Completion Companion until replayability, exact unlock gates and mandatory characters are proven; dataset v4.0.0 remains at 618 milestones.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.4 evidence-supported Demeniss faction routes

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.24.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Reconciled the Demeniss source boundary: 158 reported rows versus 154 visible named identities.
• Published 124 verified Demeniss routes and retained 30 non-quest system/state records without inflating quest totals.
• Preserved the remaining four-row source delta in Tales of the Demenissian Residents as an explicit unknown instead of inventing records.
• Added source-ordered objectives, preparation, completion signals, hostile-route recovery and visible rewards to every supported route.
• Advanced the full census to 690 classified / 283 unresolved candidate rows.
• Kept the 124 new routes out of Completion Companion until replayability, exact unlock gates and mandatory characters are proven; dataset v4.0.0 remains at 618 milestones.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation were not performed.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.3 complete Pailune and Greymanes faction routes

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.23.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Classified all 143/143 Pailune identities into 115 verified routes and 28 non-quest system records.
• Classified all 100/100 Greymane identities into 99 verified routes and one non-quest system record.
• Added 214 net-new canonical walkthroughs with source-recorded objective order, preparation, completion signals, recovery and explicit unknowns.
• Preserved the official Damiane/Oongka Greymane progression blocker and defaulted recovery to Kliff plus a safe manual save.
• Advanced the census to 536 classified / 437 unresolved candidate rows.
• Kept all new routes out of Completion Companion until replayability and exact unlock gates are proven; dataset v4.0.0 remains at 618 milestones.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation were not performed.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.2 complete Hernand faction routes

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.22.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Classified all 293/293 Hernand source identities across 19 faction pages and 107 named buckets.
• Published 262 verified Hernand routes and retained 31 non-quest system records as searchable evidence rather than inflating quest totals.
• Reused the two existing canonical routes for Scattered Honey Jars and Turnali’s Request, creating 260 net-new canonical quest records.
• Audited the official Patch 1.10.01→1.16.03 delta, including the A Dwarf’s Concern and Scattered Honey Jars fixes.
• Kept replayability, exact Contribution Rank gates, hidden rewards and incidental loot explicit; Completion Companion remains unchanged at 618 milestones on dataset v4.0.0.
• Advanced the full census to 293 classified / 680 unresolved candidate rows.
• Kept Steam publication and AdSense activation outside this release.

4 August 2026 — Phase 21.1 faction quest census and Patch 1.16.03 integrity

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.21.0 on the verified Patch 1.16.03 baseline.
• Reconciled 973/973 candidate faction rows across 69 faction pages and 356 named buckets, with zero regional or faction-level row delta.
• Expanded the planned editorial library from 48 to 49 routes by adding the evidence-safe faction census.
• Kept the evidence boundary explicit: 973 source rows are not 973 unique quests; chain stages, repeatables, duplicates and obsolete records must be classified before walkthrough or Completion Companion promotion.
• Preserved the accepted seven optional quests, two named Abysses, 168 main-story walkthroughs and 618 Completion Companion milestones.
• Reconciled the all-platform disappearing-shield hotfix, Steam Mac availability and the 05:20 UTC Known Issues revision.
• Surfaced the current Greymane faction-quest progression blocker for Damiane and Oongka.
• Kept Steam publication and AdSense activation outside this release.

