Bosses are the named opponents in Crimson Desert that stand apart from the regular fights you run into along the way. Each one has its own attack patterns, and they range from armored knights and war machines to giant beasts and dragons. Every boss you defeat is recorded in the game through its Memory Fragment, whether it comes from the main game or the Charting the Unknown expansion, so you can work through them one by one.
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Base game
Abyss Kutum
#1- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Twisted Thicketway
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact, Power Core - Spire of Defiance
- Release
- Base game
Aeserion, the Great Serpent
#2- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Serpent Shrine
- How It Starts
- Aeserion, the Great Serpent
- Rewards
- Aeserion Sword
- Release
- Base game
Antumbra's Spear
#3- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Sanctum of Revelation
- How It Starts
- Cloister of Ruination
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Antumbra's Staff
#4- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Sanctum of Solace
- How It Starts
- Cloister of Ruination
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact, Guidance of Pursuit
- Release
- Base game
Antumbra's Sword
#5- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Sanctum of Absolution
- How It Starts
- Cloister of Ruination
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact, Vessel of Dark Pursuit
- Release
- Base game
Ator, Archon of Antumbra
#6- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Cloister of Ruination
- How It Starts
- Cloister of Ruination
- Rewards
- Seal of Pitch-Black Darkness, Darkbringer, Ator’s Will Helm, Ator’s Will Cloth Armor, Ator’s Will Leather Gloves, Ator’s Will Leather Boots, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Awakened Lucian Bastier
#7- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Spire of Clockwork
- How It Starts
- A Fleeting Dream
- Rewards
- Official Knight's Plate Armor, Spire of Clockwork Key
- Release
- Base game
Awakened Ludvig
#8- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Pailune Castle
- How It Starts
- Lonely Jackals
- Rewards
- Hungering Fang Leather Cloak, Hungering Fang Leather Boots
- Release
- Base game
Balthazar, the Wyvernflame
#9- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Fort Windridge
- How It Starts
- The Wyvernflames
- Rewards
- Wyvern Blaster, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Beekeeper
#10- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Beloth, the Darksworn
#11- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Hoenmark Ruins
- How It Starts
- White Blizzard
- Rewards
- Frost Spike, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Black Bear Captain
#12- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Deepfog Basin
- How It Starts
- Turning Tides
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Black Bear Vice Captain
#13- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Steinnfell Fortress
- How It Starts
- Persistent Dark Shadow
- Rewards
- Spine of the Earth, Pailunese Contribution
- Release
- Base game
Black Fang
#14- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Forest of Wolves
- How It Starts
- Legendary Wolf
- Rewards
- Shadow Claw, Leebur’s Soul
- Release
- Base game
Blackstar
#15- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Urdavah
- How It Starts
- Shattered Stars
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Blix
#16- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Nas Riverside
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Bradie Gu
#17- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Bloodsteel
- How It Starts
- Deathchime
- Rewards
- Wheel of the Last Toll, The Ivory Messenger, Delegation Leather Hat, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Cassius Morten
#18- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- City of Calphade
- How It Starts
- The Unyielding Shields
- Rewards
- Shield of Betrayal
- Release
- Base game
Clockwork White Horn
#19- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Clockwork Heart
- How It Starts
- Eternal Corridor
- Rewards
- White Horn’s Ring, Cogwheel, Small Battery, Lubricant
- Release
- Base game
Corrupted Caliburn
#20- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Light and Darkness
- How It Starts
- The Void
- Rewards
- Twisted Verdict
- Release
- Base game
Crimson Nightmare
#21- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Fort Perwin
- How It Starts
- Continuing Concern
- Rewards
- Hernandian Contribution EXP, Freya’s Elixir, Apollonia’s Lesser Elixir, Meliara’s Lesser Elixir
- Release
- Base game
Crookrock Walker
#22- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Forebearer’s Barrens
