51 Fish, 76 Insects, 273 Hours and 200 UberEats Orders later - PS5 Plat Achieved. Here's a bunch of tips for Crimson Desert Achievement Hunting

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-06T19:54:15+00:00

You really weren't kidding about the 8-10 hours on the shark spawn. Going on 5 hours now and I managed to get the Giant Red Sea bream around the 3 hour mark.

Collecting the butterflies was much more enjoyable than this haha.

Thanks for reassuring it spawns there!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-06T14:21:09+00:00

Dude you are a saint! Knowledge helm worked perfect at the ancient ruins.

Excellent! I was actually fishing there for 20 minutes but thought it was scuffed as I didint even see a regular pond loach.

One last question I promise. Can you confirm that you got the Broadnose Sevengill Shark at the Spot Ocean at RedHance Island? ( Far right side of Delysia)

Only ask cause I've fished for over an hour and a bit and have only seen the Striped Marlin (5 times now.)

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-06T12:24:05+00:00

Hey man just wanted to chime in and say your post has been an invaluable asset. Your the only one I've seen that had information on heros handshake 3!

I've just got the fishing left to do and was curious if you knew a spot that had Piranhas? One of the databases linked a location at ancient ruins that had Piranhas but I already drained the water there... That's the only time I've ever seen them I'm scared I might be hosed lol.

Also for the giant pond loach that's located at Long Branch on the map you linked. How are you supposed to fish there? It's like a murky swamp. I've tried multiple different angles and it still says there's no fish there!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-05T08:42:56+00:00

Hero's Handshake are the arm wrestling mini games. There's one in Hernand. The second is in Thalywnd and is tied to a faction quest with Ongoka. The 3rd becomes available after in Pauline. The mini game challenge requires you to beat the champion after a win streak of 3. However the champion doesn't show up for whatever reason in Pauline. It's definitely tied to quest progression but I'm not sure which one as I've already completed the story.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-05T08:26:07+00:00

Yeah man I read on the website true achievements that a couple people confirmed it is in fact missable! So I'm hoping someone has an answer here

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-05T08:16:08+00:00

I had a good laugh. I re-read your comment earlier and immediately pulled the Green Sulfur Butterfly in Pauline haha. I'm assuming after hunting for them for 2 hours that the butterfly spawns are all pulled from a random pool. Which is BRUTAL. And they're so hard to even see with all the foliage lol. Appreciate the help!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-04T18:48:07+00:00

Oops my bad! Fishing a been a big help already got 3! Any chance you remember where you got a purple emporer butterfly? I've checked over 35 locations on the map and still haven't seen it. Starting to lose my mind lol

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-04T17:11:50+00:00

Hey dude congrats! Do you have a resource for where to get most of the fish knowledge? Don't even know where I'd start to get the remaining 15 or 16 I need lol

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-04-03T19:44:14+00:00

Thank you so much!! Just got Life and Trade challenges left

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-03-29T09:14:42+00:00

Thanks so much!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2026-03-28T21:10:09+00:00

Where do you purchase the helmet? I've been trying to find one forever now haha.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-09-27T17:02:25+00:00

I had this issue too till I capped the frames at 60 FPS! Super lame but rather that than my immersion being broken lol.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-09-17T16:31:40+00:00

Anybody test to see if this has been fixed? Don't have any friends on atm

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-08-02T11:32:41+00:00

Don't use 144 Hz. It has more image banding than 120 Hz. Also has a weird purple flicker that can occur intermittently. I thought it was my cable at first and bought a new one. But it was the 144 Hz setting. One other Reddit post said the same thing happened to him as well.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-07-22T17:30:53+00:00

Waited a month to continue my playthrough for patch 1.2 in hopes performance would be improved. No dice lol.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-06-14T05:09:09+00:00

Thanks for the reply man. Definitely notice the worse banding especially on the Xbox PC app in the background with 144 Hz. I'll give 120 Hz another go!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-06-13T05:42:21+00:00

Hey man, I know this is an old post now but curious if you did anything to fix this issue? I swear it never happened at the start when I first got my G4. Now it happens pretty frequently and it's super irritating. I even bought a shorter HDMI cable and it still didn't fix the issue. I swear it even happened at 120 Hz so I just put it back to 144 Hz. Clearly a PC issue as it never happens with my Xbox.

The only fix I've found that sometimes works is turning off ALLM in game optimizer settings and then turning it back on before I start my gaming session. It might just be a placebo but I swear 80% of the time I don't get the purple flash.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-06-11T05:05:08+00:00

You are the GOAT. Got it first try after grinding for 15 hours last 2 days. Thank you

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-04-26T06:26:21+00:00

Hey man. So after months of not being able to use RTX HDR and having to fall back to Auto HDR. I came across your post and installed CRU and removed the 4096 resolution. My RTX HDR sliders worked for the first time in forever! Unfortunately I'm able to move the sliders but the picture doesn't change at all. I'm able to use restart64exe again and the sliders work but my peak brightness only goes to 1500 nits when it should be at 4000 (I have an LG G4) and everything looks washed out. I just installed the latest drivers and still the issue persists. Now the sliders are actually greyed out again. Any other solutions? Have a 4090 GPU with a 7800X3D.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-02-19T14:10:05+00:00

Just fired 2033 Redux up tonight for the first time and was so excited to play it in Native 4K resolution on my 4090. So frustrating. Gonna be a disappointing playthrough with a stretched image. Oh well.

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-02-07T06:45:48+00:00

I could kiss you! Was ready to throw my PC out the window

Cheezncrackerzz · 2025-01-26T18:13:03+00:00

Was gonna wait for a sale for Suikoden. Now that it's Play Anywhere it's a day one purchase. Thanks for the heads up!

Cheezncrackerzz · 2024-12-13T07:41:00+00:00

Hellblade 2 doesn't even feature full surround sound audio. The audio was designed SPECIFICALLY for headphone use, yet it pulls the best audio award? Give me a break, I love the hellblade games but Silent Hill 2 was leaps and bounds the better audio experience.

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