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Kuku Pack
April 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM
Append Overview, crafting recipe, Peddler's Pack farming at Totesmith Tannery, usage for Clockwork Insect collection, Used In table of derivative Kuku items, and Tips
Kuku Pack is a Common Inventory in Crimson Desert.
A kuku pot modified to be carried as a pack. It is designed to lure and collect nearby mechanical insects. It can be further customized with various parts and power sources to collect different materials or even transform into a tool with entirely different functions.
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Type | Inventory |
Rarity | Common |
The Kuku Pack is the foundational crafting component for nearly every other Kuku item in Crimson Desert. It is a basic Kuku Pot modified to be carried on the back, and on its own it functions as a vacuum that pulls in nearby Clockwork Insects. More importantly, it is a required input material in the recipes for a long list of derivative Kuku packs, helmets, and spears, so most players end up crafting around ten Kuku Packs over the course of the campaign.
The recipe is unlocked by completing the Sanctum of Penitence, a Sanctum tied to Elowen, the Witch of Wisdom. Once the recipe is unlocked, you craft the Kuku Pack by speaking to Grimnir at the Kilnden Workshop and selecting it from his Kuku Pot crafting menu.
The Kuku Pack recipe is part of the Witch of Wisdom faction questline, which begins during the Chapter 5 main quest "The Missing Seal." After meeting Elowen near the Witchwoods southwest of Castle Hernand, she will ask you to cleanse four Sanctums scattered across Hernand Territory.
The Sanctum of Penitence sits east of the Sanctum of Temperance, which itself is just southeast of Howling Hills. Clear the enemies, recover the two Reactor Cores, plug them back into the reactor with Axiom Force and Force Palm, and report back to Elowen to add the Kuku Pack recipe to Grimnir's workshop menu.
With the recipe unlocked, travel to the Kilnden Workshop and speak with Grimnir to open the Kuku Pot crafting menu. The Kuku Pack sits near the top of the list because it feeds into so many other recipes.
Material | Quantity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
1 | Crafted from Iron and Timber. Chop trees with a logging axe and mine iron ore with a pickaxe. Cheap and easy to stockpile. | |
1 | The tricky ingredient. Any basic Pack works as a substitute (Hunter's Pack, etc.), but Peddler's Packs are by far the easiest to farm in bulk. |
Plan on crafting around ten Kuku Packs total over the course of the game. Every other Kuku pack in the Kilnden menu consumes one Kuku Pack as a base input, and you still want one left over to wear as active equipment for harvesting Clockwork Insects.
The most reliable source of Peddler's Pack is the Totesmith Tannery, a small leatherworks located south of Howling Hills in Hernand. You can reach it by riding straight south from the Graymane Howling Hill camp or by fast-travelling to one of the Abyss Nexuses that ring the farm.
Equip a Mask before you enter the tannery grounds. Without the mask, stealing will attach your identity to the crime and saddle you with a bounty or fine.
Walk up to the table inside the tannery. Two Peddler's Packs are laid out on it.
Grab both, then sprint away from the workers until you break line of sight. Any guards or NPCs that saw the theft will eventually drop their alert state.
Wait a few in-game days and return. The two packs respawn on the same table, so the tannery functions as a renewable supply.
Because packs respawn, this is essentially an infinite source. Budget a handful of return trips across the campaign rather than trying to stockpile in one visit, and use the idle time between visits to clear Sanctums or farm other Kuku components.
The Totesmith Tannery vendor also sells a Peddler's Pack directly behind the stall for 85 Copper each. This is not renewable the way the stealing route is, and it costs money, but it is a no-risk option if your disguise gets blown or you simply do not want to deal with the bounty system. Any other basic Pack (Hunter's Pack, worker packs, etc.) can also substitute in the recipe if you happen to pick one up elsewhere.
Once crafted, equip the Kuku Pack to your special equipment slot and activate it in the field to harvest nearby Clockwork Insects. The pack generates a wide suction field around you that pulls in every clockwork bug in range, without forcing you to melee them one at a time.
Open the inventory and assign the Kuku Pack to the active special item slot (right D-pad).
Approach a cluster of clockwork bugs, usually found near derelict mechs and factory ruins.
Press the active item button to trigger the vacuum. Every bug in the radius is collected in a single pulse.
Wait out the roughly 15 second cooldown, then reactivate as soon as you spot the next cluster.
Collected Clockwork Insects are tracked on the top-right counter alongside Gears, Small Batteries, and Lubricant, so they do not fill inventory space. The best farming region is Delesyia, where abandoned Mecha patrols and factory ruins drop clockwork bugs in steady volume. Sweep the area before the Chapter 10 and 11 main quests clear the enemies permanently, because after liberation the counts drop significantly and you will be forced to rely on dispatch missions.
The Kuku Pack is consumed as a base component in most higher-tier Kuku Pot recipes. The table below lists the main crafts that require at least one Kuku Pack, along with where their recipes are unlocked.
Item | Unlock Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Sanctum of Veneration (Witch of Humility) | Auto-harvests Palmar Leaves, rubber from Rubber Trees, and other plants. Widely considered one of the best Kuku packs. | |
Sanctum of Oblation (Witch of Humility) | Pairs with the Gardening Pack to auto-collect Palmar Beetles and other insect gatherables. | |
Sanctum of Atonement (Witch of Kindness) | Turret-style pack. Requires an Abyss Cell No. 0 in addition to the base Kuku Pack. | |
Sanctum of Absolution (Witch of Wisdom) | Crafted alongside the Enhanced Kuku Pot recipe. Consumes a Kuku Pack as part of the build. | |
Sanctum of Benediction (Witch of Wisdom) | Cosmetic-heavy head item that still uses the Kuku Pack as a base. | |
Sanctum of Faith (Witch of Humility) | Requires the Hologram Projector dropped by Merrick, the Knight of Fortune, at the Crimson Mountains Fortress. | |
The Giant's Leap (Pailune Militia quest) | Oongka-only jetpack. Needs the research task at Zargan Tankworks to unlock Vertical Flight. | |
Sanctum of Absolution (Witch of Wisdom) | Upgraded base pot that later recipes consume instead of the plain Kuku Pot. |
Always equip a Mask before stepping onto the Totesmith Tannery property. Taking the hit to your reputation is avoidable every single time.
Craft in batches. Ten Kuku Packs covers the full Kuku item tree with one spare to wear, so a single bulk trip to the tannery and Kilnden saves a lot of back-and-forth.
Do not throw away basic Packs you pick up from bandit camps or merchants. They substitute for a Peddler's Pack in a pinch if your tannery run is on cooldown.
Keep at least one Kuku Pack equipped at all times when travelling through Delesyia. Clockwork bug clusters appear constantly around ruined mechs, and the vacuum cooldown is short enough to clear them on the move.
If you are approaching Chapter 10, hold off on liberating every Delesyia location until you have vacuumed up a healthy Clockwork Insect stockpile. Post-liberation spawns drop noticeably and dispatch missions become the main top-up route.