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Abyss Cell, Composure I, Power Core - Spire of Defiance, Destruction I
- Release
- Base game
Crowcaller
#23- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Crow’s Nest
- How It Starts
- Black and White
- Rewards
- Blackwing Leather Armor, Blackwing Mask, Tauria Curved Sword
- Release
- Base game
Desert Ancient
#24- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Sunken Desert Temple
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Ancient Guardian Seal, Petrified Weapon Fragment
- Release
- Base game
Desert Marauder Rusten
#25- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Forebearer’s Barrens
- How It Starts
- The Village Beneath the Siege Engine
- Rewards
- Plunderer’s Gold Chest, Pillager’s Leather Boots
- Release
- Base game
Dreadnought
#26- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Marni’s Laboratorium
- How It Starts
- Keys to the Fortress
- Rewards
- Sonic Resonator, Coldheart Plate Cloak
- Release
- Base game
Duane
#27- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Fallen God
#28- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Pailune peaks
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Flying Fortress Orbian
#29- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Cloud Fortress Orbian
- How It Starts
- Chapter 11: Brave New World
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Fortain the Cursed Knight
#30- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Thornbriar Fortress
- How It Starts
- Demeniss Bound
- Rewards
- Shackle of Might, Abyss Artifact, Demeniss Refinement Token
- Release
- Base game
Frostwalker Tervis
#31- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Full Moon Reaper
#32- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Eastern Court
- How It Starts
- Lunar Judgment
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Gabriel Caliburn
#33- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Demeniss Castle
- How It Starts
- Demeniss Bound
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Giath
#34- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Drakesfall Castle
- How It Starts
- Masked Hunter
- Rewards
- Chalice of Corruption, Savage Sawblade
- Release
- Base game
Gigantified Titan
#35- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Windsong Peaks
- How It Starts
- Fallen God
- Rewards
- Reckoning
- Release
- Base game
Gilded Guardian
#36- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Cloister of Enlightenment
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Muskan's Upper Body Clone, Muskan's Lower Body Clone, Regglin Plate Helm, Gilded Goblin's Cloth Armor
- Release
- Base game
Golden Star
#37- Encounter Type
- Mysterious Creature
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Marni’s Masterium
- How It Starts
- Foreboding Shadow
- Rewards
- Golden Fire, Blueprint II: Abyssal Fusion
- Release
- Base game
Goyen
#38- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Nest of Valor
- How It Starts
- Unwavering Steps
- Rewards
- Witch’s Ring, Greymane’s Earring
- Release
- Base game
Grave Walker
#39- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Silent Falls Hideout
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Sorcerer’s Staff (after lighting both stone lanterns)
- Release
- Base game
Grave Walker x2
#40- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Northwest of Longbranch
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Abyss Gear, Abyssal Seed
- Release
- Base game
Gregor, the Halberd of Carnage
#41- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Fort Ironclad
- How It Starts
- Ashen Steps
- Rewards
- Golden Vanguard, Abyss Artifact, Radiant Necklace
- Release
- Base game
Gristle, the Sandfang Marauder
#42- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- Bandits Riding Wolves
- Rewards
- Tommasoan Bow
- Release
- Base game
Gwen Kraber
#43- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- The Eldertree
- How It Starts
- The Eldertree
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Half Moon Reaper
#44- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Western Court
- How It Starts
- Lunar Judgment
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact, Nature’s Echo
- Release
- Base game
Hemon Beindel
#45- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Fort Hellwood
- How It Starts
- Reliquary of Saint Senia
- Rewards
- Hound, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Hexe Marie
#46- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Smoking Lands
- Location
- Hexe Sanctuary
- How It Starts
- Veiled Witch
- Rewards
- Earring of Dark Magic, Crow Whisperer
- Release
- Base game
Icewalker
#47- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Everfrost
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Icewalkers
