Crimson Desert's 50-80 hour campaign offers extensive content for completionists. This guide provides an overview of achievement categories based on the game's known systems and content.
Story Achievements
Story achievements will unlock as you progress through the main campaign, which features a definitive ending. Major milestones likely include reuniting with each Greymane companion, defeating Myurdin and the Black Bears, and completing the Abyss-related storyline.
The Calphade rebellion questline involving Cassius Morten represents a significant story arc that likely has associated achievements.
Boss Achievements
Defeating major bosses will likely award achievements. Known bosses include: Staglord, Queen Stoneback Crab, Reed Devil, Fontaine (Cursed Knight), Cassius Morten, and Golden Star.
Challenge achievements may require defeating bosses under specific conditions - without taking damage, within time limits, or using specific tactics.
Exploration Achievements
With a map larger than Red Dead Redemption 2 and at least twice Skyrim's size, exploration achievements will reward thorough world coverage. Discovering all regions (Kweiden, Akapen, Crimson Desert, Calphade, Hernand) and their sub-areas.
Finding all Abyss Islands floating above Pywel likely constitutes a major exploration achievement.
Combat Achievements
Combat mastery achievements may include: learning all special moves, defeating enemies with specific techniques (Neckbreaker, Force Palm, elemental combos), mastering all weapon types gained from bosses.
The fighting game-style combo system suggests achievements for executing complex button combinations successfully.
Life Skill Achievements
Activities like cooking, mining, gathering, and fishing each likely have associated achievements. Crafting achievements for creating items at various rarity tiers.
Resource scalability achievements may reward reaching gathering efficiency milestones.
Mount Achievements
Obtaining all mount types: horses, bears, raptors, dragons, and the late-game dwarven Battle Robot. Using mounts in combat and traversal likely has associated achievements.
Taming wild horses is specifically mentioned as an activity that may have achievement tracking.