Crimson Desert: All Guides, Tips and Lists at a Glance

Here you will find all guides to the action-adventure Crimson Desert from MeinMMO at a glance. Whether guides, tips for beginners, builds or lists – you will find what you are looking for here.

Crimson Desert

Action Adventure

You can find our posts in the following categories:

• General Info & Tips
• Everything about Quests, Puzzles, and the Open World
• Everything about Characters, Builds, and Abilities
• Everything about Mounts, Items, and Features

In this article, you will find all our guides, lists, and information that we have on Crimson Desert at MeinMMO, in a compact overview. So if you are looking for something specific, you are at the right place.

We are continuously updating this article whenever new guides and posts appear. So feel free to check back if you are looking for something.

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Crimson Desert: General Info, Content & Tips

• Release, Coop, Content, and More – Everything Important at a Glance
• Everything Important You Need to Know Before Purchase
• Everything Important in 3 Minutes
• Game Pass – Is the Game Included in the Subscription?
• Coop, Multiplayer, and Crossplay – What You Need to Know
• Playtime – How Much Time You Should Have
• Mods – Can You Install Them?
• Twitch Drops – Which Ones Exist and How to Get Them
• Combat System in Detail: How to Control Wrestling Moves and Sword Attacks
• Does Crimson Desert Protect Itself on Steam with Denuvo? What is Known
• Roadmap – All Known Dates Until the Release and Beyond
• System Requirements for PC, PS5, Xbox, and Handheld
• 6 Reasons Why You Can Look Forward to Crimson Desert
• No Cash Shop, No Microtransactions
• Can You Play Crimson Desert Offline?
• Crimson Desert Originally Wanted to be an MMORPG, then Not – How Much MMO is Still in It?
• Beginner Guide: 36 Tips I Wish I Had Known Before Starting (5 New Tricks)
• The 5 Best Mods on NexusMods
• A New Setting Makes Crimson Desert Even More Immersive, and We Show You How to Set It Up

If you want to kickstart in Crimson Desert as well, our YouTube video with 30 tips for starting is just right for you:

Crimson Desert: Everything about Quests, Puzzles, and the Open World

• Scope and World – How Big is the Continent Pywel? Even Red Dead Redemption 2 Has to Bow
• Earn Money Quickly – This Way You Never Run Out of Money
• Unlock Teleporters at Home – Here’s How
• Stone Chamber of the Dragon – Here’s How You Solve the Puzzle at the Camp
• Abyss in Imbalance – Here’s How You Solve the Sphere Puzzle
• Reunion – How to Solve the Puzzle in the Ancient Ruin
• Interactive Map Shows All Fast Travel Teleporters, Abyss Artifacts, and Caves
• Find Gold Bars Early – This Way You Have 500 Silver for a Start
• Resolve Contradiction – All Correct Answers for the Institute Administrator 
• Unlock Pororin and Pet Armor
• 4 Statues Puzzle – Here’s How You Solve the Puzzle for the Fast Travel Point
• Dame Puzzle – Here’s How You Solve the Puzzle with the Black and White Stones
• Locations of All 8 Bells – Here’s How You Uncover the Map
• Find Aeserion Scales

Crimson Desert: Everything about Characters, Builds, and Abilities

• The 3 Playable Characters and Their Class – You Can Even Fight as a Trio
• Adjust Difficulty – These Options Are Available to You
• The Best Talents and Abilities for Starting
• Level Quickly – This is How Kliff Becomes an Overpowered Superhero in Record Time
• Holster Weapon – This is How It’s Done Easily
• Summon Companions – This is How You Get Support from Your Characters
• Best Build – With Our Tips, You Dominate Horde of Enemies and Bosses
• Tier List: All Weapons Ranked
• Want a Strong Katana? A Hwando Awaits You in the First Town!
• The Best Weapons in the Game – Here’s Where to Get Legendary Swords, Axes, and More
• 2 of the Best Armors in the Game Make You Sauron, Protecting You in the Most Dangerous Regions of Pywel
• Quickly Expand Inventory – Here’s How
• Players Despair in Crimson Desert at Flying Enemies, Yet There’s a Simple Trick the Game Has Been Silence About for Too Long
• A Skill from Crimson Desert Fires Aimbot Rockets-Crows at Enemies, Making the Most Annoying Fights Easier
• Unlock Jetpack – Here’s How to Get the Rocket Backpack
• Aeserion Weapons – Here’s How to Get Them and What They Bring You
• Crimson Desert Gives You Free Skill Points and You Already Have Everything Needed in Your Inventory

Crimson Desert: Everything about Mounts, Items, and Features

• 12 Features from Crimson Desert That You Probably Overlooked
• Pets – This is How You Tame Your Loot Helpers
• Hide Helmet and Transmog – What is Possible?
• Adjust and Color Appearance and Equipment – This is How You Customize Your Characters
• Equipment of the Ruler of the Shadowy Streets – All 4 Locations of the Set
• Legendary Mount – This is How You Get Early Rokade and Ride on Black Beauty
• Get Dragons – This is How You Unlock the Flying Mount “Blackstar”
• White Dye for Your Equipment – What You Need to Know
• All Mounts and Where to Find Them
• Horse Armor – Where to Find It, How to Use It, and What It Brings You
• Expand and Optimize Camps – This is How You Generate Resources Almost by Itself
• The 5 New Legendary Mounts – This is How You Ride a Polar Bear, Deer, Wolf, Mountain Goat, or Wild Boar
• Recipes for Dyes – This is How You Mix Your Ingredients Even Without Experience
• Crimson Desert Besides Cute Cats Also Has Capybara and You Can Even Splash with Them
• Players Discover After 200 Hours an Important Feature in Crimson Desert, Missing Out on Valuable Loot
• NEW! Unlock Large Hernandian Ship – This is How You Buy the Gigantic Ship

More on the topic

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Crimson Desert’s brutal new endgame is making me sweat after 180 hours—and 99.5% of players won’t stand a chance

von Karsten Scholz

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Crimson Desert: Twitch Drops – All active gifts and how to get them (October and November 2026)

von Alexander Mehrwald

Crimson Desert is an enormous game with many features and possibilities to engage. The vibrant open world stands out positively. However, there are also things that did not resonate with us so well. How MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz experienced the game, you can read in his article: Our MMORPG Expert Is Overwhelmed by the Best of 12 Years of Open-World Games After Over 60 Hours in Crimson Desert