#48- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Snowy woods along the river in Hernand
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Kailok of the Past
#49- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Kailok, the Hornsplitter
#50- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Goldleaf Guildhouse
- How It Starts
- The End of Greed
- Rewards
- Sword of the Lord, Seal of Greed - Goldleaf Merchant Guild, Iron Ore
- Release
- Base game
Kali, the Masked Liberator
#51- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Crimson Desert
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Karanda
#52- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Harpy’s Nest
- How It Starts
- Queen of the Skies
- Rewards
- Eye of the Sky, Pillar of Wind, Infinite Arrows II
- Release
- Base game
Kearush the Slayer
#53- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Hernand Castle
- How It Starts
- Uninvited Guest
- Rewards
- The Grove’s Thorn, Gale I, Howling of Chaos
- Release
- Base game
Keglord Garnier Mk. XXIII
#54- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Laughing Marionette
- How It Starts
- Midnight Circus
- Rewards
- Tech Hat, Official Knight’s Cloth Cloak, Wrecked Keglord
- Release
- Base game
Knight of the Beacon
#55- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Demeniss watchtower
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Lava Myurdin
#56- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Ashclaw Keep
- How It Starts
- Battle at the Silver Wolf Mountain
- Rewards
- Melted Ambition, Pailunese Contribution EXP
- Release
- Base game
Lithus, the Cubewalker
#57- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Southern Quarry
- How It Starts
- A Rumor in the Southern Quarry
- Rewards
- Secret of the Abandoned Mine, Rune-Engraved Rock, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Lonely Jackals Vice Captain
#58- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- Lonely Jackals
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Lucian Bastier
#59- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Spire of Clockwork
- How It Starts
- Traitor
- Rewards
- Official Knight’s Plate Armor, Official Knight’s Leather Boots, Official Knight’s Leather Gloves, Eclipsed Solas Plate Gloves, Spire of Clockwork Key
- Release
- Base game
Ludvig
#60- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Pailune Castle
- How It Starts
- Lonely Jackals
- Rewards
- Hungering Fang Leather Cloak, Hungering Fang Leather Boots
- Release
- Base game
Machina Knight with Marni Longsword
#61- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Marni’s Outpost
- How It Starts
- Abandoned Trade Route
- Rewards
- Electro-Mecha Longsword, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Machina Knight with Marni Spear
#62- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Marni’s Outpost
- How It Starts
- Abandoned Trade Route
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Marni's Clockwork Mantis
#63- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Regent’s Rise
- How It Starts
- Greater Firepower
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Marni's Excavatron
#64- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Karin Quarry
- How It Starts
- Stolen Quarry
- Rewards
- Gold Vein Map, Mining Knuckledrill
- Release
- Base game
Marni's Mecha Siege Captain
#65- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Master Du
#66- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Cloister of Enlightenment
- How It Starts
- Enlightenment
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Matthias
#67- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- City of Hernand
- How It Starts
- Hernand in Chaos
- Rewards
- Pump Kick
- Release
- Base game
Mazzul, the Dark Justiciar
#68- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Burnhand Quarry
- How It Starts
- The Dark Justiciar
- Rewards
- Sanguine Knell, Ashad Plate Gloves, Golden Beer
- Release
- Base game
Mechanicus
#69- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Marni’s Steel Factory
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Merrick, Knight of Fortune - First Encounter
#70- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Ruin’s Excavation
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Sword of Greed
- Release
- Base game
Merrick, the Knight of Fortune
#71- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Crimson Mountains Fortress
- How It Starts
- The Crimson Desert’s Knight of Fortune
- Rewards
- Hologram Projector, Sword of Greed, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Moren, the Mistwood Huntmaster
#72- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Ridgehunter Tannery
- How It Starts
- Bright Longleaf Forest
- Rewards
- Icicle Edge, Alpine Ibex Horn
