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3-Pearl Abyss maintains an official known issues list on the Crimson Desert website. This page tracks confirmed bugs and technical problems. The current list below follows the official known-issues notice as updated on October 30, 2026, after the launch of the Charting the Unknown expansion; the September 2026 revision and the later sections preserve earlier issue history, including the launch window of March 2026. For a more detailed breakdown including workarounds, troubleshooting steps, and community-reported issues, see the full Known Bugs and Issues article.

3+Pearl Abyss maintains an official known issues list on the Crimson Desert website. This page tracks confirmed bugs and technical problems. The latest check below follows the known-issues notice revised on November 10, 2026; the October and September snapshots and later sections preserve earlier issue history, including the launch window of March 2026. For a more detailed breakdown including workarounds, troubleshooting steps, and community-reported issues, see the full Known Bugs and Issues article.

5-Current Known Issues (October 2026)

5+Current Known Issues (November 2026)

7-The official known-issues notice, first posted on September 18, 2026, was last updated on October 30, 2026 at 15:00 UTC, the day after Patch 2.04.00 and the Charting the Unknown expansion launched. It lists 13 open issues. Five are marked DLC in the table because they affect the expansion or its launch events: a crash when the base game and DLC versions differ, the Twitch Drops claim problem, the Xbox Add-ons problem for Drops and pre-order rewards, the Greymane faction quest block (the expansion's upgraded housing unlocks through a Greymane faction quest), and the Mac cursor offset when placing furniture. Compared with the September 21 revision, four entries are new (the Camel Constellation region, the version-mismatch crash, the Twitch Drops claim problem and the Xbox Add-ons problem), and one entry was removed: map icons for newly discovered objects not appearing, which hotfix 2.03.02 lists as fixed. Pearl Abyss notes that the notice may contain spoilers, including quest and boss names.

7+The notice was last revised on November 10, 2026 at 06:00 UTC. It still lists the Drops & Rewards menu claim failure and the Xbox Add-ons claim failure. The October table below is a historical snapshot. Additional current problems include:

9+IssueDetailsAMD driver graphicsSome graphics display incorrectly with driver 26.10.1. The published workaround is driver 26.8.1 or earlier.Samora trade goods quantitiesPackaged goods bought from the Samora island merchant can change quantity when moved from a ship to a wagon. Move them one at a time to avoid this issue.Underwater soundSome sound effects, including character movement, are missing underwater.

10+Patch 2.04.06 fixed the inaccessible Camel Constellation. The current notice still lists an inaccessible blockaded stronghold.

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12+On November 9, the developers confirmed that Xbox expansion pre-order and Drops reward delivery remained under investigation. The ended viewing campaign does not establish that reward delivery has been fixed.

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14+Previous Revision (October 2026)

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16+The official known-issues notice, first posted on September 18, 2026, was revised on October 30, 2026 at 15:00 UTC, the day after Patch 2.04.00 and the Charting the Unknown expansion launched. That revision listed 13 open issues. Five are marked DLC in the table because they affect the expansion or its launch events: a crash when the base game and DLC versions differ, the Twitch Drops claim problem, the Xbox Add-ons problem for Drops and pre-order rewards, the Greymane faction quest block (the expansion's upgraded housing unlocks through a Greymane faction quest), and the Mac cursor offset when placing furniture. Compared with the September 21 revision, four entries are new (the Camel Constellation region, the version-mismatch crash, the Twitch Drops claim problem and the Xbox Add-ons problem), and one entry was removed: map icons for newly discovered objects not appearing, which hotfix 2.03.02 lists as fixed. Pearl Abyss notes that the notice may contain spoilers, including quest and boss names.

