Crimson Desert 1.06.00 Adds Wolves, Tigers, and a Claw Machine With Abyss Rewards

Pearl Abyss released Crimson Desert patch 1.06.00 on May 10, 2026, across PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Mac, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S . The official summary called out two major additions: Special Mounts and the new Extraction system. But the full patch notes go well past that, touching combat, gear progression, fashion, visuals, minigames, and quality of life across almost every part of the game .

Crimson Desert: Patch 1.06.00 Feature Tracker

If you have been grinding Crimson Desert regularly, this is one of the more impactful weekly patches since launch. New tameable animals, a material recovery system, unarmed skills for Oongka, a Claw Machine minigame with real Abyss-tier loot, and a wave of inventory improvements all landed at once. Below is every confirmed change and what it means for how you play today.

You Can Now Tame and Ride Wolves, Tigers, Lions, and More

The Special Mounts roster got a major expansion in 1.06.00. After building trust with wild animals through feeding and subduing, you can register them as mounts and call them at any time from the new Special Mounts tab in your inventory.

The full confirmed list of tameable animals:

• Bears

• Boars

• Wolves

• Deer

• Mountain Goats

• Kuku Birds

• Iguanas

• Raptors

• Camels

• Lions

• Tigers

Not every animal responds to basic feeding. Ferocious animals like lions and tigers require you to subdue them first before trust-building through food works at all. Trying to feed an untamable animal simply does nothing. Each species has its own conditions, so expect to experiment rather than apply one method to all of them.

Feed Your Mount on the Move and Equip Species-Specific Saddles

One of the cleaner quality-of-life additions in this patch: you can now feed your mount while riding it. Open your inventory, select a food item, choose Feed, and your mount gets fed without you ever dismounting. This applies to both standard and special mounts.

Saddles are also now unique per mount species rather than universal. They no longer appear on a mount by default and must be actively equipped from the Special Mounts tab. Here is the full confirmed list of saddleries and their compatible mounts:

If you prefer a cleaner look, you can also leave the saddle slot empty entirely.

The Extraction System Lets You Take Back Materials From Gear You Over-Refined

Material Extraction is now live at every Smithy in the game, including the one at your Greymane Camp. The system lets you roll back a weapon or piece of gear to any earlier refinement level and recover a portion of the materials you originally spent on it.

Recovery rates confirmed by Pearl Abyss:

• Special materials (Abyss Artifacts, Aeserion’s Scales): recovered at 100% of the amount used

• Common materials (iron ore, copper ore, bloodstones, etc.): recovered at approximately 70% of the amount used

The item itself stays intact throughout the process. You can roll back one level at a time or go all the way to the base state the item was in when you first picked it up. For players who over-refined a weapon they no longer use, or who need Artifacts fast and do not want to wait on drops, Extraction is a direct fix.

One limit worth knowing: refinement using identical equipment as the upgrade material is now capped at the level immediately before an Abyss Artifact is required.

Oongka Just Got Full Unarmed Combat Skills, and Damiane Is Next

If you main Oongka and found his bare-fisted options underpowered compared to the great hammer or great axe, that changes now. Patch 1.06.00 adds a dedicated unarmed skill set to Oongka, accessible by selecting the Fists option in the skill menu.

Specific combat changes confirmed for unarmed play in this patch:

• New unarmed combat skills tied to Oongka’s Fists stance

• Improved default stance and movement animations across all unarmed fighting

• Blinding Flash can now be used without any weapon equipped

• Chain attacks after a Roundhouse Kick while unarmed have better flow

• Two-handed cannons received a base attack power increase with new additional effects

• Targeting accuracy improved when aiming ranged weapons at small animals

Pearl Abyss confirmed Damiane will receive her own unarmed skill set in the next update.

There Is a Working Claw Machine at the Circus That Drops Abyss Gear

This is the most unexpected addition in the patch. Head to the Laughing Marionette circus, located to the west of Demeniss’s main city, and you can spend Silver to play a claw machine minigame.

The confirmed reward pool:

• 12 types of lighting items

• 1 type of chair

• 1 type of special headgear

• Abyss Artifacts

• Abyss Gears

Unlike most Crimson Desert minigames that feel hollow once you clear the associated quest chain, the Claw Machine is repeatable with meaningful endgame loot available every session. For players with excess Silver who want a shot at Abyss-tier items without committing to a full combat run, this is worth your time.

The Visione Can Finally Be Enhanced and Given Abyss Gear Sockets

The Visione headgear, which most players keep around specifically for Memory Fragment farming, now supports enhancement and has received sockets for equipping Abyss Gear. This is the first time the Visione has been eligible for either treatment.

Socket count matches the default for that equipment type. Kuku equipment may have fewer sockets than other gear in the same slot, but the change makes these items usable in a real build rather than sitting in your inventory as a pure utility pick. Pearl Abyss also confirmed that certain other equipment received the same socket treatment in this patch, but a full list has not been published yet.

Equip the Sigil of Valor and Your Dog Fights With You

A new item called the Sigil of Valor has been added to the game. When equipped, your pet dog attacks enemies alongside you in combat. You can buy it from the Secret Shop NPC in Pororin. No other conditions were listed in the patch notes.

Kliff Can Wear Oongka’s Outfits, and Oongka Gets the Greymane Cloth Cloak

Fashion players got real changes this patch. Kliff can now wear some of Oongka’s outfits, and Pearl Abyss noted that those who wanted a more physically imposing Kliff now have options to work with. A specific list of compatible outfits has not been published yet.

Oongka can now equip the Greymane Cloth Cloak, which was previously unavailable to him. A new Display Sheath toggle also lets you show or hide your character’s sheath at any point, and certain elemental resistance cloaks have had their appearance updated to better reflect their defensive function.

Night Tone Mode, HDR Fixes, and Visual Updates

Night Tone Mode is now a toggleable option in Graphics and Settings. When on, colors in darker areas become softer and low-light traversal becomes noticeably more comfortable. When off, colors sharpen and shadows deepen back to the original look. Some areas may look slightly desaturated depending on the time of day.

Other visual and technical fixes confirmed in this patch:

• HDR quality improved overall

• Enabling HDR no longer disables Direct-to-Play (a long-standing bug, now fixed)

• Waterfall rendering at various distances has been corrected

• A display issue at 5120×2160 resolution has been resolved

• Mac users get improved HDR detection on external monitors

Strongholds Drop Abyss Gear Blueprints More Often Now

Strongholds received a drop rate increase for Abyss Gear Blueprints in this patch. Dispatch, exploration, and excavation missions at Strongholds can also now be run repeatedly, along with Dyehouse labor support missions. If Strongholds felt like diminishing returns before, that calculation has changed.

Every Small Quality-of-Life Change Worth Knowing

These changes may not carry their own headline, but several of them will save real time in your sessions:

• “Clean All,” “Butcher All,” and “Obtain All Seeds” added to inventory

• Furniture and Ornaments can now be stacked

• New paths to earn previously locked faction knowledge have been added

• Fish selling prices have been increased

• Skill search is now available so you can look up any skill by name directly

• Your currency balance is now visible when customizing a character or equipping dyes

• The Research Institute UI has been redesigned for easier navigation

• Fishing now shows the relevant guide while waiting for a bite