4 August 2026 — Patch 1.16.03 shield hotfix

• Verified the official Patch 1.16.03 notice and all six platform rollout lines.
• Retired the disappearing-shield issue after the publisher’s fix while preserving its stable historical ID.
• Updated the Known Issues baseline to nine semantic records and retained the publisher’s malformed-list compensation.
• Revalidated patch-sensitive guidance without rewriting historical Patch 1.16.02 evidence.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.7 complete main-story walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.20.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered the final 8 researched epilogue walkthroughs and completed Phase 20 at 168/168.
• Guide-wide main-story coverage is now 168/168, with zero indexed main-story missions awaiting a full route.
• Expanded the Completion Companion from 454 to 618 supported milestones and migrated all 168 story missions into the ordered checklist.
• Bumped the completion dataset to v4.0.0 while preserving prior v3.0.0 progress, stable entry IDs and the existing local-storage key.
• Retained explicit unknowns for incidental loot, hidden trigger timing and unlisted dialogue variants.
• Kept Steam publication and consent-managed advertising outside this release.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.6 Chapters 10–12 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.19.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered 23 researched walkthroughs across Chapters 10–12.
• Raised Phase 20 and guide-wide full main-story coverage to 160/168; only the eight epilogue missions remain indexed-only.
• Added protected recovery for Visione door states, fortress-key tank bosses, Orbian reset risk, Blackstar’s cannon run, Monolith Crown and the final linked boss chain.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline until Phase 20.7.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation remain untouched.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.5 Chapter 9 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.18.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Unified 19 Chapter 9 routes inside Phase 20; 17 were newly promoted and two prior standalone guides were reverified.
• Raised Phase 20 and guide-wide full main-story coverage to 137/168; 31 missions remain indexed-only.
• Added dragon-flight recovery, Spire mirror routing, Jijeong statue placement, Sanctum reactor/Kuku Pot recovery, Hexe totem and Master Du laser guidance.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline until Phase 20.7.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation remain untouched.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.4 Chapters 7–8 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.17.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered 34 researched walkthrough upgrades across Chapters 7–8, taking Phase 20 to 118/168 missions.
• Raised guide-wide full main-story coverage from 86/168 to 120/168; 48 missions remain explicitly indexed-only.
• Added current-version recovery for the Thornbriar siege towers, Visione continuity and the Demeniss prison exit without inventing hidden trigger data.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline until Phase 20.7 can migrate all 168 story missions together.
• Steam publication and AdSense activation remain outside this release.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.3 Chapters 5–6 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.16.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered 25 researched walkthrough upgrades across Chapters 5–6, taking Phase 20 to 84/168 missions.
• Raised guide-wide full main-story coverage from 61/168 to 86/168; 82 missions remain explicitly indexed-only.
• Added the Hernand banquet, Kearush and Crowcaller encounters, Witch/Axiom Archive route, Spire of Soaring, Crescent Skybridge and the complete Calphade battlefield campaign.
• Added mission-specific safety for puzzle resets, Whistling Arrow replenishment and automatic cutscene transitions while withholding exact hidden statistics.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline; the all-story checklist migration remains gated to Phase 20.7.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.2 Chapters 3–4 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.15.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered 30 researched walkthrough upgrades across Chapters 3–4, taking the Phase 20 programme to 59/168 missions.
• Raised guide-wide full main-story coverage from 32/168 to 61/168; 107 missions remain explicitly indexed-only.
• Added source-backed routes for Hernand camp restoration, Kilnden Workshop, Great Scholar’s Armoury, advancement trials, the Gate, Tenebrum pursuit and Spire traversal.
• Preserved explicit evidence conflicts for rewards and kept unpublished statistics, incidental loot and unverified triggers outside completion claims.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline; the all-story checklist migration remains gated to Phase 20.7.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 20.1 Prologue through Chapter 2 walkthroughs

• Promoted the guide to Guide v1.14.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Delivered 29/168 Phase 20 main-story walkthroughs, covering every mission in the prologue and Chapters 1–2.
• Raised guide-wide full main-story coverage from 4/168 to 32/168; 136 missions remain explicitly indexed-only.
• Added mission numbering, chapter filtering, starting points, requirements, objective-by-objective routes, field tips and explicit completion signals to the Quest & Encounter Encyclopaedia.
• Added evidence-conflict handling for Awestruck and current Patch 1.16 ordering for Where Misery Gathers without promoting disputed rewards.
• Preserved the 454-record Completion Companion v3.0.0 baseline; the all-story checklist migration remains gated to Phase 20.7.
• Added a protected Phase 20 walkthrough audit and source ledger.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.7 Completion Companion expansion and final audit

• Promoted the guide to v1.13.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Expanded the Completion Companion from 210 to 454 supported milestones across 17 guide workflows, 193 eligible canonical records, all 213 indexed Abyss Nexus activations, all eight Toll of Pywel bells and 23 economy actions.
• Added a seeded Economy, Recipes & Services category for seven regional workshops, three named trading services and 13 accepted recipes.
• Preserved every existing stable milestone ID and added a state test proving prior v2.3.0 local progress survives the dataset v3.0.0 expansion.
• Added exact eligibility contracts so every supported canonical, Atlas and economy action is present while aggregate counts, passive material references and reward-source cross-references cannot create duplicate milestones.
• Published the final coverage audit with all remaining unknowns explicitly enumerated and retained the Research Queue at zero accepted partial records.
• Required the final Phase 19 audit alongside accessibility/theme, content, data, state, production, subpath, deployment-smoke, security and Steam-export checks.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.6 economy, gear, recipes and resources

• Promoted the guide to v1.12.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Added a searchable Economy & Item Intelligence centre with stable records for all seven regional wagon-workshop identities, three corroborated Hernand trading services, 13 accepted recipes and six recipe-material identities.
• Generated one canonical item-source record for every unique named reward in the accepted quest, boss, achievement, knowledge and challenge data.
• Preserved the official Patch 1.16 aggregates of 133 additional trading posts and 28 new trade-good types without inventing the unpublished identities, coordinates or item names.
• Kept live prices, rotating inventories, drop rates, unpublished recipe inputs, exact workshop pins and unsupported classifications null or explicitly unclaimed.
• Connected gear and production guidance to the generated acquisition and recipe indexes without publishing an unsupported best-build claim.
• Added Phase 19.6 generation, evidence-host validation, duplicate-ID checks, route coverage and readiness contracts to the protected Quality Gate.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.5 Boss Intelligence closure

