Romance and marriage were added to Crimson Desert by the Charting the Unknown expansion on October 29, 2026; the original base game had no romance. The system builds on the NPC Trust System: an additional trust level, raised by flirting, leads to a marriage proposal once it reaches 100. It requires the expansion.
Who Can Be Romanced
All three playable characters, Kliff, Oongka and Damiane, can court NPCs. Whether an NPC can be romanced is shown in that NPC's interaction menu. Oongka and Damiane themselves are not romance options. Some NPCs require special conditions to be met first.
The Witches
Each witch can be romanced only after you complete that witch's sanctum quest. The four witches with sanctum questlines are romance options once those quests are done:
Witch | Condition |
|---|---|
Complete her sanctum quest | |
Complete her sanctum quest | |
Complete her sanctum quest | |
Complete her sanctum quest |
How Courtship Works
Courtship uses the NPC interaction menu that patch 2.04.00 reworked for all players:
Select Interact, then Flirt, to start raising the additional trust level with an NPC.
Keep building it with Flirt, then Gift or Chat.
Each interaction type can raise the additional trust level only once per day. After an interaction raises trust, the menu shows the wait time before the same interaction counts again.
When the additional trust level reaches 100, you can propose.
Flirting has a cost: if you flirt with an NPC as one playable character, that NPC's trust with the other two characters decreases.
Marriage
Feature | Details |
|---|---|
Spouse appearance | Change your spouse's appearance at barber shops (see Barber Shop and Dyehouse) |
Map icon | Your spouse's icon appears on the world map and minimap |
Travel | You can travel together with your spouse |
Gifts | Your spouse may give you gifts from time to time |
Home | Once you designate a residence, your spouse lives there |
Breaking up | You can break up with your spouse, but doing so comes at a cost; the cost was not published as of October 31, 2026 |
Residences
The expansion added 17 residences, each built through dispatch missions. The map shows which of Kliff, Oongka or Damiane owns each residence. Residence locations were not published as of October 31, 2026.
Fixes
Patch 2.04.02 (October 30, 2026) fixed a spouse or comrade following the player into the water and a spouse repeatedly behaving abnormally during combat.
Related Pages
Does Crimson Desert Have Romance?: the short answer and base-game history
Camp Festivals: trusted NPCs visit the Greymane Camp
Personal Housing: home decoration and Free Construction