Crimson Desert 1.03.00 Patch Notes: Better Fast Travel and Appearance Updates

Pearl Abyss has introduced updates to Fast Travel to make it more accessible, new skills, character visual options, and UI options for Crimson Desert Update 1.03.00, released April 10th, 2026.

Highlights

Highlights for Patch 1.03.00 includes fast travel updates, visual options for your weapons, and Skills for each character!

More opportunities to Fast Travel

The most significant part of this update is the ability to Fast Travel while you’re flying, falling, swimming, mounted, or climbing walls. This is a pretty great Quality of Life update on top of Patch 1.02.00’s removal of Fast Travel clunk.

Any undiscovered Abyss Nexus you encounter will now glow to make them easier to spot. These have been notoriously easy to miss unless you used Blinding Flash, so this is a good change.

New Skills for Kliff, Damiane, and Oongka

You can now acquire the Focused Aerial Roll Cliff while Damiane and Oongka gain access to Axiom Force, Nature’s Snare, and their related abilities. This should help improve the other characters navigate the world more as you’ll be able to have useful abilities such as Aerial Maneuver.

Damiane and Oongka don’t have access to the Aerial Swing upgrade to Axiom Force, though this might be a bug as Axiom Force has 3 levels for these characters.

Display Melee and Ranged Weapons

If you’re looking to reduce the visual mess that is the numerous weapons on an adventurer’s back, then you’ll be glad to know that you can now make currently selected weapons appear.

You can configure which types of weapons are visible from Settings > Language and Gameplay.

New Loading Screen Music

You might have noticed a change when you Load up a save file. That’s right, it’s new loading screen music! It’s a welcome change as the music before was getting rather old, and variety is the spice of life.

Full 1.03.00 Patch Notes

Below are the full patch notes for Update 1.03.00 as listed on pearlabyss.com. They have been slightly reformatted, but no meaning has been lost. Very, very minor spoiler warning.

Content

• Improved the usability of the Greymane camp.
  • Improved the accessibility of key NPCs in Pailune camp.
  • Expanded the farm and ranch areas in Pailune camp.
  • Improved overall convenience of Pailune camp.
• Fixed issues that occurred when completing certain requests while being in the ‘wanted’ status.
  • Fixed the following issues that could occur when Pailune was liberated while in a wanted state in Chapter 7.
  • Fixed an issue where the bounty was displayed as 0.
  • Fixed an issue where certain mercenary dispatches were unavailable.
  • Fixed an issue where bank investment funds were not updated.
• Improved standard dialogue scenes without letterboxing so that fast-forwarding is now available.
  • Added a Fast Forward Speed option under Other > Language & Gameplay, allowing players to adjust fast-forward speed.
• Improved Abyss Nexuses so that they are easier to discover.
• Improved convenience for certain Abyss puzzles.
  • Improved clarity so that it is easier to recognize when certain gimmicks are available to be attached by using ‘Force Palm’.
  • Improved lanterns and ‘Blinding Flash’ so that they provide more hints.
  • Improved the entrance path to the Spire of Soaring.
  • Improved terrain in certain Abyss locations.
• Changed bank functionality while being in the ‘wanted’ status so that bank services remain available, but depositing gold bars and updating investment funds are no longer possible.
• Fixed an issue where requests could not be completed at a certain step when destroying the totems after completing Chapter 9, ‘Sanctum of Mortification’.
• Fixed an issue where certain requests could not be completed if related quest items were obtained before the request was activated.
• Fixed an issue where Gunter (Equipment vendor), Harry (Blacksmith), Bronton (Stablekeep), and Lola (Seamstress) in Pailune would be replaced by different NPCs after a certain quest.
• Added 3 new base music tracks across the continent of Pywel during combat (The Crimson Desert and certain other regions excluded) during [Patch 1.01.00].
• Added 1 new loading screen music track.

