Crimson Desert Update 1.000.426 for Ver. 1.16.03 Released as Third Patch in Three Days
Pearl Abyss has been very busy with Crimson Desert the last few days, as we just received a new title update yet again, and yes, this is different from the one released earlier today.
Called version 1.16.03, console players will see this as Crimson Desert update 1.000.426. This is another hotfix that doesn’t bring any new content.
For the details on that and the known issues, read on.
Crimson Desert’s Latest Hotfix Resolves Issues With Shields
The official changelog for today mentions:
- Fixed an issue where certain shields would disappear after switching to dual-wielded weapons, saving the game, and then reloading it.
To save you a click, the update released earlier today had the following fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the loading screen persisted or a black screen appeared when loading save data in certain circumstances.
- [AMD] Fixed an issue where graphical issues occurred when enabling Ray Regeneration on a Radeon RX 9070 XT or higher graphics card.
- [Mac] Fixed an issue where the game crashed when running the game on a Mac with MetalFX Denoising Upscaler option enabled.
- Fixed an issue where indoor housing features were unavailable in Housing Mode under certain circumstances.
There are still a handful of known issues still affecting the game, which include:
- Certain shields may disappear after switching to dual-wielded weapons, saving the game, and then reloading it.
- The missing shield can be restored by equipping another shield, saving the game, then reloading it.
- Fish being caught while fishing in certain areas are unable to move.
- Greymane faction quests cannot be progressed while playing as Damiane or Oongka.
- If the “Evasion Control” option is set to “Hold,” the default Evasion key still functions even after the Evasion key has been changed.NPCs required for quest progression cannot ride together on Legendary Animal mounts.
- [Mac] When using a keyboard and mouse at certain resolutions, the cursor position differs from the actual furniture placement point.
- [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.
- On NVIDIA GTX 1060 GPUs, enabling ‘FSR Upscaling’ and ‘Frame Generation’ causes the screen to appear white.
- When using FSR4 upscaling, an issue occurs in rainy environments where rain disappears, or the screen becomes blurry or distorted.
Don’t be surprised if another hotfix is released this week.
In related news, the Switch 2 version is still in development, and we’re hoping all these fixes and improvements are part of its initial release.
If you’re looking for a new RPG or action game to play, Beast of Reincarnation is now out, and we have our review available for reference.