- Release
- Base game
Muskan
#73- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Tommasoan Territory
- Location
- The Bonepit
- How It Starts
- Emperor of the Bonepit
- Rewards
- Combat God’s Plate Gloves
- Release
- Base game
Musket Ultimate Weapon
#74- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- The Abyss
- Location
- Fort Musket
- How It Starts
- Chapter 12: The Void
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Myurdin
#75- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Hills of No Return
- How It Starts
- Ambush
- Rewards
- Axiom Bracelet
- Release
- Base game
Myurdin, the Avatar of Umbra
#76- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Umbra Abyss
- How It Starts
- The Void
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
New Moon Reaper
#77- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Southern Court
- How It Starts
- Lunar Judgment
- Rewards
- Nature's Echo
- Release
- Base game
Ogre
#78- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Desolate Megalith Altar
- How It Starts
- Overlord of the Desolate Monoliths
- Rewards
- Ogre’s Necklace, Colossal Might
- Release
- Base game
One-Armed Ludvig
#79- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Kingshield Mountain
- How It Starts
- Twisted Fate
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
One-Eyed Jackal Captain
#80- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Skallcove
- How It Starts
- Where Lightning Strikes
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Praevus the Ancient
#81- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Fallen Abyss
- How It Starts
- Praevus the Ancient
- Rewards
- Memory of Ancient Nature, Ancient Earring, Ancient Wrath, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Primus the Ancient
#82- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Arrowhead Rock
- How It Starts
- Primus the Ancient
- Rewards
- Ancient Ring, Ancient Reckoning, Sage’s Eye, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Priscus the Ancient
#83- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Spire of Ringing Truth
- How It Starts
- Priscus the Ancient
- Rewards
- Delesyian Contribution EXP, Blessing of the Immortal, Ancient’s Necklace, Ancient Retribution
- Release
- Base game
Queen Bismuth Oreback Crab
#84- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Well of Enlightenment, Valley of Grief
- How It Starts
- The Oreback Crab in the Desert
- Rewards
- Bismuth Ore, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Queen Spider
#85- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Arboria Castle
- How It Starts
- Queen of the Silkspun Citadel
- Rewards
- Stirrups of the Open Sky, Queen’s Fangs, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Queen Stoneback Crab
#86- Encounter Type
- Mysterious Creature
- Region
- Redfox Forest
- Location
- Stoneback Crab Wetlands
- How It Starts
- The Queen’s Lake
- Rewards
- Diamond, Garnet, Azurite
- Release
- Base game
Ravok of the Savage Fangs
#87- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Tashkalp
- How It Starts
- Savage Fang
- Rewards
- Volcanic Blaster, Giant Brown Sugar Cube, Rock Tusk Warthog Molar, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Reed Devil
#88- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Frozen Soul Mountain
- How It Starts
- The Face Behind the Mask
- Rewards
- Sunset Reed Cloth Gloves
- Release
- Base game
Righteous Inquisitors Commander
#89- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Demeniss
- How It Starts
- Departure of the Brave
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Saigord the Staglord
#90- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Savage Peaks
- Location
- Icemoor Castle Ruins
- How It Starts
- Lord Amidst the Ruins
- Rewards
- Staglord’s Shield
- Release
- Base game
Samara, the Sandwatcher
#91- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Izvatu Fortress
- How It Starts
- Bullets Piercing the Sandstorm
- Rewards
- Gustav Musket, Shadow Contract
- Release
- Base game
Sir Catfish
#92- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Vallua
- How It Starts
- Beyond the Silent Waves
- Rewards
- Voyages of Sir Catfish, Catfish Plate Helm, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Sizlek the Insatiable
#93- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Ruined Chapel
- How It Starts
- Ruined Chapel
- Rewards
- Lightning Blade of Greed, Goldbranch Plate Crown, Shadow Gloves
- Release
- Base game
Skull Knight
#94- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Eye of Ice
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Snow Walker
#95- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Everfrost
- Rewards
- Frozen Core, Ice Crystal Shard
- Release
- Base game
Split Horn