• Promoted the guide to v1.11.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Reverified all 17 canonical boss dossiers and added a sourced operational brief for every boss covering preparation, encounter route, safe recovery and the verified reward field.
• Separated direct Pearl Abyss facts from community-verified operational evidence in both the web dossiers and generated Steam package.
• Corrected dossier source labels so community route evidence is no longer presented as “Official.”
• Reduced open boss research questions from 51 to 43 by closing supported first-defeat route and reward gaps in the five verified-rematch dossiers.
• Retained exact health, damage, resistance, hidden scaling, uncertain phases, disputed rewards and unproved rematches as explicit unknowns.
• Preserved all five verified Memory Fragment locations, Titan’s official-but-location-unresolved rematch state and every identity-separation rule.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.4 contracts and collectibles closure

• Promoted the guide to v1.10.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Replaced the single 51-entry Collectibles — Contract research placeholder with 51 individually trackable knowledge records across equipment, outfit, food, provisions, seed and furniture supply contracts.
• Added the supported 100-Trust purchase/use route, supplier and Greymane Camp inventory outcome for every contract.
• Added a prominent preservation warning: using a contract consumes it, and player reports indicate a conflict between contract knowledge progress and the Patch 1.12 collectibles-chest item count.
• Added all 60 Secret Places in challenge order, with regional grouping, Abyss Cresset activation, Abyss Artifact reward and fast-travel outcome.
• Expanded the canonical database to at least 358 records, the catalogue to 157 records, and the Completion Companion to at least 210 milestones.
• Reduced the generated Research Queue from one record to zero without inventing coordinates or optimal routes.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.3 Pywel Atlas expansion

• Promoted the guide to v1.9.0 on the unchanged Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Added all five geographic world regions: Hernand, Pailune, Demeniss, Delesyia and the Crimson Desert.
• Indexed 213 Abyss Nexus identities with exact regional totals: 52 Hernand, 44 Pailune, 32 Demeniss, 42 Delesyia and 43 Crimson Desert.
• Added all eight Toll of Pywel bells with story-state caveats for Scholastone, Calphade, Demeniss and Pailune.
• Expanded the Atlas from 12 to 233 searchable records and from 16 to 17 service types.
• Expanded the Command Centre from 295 to 516 searchable records and from 281 to 502 planner targets.
• Kept the verified route graph at one evidence-backed edge: list identities do not manufacture coordinates, distances or roads.
• Required two independent community source hosts for Atlas travel indexes.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.2 complete main-story index

• Promoted the guide to v1.8.0 while retaining the verified Patch 1.16.02 baseline.
• Added all 168 main-story missions from prologue through epilogue, grouped into 14 story sections and their canonical questlines.
• Corroborated mission identity and sequence through independent full-story indexes, with explicit preceding-mission links.
• Kept 164 missions at the new indexed confidence level: useful for sequence and orientation, but excluded from completion totals until objectives and rewards are supported.
• Preserved the four existing verified main-story walkthroughs and all seven optional quest walkthroughs without inflating their evidence.
• Expanded the canonical database from 84 to 248 records, the Quest & Encounter Encyclopaedia from 32 to 196 records, and the Command Centre from 131 to 295 searchable records.
• Kept the Research Queue at one partial record: the unpublished 51-entry Collectibles — Contract catalogue.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 19.1 patch, metadata and SEO hygiene

• Promoted the guide to v1.7.0 without changing the verified Patch 1.16.02 game baseline.
• Replaced remaining actionable Patch 1.16.01 wording with current-version regression guidance while preserving the hotfix as historical evidence.
• Corrected the Completion Companion generator so build output inherits the verified patch date instead of reverting to 26 July.
• Corrected boss and stronghold category coverage from planned to supported.
• Added route-level ISO modification dates to every sitemap URL and the sitemap index.
• Strengthened content and deployment audits to reject stale actionable patch wording or sitemap entries without valid modification dates.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18.5 Patch 1.16.02 hotfix and Known Issues reconciliation

• Verified official Patch 1.16.02 at 14:40 UTC and reviewed all four fixes across save loading, Radeon RX 9070 XT-or-newer Ray Regeneration, Mac MetalFX and indoor Housing Mode.
• Recorded rollout as available on Steam PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store, with both Steam Mac and Mac App Store still in progress.
• Reconciled the 15:00 UTC Known Issues revision from 12 to 10 semantic records: retired the three fixed issue IDs and added the new disappearing-shield recovery record without reusing an identity.
• Retained the MetalFX safety workaround for Mac users until Version 1.16.02 is actually available on their channel.
• Expanded automatic rollout surveillance from one Mac App Store line to all six official platform lines.
• Promoted the guide and Steam export contract to v1.6.1, reverified all 56 public routes against Patch 1.16.02, and preserved the one-record Collectibles — Contract Research Queue.
• AdSense and live Steam operations remain unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18.4 coverage truth and Crescent Lake closure

