Among other things, the new patch introduces additional pets and a quality-of-life feature for your Graymane’s dispatch missions.
Sometimes game updates come with unintended side effects, leaving players wondering things like, “Where did my underwear go?”, as was recently the case withCrimson Desert
Developers usually patch these issues later, but ideally, patches should fix problems directly rather than cause them. And that’s exactly the case withPatch 1.09, which was rolled out on May 29, 2026, for the open-world game.
Here we present the most important changes, and onpage 2you’ll find the complete patch notes.
Pets and those damn dispatch missions!
New in Update 1.09: If you play Crimson Desert with a gamepad, you now have the option to remap the buttons. With such complex controls, this is incredibly helpful.
In addition, 30 new types of small animals have been added that you can register as pets. Kliff also has new pick-up and drop-off animations in store for some of your loyal companions.
The secondary playable characters Oongka and Damiane have also received a little love with new abilities. You activate these the same way you use Kliff’s “Storm Slash” ability.
New UI for Dispatch Missions: Perhaps the missions in your Graymane Camp have already given you stress lines on your forehead. They are designed as passive side quests that you assign to your companions to earn various rewards.
However, each dispatch mission comes with specific requirements, and not all of your companions are suited for everything—Yann, for example, is good for practically nothing.
Until now, you had to manually sift through a list of over 60 Greymane characters to figure out who was even suitable for which of the dozens of missions. Patch 1.09 now adds a little quality-of-life polish here:
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From now on, the Greybeards suitable for a mission will be displayed at the top of the list. This is especially handy because having the right skills lets you get more rewards from the mission. For the Harvesting Mission: Cabbage, Greybeards with harvesting skills—such as Devan and Evelyn—are the best fit.
This saves you a lot of bureaucratic hassle, giving you more time for the important things in Crimson Desert.
Crimson Desert Patch Notes for Version 1.09
What’s New
- A feature to customize controller button assignments has been added.
- 30 types of small animals have been added that can be registered as pets.
- New skills have been added for Oongka and Damiane.
- The skill control commands correspond to those of Kliff’s “Storm Slash” skill (powerful attack while “Reflecting Light”)
- Pickup and drop animations have been added for some pets.
Major Changes
Contents
- Fixed an issue where color checking during dyeing and customization could be difficult due to light sources in the environment.
- Fixed an issue where legendary fish could be donated.
- Fixed an issue where some challenges could not be completed even after obtaining certain knowledge.
- Fixed an issue where the “Manage Pond” menu could not be accessed in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue where controls would become unresponsive if the character entered the “Manage Pond” menu while taking damage and subsequently died.
- Fixed an issue where bears would attempt to eat fish lying on the ground but were unable to do so.
- As part of ongoing improvements, some 2D graphic assets have been replaced to better match the game’s artistic style.
Controls
- The farming system has been improved so that seeds can now be used via the quickbar.
- You can no longer enter Photo Mode while examining an object.
- The Magic Scythe can no longer be used when the inventory is full.
- Fixed an issue where scythes could not be used in safe zones.
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible to mine resources while hanging after equipping the Mining Anvil.
Combat / Action
- [Cliff] Fixed an issue where no Stamina was consumed when using the “Evasive Kick” talent with bare hands.
- [Cliff] Fixed an issue where the “Storm Slash” talent could be activated even if you did not have enough Spirit.
- [Oongka] The increase to the Stun bar from the “Beast’s Wrath” talent has been adjusted.
UI
- In dispatch missions, Greymane who possess the skills required for the respective mission are now displayed at the top of the list.
- When repeating missions, the text “Mission is being repeated” is now displayed.
- [Keyboard/Mouse] The mouse cursor now disappears when inspecting document items.
- An issue where the number of Greymane in the camp resources UI was displayed as 0 has been fixed.
- Fixed an issue where the QTE key binding icon was not displayed when certain keys were changed via the key remapping.
- Fixed an issue where UI controls would stop working if, in certain situations, you were returned to the title screen due to an error and then re-entered the game.
- Fixed an issue where the “Clean” interaction button was displayed for fish that cannot be cleaned.
Graphics and Settings
- [PC] Fixed an issue where the shadows of some distant objects appeared unnatural when the “Raytracing: Sun & Moon Shadows” option was enabled.
- [Mac] Fixed an issue where the “Raytracing: Sun & Moon Shadows” option could not be used.
Localization
- Localization errors in all languages have been fixed, and the overall quality of the localization has been improved.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where voice lines would play when inspecting documents such as books or bounty posters if the game’s voice output was set to English.
- Fixed an issue where sound effects would not play when using a special cooking utensil.
- Fixed an issue where the game would occasionally crash when switching to the “Branch” tab in the crafting UI.
- [Damiane] Fixed an issue where visual effects would overlap and impact performance when a sanctuary’s image was hit multiple times by elemental-enhanced attacks.
- [Damiane] Fixed an issue where movement felt unnatural when falling from an elevated position while dodging.
- Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the player’s movement felt unnatural upon landing.
- Fixed an issue where movements were unnatural when dropping a corpse while swimming and carrying a corpse and interacting with something else.
- Fixed an issue where equipment became transparent when equipping a different tool while a tool was already drawn.
- Fixed an issue where the player would switch to a different weapon when attacking while equipped with certain tools.
