Pearl Abyss has pushed out hotfix 2.04.05 for Crimson Desert on Steam and the other platforms. It’s a small patch with no new content, but if you were stuck on one of the affected quests or kept crashing during a boss fight, it’s exactly the update you’ve been waiting for.
Patch availability by platform
- Steam (Mac) – patch available now
- PlayStation – patch available now
- XBOX – patch available now
- Epic Games Store – patch available now
- Mac App Store – patch coming at a later time (in progress)
So if you play through the Mac App Store, you’ll have to wait a bit longer – the rollout there is still in progress.
Fixes in version 2.04.05
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash during the battle against Ravok of the Savage Fangs.
- Fixed an issue where Damiane’s exclusive quest “End and Beginning” could not be progressed if “Journey’s End” from the main story was completed within a certain timeframe.
- Fixed an issue where quests to propose to certain witches could not be progressed.
- Fixed an issue where Kliff’s quest “Beyond the Margins” could not be progressed without owning a fishing rod.
What it means for you
The crash during the Ravok fight was the worst of the bunch – a hard stop that kicked you out of the game mid-encounter. Now you can finish the fight normally; if you want to know what else is waiting for you out in the world, we’ve put together an overview of bosses and locations.
The remaining three entries all deal with quests that simply refused to move forward. The combination of Damiane’s “End and Beginning” and the main story quest “Journey’s End” was the trickiest, because finishing the main story at the wrong moment locked you out of the side content. Kliff’s “Beyond the Margins” now no longer dead-ends if you show up without a fishing rod, and the proposal quests for certain witches are unblocked too.
Where to go next
Progression fixes have been a recurring theme in recent updates – we covered the previous round in our write-up of patch 2.03.02. If something is still misbehaving for you after this hotfix, it’s worth checking our rundown of known issues, and all the other guides live in our Crimson Desert section.
FAQ
The crash during the battle against Ravok of the Savage Fangs. The game no longer shuts down mid-fight, so you can complete the encounter.
On Steam (Mac), PlayStation, XBOX and the Epic Games Store the patch is available now. The Mac App Store version is still in progress and will arrive later.
Yes. The patch addresses the case where the quest couldn’t be progressed if you completed the main story quest “Journey’s End” within a certain timeframe.
The patch fixes the issue where “Beyond the Margins” could not be progressed without owning a fishing rod, so the quest no longer dead-ends because of it.
No. Version 2.04.05 is a hotfix and contains only the listed fixes and improvements.