Crimson Desert patch 1.11 raises pet limit to 100 and lets shopkeepers resell your lost gear

Pearl Abyss dropped Crimson Desert update 1.11 on June 12, pushing the game further into pet simulator territory. The headline change: players can now register up to 100 pets, up from the previous cap of 30 — a jump that follows patch 1.09, which already added 30 new tameable species including hedgehogs, rabbits, and chipmunks. You can only summon 50 at camp simultaneously, but that's still a small army of animals following you around.

The pet expansion works through new challenges that reward items to unlock the higher registration cap. Players who already completed the relevant challenge get those reward items retroactively. Baby wyverns also get a dedicated map icon, which should help anyone trying to track the little creatures. On the character side, Damiane and Oongka — the two secondary playable characters — can now equip the Mining Drill and Chainsaw, bringing them closer to parity with Kliff. A new shopkeeper system lets merchants collect and resell lost rare equipment within seven days of it being lost, though at a higher price than its original value. The pinball minigame also got a difficulty reduction and several physics fixes, including a ball that no longer clips through walls or gets stuck in the upper-left corner.

Crimson Desert launched earlier this year to solid reviews for its combat and scope, but took heat for inventory management issues, cumbersome controls, and fast travel problems. Pearl Abyss has been patching aggressively on a near-weekly cadence since launch, addressing most of those complaints and steadily expanding the game's systems. The studio announced this week that Crimson Desert has sold 6 million copies in under three months — a milestone that prompted Pearl Abyss to pay staff a performance bonus of roughly $3,400 each. A summer content roadmap and DLC are both confirmed to be in development.

The Reddit community is enjoying the absurdity of the pet cap increase, with one post summing up the vibe: "it just keeps getting better." The game has drawn comparisons to a single-player MMO, and the pet hoarding mechanics fit that mold — pets aren't just cosmetic, they follow players into combat and loot defeated enemies. With DLC on the horizon and patches still rolling out weekly, Pearl Abyss shows no sign of slowing down.