Controls & Combat

• Improved teleportation via the Abyss Nexus so that it can now be used while mounted, falling, swimming, or climbing walls.
• Improved the lock-on mechanism during boss battles.
  • Improved the hard lock-on against bosses so that it is maintained from further distances.
  • Changed the lock-on mechanism so that it no longer applies to certain larger bosses.
• Added the new ability, ‘Focused Aerial Roll’ for Kliff.
  • Prerequisite abilities: ‘Focus Lv. 3’, ‘Flight Lv. 2’, and ‘Aerial Roll’.
  • The skill can be activated by using ‘Focus’ during flight and then pressing the dodge key.
• Improved Damiane and Oongka so that they have more abilities useful for open-world gameplay.
  • Added ‘Axiom Force’, ‘Nature’s Snare’ and related abilities for Damiane and Oongka.
  • Improved Damiane’s ‘Shield Toss’ and Oongka’s ‘Scatter Shot’ ability so that they have the same effect as Kliff’s ‘Force Palm’.
  • Changed the control inputs for Damiane’s ‘Skystep’ and Oongka’s ‘Vertical Flight’ ability.
• Improved an issue where follow-up attack combos would continue too slowly if the player’s attack was blocked.
• Fixed an issue where the character would occasionally move at an abnormally fast speed during certain ability chained combos.
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Blinding Flash’ ability would not remain active while moving on a mount.
• Fixed an issue where the scythe could not be drawn in safe zones.
• Improved interactions with devices such as walls, buttons, and cranks so that a dedicated animation now plays when they can no longer be pushed.
• [Keyboard/Mouse] Improved the controls for ‘Axiom Force’.
• [Controller] Fixed an issue where ‘Nature’s Snare’ ability would activate during ‘Focus’ by tilting the right stick in one direction.

UI Fixes & Improvements

• Changed the color of faction quest icons.
• Improved the list of Memory Fragments of the Visione so that it only shows the list of currently obtained Fragments.
• Added a function that processes all items at once when grouping or ungrouping items in the bag.
• Improved the UI so that item details can now be viewed in the storage section as well.
• Improved the comrade list UI so that a check icon is now displayed on the selected comrade.
• Fixed an issue where the Attack and Critical Rate of certain equipment, such as necklaces and cloaks, were displayed as doubled when viewing character stat details from the inventory or Quick Slots.
• Improved the world map and minimap so that icons for treasure chests already obtained are now displayed differently.
• Improved the world map so that visited and unvisited caves are now displayed with different icons.
• Improved the world map so that restored and unrestored Abyss locations are now displayed with different icons.
• Fixed an issue where markers set on the world map would not be retained upon the first reconnection.

Graphics & Settings

• [PC] Added support for Intel Arc GPUs. Compatibility and performance across various Intel GPUs will continue to be improved over time.
• [PC] Added the ‘Intel XeSS 3.0’ option under Settings > Video > Upscale Mode.
• [PC] Added the ‘Intel XeSS Frame Generation’ option under Settings > Video.
  • On Intel Arc A-series GPUs, the screen may not display properly when using ‘Intel XeSS 3.0’ or ‘Intel XeSS Frame Generation’.
• [PC] Added the ‘AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2’ option under Settings > Video.
• [PC] Added the ‘Displacement Scale’ option under Settings > Graphics.
• [PC] Added the ‘Detail Decorative Mesh’ option under Settings > Graphics.
• [PC] Fixed noise that occurred in screen distortion effects when using DLSS-RR.
• [PlayStation 5 Base / Xbox Series X] Added the ‘Enhanced Raytracing’ option under Settings > Video.
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] Added the ‘PSSR Sharpness’ option under Settings > Video.
• [All Platforms] Improved lighting quality in indoor environments.
• [All Platforms] Improved water surface reflections.
• [All Platforms] Fixed an issue where rain appeared excessively bright from certain angles.
• Added the ‘Weapon Display’ option under Others > Language & Gameplay.
  • Display Melee Weapons
    • All
    • Selected Only
  • Display Ranged Weapons
    • Always
    • Only When Used
  • Added the ‘Minimum Font Size’ option under Others > Accessibility.
    • This option will take effect after restarting the game.
  • Added the ‘Fast Forward Speed’ option under Others > Language & Gameplay.
    • Fast Forward speed can be set up to 4x.
  • Added the following options under Others > Accessibility.
    • Camera Visual Range
    • Camera Vertical Offset
    • Camera Horizontal Offset
    • Camera Auto-follow
    • Camera Lookahead

Performance, Stability, Gameplay

• Fixed several stability, performance optimization, and crash issues across PC, console, and Mac.

