In Crimson Desert, changing the time of day is as important as it is in every open-world game, if not even more. With some bounty targets only being out and about only at certain hours, and with nights being dark enough to impede your visibility, there are times when you may want to move time forward.
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How to Pass Time
Unlike the vast majority of open-world games, you cannot change the time of day in Crimson Desert by picking an option from the main menu.
To advance time, you must locate a Bonfire anywhere in the world and do the following:
- Approach the fire.
- Press L1 (PS5) or LB (Xbox) to focus on the fire.
- Move your cursor to the bonfire icon and press X (PS5) or A (Xbox) to access the "Wait" menu.
- Choose the duration. You can choose to advance time by 3, 6, or 12 hours.
While finding a bonfire every time you want to advance time can be annoying, the game keeps track of all your discovered bonfires on the map. They are identified by a small fire icon.
Alternatively, you can also use beds to rest and thus change the time of day.
Can You Always Change the Time of Day?
Unlike many other open-world games, you cannot spam the Wait mechanics to skip days at a time in Crimson Desert. The game features a rest cooldown, which makes it so your character needs to actually be fatigued from travel, combat, or the passage of time before they can rest again at a bonfire. If the option is greyed out, you'll need to head back out into Pywel for a while before the next nap.
This concludes our guide. For more help, visit our Crimson Desert Complete Walkthrough and Guides Hub.
Guide based on a 30+ hours playthrough in the PC version of the game. Screenshots captured from the same version.
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.
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