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Crimson Desert Hotfix 1.04.01 Released to Fix Mounts via Update 1.000.233

by Alex Co April 23, 2026 12:59 pm in Title Updates and Patches

As expected, after the major update for Crimson Desert was released 12 hours ago, Pearl Abyss has pushed out a hotfix to resolve issues with certain mounts not appearing in Quick Slots and more, which the devs tag as version 1.04.01.

Console gamers will see this as Crimson Desert update 1.000.233, and this should be live now across all platforms.

Alongside the Mount, there are also other fixes included, though it doesn’t resolve all issues, as there are still a significant number of problems that are being worked on.

Crimson Desert Hotfix Resolves Issues From Major Update via Patch 1.000.233

Here are the latest fixes applied today:

[Controller] Changed the button used to change the names of pets and horses from (R3/RS) to (L3/LS).
Fixed an issue where certain owned mounts were not appearing in the Quick Slot, preventing them from being summoned.
[PlayStation/Xbox] Changed the “Change Preset” option to be displayed the same way as on PC.
Fixed an issue where pets would eat wood or ore gathered with a logging axe or pickaxe.
[Keyboard/Mouse] Fixed an issue where furniture could not be placed while using housing mode in certain situations.
Fixed an issue where crashes could occur while dyeing or changing customization.
Fixed an issue where stamina would recover when sheathing and unsheathing certain weapons while sprinting.
[Damiane] Fixed an issue where Blinding Flash was canceled in safe zones.
[Kliff] Fixed an issue where the flight speed of Focused Aerial Roll became slower than intended.
[Oongka/Damiane] Fixed an issue where ranged weapons could not target anything other than bosses during boss battles.

Fixed an issue where the game would return to the title screen when observing a skill that had already been acquired by consuming an Abyss Artifact while the inventory was full.
- Please note that if you were unable to recover an Abyss Artifact by observing an already acquired skill while your inventory was full, you can recover the Abyss Artifact by using the Reset All function.
Fixed an issue where hit effects were displayed when attacking NPCs that could not be attacked while wearing a Mask.

Fixed an issue where the game would crash during combat with a certain boss when using a customized character. (To avoid spoilers, the relevant boss is listed in the dropdown menu below.)
- Umbra

Alongside the fixes, Pearl Abyss is still looking to resolve the issues listed below.

Crimson Desert Known Issues as of April 23, 2026

On Intel Arc A770 GPUs, the game sometimes crashes when using XeSS.
An issue has been identified where the game screen does not display properly when ‘Intel XeSS 3.0’ or ‘Intel XeSS Frame Generation’ is enabled on Intel Arc A-series graphics cards.
On NVIDIA GTX 1060 GPUs, enabling ‘FSR Upscaling’ and ‘Frame Generation’ causes the screen to appear white.
Under specific conditions, the player character’s state changes abnormally.
[ROG Xbox Ally X] We have identified an issue where Crimson Desert is not launching properly on ROG Xbox Ally X running on the latest driver version. Microsoft and AMD are currently looking into the issue. Until the issue is resolved, we recommend installing and using the driver version immediately prior to the latest one, available on the ASUS website.
- Latest Driver Version: V32.0.23027.4002
- Previous Driver Version (Using this version until issue resolved recommended): V32.0.21025.27003

During the “Deferred Advance” quest, retrying or abandoning the Ultimate Weapon fight when Blackstar’s Health is depleted causes Blackstar’s Health to not fully recover.
When receiving damage while holding a tree, the character can become stuck to the tree.
While progressing through some quests, the next objective is not automatically tracked.
When using FSR4 upscaling, an issue occurs in rainy environments where rain disappears, or the screen becomes blurry or distorted.
Greymane faction quests cannot be progressed while playing as Damiane or Oongka.
The pet that was last unsummoned does not appear at the Greymane Camp.
If the “Evasion Control” option is set to “Hold,” the default Evasion key still functions even after the Evasion key has been changed.
If Damiane dies immediately after using the Shield Toss skill, she can no longer use her shield or related skills.
- If this issue occurs, you can resolve it by saving and reloading.
[Keyboard/Mouse] Switching between the Weapon and Armor tabs in the Quick Slot Equipment interface is not possible when an interactable object is nearby.
NPCs required for quest progression cannot ride together on Legendary Animal mounts.
[Mac] The colorblind filter is not applied to the UI when “Colorblind Mode” is enabled.
[PlayStation] The screen may freeze if characters are entered rapidly while using the virtual keyboard to set the name of a pet or horse.
- Please enter characters slowly with brief pauses when changing names. We apologize for the inconvenience.
When auto saving or manually saving the game, the chapter name displayed is different from the chapter actually in progress.
[Keyboard/Mouse] If the game is set to a resolution lower than that of the monitor in use, the position selected in housing mode differs from the actual position selected.

No timeframe has been given as to when these issues will be fixed, but chances are, they will be included in the big updates planned from now to June.

Another RPG that recently got an update today is Starfield, and while Bethesda was aiming for the patch to resolve crashing issues, it sadly, didn’t take.

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Alex Co

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