• Promoted the House Byron Crescent Lake knowledge route after the official Patch 1.08 acquisition fix and two independent current databases agreed that One Step Ahead awards it after defeating Mazzul and liberating Burnhand Quarry.
• Distinguished that reward from the same-named Adventure — Regions — Demeniss entry so the guide does not merge two journal records.
• Reduced the controlled Research Queue from 2 to 1; only the unpublished 51-entry Collectibles — Contract catalogue remains.
• Reframed 48/48 as completion of the planned editorial route framework, not an exhaustive claim over every game activity, location, quest, item, recipe or collectible.
• Replaced the hardcoded homepage database total with the generated canonical-record count and added regression checks for stale patch instructions and inflated completeness language.
• Retained the Patch 1.16.01 and Mac App Store rollout surveillance, with AdSense and Steam operations unchanged.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18.3 evidence queue closure

• Verified Awakened Caliburn’s first-defeat route in A Shadow in the Void while preserving the identity boundary with Corrupted Caliburn.
• Promoted five current acquisition routes: Exploding Bismuth Spider, Jarback Crab, Skull Knight Followers, Darksworn Armor Spectral Soldier and Giant Rock Tusk Warthog.
• Reduced the controlled Research Queue from 8 to 2 records.
• Kept Crescent Lake and the 51-entry Collectibles — Contract catalogue explicitly open because their complete acquisition evidence remains contradictory or incomplete.
• Confirmed the six-hour official patch and Mac App Store rollout monitor remains active.
• AdSense activation remains deliberately deferred until Google approval arrives.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18.2 knowledge and challenge closure

• Verified all four Patch 1.11 Pets challenges, their objectives and Small Haven for Pets rewards.
• Corrected the split Tristan / Flame Knight identity into the canonical Tristan, the Flame Knight knowledge record.
• Promoted the supported Tristan, Marni’s Machina Knight, Dreadnought and Jared acquisition routes.
• Reduced the controlled Research Queue from 14 to 8 records; unsupported creature routes, the Contract catalogue and Awakened Caliburn remain explicitly open.
• Rechecked Patch 1.16.01 platform rollout: Mac App Store availability remains officially in progress.
• AdSense activation remains deliberately deferred until Google approval arrives.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18.1 boss evidence and rollout automation

• Promoted 11 boss identities to evidence-supported first-defeat records: Queen Spider, Titan, Dreadnought, Storm Crusher, Thunder Crusher, Myurdin, White Horn, Staglord, Reed Devil, Queen Stoneback Crab and One-Armed Ludvig.
• Added route, region, completion and reward evidence where sources agree; conflicting or unpublished rewards, rematches, phase data and exact statistics remain explicitly unresolved.
• Reduced the controlled Research Queue from 25 to 14 records. Awakened Caliburn and the 13 knowledge/challenge records remain open instead of being inferred.
• Expanded the Patch 1.16 economy database with all seven named wagon-workshop regions, packaged and unpackaged cargo limits, official route and pricing behaviour, the 40-Gold-Bar bank cap, Strongbox claiming and bond conversion rules.
• Added a structured Patch 1.16.01 platform-rollout baseline and extended the six-hour official watcher to open a deduplicated review issue when Mac App Store availability changes.
• Corrected the public repository overview to Guide v1.6.0, Astro 7.1.6, Starlight 0.41.5 and the 3 August verification date.
• AdSense activation remains deliberately deferred until Google approval arrives.

3 August 2026 — Phase 18 evidence closure and privacy readiness

• Promoted the six controlled quest records for Scattered Honey Jars, Faces on the Bounty Notice, Sword of Starlight, Abandoned Drilling Rig, Turnali’s Request and A Wife’s Show of Heart after cross-source route verification.
• Promoted Shield of Unchanging Will VI and Bow Aimed at Fate II with current objectives, locations, rewards, recovery guidance and official defect history.
• Reduced the controlled Research Queue from 33 to 25 records without weakening the official-evidence gate for the 12 incomplete boss dossiers.
• Re-audited the Patch 1.16 economy notice field by field and published an acceptance ledger for the still-unpublished trading-post, goods, formula, Strongbox and Bond Shop data.
• Reverified Patch 1.16.01 and the Mac App Store rollout state on 3 August; the publisher still marks that platform as in progress.
• Added the site-wide Privacy & Consent centre, fail-closed Consent Mode defaults and a persistent privacy-choice route while real display inventory remains disabled during AdSense review.
• Upgraded Astro to 7.1.6, Starlight to 0.41.5 and Sharp to 0.35.3, and promoted the guide/export contract to v1.6.0.
• Regenerated the versioned Steam owner package; public Steam publication remains a signed-in owner operation and is not claimed by this release.