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918 IssuePlatformDetailsCamel Constellation and stronghold out of reachAllThe Camel Constellation and a blockaded stronghold are located in an inaccessible region.Crash on mismatched versions (DLC)AllThe game may crash if the base game and Charting the Unknown are on different versions. Update both to the latest version so the game launches.Twitch Drops not claimable from the menu (DLC)AllTwitch Drops rewards can't currently be claimed from the Drops & Rewards menu. Until this is fixed, click Claim in the stream chat, then link your Twitch account on the Drops event page.Drops and pre-order items missing from Add-ons (DLC)XboxCertain items, such as Drops and pre-order rewards, may not display in the Add-ons menu and cannot be claimed. The expansion's pre-order bonus is the Charter's Diving Set for Kliff and Oongka and the Charter's Light Diving Set for Damiane.Interactions unavailableAllNPC, mount and object interactions stop working in certain situations. Restarting the game is the published temporary workaround.Caught fish cannot moveAllFish caught in certain areas are unable to move.Greymane faction quests blocked (DLC)AllGreymane faction quests cannot be progressed while playing as Damiane or Oongka. Carried over from September; it matters for the expansion because its upgraded housing unlocks through the Greymane faction quest Luke's Request.Evasion rebind ignoredAllWith Evasion Control set to Hold, the default Evasion key still works after it has been rebound.Shared Legendary Animal mountsAllNPCs required for quest progression cannot ride together on Legendary Animal mounts.Cursor offset when placing furniture (DLC)MacAt certain resolutions with keyboard and mouse, the cursor position differs from the actual furniture placement point. Carried over from September; it affects furniture placement in the expansion's upgraded housing.Colorblind filter not appliedMacThe colorblind filter is not applied to the UI when Colorblind Mode is enabled.Virtual keyboard freezePlayStationThe screen may freeze if characters are entered rapidly on the virtual keyboard while naming a pet or horse. Pearl Abyss advises entering characters slowly with brief pauses.FSR4 rain artifactsPCWith FSR4 upscaling, rain can disappear or the screen can become blurry or distorted in rainy environments.

1019 Previous Revision (September 2026)

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1221 Before the October update, the notice had last been revised on September 21, 2026 at 14:00 UTC, the hour hotfix 2.03.01 went live. That revision listed ten open issues: two Mac-only, one PlayStation-only, and one concerning the FSR4 upscaler. Compared with the September 11 revision, one entry was new (map icons for newly discovered objects not appearing) and two entries that had been dropped were listed again (the PlayStation virtual keyboard freeze and the FSR4 rain artifacts). Nine of the ten are still listed in the October 30, 2026 revision; only the map icon entry has been removed.

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1423 IssuePlatformDetailsInteractions unavailableAllNPC, mount and object interactions stop working in certain situations. Restarting the game is the published temporary workaround.Caught fish cannot moveAllFish caught in certain areas are unable to move.Greymane faction quests blockedAllGreymane faction quests cannot be progressed while playing as Damiane or Oongka.Evasion rebind ignoredAllWith Evasion Control set to Hold, the default Evasion key still works after it has been rebound.Shared Legendary Animal mountsAllNPCs required for quest progression cannot ride together on Legendary Animal mounts.Cursor offset when placing furnitureMacAt certain resolutions with keyboard and mouse, the cursor position differs from the actual furniture placement point.Colorblind filter not appliedMacThe colorblind filter is not applied to the UI when Colorblind Mode is enabled.Map icons missingAllIcons for newly discovered objects in certain regions do not appear on the map. Hotfix 2.03.02 on September 23, 2026 lists a fix for this, two days after that revision. The entry is no longer listed in the October 30, 2026 revision.Virtual keyboard freezePlayStationThe screen may freeze if characters are entered rapidly on the virtual keyboard while naming a pet or horse. Pearl Abyss advises entering characters slowly with brief pauses.FSR4 rain artifactsPCWith FSR4 upscaling, rain can disappear or the screen can become blurry or distorted in rainy environments.

1524 Entries Removed From the Notice Since August

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1726 The August version of the notice carried eight further entries that the September 11 revision does not. They are kept here because players on older builds may still hit them, and two of them, the virtual keyboard freeze and the FSR4 rain artifacts, are live entries again in the September 21, 2026 revision and remain listed in the October 30, 2026 revision.

