Right on schedule, a new Crimson Desert patch has gone live today, bringing the usual slew of new features and improvements, more community wishlists, and something no one ever expected to see in the game developed by Pearl Abyss: a pinball minigame.
One of the patch 1.10's biggest additions is the improved Re-blocked. Originally introduced in a previous post-launch update, this feature allows liberated strongholds to be occupied again by enemy factions. The new patch makes this feature more worthwhile by introducing rewards such as contribution, provisions, trade goods, and other items. In addition, it is now possible to request Protection for major strongholds to prevent them from being occupied again.
- Improved Re-Blockade.
- Improved the flow before and after blockades by adding the stages "Battle" and "Reconstruct".
- For major strongholds, players can request "Protection" through the contribution assessor (formerly known as the manager of the contribution shop) in each region to suppress Re-Blockades.
- Liberating strongholds rewards contribution, provisions, trade goods, and other items.
The most surprising addition of the new Crimson Desert patch is a new pinball minigame located in the inn near the Delesyan Institute. This mini-game doesn't act as a simple diversion, as tokens obtained with it can be exchanged at the Marni Token Exchange for materials, Abyss Artifacts, a Helm, new types of furniture, and more.
- Added the "Pinball" minigame to the inn near the Delesyian Institute.
- Added the "Marni Token Exchange" where tokens obtained from the Pinball machine can be exchanged for various items.
- Obtainable items: Material Box of Fortune, Abyss Artifact, 2 types of Artifact Chests, a Helm, 13 types of furniture, and 3 types of gear crafting recipes
A second minigame, Orb Ball, was added at the Great Gate of Urdavah. Like for Pinball, it is possible to obtain rewards for playing it, including an Abyss Artifact and additional furniture that can be used to customize your house.
- Added the "Orb Roll" minigame at the Great Gate of Urdavah.
- Obtainable items: Material Box of Fortune, Abyss Artifact, 2 types of Artifact Chests, golden apple, 3 types of carpets, 3 types of lights
Rounding up the new additions of the Crimson Desert patch 1.10 are Wyverns and the new pet Kuku Bird Chick as special mounts.
- Added a new mount: "Wyvern".
- Added a new pet: "Kuku Bird Chick".
- Kuku Bird Chicks and Baby Wyverns can grow after being fed. After reaching a certain level of growth, they can be registered as special mounts.
Besides adding new content, the new Crimson Desert patch also introduces some very welcome changes. Among them are the basic interactions that no longer operate as long presses in the default customization preset, the Axiom Force controls can now be changed, and the new Mission Dispatch category tabs to sort available missions by type rather than by region. Head over to the game's official website for the full patch notes.
With these regular patches adding meaningful changes and new content, Crimson Desert is truly on the way to becoming unlike any other modern game powered by other engines like Unreal Engine 5. With some story improvements on the way that will address what I believe to be the game's biggest shortcoming, Pearl Abyss is definitely setting a new bar for post-launch support of a single-player game.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