#96- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Hidden Goblin Encampment
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Stefan Lanford
#97- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Calphade Castle
- How It Starts
- The Unyielding Shields
- Rewards
- Mace of Resolve, Shield of Conviction, Unyielding Warrior's Plate Helm, Unyielding Warrior's Plate Armor, Unyielding Warrior's Plate Cloak, Canta Plate Gloves, Unyielding Warrior's Plate Boots
- Release
- Base game
Storm Crusher
#98- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Aeronautical Research Base
- How It Starts
- Brave New World
- Rewards
- Delesyian Ornamental Shield, Marni Musket
- Release
- Base game
T'rukan the Ascended
#99- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Serpent Marsh
- How It Starts
- True Strength
- Rewards
- Wooden Mask of Lost Justice, Wanderer of Faith Leather Gloves, T’rukan’s Fighting Spirit
- Release
- Base game
Taming Dragon
#100- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Crimson Desert
- How It Starts
- A Wider World
- Rewards
- Stardust Necklace, Focused Force Palm
- Release
- Base game
Tarandus the Ashen
#101- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Odeck
- How It Starts
- Executioner of Justice
- Rewards
- Ashen Execution, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Tenebrum
#102- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Scholastone
- Location
- Scholastone Institute
- How It Starts
- Forbidden Knowledge
- Rewards
- Key to the Spire of the Stars
- Release
- Base game
The Crimson Warden
#103- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Demeniss Wildlife Park
- How It Starts
- The Crimson Warden
- Rewards
- Crimson Chaser Mail, Arrow Rain, Dark Red Goblet
- Release
- Base game
The Forgotten General
#104- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- The General’s Tomb
- How It Starts
- Slumbering Soul
- Rewards
- Awakened Spirit, Odeck’s Protector armor set, Mysterious Gift, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
The Masked Liberator
#105- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Fort Manub
- How It Starts
- The Master of Masks
- Rewards
- The Masked Liberator’s Cloth Armor
- Release
- Base game
The Raging Tempest
#106- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Demeniss Port
- How It Starts
- The Day the Moonlight Waned
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Thunder Tank
#107- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Delesyia
- Location
- Valvegard Garrison
- How It Starts
- Brave New World
- Rewards
- Mechanical Clockwork Blaster, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Titan
#108- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Windsong Peaks
- How It Starts
- Master of Thunder
- Rewards
- Lightning Bolt Plate Armor, Reckoning, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Tristan, the Flame Knight
#109- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Flame Knights Castle
- How It Starts
- Flame Knights
- Rewards
- Seal of Devotion, Scorchflame Plate Gloves, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Umbra
#110- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Umbra Abyss
- How It Starts
- The Void
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
Vordis, the Runewalker
#111- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Hernand
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Mossy Secret Map, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Walter Lanford
#112- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Hernand
- Location
- Fort Warspike
- How It Starts
- Name Written in Blood
- Rewards
- Golden Piggy Bank, Dane Shotgun, Rhonda Leather Boots
- Release
- Base game
Whistling Arrow Blackstar
#113- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Urdavah
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Base game
White Bear of the High Mountains
#114- Encounter Type
- Legendary Animal
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Fort Askelund
- How It Starts
- The Unending Threat of the Black Bears
- Rewards
- Split Tooth
- Release
- Base game
White Bearclaw
#115- Encounter Type
- Legendary Animal
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Vat’nholl Fortress
- How It Starts
- Shadows of Beasts
- Rewards
- Ashad Plate Helm
- Release
- Base game
White Horn, Shepherd of Souls
#116- Encounter Type
- Legendary Animal
- Region
- White Mountains
- Location
- White Mountains
- How It Starts
- Soul Shepherd
- Rewards
- Frost Hail, White Horn’s Earring, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Base game
Wolf Tracker Assault Leader
#117- Encounter Type
- Elite
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- -
- How It Starts
- Bloodied Sword
- Rewards
- Savage Sawblade
- Release
- Base game
Charting the Unknown
Archon of Antumbra, Kharzek