2 August 2026 — Patch 1.16.01 hotfix review

• Verified Pearl Abyss Patch 1.16.01 at 01:00 UTC and confirmed rollout on Steam PC/Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Epic Games Store, with Mac App Store still in progress.
• Moved Trading & Banking, Wagon Workshops & Trade Routes, and Camps/Storage through the review-required gate.
• Confirmed the hotfix resolves the regional-wagon-workshop camp-storage interface fault without changing the published Patch 1.16.00 trading, cargo, route or banking rules.
• Retired the restart workaround and returned all three affected pages to current after recommendation and source revalidation.
• Reconciled the official Known Issues notice to its 11:40 UTC revision: 12 semantic issues, including new loading/black-screen and Mac MetalFX Denoising crash records.
• Promoted the guide to v1.5.1 and refreshed patch metadata, Trust Centre, Live Operations and Steam export contracts.

1 August 2026 — 48-route library completion release

• Promoted the guide to v1.5.0 and completed all 48 of 48 planned library routes.
• Added six Core Systems field guides covering production, camps, strongholds, fishing, housing and faction operations.
• Added seven World & Mounts guides covering regions, services, Nexus travel, wagon routes, market planning, companions and challenge landmarks.
• Added three Database guides for achievements, strongholds and the Patch 1.16 economy.
• Preserved unpublished locations, prices, formulas, totals and probabilities as controlled research instead of guesses.
• Expanded the Steam package to 46 configured sections and protected all new routes in standalone, subpath and public FTPS verification.

1 August 2026 — Completion and Technical command release

• Promoted the guide to v1.4.0 while retaining Patch 1.16.00 as the verified game baseline.
• Replaced the misleading hardcoded library total and arbitrary progress bars with live Astro collection counts against the 48-route completion plan.
• Added visible evidence coverage and a build-time guard that detects stale patch versions described as current inside article bodies or structured data.
• Completed the six-route Completion library with a 100% roadmap plus focused story, boss, collectible, stronghold, liberation and challenge operations.
• Completed the six-route Technical library with PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Mac and save/cloud/Cross-Save recovery field guides.
• Extended the Steam export, readiness contract, deployment smoke and public production verification to protect all ten new routes.

1 August 2026 — Patch 1.16.00 economy command release

• Verified Pearl Abyss Patch 1.16.00 and the final 08:00 UTC Known Issues revision.
• Promoted the guide to v1.3.0 and reviewed current guide metadata against the new baseline.
• Launched the evidence-bounded Trading & Banking field guide for 133 trading posts, seven wagon workshops, cargo handling, the Trade map, bank investment and bonds.
• Updated combat, settings, world, Hernand, mounts and Technical Centre guidance for the patch’s operational changes.
• Added the Radeon RX 9070 XT-or-newer Ray Regeneration warning and retired the removed PlayStation cross-save and Damiane Shield Toss active-issue records without reusing their IDs.
• Corrected the watcher for the publisher page’s malformed combined Evasion/Legendary Animal list item, preserving all 10 semantic known issues.
• Published the release into TKB Live Operations and the Trust Centre.

27 July 2026 — Phase 17 evidence closure and Steam publication package

• Promoted the guide to v1.2.0 while retaining Patch 1.15.00 as the verified game baseline.
• Added corroborated operational guidance for Ethereal Pathway, Vault of Vengeance, Face the Inner Self, Jijeong Temple in Chaos, The Mysterious Pot, Reunion and the Chapter 3 Abyss Gear tutorial.
• Added six new Completion Companion milestones and reduced the controlled Research Queue from 40 to 33 records.
• Added per-record preparation, checkpoints, recovery steps and explicit unresolved boundaries to the Quest & Encounter Encyclopaedia.
• Recorded the conflicting Reunion disc-order report instead of hiding it; the published route follows the order independently corroborated by PowerPyx and Method.
• Separated the Chapter 3 tutorial from later Witch vendor unlocks so conflicting community timing cannot become a false prerequisite.
• Added a versioned Steam owner package with numbered BBCode sections, checksums, a manifest and a publication runbook for the existing public guide.

27 July 2026 — Phase 16.2 complete boss imagery

• Completed source-verified image coverage for all 17 canonical boss dossiers.
• Retained official Pearl Abyss Fan Kit portraits for White Horn, Staglord, Reed Devil and Queen Stoneback Crab.
• Added 13 attributable community gameplay captures where no exact official boss portrait was available.
• Recorded the original creator, creator page, source page, upstream image, identity evidence, dimensions, derivative notes, alt text and credit for every community asset.
• Added an explicit Awakened-versus-Corrupted Caliburn cross-check so the two dossiers remain separate despite conflicting community naming.
• Updated Boss Intelligence, Command Centre, readiness metrics and release smoke tests to require 17-of-17 production coverage.
• Strengthened the media gate to reject anonymous search-result images, unidentified lookalikes, missing creator credits and broken local WebP assets.