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1928 Three language-pack entries were added for the version 2.00.00 rollout. Patch 2.01.00 of September 4, 2026 fixed the first of them, the Spanish voice-language selection failure.

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2130 PlatformIssueWorkaroundAllIf the voice language was changed at least once before the 2.00.00 update, Spanish may not appear in the voice language options after the update, even when all voice languages are downloaded.Select "Default" under Others, then Options, then Settings, then Language and Audio.XboxWhen an additional language pack is downloaded, the previously downloaded language pack is deleted and only the new one remains available.None published. Re-download the language pack you need.XboxDeleting one language pack while multiple are installed also deletes all other language packs.None published. Re-download the packs you need.

2231 Pearl Abyss notes that the known-issues notice may contain spoilers, including quest and boss names.

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2433 Five further entries were on the August notice and are absent from the September 11 one. Two of them, the virtual keyboard freeze and the FSR4 rain artifacts, returned in the September 21 revision and are listed as open in the table above.

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2635 IssuePlatformDetailsComrades count shows 0AllThe camp resources UI displayed the comrades count as 0. The display was cosmetic and the actual count was unaffected."A Secret Deal" silver resetAllThe quest reset the silver amount in certain save files.Virtual keyboard freezePlayStationThe screen could freeze if characters were entered rapidly on the virtual keyboard while naming a pet or horse. Entering characters slowly avoided it.White screen on GTX 1060PCOn GTX 1060 GPUs, enabling FSR Upscaling together with Frame Generation made the screen appear white.FSR4 rain artifactsPCWith FSR4 upscaling, rain could disappear or the screen could become blurry or distorted in rainy environments.

2736 Gameplay Bugs

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2938 IssueDetailsStatusNPC Trust resetIf an NPC's Trust was increased during the Prologue, that NPC's Trust value may reset to its Prologue value in certain situations.AcknowledgedWait feature breaks after second useAfter using the "Wait" feature (beds or campfires) twice, the rest/wait option stops working entirely for the remainder of the session.AcknowledgedBank investment balance bugIf your investment returns are negative while you have no gold bars deposited in the bank, your total balance becomes 0. Pearl Abyss recommends avoiding bank investments under 500 silver until a fix is released.AcknowledgedCharacter invisibilityDamiane or Oongka becomes invisible under certain conditions. Switching to Kliff or reloading a save resolves the issue temporarily.AcknowledgedCloudcart cannot be summonedUnder certain conditions, the cloudcart cannot be summoned, preventing fast travel by cart.AcknowledgedKnowledge requires double observationSome knowledge entries can only be acquired after performing "Observation" twice instead of once.AcknowledgedQuest auto-tracking failureCompleting certain quests does not trigger automatic tracking of the next objective. Players must open the quest log and manually select the next step.AcknowledgedDeferred Advance: Blackstar health bugDuring the Deferred Advance quest, retrying or abandoning the Ultimate Weapon fight while Blackstar's Health is depleted causes Blackstar's Health to not fully recover on subsequent attempts.AcknowledgedFruit theft character lockupAttempting to steal fruit from the back of a market stall causes the player character to become completely unresponsive to controls.AcknowledgedTree stuck glitchTaking damage while holding or climbing a tree can clip the character through the trunk, sometimes getting the character permanently stuck.AcknowledgedGregor revival softlockDuring the Gregor, the Halberd of Carnage boss fight, if surrounding destructible objects break at the same moment the player character dies, revival becomes impossible and progress is blocked.AcknowledgedSettings not savingIn some cases, applied graphics and gameplay settings revert to previous values after restoring settings or restarting the game.Acknowledged

3039 Platform-Specific Issues

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3241 IssuePlatformDetailsStatusROG Ally X launch failureXbox / ROG Ally XThe game fails to launch properly on the latest driver. Pearl Abyss recommends using driver V32.0.21025.27003 instead of V32.0.23027.4002 while Microsoft and AMD investigate the issue.Under investigationFishing reel-in brokenXboxThe fishing reel-in function does not work when "Invert Right Stick Y-Axis" is enabled in device settings.Acknowledged

