Companion Dispatch Guide

Overview

The companion dispatch system in Crimson Desert lets you send Greymane members on independent missions across Pywel. Dispatched companions return with currency, crafting materials, and other resources, providing a source of passive income while you focus on exploration, combat, or story missions. The system is managed from the Greymane Camp.

How Dispatch Works

1. Visit the Greymane Camp and access the dispatch interface

2. Select a companion from your available roster

3. Choose a mission from the available list

4. Assign the companion to the mission and confirm

5. The companion departs and completes the mission over time

6. Upon return, collect the gathered resources and rewards

Dispatched companions are unavailable for other interactions while on a mission. They return after a set period depending on the mission type and difficulty.

Mission Types

Building Your Roster

Reuniting Scattered Greymanes

After the Black Bears attack, surviving Greymane members are scattered across Pywel. As you progress through the story and explore the world, you will find and reunite with them:

• Story encounters: Some Greymane members are found through main story missions and rejoin automatically.

• Side quests: Others are tied to side quest chains that require completing specific objectives before they agree to return.

• Passive arrivals: Certain companions hear rumors about the reestablished camp and arrive on their own over time.

• Active recruitment: Some NPCs across Pywel can be convinced to join the Greymanes through dialogue choices or by demonstrating your faction's strength.

Roster Management

As your roster grows, you gain more flexibility in dispatch assignments. Consider the following:

• Keep some companions in reserve for immediate tasks while others are deployed on longer missions

• Each companion may have individual skills that affect mission outcomes. Match companions to missions suited to their strengths

• A larger roster allows simultaneous dispatch to multiple regions, increasing your passive resource generation

Strategic Use of Dispatch

Weakening Enemy Fortresses

One of the most valuable applications of the dispatch system is sending companions to besiege enemy-controlled locations before you visit them. When companions attack a fortress:

• The hostile presence at that location is reduced

• Kliff encounters less resistance when arriving in person

• This lets you chip away at enemy territory on multiple fronts simultaneously

This strategy is particularly useful in the mid-to-late game when the map expands and enemy fortifications become more challenging.

Resource Pipeline

Timber and ore gathered through dispatch missions feed directly into blacksmith crafting and camp upgrades. Establishing a steady dispatch pipeline for these materials ensures you always have enough resources for weapon refinement and facility expansion.

Tips

• Start dispatching companions as soon as they join your camp. Even early missions provide useful materials.

• Prioritize fortress siege missions if you plan to visit a hostile area soon. Softening up the opposition beforehand saves healing items and time.

• Check back at camp regularly to collect completed mission rewards. Uncollected resources do not contribute to your stockpile.

• Balance your dispatch roster. Sending everyone on long missions leaves no companions available for short, urgent tasks.

• Resource gathering missions for timber and ore are especially valuable early on when you are building up the camp's facilities.

• As the story progresses and more Greymanes join, the volume of dispatch missions you can run simultaneously increases significantly.