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Crimson Desert deploys weekend patch – here's what's new
Pearl Abyss has released a weekend patch for Crimson Desert, introducing five new summonable mounts and improving loading times for fast travel and revival. The update also refines player and horse movement controls, enhances the usability of Flight, and reworks the Aerial Stab mechanic to maintain balance. Additionally, the patch includes various quality-of-life improvements, such as a 'Make Now' function for crafting and expanded inventory options.
Crimson Desert Adds 5 Permanent Mounts, Reduced Stamina for Flying, and More in New Patch
Pearl Abyss has released a new patch for Crimson Desert, addressing player feedback by adding five permanent mounts, including legendary animals and boss mounts. The update also reduces stamina consumption for flying and aerial maneuvers, introduces a "Make Now" function for crafting, and implements a "Refinement Token" for easier equipment upgrades. Additionally, criminal acts will no longer decrease Contribution if not witnessed by an NPC.
How to get a pet in Crimson Desert
This guide explains how to acquire and utilize pets in the upcoming game Crimson Desert. Pets serve as more than just companions, offering functional benefits within the game.
Baccarat Card Values Explained
This guide explains the simple arithmetic behind baccarat card values, breaking down how totals are calculated and the rules for drawing a third card. It clarifies that the game's outcomes are largely predetermined by these fixed rules, making it accessible to new players.
Crimson Desert: Tips for New Players Exploring Pywel
Crimson Desert offers a wealth of systems and content that can be overwhelming for new players. This guide provides essential tips for navigating Pywel, including the importance of ringing bells to clear the map's fog of war, using a bandit mask for early loot, prioritizing stamina, health, and spirit stats, raising animal trust for companions, summoning human allies for combat assistance, and utilizing Palmar Pills for revivals.
Crimson Desert: Tips for New Players Exploring Pywel
Crimson Desert offers a wealth of systems and content, but its onboarding can be challenging for new players. This guide provides essential tips for navigating Pywel, including how to clear map fog by ringing bells, the benefits of stealing with a bandit mask, prioritizing core stats like stamina and health, raising animal trust for companions, summoning human allies for combat, and utilizing Palmar Pills for revivals.
How to enter a waterfall in Crimson Desert
This guide explains how to enter waterfalls in Crimson Desert to find hidden secrets and treasure chests. Players can pass through waterfalls by performing a stab attack while close to them, often indicated by a pillar in front. While attempting to pass through may cause some damage, it can lead to rewarding discoveries.
Crimson Desert: All Weapons & Weapon Types, Explained
This guide details all the weapons and weapon types available in the game Crimson Desert. It serves as a comprehensive resource for players looking to understand the combat options within the game.
Last Epoch Rogue guide: All the new skills in Season 4 explained
Season 4 of Last Epoch introduces significant updates to the Rogue class, including new skills like Shadow Rend and Bladestorm, alongside reworked mechanics. These changes aim to enhance the Rogue's Shadow-based identity, improve area-of-effect capabilities, and promote hybrid melee and ranged builds, making the class more viable and interconnected.
How to level up comrades in Crimson Desert
This guide explains how to acquire and level up Comrades in Crimson Desert. Comrades are essential units for base operations and resource gathering. Players can recruit new Comrades by completing specific Faction Quests after unlocking the Howling Hills Camp and level them up by advancing their camp's overall level through various in-game activities and side quests.
How to change your Mastery in Last Epoch
This guide explains how to change your Mastery in Last Epoch, a feature that became available in Season 2. Players can respecialize their Mastery by reaching The End of Time, finding Chronomancer Lerinne, and paying a gold cost that scales with level and passive point investment. It's recommended to respec early as it is cheaper at lower levels.
Bite By Night Survivor & Killer Tier List
This guide provides a tier list for both survivors and killers in Bite By Night, analyzing their effectiveness based on playstyle and team coordination. The Security Guard is highlighted as a balanced survivor, while Springtrap is considered the top-tier killer due to its versatile kit.
How to fill Empty Cryo Coolant in Cryo Archive - Marathon
This guide explains how to fill Empty Cryo Coolant in the game Marathon. Filled Cryo Coolant is required to open vaults within the Cryo Archive area.
[Official Release] Complete Bite by Night Classes Index: Price, Stats, Abilities + The BEST!
This guide provides a comprehensive index of the four starting classes in Bite by Night: Customer, Fighter, Healer, and Security Guard. It details each class's price, sprint speed, abilities, and offers an analysis, concluding that the Security Guard is currently the best class due to its balanced support and offensive capabilities.
Diablo 4 Patch 2.6.1 Nerfs Bloodsoaked Sigils After Players Said They Were Too Much
Diablo 4 Patch 2.6.1 has reduced the difficulty of Bloodsoaked Sigils following player feedback that they were too challenging. Blizzard Entertainment acknowledged that many players were unable to complete these sigils reasonably.
Do Grow A Garden Pets Work Offline?
This guide explains how pets function in Grow A Garden when playing offline on Roblox. Generally, pets' active effects do not work offline, but passive bonuses that increase fruit size will still apply. Players can remain AFK to benefit from some pet abilities, though seed-digging pets may cause seeds to despawn before they can be collected.
Sailor Piece Accessories Tier List – Best February Picks
This Sailor Piece Accessories Tier List ranks all Legendary and Mythical rarity accessories, detailing their E0 and E5 buffs. The guide helps players identify the best accessories to farm for, with many being rare boss drops. It also references a separate tier list for swords within the game.
Absolvement Sins Tier List – Best Sins to Choose
This Absolvement tier list ranks the available Sins, detailing their benefits and drawbacks to help players make informed choices. The guide categorizes Sins into S, A, B, C, and D tiers based on their impact on gameplay difficulty and rewards, also briefly mentioning the importance of race selection.
How to get Fated Shadow sword and Greysoul Howling in Crimson Desert
This guide details how to obtain the Fated Shadow sword and its Greysoul Howling ability in Crimson Desert. The Fated Shadow sword is located in the Abyss region at Nest of Valor, accessible after defeating the Goyen boss in Chapter 9. The Greysoul Howling ability summons the ghost of Goyen for a powerful shadow energy attack.
Fortnite Rivalries and the Showdown leaderboard explained
Fortnite has introduced a new 'Rivalries' mechanic for Chapter 7, Season 2, where players are assigned rivals to eliminate within a time limit for in-game currency. This currency, Rivalry Credits, can be used to purchase weapons and gear, and progress also feeds into the Showdown leaderboard. The article explains how Rivalries work, the rewards available, and the details of both the in-game and online Showdown leaderboards, which offer cosmetic and even physical prizes.
