Players can now tame and ride wild mounts across the vast open world of Crimson Desert.
Crimson Desert just gave players one of the updates they were waiting for: yes, you can now tame wild animals and turn them into permanent mounts. Patch 1.06.00 adds a new Special Mounts system, letting players earn the trust of animals like bears, wolves, lions, tigers, camels, iguanas, raptors, and more across Pywel.
Pearl Abyss did not stop there. The same update also adds a claw machine at the Laughing Marionette, a new Extraction feature for refined gear, and pet dog combat support. Patch 1.06.00 is live on all major platforms, while the Mac version is still under development.
The Special Mounts system is the main reason players will want to check this patch. Certain wild animals can now be registered as mounts after players gain their trust, which opens the door to a much stranger stable than Crimson Desert had before.
The full list includes bears, boars, wolves, deer, mountain goats, Kuku birds, iguanas, raptors, camels, lions, and tigers. Ferocious animals can be tamed by subduing and feeding them, while some species need different methods. Feeding animals that cannot be tamed will not raise their trust.
The update also gives Special Mounts their own inventory tab. Saddles are no longer part of their default look, but players can equip mount gear from the new menu. Different saddleries now sell saddles for different animals, so players who want to kit out a bear, wolf, camel, or iguana will need to visit the right shop.
The surprise minigame is a claw machine at the Laughing Marionette. It sounds like a small joke at first, but the reward list makes it worth a look for players who care about gear, decoration, or collecting odd items.
The prize pool includes 12 lighting items, one chair, one special headgear item, Abyss Artifacts, and Abyss Gears. That gives the machine a useful place in the update instead of making it just a throwaway side activity.
Patch 1.06.00 also adds Extraction, a smithy feature that lets players recover materials used to refine equipment. For anyone who upgraded the wrong item or wants to shift resources into better gear, this is one of the most useful parts of the patch for long-time players.
Extraction can remove one refinement level or return gear to its base refinement level. The item stays intact, but its upgrade level drops. Special materials, including Artifacts and Aeserion’s scale, are recovered at 100 percent. Common materials such as iron ore, copper ore, and bloodstones return at about 70 percent.
Oongka now has new unarmed combat skills under the “Fists” section of the skill menu. Pearl Abyss also confirmed that Damiane will get unarmed skills in the next update.
Pet dogs can now attack enemies when equipped with the new Sigil of Valor item, which is sold by the Secret Shop NPC in Pororin. Sword sheaths have also been added, along with a Display Sheath option for players who want to control whether their character shows one.
Pearl Abyss followed the update with hotfix 1.06.01, which fixes a progression issue in the “Vault of Vengeance” Abyss. The hotfix is live on the same platforms as patch 1.06.00, with the Mac App Store version still listed as in progress.
