Pearl Abyss knows no rest. Crimson Desert’s DLC, “Charting the Unknown” brings new bosses, underwater exploration, home building system, and new story.
Crimson Desert is not a live service game, but its developer, Pearl Abyss, treats it as if it was one. This is one of the best supported games in its post-launch history since its release back in March.
Change of Release Date Announcement
In the beginning of September, the devs announced the DLC’s planned release date to be October 15th.
On September 30th, Pearl Abyss posted an update stating that “Charting the Unknown” DLC will be delayed by two weeks. The new date is October 29th, 2026.
Hello, Greymanes.
We are hard at work on Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown to bring you new adventures to Pywel.
However, we have determined that we need additional development time to deliver a more polished and stable, gameplay experience. Therefore, we have decided to move the DLC’s release by 2 weeks to October 29 GMT/PT.
We know many of you have been looking forward to returning to the game and we sincerely apologize for the longer wait. We will use the additional time to further refine the content and do our utmost to deliver the best experience we can.
We look forward to seeing you in Pywel on October 29 GMT/PT.
The Crimson Desert Team
What is included in the DLC?
The DLC was officially confirmed back in June, and today Pearl Abyss gave us a first glimpse into the new content that will ship with it. Here is a list of new features and content part of “Charting the Unknown” DLC:
- New Boss Encounters – new and more challenging encounters means more opportunities for us to test our perfected builds.
- Underwater Exploration – you will be able to swim underwater and explore the depths of the oceans surrounding Pywel.
- Your own Ship – fans of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will have a new ocean to conquer! You will take control of your own ship to explore new islands off the coast.
- Upgraded Housing Mode – the new system will allow you to rent and manage a variety of facilities, including building your own home.
- New Story – The new narrative will throw you into dangerous political conflict, and will task you with exploring new secrets in the Crimson Desert.
DLC Price and availability
Pearl Abyss is not wasting time. The DLC is already available for pre-order on all platforms where the game is accessible (except for Mac, where it will not be available at launch). The price is only listed on the PS5 store at the time of this publication, and it is $ 24.99 | € 24.99 | £ 19.99 GBP.
DLC Pre-Order Bonus
If you pre-order the DLC, you will get two Diving sets as a gift – one for Kliff and Oongka, and one for Damiane:
- Charter’s Diving Set for Kliff and Oongka
- Charter’s Light Diving Set for Damiane
Charting the Unknown DLC Announcement Trailer
The announcement of the new DLC’s release date, came with a ~2-minute long trailer. Check it out below.
How to Prepare for the DLC
Charting the Unknown DLC launches on October 29th, 2026 at exactly 10 PM UTC. Knowing Pearl Abyss, expect a ton of new quests and exploration opportunities.
October 15 is far away enough so even if you are just starting now, after the 20% discount and the release of the 2.0 Enhanced Edition, and if you are the “150 hours in and still in Hernand”, you’d still have plenty of time to complete at least the main story.
The Enhanced Edition improved the main storyline by adding additional and improving existing cinematics, and adding new documents and lore for you to better understand the complex chain of events Kliff finds himself in the middle of.
We are getting new and more challenging bosses and other combat encounters. It’s worth min-maxing Kliff’s stats at least. This will give you a good starting point for when the new content arrives.
The game offers a ridiculous amounts of Challenges and Puzzles you can complete to earn a ton of Abyss Artifacts to unlock and upgrade up all three playable characters.
