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Astronomy is a confirmed life skill in Crimson Desert, listed alongside cooking, fishing, and mining. No gameplay mechanics have been revealed ahead of the March 2026 launch.

The alchemy system in Crimson Desert, including ingredients, medicines, dyes, and how alchemy supports combat and customization.

Combat abilities in Crimson Desert. Skills unlocked through Abyss Fragments, world observation, and boss equipment drops.

Towns and cities in Crimson Desert's Pywel continent: shops, vendors, blacksmiths, tailors, side quests, and town activities.

Mining in Crimson Desert: how to mine minerals, what they're used for, and how mining feeds into crafting and camp upgrades.

Guide to the fishing system in Crimson Desert, including fishing locations, techniques, and how fish are used in cooking recipes.

Crimson Desert features a variety of rideable creatures and vehicles including horses, bears, wolves, raptors, dragons, mechs, and hot air balloons, each with unique mechanics.

Crimson Desert is available in four editions ranging from $69.99 to $279.99, releasing March 19, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam), and macOS.

Pearl Abyss has confirmed that Crimson Desert will launch without microtransactions, positioning it as a premium buy-to-play experience at $69.99.

Crimson Desert features full voice acting performed by real human actors across all main NPCs and side quest characters, with English, Korean, and Chinese language options at launch.

Hunting in Crimson Desert involves tracking and stalking wildlife with stealth mechanics and bows, yielding ingredients for cooking, crafting, and equipment enhancement.

Camp management in Crimson Desert covers the Greymane Camp in Hernand, including base building, functional structures, farming, companion dispatch, and daily camp life.

The Battle Robot is a fully pilotable dwarven mech in Crimson Desert, available as a late-game campaign reward with machine guns, missiles, jump jets, and EMP capabilities.

Crow's Wing is Kliff's gliding ability in Crimson Desert, where his cloak transforms into tattered raven-like wings for aerial traversal and combat recovery.

The grappling hook is Kliff's primary traversal tool in Crimson Desert, enabling Spider-Man-like swinging, rapid launches to high ground, and dynamic combat repositioning.

The wanted system in Crimson Desert tracks criminal activity, accumulates bounties, and triggers escalating consequences including guard hostility, imprisonment, and regional reputation loss.

Jian was the former leader of the Greymanes mercenary band in Crimson Desert. His death at the hands of the Black Bears is the inciting event that drives the game's narrative.

The Greymane Camp in Hernand: tent-to-fortress progression, facilities (Ronnie's food shop, trading center, Smithy, barber, dyehouse), bonfire cooking (Health/Spirit/Stamina buffs), farm and ranch, Steinfell Fortress dispatch, and liberation materials toward rebuilding Pailune.

Post-launch plans for Crimson Desert: no microtransactions at launch ('This is a premium experience. That is the transaction'), multiplayer contingent on sales, DLC dependent on market demand, Pearl Abyss Q4 2025 earnings call statements, game completed over a year before launch, DokeV timeline.

Hernand is one of the five major regions of Pywel and the starting region of Crimson Desert. Home to the Greymane Camp, Hernand Castle, Frozen Soul Mountain (Reed Devil boss), the Hernandian Contribution reputation system, and settlements populated by diverse fantasy races.

How Crimson Desert's dynamic weather and day-night cycle work. The system calculates conditions from biome, temperature, elevation, and wind, and affects everything from cutscenes to boss fights.

Diederik is a Greymane ally of Kliff in Crimson Desert. He is best known for accidentally triggering the Queen Stoneback Crab boss fight by attempting to mine the creature.

Yann is a core companion of the Greymanes in Crimson Desert. He handles the group's political maneuvering and diplomatic negotiations across Pywel.

Faction wars in Crimson Desert: territory liberation, faction reputation map with red-highlighted enemy territory, Celeste faction alliance, closing off paths based on alignment, outpost liberation cycle, and resource access.

Guide to life skills in Crimson Desert, including fishing, cooking, mining, gathering, logging, horse taming, alchemy, and astronomy, with proficiency progression and economic uses.

The law and crime system in Crimson Desert: bounties, guards, fines, imprisonment, and how criminal actions affect your journey through Pywel.

How cooking works in Crimson Desert, including recipes, ingredients, bonfires, and food buffs for health, spirit, and stamina.

Ranged weapons in Crimson Desert. Bows, crossbows, throwing weapons, and how ranged combat integrates with melee.

Abyss Dungeons in Crimson Desert: floating island dungeons with Zelda TotK-inspired telekinetic puzzles, jumping puzzles, mechanic-based puzzles, observation challenges, Abyss-specific enemies, fast travel points, and artifact rewards.

Character stats in Crimson Desert. Health, stamina, attack, defense, and how Abyss Fragments affect stat growth.