27 July 2026 — Phase 16.1 official boss media

• Added clean 2560px official portraits for White Horn, Staglord, Reed Devil and Queen Stoneback Crab from Pearl Abyss’s Fan Kit.
• Added per-dossier image provenance, exact Fan Kit archive paths, dimensions, credits, alt text and fan-content rights records.
• Added spoiler-safe responsive boss imagery with lazy loading and dark/light theme support.
• Added an explicit media-research state for the 13 bosses that did not yet have a subject-verified official image.
• Added coverage metrics showing verified portraits against all 17 canonical boss dossiers.
• Strengthened the Boss Intelligence audit to reject lookalikes, unapproved hosts, duplicate mappings, missing local assets, invalid WebP files and provenance drift.

27 July 2026 — Phase 15 Boss Intelligence Centre

• Added a spoiler-controlled Boss Intelligence Centre covering all 17 canonical boss records.
• Consolidated five verified Memory Fragment locations and first-defeat activation rules into dedicated rematch dossiers.
• Added an official-rematch classification for Titan while keeping its unknown Memory Fragment location explicit.
• Added direct official mechanic evidence for Queen Spider, Dreadnought, Storm Crusher, Thunder Crusher, Awakened Caliburn and Myurdin, the Avatar of Umbra.
• Added work-in-progress evidence caveats for White Horn, Staglord, Reed Devil and Queen Stoneback Crab.
• Preserved Injured Ludvig as an official searchable alias for One-Armed Ludvig.
• Added reciprocal identity-separation rules for White Horn versus Clockwork White Horn and Awakened versus Corrupted Caliburn.
• Added per-dossier patch history, unresolved evidence fields, controlled research priorities and official source links.
• Added Boss Intelligence to the Command Centre, Steam Guide export, readiness programme and protected audit suite.

26 July 2026 — Guide v1.1.0 production release

• Released the Pywel Expedition Command Centre with full-guide search, recent-guide continuation, private session planning and unified local progress summaries.
• Added persistent safe, minor and full spoiler profiles across compatible guide tools.
• Added a validated five-source Guide Vault for exporting and restoring Completion, Atlas, Collectibles, Build Laboratory and Research Queue state together.
• Added a provenance-controlled official Pearl Abyss media registry for characters, bosses, weapons, mounts and world imagery.
• Added the global “Hymn for the Unsung Blade” player with non-looping playback, one-time visitor autoplay and persistent pause preference.
• Added the Research Queue Centre for controlled evidence gaps, in-game verification protocols and private local research notes.
• Promoted the guide package and readiness report to v1.1.0 while retaining Patch 1.15.00 as the verified game baseline.
• Preserved root and /crimsondesert/ deployment validation for the future TKB Gaming domain migration.

26 July 2026 — Character mastery, Build Laboratory and v1.0 evidence closure

• Added current-patch capability profiles for Kliff, Oongka and Damiane from official Steam and Patch 1.03–1.15 records.
• Added eight transparent build archetypes covering field balance, defence, aerial mobility, ranged pressure, heavy impact, unarmed chains, boss reliability and exploration utility.
• Added a browser-local Build Laboratory with controlled conditions, seven personal observation dimensions, confidence ratings and strict JSON backup/restore.
• Linked current Greymane faction and Damiane Shield Toss issues directly into character and build guidance.
• Added audits that prohibit unsupported tier lists, best-build claims, exact DPS, hidden scaling and unrecorded frame data.
• Added a repository-generated v1.0 readiness report covering 12 guide programmes, every structured dataset, interactive tool and publication path.
• Classified remaining partial game records as an explicit research queue rather than filling unknown routes, totals, rewards or mechanics with guesses.
• Promoted the package and Steam Guide to evidence-safe v1.0.0 for Patch 1.15.00.

26 July 2026 — Collectibles, knowledge and challenge catalogue

• Expanded the canonical content database from 67 to 85 evidence-safe records.
• Added a generated catalogue containing 48 records: 31 category goals and 17 individually named entries or challenges.
• Added the official 51-entry Collectibles — Contract total without inventing the unpublished individual checklist.
• Added verified individual knowledge milestones for Irkyn, Hexe Earthen Exploding Spider and Pailune Militiamen.
• Added officially named research records for restored or previously blocked knowledge entries and two weapon challenges.
• Added Completion Companion status, personal discovery counts, private notes, research flags and strict JSON backup/restore.
• Added catalogue generation, cross-dataset validation and local-state tests to the protected Quality Gate.
• Added a Collectibles, Knowledge & Challenges section to the Steam Guide export.

