25 Things You Need to Know Before Playing Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert is a beast of an RPG. It's a 100+ hour epic filled to the brim with unique systems, mechanics, and quirks that you mostly have to pick up on your own. Because of that, it can be helpful to get a sort of "pre-brief" before you start playing to let you know exactly what you're in for, and a breakdown of the mechanics that you shouldn't miss. To that end, here are our recommendations of the 25 things you need to know before you start playing Crimson Desert. Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Don't Pick Up What You Don't Need 02:28 Refine Refine Refine 03:28 Your Powers Have Multiple Uses 04:43 How Skills Work 05:55 Ring Those Bells 06:31 There is Fast Travel 07:08 Crime Does Pay 08:40 Contribution 09:11 Use Grindstones and Anvil 09:28 Respeccing 09:47 How to Handle Food 10:29 Your Lantern Will Light the Way 11:01 Damiane and Oongka 12:22 Base Building 13:32 You Can Get a Pet Right From the Start! 14:26 You Can Mine While Hanging 14:34 Clean Fish For Filets 14:48 Tree Launch 15:02 Use Witches 15:10 Palmar Pills Recipe 15:31 Cut Down Trees Quick 15:41 Go Through Waterfalls 15:48 Rest at Beds Campfires #IGN #Gaming