#118- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- The Silent Burial Ground
- How It Starts
- Veil of Darkness
- Rewards
- Abyss Artifact, Revelation’s End Abyss Gear
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Ator
#119- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Pailune
- Location
- Ator's Hidden Cave (Silver Wolf Mountain)
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Geago the Flamecrazed
#120- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Demeniss
- Location
- Scorchrock Castle
- How It Starts
- Chasing a Shadow
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Iron Tyrant Harkan
#121- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Trader's Expanse
- How It Starts
- Unidentified Attack
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Knight of Void
#122- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Trivana Sound — The Buried Corridor
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Longsword of Void
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Reggis the Isleguard
#123- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Great Ocean
- Location
- Razanui Island — Razanui Bone Nest
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Rohan Cooper
#124- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Great Ocean
- Location
- Bergel Island — Cave of Sorrow
- How It Starts
- Cave of Sorrow
- Rewards
- Naval Officer’s Armor
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Satyros
#125- Encounter Type
- World Boss
- Region
- Great Ocean
- Location
- Satyros Island — Satyros Waterfall Village
- How It Starts
- -
- Rewards
- Satyros Spear, Ancient Relics, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Scrap Metal Queen Stoneback Crab
#126- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Crimson Desert
- Location
- Trader's Expanse
- How It Starts
- Unidentified Attack
- Rewards
- -
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
The Dancing Catfish Crusher
#127- Encounter Type
- Story Boss
- Region
- Great Ocean
- Location
- Samora Island
- How It Starts
- The Seaborne Village
- Rewards
- Trial by Fire, Ancient Relics, Abyss Artifact
- Release
- Charting the Unknown
Boss Types and What They Mean
Every boss in Crimson Desert falls into one of a few types, and the type gives you a rough idea of what the fight will feel like. Story bosses are tied to the main campaign and its quests, so they tend to come up as you move the story along. World bosses are the big fights out in the wider world, though the label is broad enough that a few of them also appear in the story.
Elite bosses are named fighters who often bring their own troops or helpers, so the crowd around them is part of the challenge. Legendary Animals are the huge wild creatures, like the white bears of Pailune and the great beast of the White Mountains. Mysterious Creatures are the strange ones, such as the colossal Queen Stoneback Crab and the mechanical dragon Golden Star.
Knowing the type helps you prepare. A crowd means dealing with the helpers early, while a giant or a wild animal usually means learning its big moves before you move in.
How to Find and Start Boss Fights
Many bosses begin with a quest or a story chapter, so following the questline that leads to a boss is often the quickest way to meet it. Plenty of fights are also tied to a particular place, like a castle, a ruin or a mountain, so the location tells you where to head.
Not every boss waits at the end of a quest. Some roam the map, like Gristle, the Sandfang Marauder, who rides through desert sandstorms, and the Icewalkers, a group of frost elementals that move through the snowy woods of Hernand. Others are harder to spot. The Knight of Void waits behind an illusory wall in Trivana Sound, and Reggis the Isleguard can be found without a quest at all.
Some fights require a longer trip. Charting the Unknown lets you sail to islands off the coast, and several of its bosses can only be reached that way, so you'll need a ship. You can build one through a dispatch mission or buy one from fleetmasters around Pywel. A few sit in The Abyss, the realm floating above Pywel that you reach through gates.
How to Beat Bosses in Crimson Desert
Bosses often give off a warning before their biggest attacks, a wind-up you can learn to read. Watch for it, dodge the hit, and then strike while the boss is still recovering from its move. A boss that has just committed to a heavy swing or charge is open for a moment, and that's when a counter or a combo lands best.
Shields and guards call for a different approach. Cassius Morten blocks light strikes, so you need heavy attacks to break his guard before you commit to a combo. Other bosses reward a well-timed parry, like Kailok, the Hornsplitter, whose parried attacks open a chance to stagger him.