Localization

• Fixed various localization errors and improved localization quality (game advice, etc.) across all languages.

Others

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when using the Helm of Knowledge as Damiane or Oongka.
• Fixed an issue where corn had no maximum purchase limit at certain vendors.
• Fixed various other in-game issues.

Known Issues

• An issue has been identified where the game screen does not display properly when ‘Intel XeSS 3.0’ or ‘Intel XeSS Frame Generation’ is enabled on Intel Arc A-series graphics cards.
• An issue has been identified where nearby Abyss Nexuses or stone lanterns are occasionally not marked when using the Blinding Flash skill.
  • Please note that this issue can be temporarily resolved by restarting the game.
• On NVIDIA GTX 1060 GPUs, enabling ‘FSR Upscaling’ and ‘Frame Generation’ causes the screen to appear white.
• On Intel Arc A750 GPUs, the game sometimes crashes when entering Hernand city.
• [PlayStation 5 Pro] An issue has been identified where the resolution may appear lower when the graphics preset is set to “Quality.” This can be resolved by restarting the application.
• An issue has been identified where, under certain conditions, the screen may go black while comrades are deployed on specific missions.
• Knowledge of the following 2 bosses cannot be obtained. (To prevent spoilers, bosses are listed in the dropdown menu below.)
  • Moren, the Mistwood Huntmaster
  • Clockwork Mantis
• Using upscaling in certain environments causes flickering in shadow effects and character hair, visual noise in certain skill effects, and rough-looking screen textures.
• Repeatedly changing NVIDIA Ray Reconstruction and DLSS options under certain conditions may cause frame drops. We plan to improve this issue in the next patch.
• The effects of the items Golden Beer and Sage’s Eye do not apply properly.
• In the quest “A Rumor Fueled by Greed”, the quest cannot be progressed if the required quest item is obtained in advance and then sold or lost.
• Under specific conditions, the player character’s state changes abnormally.
• Wanted criminals that have been captured cannot be turned in while the player character is also in a wanted state.
• If an NPC’s Trust was increased during the Prologue, that NPC’s Trust value may reset to its Prologue value in certain situations.
• [ROG Xbox Ally X] We have identified an issue where Crimson Desert is not launching properly on ROG Xbox Ally X running on the latest driver version. Microsoft and AMD are currently looking into the issue. Until the issue is resolved, we recommend installing and using the driver version immediately prior to the latest one, available on the ASUS website.
  • Latest Driver Version: V32.0.23027.4002
  • Previous Driver Version (Using this version until issue resolved recommended): V32.0.21025.27003
• An issue has been identified where the cloudcart cannot be summoned.
• An issue has been identified where, in certain situations, some knowledge can only be acquired after performing “Observation” twice.
• (Xbox) An issue has been identified where the fishing reel-in function does not work properly when the “Invert Right Stick Y-Axis” setting is enabled in the device settings. Please note that if you disable this feature, the reel-in function will work normally.
• During the “Deferred Advance” quest, retrying or abandoning the Ultimate Weapon fight when Blackstar’s Health is depleted causes Blackstar’s Health to not fully recover.
• Attempting to steal fruit at the back of a stall results in the character becoming unresponsive to controls.
• When receiving damage while holding a tree, the character can become stuck to the tree.
• During the Gregor, the Halberd of Carnage boss fight, if surrounding objects are destroyed at the same time the character dies, the character cannot revive and progress.
• Under certain conditions, applied settings are not saved after restoring settings.
• While progressing through some quests, the next objective is not automatically tracked.
• When using FSR4 upscaling, an issue occurs in rainy environments where rain disappears, or the screen becomes blurry or distorted.