25 July 2026 — Quest walkthrough and encounter encyclopaedia

• Added generated operational detail for 32 canonical quest, Abyss, boss and stronghold records.
• Added supported, limited and research states so partial records cannot become invented walkthroughs.
• Added preparation, supported checkpoints, blocker history, safe recovery order and explicit unresolved fields.
• Added private browser-only notes and preparation checklists with strict JSON backup and restore.
• Added guide-detail consistency audits and local-state tests to the protected Quality Gate.
• Added a Deep Quest & Encounter Guidance section to the Steam Guide export.

25 July 2026 — Pywel Atlas and route intelligence

• Added a cinematic topological atlas for verified settlements, services, travel systems and world progress.
• Added 12 evidence-labelled location and system records with 16 service definitions.
• Added official special-mount saddlery intelligence for eight cities.
• Added the verified Pailune Nexus link to the abstract Abyss Nexus network without inventing coordinates or road connections.
• Added local visited-location, activated-node and service-check progress with validated JSON backup and restore.
• Added explicit no-route handling, atlas data audits and route/persistence tests.
• Added the Pywel Atlas to site navigation and the Steam Guide export.

25 July 2026 — Quest, boss and content database

• Added a canonical searchable database containing 67 evidence-safe quests, bosses, strongholds, Abysses, challenges and knowledge records.
• Added all 34 official Steam achievement conditions as stable completion milestones.
• Added 17 named boss records, including five verified Memory Fragment rematches with official locations.
• Added 14 quest records, two named Abysses and two stronghold or liberation systems.
• Kept partial identities searchable while excluding them from completion percentages until their route or completion condition is verified.
• Generated Completion Companion entries from canonical records while preserving all existing local progress IDs.
• Added cross-dataset validation, source provenance notes and two new Steam Guide sections.

25 July 2026 — Site-wide cinematic theme

• Extended the approved Crimson Desert homepage design across every guide and tool route.
• Added section-aware cinematic article heroes for updates, beginner guidance, combat, gear, world, mounts, completion, technical guidance and standards.
• Added official promotional backgrounds from Pearl Abyss-controlled Steam media with documented source provenance.
• Rebuilt the global header, sidebar, mobile navigation, reading canvas, tables, callouts, code blocks, contents navigation and pagination in the black, iron, crimson and antique-gold visual system.
• Restyled Completion Companion and Technical Centre surfaces without changing their behaviour or stored progress.
• Rebuilt the article footer around the project crest, guide navigation and Pearl Abyss fan-content disclaimer.
• Added a parchment-and-ink light-mode interpretation for every new component.
• Added a site-theme coverage audit to prevent future routes or major components from falling outside the design system.

25 July 2026 — Cinematic Crimson Desert portal redesign

• Rebuilt the homepage as a real responsive game-guide portal based on the approved desktop and mobile design direction.
• Added an original dark fantasy navigation bar, cinematic hero, live patch badge and direct guide entry points.
• Added official public Crimson Desert screenshots from the Steam media feed to the hero and major guide cards.
• Added real quick links for search, completion, patch notes, world services, known issues and the Update Log.
• Added live dashboard panels driven by repository patch, completion and technical-issue datasets rather than invented figures.
• Added recent-update cards, project trust principles and a GitHub contribution call to action.
• Preserved keyboard focus, reduced-motion support, mobile navigation and the existing light-mode accessibility protections.

25 July 2026 — Light-mode contrast remediation

• Added a dedicated light-theme stylesheet without changing the established dark-theme design.
• Strengthened secondary text, metadata and small-label colours to meet readable contrast targets.
• Reworked the cinematic homepage hero, intelligence card, controls and metrics for pale surfaces.
• Corrected light-theme evidence, warning, success, error and official-issue colours.
• Improved light-theme completion controls, spoiler panels and technical troubleshooting cards.
• Added an automated contrast audit covering canonical palette pairs and required premium component scopes.

25 July 2026 — Technical and performance centre

• Replaced the provisional Technical page with a filterable platform and symptom troubleshooting centre.
• Structured the official Known Issues notice revised on 24 July 2026 into 11 stable records.
• Added safe-first diagnostic paths for crashes, white screens, save conflicts, cross-save, input, performance and console display modes.
• Added explicit save-preservation and destructive-escalation warnings.
• Added platform, symptom, record-type, severity and text-search filters.
• Added technical-data validation for patch alignment, stale records, sources, enums and duplicate IDs.
• Added a six-hour official Known Issues watcher with revision fingerprints and deduplicated GitHub issues.
• Added a Technical & Performance section to the generated Steam BBCode guide.

