Crimson Desert Patch 1.06.00 Adds Special Mounts

Pearl Abyss released Patch 1.06.00 for Crimson Desert on May 11, 2026, introducing a system of special mounts, an equipment material recovery feature, and numerous gameplay improvements across Xbox Series X/S, PC, PlayStation 5, and Mac platforms.

The update allows players to tame and ride 11 new special mounts, including bears, boars, wolves, deer, mountain goats, kuku birds, iguanas, raptors, camels, lions, and tigers. Ferocious animals can be subdued in combat and fed to build trust, while other species require unique taming methods. Saddles, now optionally equipped rather than default, are available at specific saddleries such as Hernand for wolves and bears, and Varnia for camels. Players can assign one regular mount and one special mount to quickslots, with a dedicated inventory tab for management. Feeding mounts is possible while riding, and untamable animals do not gain trust from food.

Additional content includes an "Extraction" system at smithies, enabling partial recovery of refinement materials without destroying gear. Common materials like iron ore return at about 70 percent, while special items such as Abyss Artifacts and Aeserion scales yield 100 percent. The...