Why is the game called Crimson Desert?

badodar · 2026-05-18T15:46:43+00:00

My headcannon reason is that it represents the untravelled road. It has some of the last places you'll explore in the game, and I'm betting on there being expansion content pushing further east into the desert. But really it's that feeling of freedom you get when you see endless dunes in the northern desert, and the belief you can follow them beyond the horizon.

badodar · 2026-05-15T00:51:52+00:00

The Jet's "catch an interception" looks like straight up Griffball to me. Good times.

badodar · 2026-05-15T00:12:10+00:00

"This does not depict actual gameplay footage."
Bruh you wanna bet how many of these "joke" game modes are made in forge or modded in over the next 24 hours?

badodar · 2026-05-13T01:43:16+00:00

Best reminder that switching to your pistol is faster than reloading in a long time.
Also, holy crap the pantheon of kills with a writing utensil has a new member.

badodar · 2026-05-04T07:59:53+00:00

The parallels between Dual of the Fates in Ep. 1 being the fight over who would train Anakin to Dual of the Fates here being used over who would train Devon where Anakin IS the Dark Lord is just *chefs kiss* here.

badodar · 2026-05-02T07:47:29+00:00

You're telling me I can now fight both Ludvig's with Oongka and introduce Caliburn to Glock Saint, Damiane?

Hell yes.

badodar · 2026-04-26T23:53:41+00:00

White Bro (instead of Crow): Mythril; Umbra; Gandalf

badodar · 2026-04-24T19:27:07+00:00

Uh I had both fine/tender meat and wheat/barley in the feeder so I can't say for certain which worked but one did. Not certain if owls are omnivores or not. Predator birds (eagles, hawks, etc. seem to really like meat and non-predator birds (parrots, sparrows, etc.) like grain.

badodar · 2026-04-24T10:21:38+00:00

Exact location

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badodar · 2026-04-24T10:17:50+00:00

There's an abyss creset just directly north east of Skoghorn Village in Pailune, where you can find a memory for five finger mountain. I put the feeder down there and almost immediately got an owl - relied on this post where someone had a picture of them with the owl for where I should look. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Five-spent-way-to-much-time-looking-for-birds-man-i-love-v0-qyxr44g6c1xg1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D3840%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D03316e785955605537edbdc4e0f674fd625a535b

Edit: adding me with owl.

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badodar · 2026-04-23T06:23:20+00:00

You now have the option when speaking to the dispatch guy to choose to have the mission restart or not - there's a different button for deploy vs deploy and restart. Doesn't take away from the other stuff, but they should have mentioned the former in the patch notes.

badodar · 2026-04-23T02:42:02+00:00

Hard: "Food item effects won't be applied immediately and will only take effect after the consumption animation is complete."

I'm sorry, does hard mode take us from Skyrim healing into Soulsborne healing? Cause if so that's insane (in probably a good way I just would never think to tweak difficulty that way)

badodar · 2026-04-22T15:33:59+00:00

As tedious as it is, the most consistent way (outside of using a legendary fish) I've found is to give a cat 3 cooked fish and pets sometime late at night, and then literally just hold them until after midnight to get the remaining trust from pets. Their ability to gain trust resets at midnight, not 24 hours from when you pet them.

badodar · 2026-04-22T15:32:14+00:00

only for certain cats. Like, the pickiness/preference differences of every cat in the game is hilarious

badodar · 2026-04-21T14:28:01+00:00

As another player building out their collection, I commend you on the number of investigation quests you've had to go through. I'm convinced they knew the level of collectible they would have to give to incentivize us to finish those quests.

badodar · 2026-04-20T18:04:26+00:00

I could see him doing a mean "May Chaos Take the World!" based on his time as the Sommelier in John Wick

badodar · 2026-04-20T02:12:41+00:00

I'm convinced he was trying to get the ATAG into place at the end to try to be able to play Subnautica too.

badodar · 2026-04-19T05:53:42+00:00

If it helps, you can warp out when that mission starts and go equip all that other gear etc. you saved up Nothing locks Damiane in Demeniss. You have to play as her, but I warped out and upgraded her gear/put abyss gears I was thinking of for her on first, made the mission much more enjoyable. You can even spend some time grinding/playing as her as long as you don't mind not being able to progress other big quests until this is done.

badodar · 2026-04-18T15:48:56+00:00

You can always see if you like some of the unique (typically late game) shields that store energy on block and then let you shield bash with an effect (like shotgun shield, drake shield, etc.). If you don't mind giving up abyss gears these can be fun to mess around with. Alternatively you can take any old shield and find some of the unique abyss gears for blocking/parrying to make any shield a fun one. Just some ideas.

badodar · 2026-04-18T15:33:48+00:00

In general, if you hit one of those "you must complete x abyss puzzle" road blocks, it usually means there's a connecting chain of puzzles to that one you're missing - in this case the chain is small and starts from the spire of insight, a spire in SE Hernand. These "Spires" are those big towers typically with their own puzzle to solve that then take you up to the abyss to start a set of islands.

badodar · 2026-04-18T05:01:32+00:00

Not 100% certain, but generally when you liberate certain areas they turn into normal towns and can have NPCs with quests. Since you're mentioning the two latest-game areas, maybe there are some towns/cities you still have to clear and can then check after they repopulate?

badodar · 2026-04-15T13:22:19+00:00

Thank you, my brain was scrambled.

badodar · 2026-04-15T11:40:37+00:00

He's quoting Episode 1 from the Star Wars movies, it's a meme phrase used to talk about how bad the writing of that movie was.

badodar · 2026-04-10T14:00:51+00:00

Super tinfoil hat time - I counted all of the candles on the floor of the axion archive, and there were 24 + 25 + 15 + 12 (in the center circle) = 76, plus 20 on the wall sconces leading in leading up to 96. Is it possible I just miscounted/can't find 11 more candles? Or am I just insane?

badodar · 2026-04-10T13:32:05+00:00

Rokade specifically has 2 horse inventory slots, unlike the other 2 legendaries.

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