Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown — reveal trailer and Features Overview ahead of the October 29 launch
Charting the Unknown, the first paid expansion for Crimson Desert Enhanced, launches October 29, 2026 at 22:00 UTC (15:00 PT, 18:00 ET, and 07:00 KST/JST on October 30), the same instant in every region. Below are Pearl Abyss’s reveal trailer and its new Features Overview.
Reveal trailer
The Official DLC Reveal Trailer, from September 3.
Open the reveal trailer on YouTube ↗
Features Overview
The Features Overview, from October 20, walks through what the expansion adds.
Open the Features Overview on YouTube ↗
What the expansion adds
- Three new storylines, one each for Kliff, Oongka and Damiane, plus an ocean-focused storyline.
- The underwater world: all three characters can dive to explore ruins, treasure chests, and new creatures and mounts. Staying under consumes breath, so gear such as a diving suit extends your time.
- Your own ship to sail the Great Ocean of Pywel, built through a ship-building dispatch at a port or bought from a Fleet Office manager.
- Romance and festivals: build trust with some of Pywel’s inhabitants, up to romance and marriage. Close friends may visit an upgraded Greymane Camp.
- An upgraded housing system that lets you build a house from the ground up.
- Greymane Castles: three strongholds you can liberate, claim and decorate.
- Management: rent and run businesses, from a restaurant in Vellua to a smithy at Zargan Tankworks.
- Garden of Trials: a boss-rush mode against bosses from across your adventure, with special rewards.
What you need before it starts
Pearl Abyss lists the prerequisites, so you can line them up before launch:
| Feature | Unlocks after |
|---|---|
| The three character storylines, Garden of Trials | Finishing the main story |
| The ocean storyline | “Howling Hill” in the main story |
| Building a ship | A questline that opens once your Greymane Camp is set up at Howling Hill |
| Upgraded housing | Your Howling Hill camp, plus Luke’s Request in the “Grounds of the Sunrise” Greymanes Faction quest |
| Businesses | Liberating the relevant region through its faction quest, and setting up your camp |
| Greymane Castles | The main story and related quests, then liberating each stronghold |
| Diving | Nothing — no special conditions |
Twitch Drops at launch
A two-week Twitch Drops event starts with the release. Week 1 (October 29 22:00 – November 4 23:59 UTC) can be used by every owner of the base game. Week 2 (November 5 00:00 – November 11 23:59 UTC) rewards can only be used by DLC owners.
What changes on this site
The launch is on our events page with a countdown. Our Crimson Desert route covers the base game. Charting the Unknown’s content will be added after release, from the day-one patch notes and our own play, not from this preview.