Crimson Desert update lets Oongka and Damiane enter the Abyss

Crimson Desert’s latest update is less a tidy balance patch than a full-on content drop, adding 39 new pieces of equipment for Kliff and Oongka, plus eight more armor pieces for Damiane. The new gear includes five pieces each of the Tarandus the Ashen, Unyielding Hero, and Knight of Carnage outfits, three pieces of Martial Monk gear, two pieces of grand general of Demeniss gear, 16 pieces of armor, and three pieces of headgear, while Kliff and Oongka also gained access to Kuku equipment.

Version 1.13.00 went live on July 3, 2026 at 03:00 UTC across Steam on PC, Steam on Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Epic Games Store, with the Mac App Store release still to come later. Pearl Abyss also warned Epic Games Store players that they may need to download a large amount of data because of a platform-related issue, a small wrinkle on top of an update that already pushes the game further into live-service territory.

The headline gameplay change is that Oongka and Damiane can now enter the Abyss, which also shifts the locations of Memory Fragments for certain rematchable bosses. Summoned pets now rest with the player when a bed is used, a tiny but welcome bit of personality that makes the world feel more lived-in, and the new Hide Minimap and Status option has been added under Settings, Others, Gameplay for anyone who wants a cleaner screen. Pearl Abyss also folded in smaller tweaks to gathering and disguise outfits, keeping the patch from feeling like a gear dump with nothing else attached.

Damiane’s eight new armor pieces lean into boss gear, with the guardian of Odeck, Dark Marksman, and Masked Liberator sets all getting new entries. Oongka, meanwhile, can now equip most outfits available to Kliff, which matters more than it sounds because it widens how the two characters can be built and dressed without forcing players back into one narrow loadout path. Pearl Abyss also added crafting recipes for four types of carpets, along with Lightning Bolt Plate Armor, Scorchflame Plate Armor, and Frostcursed Plate Armor, giving the update some extra weight for players who care about progression and outfitting as much as combat.

That cadence is the real story here. Pearl Abyss said in its June-to-September 2026 dev update that it planned to roll new features out gradually through those months, including story improvements, combat content, gameplay updates for playable characters, quality-of-life changes, and cross-save support. Will Powers, Pearl Abyss’s marketing lead, has framed the support as a way to reward players rather than just sell more copies, and the studio’s Beyond the Abyss: Community Challenge, with airfare and accommodations for grand-prize winners headed to Pearl Abyss’s Korea headquarters, pushes that same message: Crimson Desert is being built like a game that plans to stay busy for a long time.