{"id":2126398,"date":"2026-09-03T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126398"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:33:25","slug":"crimson-deserts-first-dlc-is-called-charting-the-unknown-and-its-out-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126398","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Desert&#8217;s first DLC is called Charting the Unknown, and it&#8217;s out next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" 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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Crimson Desert to get some new stuff. During today&#8217;s State of Play presentation, developer Pearl Abyss unveiled Charting the Unknown. This is the game&#8217;s first post-launch DLC, and it&#8217;s set to arrive 15th October on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p>Charting the Unknown brings a new set of story missions to Crimson Desert. Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane set off on an adventure that takes the trio deeper into the continent of Pywel. We&#8217;ve known since June that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-summer-2026-update-roadmap\">Crimson Desert is getting DLC at some point<\/a>, so it&#8217;s nice to see it revealed today and that it&#8217;s not too far off.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s trailer footage was captured on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a>, if you&#8217;re curious. It offers a first look at the homesteading and house-building features, and what looks to be a marriage proposal and romance feature. NPCs were also shown cooking, so presumably you can get them to prepare food for you.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Abyss sadly hasn&#8217;t offered any official details about the expansion to go along with today&#8217;s announcement, so we&#8217;re speculating somewhat here.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown | Official DLC Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaCtG1F_hfE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HaCtG1F_hfE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown | Official DLC Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HaCtG1F_hfE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Charting the Unknown is available to pre-order now on PS5, with Steam, Xbox and the Epic Games Store pre-orders kicking off later today. The DLC, priced $25 (we&#8217;re yet to find a UK price &#8211; we&#8217;ve contacted Pearl Abyss and will update this story if we hear back), notably isn&#8217;t coming to the Mac (App Store) version, but Pearl Abyss will let us know if the plan changes.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to put down your money early, you&#8217;ll unlock the Charter&#8217;s Diving set (for Kliff and Oongka) and Charter&#8217;s Light Diving set (for Damiane) as a pre-order bonus.<\/p>\n<p>The DLC announcement comes hot on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-enhanced-patch-2-00-details\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s Enhanced free upgrade<\/a>. Enhanced bundles all previously-released patches alongside some new skills, story additions, localisations in multiple new languages, a revamp to the way characters earn and quip skills and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Not shown today, for obvious reasons, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-switch-2-multiplayer\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s in-development Switch 2 version<\/a>, which the developer announced in August. Pearl Abyss also said at the time it&#8217;s exploring multiplayer and live service models for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Desert is one of this year&#8217;s most successful games. The open-world action role-playing game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-sales-6-million\">has sold over 6 million copies worldwide<\/a> since its release in March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Crimson Desert to get some new stuff. During today&#8217;s State of Play presentation, developer Pearl Abyss unveiled Charting the Unknown. This is the game&#8217;s first post-launch DLC, and it&#8217;s set to arrive 15th October on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S.<\/p>\n<p>Charting the Unknown brings a new set of story missions to Crimson Desert. Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane set off on an adventure that takes the trio deeper into the continent of Pywel. We&#8217;ve known since June that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-summer-2026-update-roadmap\">Crimson Desert is getting DLC at some point<\/a>, so it&#8217;s nice to see it revealed today and that it&#8217;s not too far off.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s trailer footage was captured on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a>, if you&#8217;re curious. It offers a first look at the homesteading and house-building features, and what looks to be a marriage proposal and romance feature. NPCs were also shown cooking, so presumably you can get them to prepare food for you.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Abyss sadly hasn&#8217;t offered any official details about the expansion to go along with today&#8217;s announcement, so we&#8217;re speculating somewhat here.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown | Official DLC Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaCtG1F_hfE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HaCtG1F_hfE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown | Official DLC Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HaCtG1F_hfE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Charting the Unknown is available to pre-order now on PS5, with Steam, Xbox and the Epic Games Store pre-orders kicking off later today. The DLC, priced $25 (we&#8217;re yet to find a UK price &#8211; we&#8217;ve contacted Pearl Abyss and will update this story if we hear back), notably isn&#8217;t coming to the Mac (App Store) version, but Pearl Abyss will let us know if the plan changes.<\/p>\n<p>If you decide to put down your money early, you&#8217;ll unlock the Charter&#8217;s Diving set (for Kliff and Oongka) and Charter&#8217;s Light Diving set (for Damiane) as a pre-order bonus.<\/p>\n<p>The DLC announcement comes hot on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-enhanced-patch-2-00-details\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s Enhanced free upgrade<\/a>. Enhanced bundles all previously-released patches alongside some new skills, story additions, localisations in multiple new languages, a revamp to the way characters earn and quip skills and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Not shown today, for obvious reasons, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-switch-2-multiplayer\">Crimson Desert&#8217;s in-development Switch 2 version<\/a>, which the developer announced in August. Pearl Abyss also said at the time it&#8217;s exploring multiplayer and live service models for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Desert is one of this year&#8217;s most successful games. The open-world action role-playing game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-sales-6-million\">has sold over 6 million copies worldwide<\/a> since its release in March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Crimson Desert Crimson Desert&#8217;s first DLC is called Charting the Unknown, and it&#8217;s out next month Pywel, Pywel, Pywel. Image credit: Pearl Abyss. 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