Crimson Desert Now Features a Pinball Minigame, Because Why Not?

Crimson Desert continues to evolve rapidly. This week's update introduces several quality-of-life improvements, makes the Wyvern a mount, and adds a pinball minigame—just because.

Pearl Abyss has been releasing major updates for the single-player open-world action adventure game nearly every week since launch. The game has changed significantly, with everything from combat to endgame being reworked. And every now and then, Pearl Abyss throws a curveball in a patch, seemingly just for fun, to keep players on their toes. This week, it's a pinball machine. Random, but brilliant!

The Pinball minigame is located at the inn near the Delesyian Institute. The patch adds the Marni Token Exchange, where tokens obtained from the pinball machine can be exchanged for various items, including the Material Box of Fortune, Abyss Artifact, two types of Artifact Chests, a Helm, 13 types of furniture, and three types of gear crafting recipes.

Pinball isn't the only minigame added with today's patch. Crimson Desert now also features the Orb Roll minigame at the Great Gate of Urdavah.

Meanwhile, the Re-Blockade feature has been improved with the addition of Battle and Reconstruct stages. For major strongholds, players can request Protection through the contribution assessor (formerly the manager of the contribution shop) in each region to suppress Re-Blockades. Liberating strongholds rewards contribution, provisions, trade goods, and other items.

Elsewhere, Kuku Bird Chicks and Baby Wyverns can grow after being fed. Once they reach a certain growth level, they can be registered as special mounts. And here's a really helpful UI change: the category tabs in the Mission Dispatch menu are now mission-based, not region-based. The full patch notes, courtesy of Steam, are below.

Update 1.10 arrives hot on the heels of Pearl Abyss's announcement of a summer roadmap for content, as well as confirmation that DLC is in development. Outlining content updates planned from June to September, Pearl Abyss confirmed story refinements, new combat challenges, cross-save support, and quality-of-life improvements for the single-player open-world action adventure game. Pearl Abyss only teased the DLC, confirming its existence and that it's being worked on, but described it as a “meaningful addition to the player’s journey.”

UI Fixes & Improvements