Crimson Desert Player Uses a Poor Raccoon to Show… Well… This May Be NSFW

As players enactment their mode done Crimson Desert, they’re discovering much and much unexpected things they tin bash successful the unfastened world. We’ve seen players larn they tin tag squad to an extent, navigator nutrient with airy from their sword, and adjacent catapult themselves crossed the representation with the powerfulness of trees. But this adjacent find… well, I don’t deliberation anyone saw this 1 coming.

Warning! Spoilers… and possibly a NSFW tag for Crimson Desert to follow:

Anyone who’s played Crimson Desert volition cognize it’s packed with animals ample and small. Many animals you tin really prime up (one aboriginal quest tasks you with lugging a sheep crossed town). Enter StaffProfessional68, who had a thought astir the animals I uncertainty galore others would have.

In the clip below, we spot StaffProfessional68 prime up a raccoon and past submerge it successful water. After a twelve seconds, the raccoon dies, letting the subordinate tegument it for resources (a tiny bone, 2 thin meat, and 3 bladed hides, if you were wondering). Yes, Crimson Desert really has an carnal drowning mechanic, seemingly for nary crushed astatine all.

StaffProfessional68’s video, which has astir 2,000 upvotes connected reddit, was met with a premix of fearfulness astatine the player’s actions, and praise for the developers astatine Pearl Abyss for having this benignant of item successful the game. Here’s a snippet:

“I thought, ‘Oh helium is going to amusement america however to tame the raccoons,’ and I got each excited…” “Stuck betwixt worrying astir you and reasoning the devs did a large occupation lol,” said another. “Wow, that's cruel! But 10/10 for the Devs!” different commented. Added different player: "You monster!!! 10/10 gameplay."

Eventually, players wondered if this works with different animals. It seems StaffProfessional68 has been thorough with their tests, confirming it works with cats and adjacent kids (the babe goat kind, not the quality kind, though I wouldn’t enactment it past this game). So yes, Crimson Desert does so person a drowning mechanic for immoderate animals.

But what’s the constituent of this feature? There is nary mode to butcher an carnal specified arsenic the raccoon aft catching 1 successful this way, leaving the lone enactment to spot it backmost connected the crushed — or, arsenic we’ve seen, drown it. Or, you tin transportation the carnal backmost to the Livestock Black Market merchant to merchantability it to them, but that feels similar a batch of enactment for small gain.

So, this 1 conscionable seems to beryllium a spot of a weird hidden detail, yet different illustration of the lengths Pearl Abyss went to to marque Crimson Desert arsenic overmuch of an unfastened satellite sandbox arsenic it is an unfastened satellite enactment game. It’s each getting a spot Red Dead Redemption 2, isn’t it?

We've got plentifulness much connected Crimson Desert, including subordinate requests to marque the dragon much accessible, spot notes for yesterday's game-changing update, and our Crimson Desert review. If you’re jumping into Crimson Desert’s immense unfastened world, we urge you instrumentality a look astatine our usher to Things to Do First successful Crimson Desert, positive Things Crimson Desert Doesn’t Tell You (we’ve got 28 and counting!). We’ve besides got a usher to the Best Early Weapons we urge picking up, the Best Skills to Get First (including a useful explainer of the skills system), and 34 Essential Tips and Tricks to assistance you win successful Pywel.

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