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Completing Abyss Without Balance is your first real introduction to the Abyss in Crimson Desert. Before you enter the portal from Hernand Castle, return to the portal room and pick up the Faded Abyss Artifact from the chest—it lets you respec later. The opening section, where you unlock Axiom

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Fast travel in Crimson Desert isn’t available immediately and takes some effort to unlock. The world contains multiple fast travel points, labeled either Abyss Nexus or Abyss Creset depending on how you activate them, and they aren’t always easy to find or conveniently placed. Use the Blinding Flash

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After visiting Rhett you'll be given a pickaxe and a map marker for ore east of Hernand, just to the east of the tree-chopping spot for Turnali, so you can tackle both tasks at once. Climb partway up the cliff toward the rocks with metallic-looking deposits. Hold F2

Abyss Cores are mods for weapons and armor in Crimson Desert that must be installed to take effect. You will often pick up or receive Cores long before you can use them, which can clutter your limited inventory until they’re implanted. You cannot embed Abyss Cores yourself: seek out

Kliff begins his second life in Crimson Desert with very little money, while the game hands you plenty of things to buy, from inventory expansions to weapons, armour and food. Earning coin early can be slow unless you make use of Copper Pouches. These pouches turn up often when you

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Contribution first appears as a progress bar when you do good deeds, which can make it seem like karma or faction reputation. In practice, it functions as a regional currency you spend at a Contribution Shop to buy special items and gear. Each region has its own progress bar and

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Warning: the following guide contains very minor spoilers for Crimson Desert. There are three playable characters (not including summons and mounts): Kliff, Damiane and Oongka. Each has different abilities, unique equipment and character-specific missions and challenges, though Damiane and Oongka are not available from the start. Kliff is unlocked by

You can pass time in Crimson Desert by resting in any bed or at a bonfire. Interact with a bed to lie down and choose 3, 6, or 12 hours. At a bonfire, press CTRL (LB on controller) to inspect it and then select the wait option. There is a

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As a guide writer, I enjoy games with lots of locked doors—tracking down keys, cracking them open and seeing what treasures lie inside. Crimson Desert offers some neat puzzles while exploring the world and tasks such as cracking the Hernand Castle Strongbox, but the way it handles keys undercuts