- crimson desert Version 1.04.00 has been released, the largest update yet.
- Patch Adds Three Difficulty Modes, New Storage Content, and More
- Pearl Abyss has also announced a new boss replay feature coming soon
Pearl Abyss has released crimson desertThe biggest update yet, adding a ton of new content, while also teasing more to come.
Version 1.04.00 is now available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC via Steam and Epic Games, but will be released for Mac at a later date.
The biggest highlight of the patch is the addition of Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty modes, the latter of which, according to the studio, is “for experienced Greymanes looking for more intense and exciting combat,” which will offer a greater challenge.
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Easy mode will reduce any damage taken by the player, as well as the maximum health, aggression, and overall speed of all enemies.
There’s also an extended time window for parrying and dodging, and the mode also reduces the frequency of bosses attempting to counterattack or escape when hit.
Normal mode is what you would expect, a balanced experience and what players have been accustomed to since the game was released, while Hard mode introduces increased damage taken by the player, increased maximum health, aggressiveness and overall speed of opponents for enemies, reduced time window for parrying, dodging and invincibility duration for rolling.
The frequency of bosses attempting to counterattack or escape when hit has also been increased, and some bosses also have additional combat patterns.
Greymanes, patch version 1.04.00 is being deployed. This patch adds game difficulty settings, new storage items, new pets, a keyboard/mouse and controller preset, new category tabs for inventory, quality improvements to distant landscapes, UI improvements, and more. See details… pic.twitter.com/GmgGKxOrrn
Speaking of which, Pearl Abyss has also shown off a new boss replay mode, which would allow players to “take on bosses of their choice,” a feature that will be added “soon.”
In addition to a ton of UI, quality of life, and performance improvements, the patch also adds new storage content, including the Sturdy Gatherables Chest with 1,000 slots, which can be configured with the hosting system.
There’s also the Kuku Cooler and the upgraded Kuku Cooler, which offer 40 and 330 slots respectively, and a collectibles chest that has 1,000 slots.
A clothing storage feature for the closet is now also available, providing 100 spaces.
“Each closet provides 100 storage spaces, and the total storage capacity increases based on the number of closets placed,” Pearl Abyss explained, but the maximum clothing storage capacity is 1,000 spaces.
You can check out the full patch notes here, which also mention a new ‘Select House’ option, allowing players to change the layout of their house, an improved Greymane Camp, five new types of pet cats, the ability to keep birds as pets, and more.
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