Items

Overview

Items in Crimson Desert encompass everything Kliff and the Greymane mercenaries can carry, craft, or collect while exploring the continent of Pywel. The game organizes items into several distinct categories: Gatherables (raw materials sourced from the environment), Recovery Items (cooked food and provisions that restore health and spirit), Collectibles (decorative objects for the Greymane Camp), Key Items (quest-related objects), Horse Items (mount equipment and feed), Crafting Manuals (recipes and blueprints), Abyss Cores (socketable equipment buffs), Dyes (cosmetic gear coloring), and Projectiles (ammunition for ranged weapons).

Inventory System

Crimson Desert uses a slot-based inventory rather than a weight limit. Players start with 50 inventory slots. Consumables and materials stack up to 50 identical items per slot, while weapons and armor each occupy one slot regardless of type. Nondescript items such as recipes, scrolls, and books also consume individual slots.

Inventory capacity can be expanded by acquiring bags, which come in three sizes. Small Bags add one slot and cost 50 copper from merchants. Medium Bags grant three additional slots, and Large Bags grant five. Bags are obtained through quest rewards or purchased from vendors found in major towns across Pywel. Checking the Journal under Faction Quests and previewing rewards before accepting is a good way to prioritize quests that offer bag rewards.

Gatherables

Gatherables are raw materials found throughout the open world. They serve as ingredients for cooking, crafting, and alchemy. Gatherables are organized into several subcategories based on their origin and use.

Meats

Meat is obtained by hunting animals across Pywel. Different creatures yield different quality tiers of meat, which directly affects the potency of cooked dishes.

Grains and Legumes

Grains and legumes are harvested from farms, fields, and wild patches. They form the base ingredient for many porridges, soups, and toasted dishes.

Vegetables

Vegetables are gathered from gardens, farms, and wild patches throughout the continent. They are used in grilled dishes, batters, soups, and porridges.

Fruits

Fruits grow on trees, bushes, and vines across different biomes. They are ingredients for grilled dishes, drinks, and some recovery items.

Mushrooms and Herbs

Mushrooms and herbs are foraged in forests, meadows, and mountainous areas. Mushrooms are used in cooking and tea recipes, while herbs serve as ingredients for alchemy and elixirs.

Minerals and Ores

Minerals are mined from ore deposits and cave formations. They are essential for weapon smithing, plate armor crafting, and jewelry making.

Animal Products and Crafting Materials

These materials come from animal husbandry, hunting, and gathering. They are used across cooking, crafting, and alchemy.

Insects and Creatures

Insects and small creatures are caught in the wild and serve as alchemy ingredients. Butterflies in particular are scattered across different biomes.

Abyss Materials

Abyss materials are supernatural items tied to the Abyss and its corrupting influence. They are used in skill acquisition and equipment enhancement through the skill tree.

Recovery Items

Recovery items are prepared foods that restore health, spirit, and sometimes grant temporary resistance buffs. They are crafted through the cooking system using a bonfire or a camp cooking station. Each recipe comes in multiple quality tiers depending on the ingredients used: basic, Filling, Satisfying, Modest, and Hearty. Higher-tier versions of the same dish offer substantially better restoration values.

Grilled Dishes

Grilled dishes are the simplest cooking recipes, prepared directly over a fire. They primarily restore health.

Field Grill Dishes

Field grill dishes are more complex recipes that combine multiple ingredients. They offer better restoration and sometimes additional effects.

Soups and Porridges

Soups and porridges are prepared in a field pot. They restore both health and spirit, making them some of the most valuable recovery items in the game.

Quality Tiers

Every recovery item recipe can produce different quality tiers depending on the ingredients used. Higher-quality ingredients yield more potent meals. The tiers are:

Drinks

Drinks are a separate subcategory of consumables crafted through cooking. They provide health recovery and occasional buffs.

Collectibles

Collectibles are decorative objects that can be displayed at the Greymane Camp. They are found throughout the world in treasure chests, hidden caches, and as quest rewards. Collectibles have no combat function but contribute to camp ambiance and the Knowledge System progression.

Containers and Jars

Bowls, Plates, and Drinkware

Lighting

Figurines, Art, and Miscellaneous

Key Items

Key items are quest-related objects that advance story missions, unlock areas, or provide important narrative context. They cannot be sold or discarded and remain in the inventory until their associated quest is completed.

Access Keys and Passes

Letters, Documents, and Notes

Bounty Notices

Bounty notices are wanted posters for outlaws in Hernand. Completing bounties rewards copper and reputation.

Posters and Requests

Special Quest Items

Trade and Ledger Items

Investigation and Lore Items

Horse Items

Horse items are equipment and consumables for the player's mount. Equipment pieces improve a horse's stats and visual appearance, while feed consumables restore the horse's health and stamina during travel.

Horse Equipment

Horse Feed

Crafting Manuals

Crafting manuals are recipe books and blueprints that teach new crafting recipes. They are found as loot, purchased from vendors, or earned through quests. Once consumed, the recipe is permanently learned.

Cooking Recipes

Cooking manuals unlock new food recipes at bonfires and field cooking stations.

Drink Recipes

Weapon and Armor Blueprints

Weapon and armor blueprints unlock the ability to forge new weapons and armor at a smithy.

Other Manuals

Abyss Cores

Abyss Cores are socketable items that provide bonus effects when installed into equipment slots. A Witch NPC is required to slot or remove cores. Cores are categorized by their effect type: defensive, offensive, speed, recovery, and special.

Dyes

Dyes are cosmetic consumables that unlock gear coloring options. To use a dye, visit a Dyer NPC, select the gear piece to recolor, and choose from available color shades. Consuming a dye in the inventory permanently unlocks all shades associated with that color. Dyes are crafted through alchemy or found as loot.

Additional dye colors are expected to be discovered as players explore more of Pywel and unlock advanced alchemy recipes.

Projectiles

Projectiles are ammunition items consumed when using ranged weapons. They must be crafted using the appropriate crafting manual and require raw materials like timber, ore, and gunpowder.

Tips

• Prioritize expanding inventory space early by purchasing Small Bags from vendors for 50 copper each and completing quests that reward bags.

• Recovery items are single-use consumables. Stock up on Hearty-tier soups before tackling difficult bosses or Abyss dungeons.

• Gatherables stack up to 50 per slot, so collecting raw materials in bulk is efficient for long exploration sessions.

• Crafting manuals are one-time-use items that permanently teach a recipe. Check vendor inventories regularly for new manuals.

• Abyss Cores require a Witch NPC to install or remove. Plan core builds carefully, as swapping cores at a Witch may cost resources.

• Collectibles placed at the Greymane Camp contribute to the camp's ambiance and track progress in the Knowledge System.

• Horse equipment stacks with the horse's base stats. Investing in Hernandian-tier horse gear noticeably improves mounted combat and traversal.

See Also

• Weapons and Equipment

• Armor

• Cooking Guide

• Crafting Guide

• Horse Guide

• Skill Acquisition Guide

• Collectibles Guide

• Greymane Camp