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Knytlingar Clan
April 14, 2026 at 09:45 PM
Content expansion (2026-04-14)
Knytlingar Clan is a Other faction based in Pailune. A tribe north of Pailune. Though their history is long, their standing is no longer what it once was, and they lacked even the strength to resist the Jackals' and Black Bears' tyranny. The invaders mocked Chief Olvald as he knelt in the mud, but his people wept for the leader who lowered even his pride for their sake.
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Description | A tribe north of Pailune. Though their history is long, their standing is no longer what it once was, and they lacked even the strength to resist the Jackals' and Black Bears' tyranny. The invaders mocked Chief Olvald as he knelt in the mud, but his people wept for the leader who lowered even his pride for their sake. |
The Knytlingar Clan is a northern tribe belonging to the tribal state of Pailune. The clan was once a strong force in the north, but it lacked the strength to resist the invaders who pushed through Pailune during the events that followed Jian's death. Today the clan holds a small territory that documents three distinct nodes in the regional database, and its influence in the wider political state of Pailune has collapsed to the point where it rarely appears in main-quest content.
In gameplay terms, the Knytlingar Clan is one of several regional tribal groups alongside the Stjar Clan, the Longleaf Tribe, the Skoghorn Tribe, and the Beighen Tribe, each of which contributes to the broader Pailune faction ecosystem.
Pailune - the region the clan belongs to.
Stjar Clan - neighboring northern clan.
Longleaf Tribe - Wayward Woods tribe.
Skoghorn Tribe - western mountain tribe.
Beighen Tribe - southeastern Pailune tribe.
Like every faction in Crimson Desert, this group sits inside the game's five-tier reputation system: War, Hostile, Neutral, Friendly, and Alliance. Most factions begin at Neutral when first encountered, and reputation shifts as the player completes faction quests, contracts, and related world content. Reaching Alliance unlocks three compounding benefits: allied troops that assist in combat inside the faction's territory, exclusive vendors carrying items not sold anywhere else, and restricted resource nodes such as mining deposits, ingredient patches, and hidden dungeons.
Crimson Desert tracks approximately 110 factions in total across the continent of Pywel, split across four classification types: Core, Hostile, Religious, and Other. Contribution XP from completing faction quests feeds into standing with the issuing faction and, in several regions, into a shared regional reputation such as Demenissian Contribution or Pailunese Contribution. Progress is tracked on the reputation panel in the player menu, and reaching Alliance with a faction typically unlocks a named reward set that can include armor, weapons, mounts, or cosmetics such as the Pirate King Hat earned through Vellua Fishermen's Guild content.
For a complete cross-reference to every faction in the game, see the Factions overview page and the Faction Quests hub.
For a complete list of all factions in Crimson Desert, see the Factions overview page.
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