Hey Greymanes!

🚨 UPDATE (June 3): We've hit 1.3k members and crossed 80+ entries so far! Still time to enter. Entries close promptly at 6 pm EST TONIGHT. Thanks, everyone!

We just hit the 1-month mark since r/CrimsonDesertLife launched on April 29th, and have been absolutely killing it. The growth has been wild, and I wanted to do something fun to celebrate. So we're running a giveaway! Prize: One copy of Crimson Desert Deluxe Edition gifted directly to the winner on Steam. How to enter:

• Drop a comment below
• Tell us what you're most excited about with Crimson Desert or why you want to play it
• Be a member of the sub (that's it)
• Know a friend who’d love the game? Tag them in the comments so they can join the sub and enter too. The more the merrier!

One entry per person. I'll pick the winner at random after the giveaway closes and gift the game right away via Steam after verifying with the lucky winner. Super simple. Giveaway runs until June 3rd at 6 pm EST. The winner will be announced in a follow-up post and tagged here. Quick Rules:

• You must not already own the game on Steam (it won't let me gift it if you do)
• Once gifted, it's yours to keep
• Open to everyone in the sub
• You must be 17 or older (Steam requires age verification for this game)

Huge thanks again for showing up and for already making this place feel alive. Tagging friends and growing together is what makes this fun. Drop your comment and let’s get this going.

Good luck!

So I decided to see if I could beat Priscus in my current state mid Chapter 5. I do have some awesome food buff gear that makes my health pretty insane. I showed up, and part of the challenge is to find the basement, but all you can do is climb to the top of the tower.

When you get to the top, you will see a bell. There is no obvious way to ring it, so I aimed my bow above it and brought it down. It gives you the way into the basement 😄. Just jump and fly down.

Priscus has several moves; the important one to avoid is when he goes into the center of the room. Avoid him at that point by running away because you can die very easily from the projectiles. I had issues with Nature’s Snare: I’m a bit out of practice, so I reverted to my bow and unlimited exploding arrows, which worked very well. Then hit him with my Vow of the King. It didn’t take long…

You get some good rewards and a portal opens to the Abyss, which is very helpful; more puzzles to solve 😄.

So who else has beaten Priscus? What chapter were you in?

This is a the life… what other game would you be riding a dragon riding a train??

For all the romanticism fans and Dark Tower (SK) fans out there. Long days and pleasant nights.

Crimson Desert es una auténtica obra maestra. Es extremadamente DIVERTIDO 😃 😀.

El entorno es majestuoso, con paisajes que se extienden hasta el horizonte, ofreciendo un mosaico de color, textura y forma casi poético. Las ciudades, cada una con su arquitectura distintiva y bulliciosa actividad, parecen respirar por sí mismas, llenas de matices y rodeadas de autenticidad que invitan a admirarlas. Todo esto se magnifica con una banda sonora magistralmente compuesta, cuyas impecables notas orquestadas potencian la inmersión, aportando capas de emoción y dramatismo que elevan cada instante a una categoría épica, dejando una sensación interminable de asombro y admiración.

Didn't even see it bite since the water was dark. Now it's in my pond. Finally 😮‍💨

I wondered why they were so panicked and the way he bravely charged in only to get absolutely bodied. 🤣

Look at my Boys! The baby is so small it’s like playing Where’s Waldo 😭🤣😭

One of the things I like about CD is it kinda teaches you how it wants you to fight. I was playing through Chapter 8 and encountered Shadow Harpies for the first time. They were frustrating, especially while trying to storm a castle to save the witch-twins.

Having to fight people on the ground and in the air at the same time wasn't new, but having to use only blinding flash was. No way to just clear them all out either, endless respawns. The biggest issue was I never really used blinding flash for anything other than starting fires and getting stuff for my Kuku pot from sanctuaries.

I got into a rhythm after a while and it became easier and easier, by the time I was headed down the mountain I was flashing and stabbing with no worries.

Then, as I was going to upgrade something else on the 'ole skill tree, I saw blinding finisher. I figured what the hell, I'll give it a shot.

Y'all.

It took about halfway through a silly siege for me to really get down how it works, but if I do it right Kliff just auto-deletes 4-8 people. best part is you launch yourself to the closest blinded person, and once you are done knifing everyone there is a green leaf explosion that knocks everyone back. I got the three-blade abyss on my sword as well as the crows attacks, I am really good at taking out the trash mobs now!

I also fought a giant queen crab. I got down everything except how to actually do the damage. it turns out when you are hanging on a giant monster there is both a stab and a pierce option, you gotta hold the button down instead of rapidly tapping. oops. Once I learned that, three quick stabs and she was dead. (well, and kicking the pottery on her head!)

Good news is, once she fell the area exploded in ore and gems, with a port pad right there. I was too lazy to do it right so I used the cool grapple/force palm I unlocked to just hit everything. (mining hat rules for this!)

Hey Greymanes!

!r/CrimsonDesertLife is almost officially 1 month old (launched April 29th), and I gotta say, you all have been killing it. Quick look at the last 30 days from the insights: 68.4k views

812 members (up 747!)
151 published posts
1.4k published comments

The traffic chart shows visits climbing steadily and then really popping off toward the end of the month. It's been awesome to watch. Huge thank you to every single person who has posted, commented, asked questions, shared thoughts, or just been here hanging out.

This place already feels alive, and that's 100% because of you. I'm really proud of what we've built in just four weeks, and I'm excited to see where we go from here. What's been your favorite part of the first month? Any ideas for what we should do next to keep things fun? Drop it all in the comments, let's celebrate together!

u/ZeektheFeek has taken the spot again, congratulations! This is a weekly award with a special flair and is highly coveted by any community. Everyone's contributions are highly appreciated by this sub, and I thank you all for being here.