Crimson Desert’s New July Patch: Stability Fixes and QoL Improvements Now Live
Crimson Desert has received another July update, a smaller patch than the game’s earlier swings, with the focus squarely on smoothing out stability and addressing problems players have been reporting. Since its March launch, Pearl Abyss has moved quickly, rolling out frequent updates for the open-world action RPG—bringing fixes, quality-of-life changes, and fresh additions to the world.
July patch details: what’s changing and where
While this latest release isn’t positioned as a major content drop, it targets backend and gameplay issues that can impact day-to-day play. The patch also includes specific crash fixes tied to mounting a bear, along with several quest, challenge, and technical improvements.
Post-launch support has been a major part of how Pearl Abyss has handled Crimson Desert, and it’s helped build strong goodwill among both longtime fans and newer players. Rather than sticking to a strict, pre-announced roadmap, the studio has taken a more reactive approach—quickly addressing pain points raised by the community while also adding activities and endgame material that some players felt were missing. Control-related improvements have also been part of that ongoing work, but this new patch shows that the studio isn’t done refining the experience yet.
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The July update may not sound as flashy as previous major Crimson Desert swings, but it’s tackling a clear list of pain points. The patch is aimed at backend troubles and gameplay-related bugs, including rewards failing to show up, frame-rate drops occurring in certain situations, and rendering problems. It also addresses a quest behavior issue where Oongka doesn’t correctly follow Kliff during some main quest sequences.
Mounts are a core part of Crimson Desert, but not everyone has had a smooth time with certain rideable creatures. Some players encountered crashes tied to specific mounts, and this update attempts to resolve them—particularly crashes associated with riding a bear. The patch also improves challenge handling: challenges should now properly award progress or completion rewards once unlocked, since some players previously reported that requirements were met without the game acknowledging them.
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Future platform chatter: Switch 2 possibility
Beyond short-term fixes, Pearl Abyss has also hinted at longer-term plans. In a recent Q&A with shareholders, CEO Huh Jin-young addressed the possibility of bringing Crimson Desert to the Switch 2. The discussion suggests the team is actively evaluating whether the platform can handle the game, and that, at this stage, basic gameplay is reportedly playable. Even so, the company still has work ahead—especially around optimization and meeting internal verification standards—before any port could realistically happen.
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Fans, meanwhile, are still waiting for more specifics on future content. Pearl Abyss has already confirmed that major DLC is planned, but details have stayed limited. Will Powers, the Director of marketing and PR for Pearl Abyss, offered a bit more context, describing the project as “DLC” and saying it will differ from earlier updates. Even without revealing what that difference involves, Powers teased that there’s a “good reason why we’re calling it a DLC.”
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Crimson Desert Update 1.13.01 patch notes
- Fixed an issue where the game would occasionally crash when riding a bear.
- Fixed an issue where characters would occasionally be rendered incorrectly on consoles and AMD-based systems.
- Fixed an issue where Oongka would not follow Kliff during certain main quest cutscenes.
- Fixed an issue where rewards for completing certain challenges were not being issued.
- Fixed an issue where Hoenmark Ruins could not be liberated.
- Fixed an issue where the feed amount in the feed bin would not decrease even when livestock on the ranch were eating near it.
- Improved an issue where frame rates would drop in certain environments.