3342 Graphics and Technical Issues

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3544 IssueDetailsStatusFSR 4 visual artifactsEnabling AMD FSR 4 upscaling causes rain to disappear or introduces screen blurring and distortion in rainy environments.Acknowledged

3645 Resolved Issues

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3847 The following issues have been resolved in recent patches:

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4049 IssueResolutionPS5/PS5 Pro Map menu crashesFixed in Patch 1.00.03Character switch to Kliff broke interactions (PS5)Fixed in Patch 1.00.04 (PlayStation Hotfix)Mac Steam crashes on quest completion, startup, or exitFixed in Patch 1.00.04 (Mac Steam Hotfix)Abyss visible from overworld causing frame dropsFixed in Patch 1.00.03Xbox ROG Ally and Xbox PC launch issuesPartially resolved (driver workaround provided; full fix pending)Steam pre-order bonus/deluxe pack claim failuresServer-side fix deployed; restart game and check Add-ons menuCollector's Edition Ultimate Pack claim failuresServer-side fix deployedDualSense vibration on WindowsFixed in Patch 1.00.03GPU recognition failures in dual graphics environmentsFixed in Patch 1.00.03Map icons for newly discovered objects missingFix listed in Patch 2.03.02; the entry was removed from the notice by October 30, 2026

4150 Fixes in Recent Patches

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4352 Patch 1.00.03 (March 23, 2026) resolved several high-priority issues:

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4554 PS5 map crash: The hard crash triggered by opening the map menu on PS5 and PS5 Pro has been fully resolved.120 Hz output bug: A bug that caused dramatically reduced rendering resolution when 120 Hz output was enabled on PS5 has been fixed. 120 Hz is now a separate in-game toggle.DualSense vibration on PC: DualSense controller haptic feedback now works correctly on Windows via USB and Bluetooth.GPU recognition: Certain GPUs that were not detected at startup are now recognized properly.Xbox offline play: Fixed an issue where offline gameplay was unavailable on Xbox.

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4756 Patch 1.00.04 consisted of two platform-specific hotfixes: a PlayStation hotfix on March 23 that fixed the Kliff character-switching bug, and a Mac Steam hotfix on March 24 that resolved crashes on quest completion, startup, and exit.

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4958 The 1.15 and 1.16 patch series (July 24 through August 5, 2026) resolved further long-standing issues: transparent bosses during battle, crops that stopped growing or could not be harvested, gear lock status not saving for Oongka and Damiane, an occasional crash when loading cross-save data, a persistent loading or black screen when loading saves, shields disappearing after dual-wield save and reload, and equipment quantities becoming incorrect after save and reload. See Patch Notes for the complete lists.

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5160 The 1.17.00 and 1.18.00 patches (August 7 and August 15, 2026) cleared further reported problems: "Desperate Rescue" challenge progress not counting, unobtainable treasure chest icons and abnormal trade routes on the map, overlapping footstep sounds, special headgear effects failing to activate, rendering corruption when FSR or XeSS Frame Generation was enabled on low-end cards including the GTX 1060, and a progression block when switching to Oongka before meeting Torstein during "Time to Face Justice." Hotfix 1.18.01 on August 16 fixed housing items placed in 1.12.00 or earlier not appearing, an interaction-menu delay while the lantern was lit, an unexpected close after launch, and incorrect map display in certain areas.

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5362 How to Report Bugs

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5564 Pearl Abyss encourages players to report issues through the official Crimson Desert website under News > Notices > "Report an Issue." PC players can also post in the Bug Reports section of the Steam Community forums. Include your platform, system specs (if on PC), a description of the issue, and steps to reproduce it.

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5766 See Also

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5968 Known Bugs and IssuesPatch NotesSystem RequirementsPerformance and Graphics SettingsConsole Performance

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