25 July 2026 — Interactive completion companion

• Replaced the static completion roadmap with a local-first interactive tracker.
• Added 18 supported starter milestones across activities, settlements, travel, mounts, equipment and knowledge.
• Added category, progress, spoiler and text-search filters with overall and per-category totals.
• Added browser-only persistence with no account, cookies, telemetry or remote database.
• Added validated JSON export/import, confirmation-based reset and strict rejection of unknown IDs or foreign backup formats.
• Added stable-ID migrations for renamed and retired records so dataset updates do not silently erase valid progress.
• Added spoiler-safe checklist cards with explicit reveal state stored separately from completion state.
• Added completion-data and state-engine tests to the protected Quality Gate.
• Added a static Completion Companion section to the generated Steam BBCode guide.

25 July 2026 — Mobile stylesheet delivery fix

• Investigated an iOS Brave production report where the guide rendered as unstyled raw HTML.
• Removed the runtime dependency on external screen stylesheets by embedding the complete Astro/Starlight visual system in every generated HTML page.
• Added a deployment smoke test that rejects missing mobile viewport metadata, insufficient inline CSS, external screen-stylesheet dependencies and missing local asset references.
• Made Cloudflare Workers static-site trailing-slash and 404 handling explicit.
• Added immutable caching for fingerprinted /_astro/ assets while retaining content-hashed filenames.

25 July 2026 — World and traversal compendium

• Added validated structured records for settlements, services, special-mount species and saddlery inventories.
• Added an automated world-data audit that checks patch alignment, evidence grades, official sources, unique records and saddlery cross-references.
• Added a world-navigation guide covering regional arrival procedure, map discovery, Mysterious Energy and Abyss Nexus travel.
• Replaced the Hernand placeholder with a generated service register and practical settlement circuit.
• Added a complete mounts guide covering trust, taming, feeding, registration, quickslots, equipment and terrain-based selection.
• Expanded Blackstar behind the existing major-spoiler gate using official patch history without publishing an unverified unlock sequence.
• Expanded the generated Steam BBCode guide with World Navigation and Mounts sections.

25 July 2026 — Combat and gear systems

• Replaced the provisional Combat page with a complete fight-control guide covering camera, positioning, defence, stamina, Spirit, stun pressure, groups, large targets and healing windows.
• Added a weapon and skill evaluation framework based on reach, recovery, resource cost, crowd control, mobility, defensive fit and terrain tolerance.
• Added a boss and encounter diagnostic that separates visibility, positioning, recognition, defence, resources, gear and known defects.
• Rebuilt the Gear page with keep, sell, store, refine and extract decisions.
• Documented official extraction behaviour, including 100% special-material recovery and approximately 70% common-material recovery.
• Added refinement stopping rules, identical-equipment gates, sockets, Abyss Gear and character-specific loadout checks.
• Expanded the generated Steam BBCode guide with four combat and gear sections.

25 July 2026 — Patch 1.15.00 baseline

• Verified the official Patch 1.15.00 notice published on 24 July 2026.
• Updated the global guide baseline, homepage intelligence and page metadata from 1.14.00 to 1.15.00.
• Reviewed current pages against the patch’s narrow combat, camera, mount and equipment-lock changes.
• Added current known-issue warnings for remapped Hold evasion and Damiane’s Shield Toss failure state.
• Confirmed that the core beginner route, storage guidance, refinement rules and extraction model remain valid.
• Recorded the Mac App Store rollout as still in progress at the time of verification.

25 July 2026 — Beginner guide expansion

• Replaced the provisional beginner roadmap with a complete low-spoiler opening route.
• Added platform-specific readability, accessibility, controller and performance guidance.
• Added a dedicated save, cross-save, Private Storage and inventory-safety guide.
• Added the first systems circuit covering travel, smithies, refinement, extraction, vendors, mounts and camp progression.
• Re-verified all precise beginner claims against Patch 1.14.00, official support notices and current known issues.
• Expanded the generated Steam BBCode guide from two beginner sections to four.

25 July 2026 — Premium guide experience

• Replaced the documentation-style homepage with a purpose-built cinematic guide interface.
• Added direct routes into beginner, combat, gear, world, mounts, completion and technical guidance.
• Added patch status, verification date, evidence grade and spoiler metadata to article headers.
• Added accessible spoiler-reveal controls for major discoveries.
• Rebuilt the global visual system for desktop, tablet and mobile layouts.
• Added an independent project footer and stronger accessibility focus states.

25 July 2026 — Production launch

• Deployed the guide through Cloudflare Workers Builds.
• Published the production site at crimson-desert-guide.dannyconroy.workers.dev.
• Added static-assets deployment configuration through Wrangler.
• Updated canonical URLs, sitemap discovery and repository documentation.

25 July 2026 — Platform foundation

• Created the canonical public GitHub repository.
• Established the Astro and Starlight guide framework.
• Added patch-aware frontmatter and automated content validation.
• Added scheduled official patch monitoring.
• Added GitHub issue forms, security scanning and contribution policy.
• Established Cloudflare Workers deployment instructions.
• Set the verified guide baseline to official Patch 1.14.00.

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