Crimson Desert 1.04 Update Overhauls Combat, Expands Storage and Pets

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Crimson Desert’s patch 1.04 adds Easy/Normal/Hard difficulty options with a more challenging Hard mode, introduces new combat patterns for certain bosses and teases a boss rematch feature later, and expands storage and housing through items like the 1,000-slot Sturdy Gatherables Chest, Collectibles Chest, Kuku Cooler variants, and wardrobe upgrades. The update also brings new pets (birds and five new cats), new outfits and weapons, housing improvements, and various quality-of-life tweaks and NPC adjustments, all detailed in the patch notes released on 2026-04-23.
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