Pearl Abyss Releases Crimson Desert Patch 1.18.00, Adding 8 Quest Knowledge Categories

Q: Could the newly fixed Jijeong Temple questline finally unlock the mysterious Abyss Artifacts players have been hunting for?

Possibly, but the patch itself does not newly unlock them. Patch 1.18.00 fixes a progression bug in the Jijeong Temple questline where a pensive statue could revert to its broken state while players were repairing the statues. That matters because outside walkthroughs for Chapter 9’s “Six Pensive Statues and the Evil Spirit” chain say this sequence leads into the T’rukan the Ascended fight and can award Abyss Artifacts among its rewards. The key distinction is that Pearl Abyss did not announce any new Abyss Artifact content in the patch notes. What it did was restore reliability to a quest step that may have been blocking players from finishing the chain. If some players had been unable to complete Jijeong Temple because the statue bug reset progress, this fix could effectively allow them to reach rewards that were already in the game but inaccessible due to the bug. There is also evidence nearby content contains artifact-related secrets. One walkthrough mentions a Sealed Abyss Artifact near Jijeong Temple and lists Abyss Artifacts as rewards tied to the broader quest chain. That strengthens the idea that players hunting these items may now have a clearer path. So the most accurate answer is that the fix likely helps players obtain Abyss Artifacts if the broken statue bug was stopping progression, but there is no official sign that patch 1.18.00 added a fresh unlock or revealed a new hidden artifact system.

3 articles · Updated · ixbt.games · Aug 16

Patch 1.18.00 adds Quest Knowledge to Crimson Desert across eight categories, with completed quests credited retroactively so players do not need to start a new game.
Three target-lock camera modes—Manual, Semi-auto and Auto—aim to give players more control over camera rotation during combat.
Pearl Abyss also fixed rendering corruption on some GPUs, including the GTX 1060, when FSR or XeSS frame generation was enabled, along with low-FPS camera jitter and unstable indoor lighting.
The update further switches research spending from silver to camp funds and resolves issues affecting mounts, quick-slot arrows, localization and text quality across all languages.

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With sudden hotfixes following patch 1.18.00, what hidden game-breaking issues forced Pearl Abyss to act so quickly?

Could the newly fixed Jijeong Temple questline finally unlock the mysterious Abyss Artifacts players have been hunting for?

How will the unexpected shift from silver to camp funds secretly reshape the entire economic strategy of players?

Pearl Abyss Releases Crimson Desert Patch 1.18.00, Adding 8 Quest Knowledge Categories

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