Pearl Abyss pushed Crimson Desert version 1.06 live on Monday across PS5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, and it's one of the bigger patches since the game launched in mid-March. The headliner nobody saw coming: a fully functional claw machine tucked inside the Laughing Marionette.
The claw machine nobody asked for but everyone will play
The new claw machine at the Laughing Marionette is exactly what it sounds like, and it works. Players can win 12 types of lighting items, a chair, a special headgear type, Abyss Artifacts, and Abyss Gears by playing it. Getting Abyss-tier loot from a carnival game is the kind of thing that sounds absurd on paper and then completely makes sense once you're in the world.
Here's the thing: Pearl Abyss has been shipping patches at a pace that would make most live-service studios nervous, and 1.06 continues that trend just days after the previous update dropped.
Riding tigers, bears, and iguanas is now a thing
The special mounts system is the other major addition, and it's substantial. A wide variety of animals can now be registered as rideable mounts after earning their trust:
- Bears, Wolves, Boars, Deer, Mountain Goats
- Kuku Birds, Iguanas, Raptors
- Camels, Lions, Tigers
Taming methods vary by species. Ferocious animals like wolves and bears require subduing first, then feeding. Others have unique conditions. Once tamed, saddles can be purchased from saddleries in specific cities, with each location stocking gear for different animal types.
You can feed a tamed mount while riding it by selecting food directly from your inventory and choosing the Feed option, which saves time on longer treks.
A new Special Mounts tab has been added to the inventory UI to keep things organized, and the mount quickslot now supports 1 standard mount and 1 special mount simultaneously.
The extraction feature fixes a real grind problem
Beyond the flashier additions, the extraction feature is arguably the most player-friendly change in 1.06. Players can now visit any smithy to recover materials used in equipment refinement, either rolling back a single refinement level or going all the way back to the base level the item launched at.
The recovery rates matter here:
What this means for players who've been sitting on over-refined gear they want to redistribute: you're no longer locked in. The system only affects refinement level and does not destroy the item.
Combat, UI, and a lot of bug fixes
Oongka gets new unarmed combat skills in this patch (accessible via the Fists option in the skill menu), with unarmed skills for Damiane confirmed for the next update. Sword sheaths are now visible and can be toggled with a Display Sheath option. The Sigil of Valor item, purchasable from the Secret Shop NPC in Pororin, makes pet dogs attack enemies when equipped.
On the combat side, two-handed cannon base attack power has been adjusted, chain attacks following Roundhouse Kick have been improved, and several boss behavior bugs have been patched. The skills menu now has a search function, which was genuinely overdue.
Graphics updates include a new Night Tone Mode that softens colors and brightens shaded areas, plus Mac-specific HDR improvements and a fix for a rendering issue at 5120x2160 resolution.
For players who want to get the most out of the minigame side of Crimson Desert, our Duo and Five-Card minigames guide covers hand rankings, strategy, and the cheat ability in detail. The full Crimson Desert guides collection is worth bookmarking as Pearl Abyss continues adding content at this pace.
