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11 Patch 1.03.00 is a major Crimson Desert content update released by Pearl Abyss on April 9, 2026, with a revision applied on April 11, 2026. It rolled out across all supported platforms (Steam for PC and Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox on PC, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store). The update introduces the Weapon Display option, a Minimum Font Size accessibility setting, a Fast Forward Speed option for dialogue, new skills for Damiane, Oongka, and Kliff, quality-of-life improvements for camp management, and broad bug fixes across exploration, combat, and UI.
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66 VersionReleasedScope1.03.00April 9, 2026Major content update1.03.00 (revised)April 11, 2026Revisions to content and fixes
77 New Gameplay Options
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99 Weapon Display
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1111 A new setting under Others > Language & Gameplay lets players decide how weapons appear on the character's back and at the side.
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1313 CategoryOptionsMelee WeaponsAll / Selected OnlyRanged WeaponsAlways / Only When Used
1414 Minimum Font Size
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1616 Added under Others > Accessibility. Raising the minimum font size improves legibility across menus and dialogue. The setting requires a game restart to take effect.
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1818 Fast Forward Speed
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2020 Added under Others > Language & Gameplay. Players can set the fast-forward speed for standard dialogue scenes up to 4x. Standard dialogue scenes also now play without black letterbox bars while fast-forwarding.
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2222 Camera Settings
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2424 A new cluster of camera accessibility settings was added under Others > Accessibility.
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2626 Camera Visual RangeCamera Vertical OffsetCamera Horizontal OffsetCamera Auto-followCamera Lookahead
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2828 Controls and Combat
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3030 Abyss Nexus Teleportation
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3232 The Abyss Nexus teleport can now be used while mounted, falling, swimming, or climbing walls. The icon is also easier to notice on the map.
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3434 Lock-On Improvements
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3636 Hard lock-on against bosses is now maintained from longer distances.Lock-on was removed from a handful of very large bosses where it hurt camera readability more than it helped.
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3838 New and Changed Character Abilities
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4040 The patch extends Damiane and Oongka with abilities equivalent to Kliff's open-world utility skills, and adds a new Kliff follow-up ability for aerial combat.
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4242 CharacterAbilityNotesKliffFocused Aerial RollUse Focus during flight, then press dodge. Requires Focus Lv. 3, Flight Lv. 2, and Aerial Roll.DamianeAxiom Force, Nature's SnareAdded for open-world utility parity with Kliff.OongkaAxiom Force, Nature's SnareAdded for open-world utility parity with Kliff.DamianeShield TossNow functions like Force Palm for interacting with puzzle objects.OongkaScatter ShotNow functions like Force Palm for interacting with puzzle objects.DamianeSkystepControl input adjusted.OongkaVertical FlightControl input adjusted.
4343 Camp Life and Convenience
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4545 Greymane Camp: improved NPC placement and general camp usability.Pailune camp: expanded farm and ranch areas with broad usability improvements.
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4747 Quest, Dialogue, and Exploration Fixes
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4949 Standard dialogue scenes now support fast-forwarding without the usual letterbox bars.Puzzle clarity was improved for objects that require Force Palm attachments, and hints for lanterns and Blinding Flash were made clearer.Route to the entrance of the Spire of Soaring was improved.Terrain in certain Abyss locations was smoothed out.Fixed issues completing Commission Requests while in a Wanted state.Fixed a bug that displayed bounties as 0 under certain conditions.Fixed unavailable Comrade Dispatch missions.Fixed Bank Investment fund updates getting interrupted during a Wanted state. Banking is still available while Wanted, but gold bar deposits and investment fund updates are disabled until the Wanted state ends.Fixed totem destruction not completing after Chapter 9.Fixed requests that were blocked when the player already owned a required quest item.Fixed NPC replacement bugs affecting Gunter, Harry, Bronton, and Lola.
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5151 UI Improvements
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5353 Faction quest icons use a clearer color scheme.The Memory Fragments of Visione list now shows only obtained fragments.Items can be grouped and ungrouped in bulk.Item details are now viewable directly from the Storage screen.The comrade list shows a check mark on the currently selected comrade.Fixed doubled Attack/Critical Rate display in some equipment tooltips.Treasure chest icons now differentiate obtained from unobtained chests.Cave icons differentiate visited from unvisited caves.Abyss location icons now show restoration status.Fixed world map markers that sometimes failed to persist after reconnection.
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5555 Graphics and Settings
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5757 PC
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5959 Intel Arc GPU support was added.Added Intel XeSS 3.0 upscaling.Added Intel XeSS Frame Generation.Added AMD Radeon Anti-Lag 2.Added Displacement Scale and Detail Decorative Mesh graphics options.Fixed a DLSS-RR screen distortion noise issue.
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6161 Console
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6363 PlayStation 5 (base) and Xbox Series X received an Enhanced Raytracing option.PlayStation 5 Pro received a PSSR Sharpness option.
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6565 All Platforms
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6767 Improved indoor lighting quality.Improved water-surface reflections.Fixed overly bright rain from certain camera angles.
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6969 Audio
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7171 Added 3 new base combat music tracks.Added 1 new loading screen music track.
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7373 Additional Fixes
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7575 Fixed a crash when using the Helm of Knowledge as Damiane or Oongka.Fixed an exploit that allowed unlimited corn purchasing at certain vendors.Fixed abnormal speed when follow-up attacks were blocked and the combo continued too slowly.Fixed Blinding Flash deactivating while the rider was moving on a mount.Fixed the scythe being undrawable in safe zones (applied in the April 11 revision).Added dedicated animations for non-pushable interactive devices.Fixed Axiom Force keyboard and mouse control behavior.Fixed Nature's Snare activating unintentionally from the controller right stick.
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7777 Known Issues
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7979 Pearl Abyss maintains a dedicated Known Issues notice that tracks problems carried over from 1.03.00. A follow-up hotfix, Patch 1.03.01, was released on April 12 to address projectiles ricocheting on Nature's Snare, a Nature's Snare input issue on Xbox wireless controllers, and a Private Storage loot bug after location liberation.
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8181 See Also
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8383 Patch Notes: index of all patchesPatch 1.03.01Developer Roadmap: April to June 2026