Crimson Desert's biggest update yet has arrived, adding three new difficulty modes and storage content, as Pearl Abyss teases a new way to 'face off against the bosses of your choice' soon

• Crimson Desert version 1.04.00 has been released, the biggest update yet
• The patch adds three difficulty modes, new storage content, and more
• Pearl Abyss has also teased a new boss replay feature coming soon

Pearl Abyss has released Crimson Desert's biggest update yet, which adds a plethora of new content, while also teasing more to come.

Version 1.04.00 is now available across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC via Steam and Epic Games, but will be rolled out for Mac at a later time.

The biggest takeaway from the patch is the addition of Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty modes, the latter of which the studio said is "for experienced Greymanes looking for more intense and thrilling combat," which will offer a bigger challenge.

Easy mode will make it so that any damage taken by the player is reduced, as well as all enemies' maximum health, aggressiveness, and overall speed.

There's also an extended timing window for parry and dodge, and the mode also reduces the frequency of bosses attempting to counterattack or escape when hit.

Normal mode is what you'd expect, a balanced experience, and what players have been used to since the game launched, while Hard mode introduces increased damage taken by the player, increased maximum health, aggressiveness, and overall speed of opponents for enemies, reduced timing window for parry, dodge, and invincibility duration for roll.

The frequency of bosses attempting to counterattack or escape when hit has also been increased, and some bosses also have additional combat patterns.

Speaking of, Pearl Abyss has also teased a new boss replay mode, which would allow players to " face off against the bosses of your choice", a feature which will be added "soon."

Alongside a ton of improved UI, quality-of-life, and performance improvements, the patch also adds new storage content, including the Sturdy Gatherables Chest featuring 1000 slots, which can be set up with the housing system.

There's also the Kuku Cooler and Enhanced Kuku Cooler, offering 40 and 330 slots respectively, and a Collectibles Chest that has 1000 slots.

An outfit storage feature for the Wardrobe is also now available, providing 100 slots.

"Each Wardrobe provides 100 storage slots, and the total storage capacity increases based on the number of wardrobes placed," Pearl Abyss explained, but the maximum outfit storage capacity is 1000 slots.

You can check out the full patch notes here, which also note a new 'Select House' option, allowing players to change the layout of their house, an improved Greymane Camp, five new types of cat pets, the ability to have birds as pets, and more.

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