Many bosses also change partway through a fight. A new phase can bring new moves, teleports or stronger combos, so pause and watch before you jump back in. Long fights test your stamina too, so keep some in reserve for the harder phases.
Bosses That Need a Special Approach
Some bosses respond to a specific element, so it pays to bring the right tool. Fire attacks help break through the cold of Snow Walker, White Horn and Frostwalker Tervis, and Tervis also leaves frost zones and ice trails across the arena. Ator, Archon of Antumbra is a different case, since its hits trigger tracking orbs and keeping your distance matters more than close-range combat.
Some fights are won by dealing with what surrounds the boss. Beekeeper is protected by hives that release poison clouds, so destroying the hives stops the bees. Crimson Nightmare fills the area with poison gas, so clear that threat before using Force Current to bring it down. Split Horn is guarded by his warriors, and it's easier to clear them first than to be hit from two sides.
Some giants have to be climbed. The Titan fight ends with a giant third phase, called Gigantified Titan, where you climb its lowered arm and strike the exposed mark on its back. Queen Stoneback Crab is a similar kind of fight, where you climb onto her back, break the mineral deposits to expose the glowing weak points, and keep your footing while she tries to buck you off.
Riders like Ravok of the Savage Fangs, Moren, the Mistwood Huntmaster, and Gristle stay in the saddle until you stagger them, so that's the first goal. Once they're on foot, they're easier to read. A few fights aren't about the kill at all. Taming Dragon is a rescue, where you pull three spears from its back while it tries to throw you off mid-flight, and Blix, the goblin fugitive near Nas Riverside, is worth taking alive, since the full bounty depends on capturing him.
Boss Rewards and What to Expect
Most bosses give you something when you defeat them, and the prizes are mostly gear: weapons, armor pieces and full sets you can equip. Some rewards belong to a single fight, like the Aeserion Sword from Aeserion, the Great Serpent, or the Reckoning from the Titan fight. Others come as a set tied to one boss, such as the Ator's Will armor from Ator, Archon of Antumbra.
Abyss Artifact turns up as a reward on a lot of fights, making it one of the most common prizes. You'll also pick up materials, such as Iron Ore from Kailok, the Hornsplitter, and Bismuth Ore from the Queen Bismuth Oreback Crab.
Some rewards depend on extra steps. The Sorcerer's Staff from Grave Walker only comes after you light both stone lanterns in its cave. If you're after one particular piece of gear, it helps to know which fight drops it before you set out.
Boss Rematch and How to Fight Bosses Again
Boss Rematch lets you fight a boss again after you've beaten it. Once a boss is defeated, its Memory Fragment becomes active, and you can find it on the World Map or the minimap, or under Knowledge > Memory Fragments > Bosses. That menu also has an Open Map option that shows exactly where the fight took place.
Go to that spot, light your lantern and read the fragment, then choose a mode. Reminisce fights the boss exactly as you first met it. Resonate raises its stats to match your progress, but only when your stats are higher than the boss's originals, so a boss never ends up weaker than it was.
Phases and attack patterns stay the same in both modes, and the difficulty setting still applies on top. Kliff, Oongka or Damiane can each take a rematch. The giant fights are a big part of why the feature exists, since combat becomes less frequent as more of the continent is liberated.
Rematches are for practice and challenge, not loot. Any consumables you use are restored when the battle ends, and no separate loot is dropped. Bosses added with Charting the Unknown can be refought with their Memory Fragments too.
Charting the Unknown Bosses
Charting the Unknown brings its own set of bosses, spread across the mainland and the islands of the Great Ocean. On the mainland you'll meet Archon of Antumbra, Kharzek, at the Silent Burial Ground during Veil of Darkness, and Geago the Flamecrazed at Scorchrock Castle during Chasing a Shadow. Iron Tyrant Harkan and the mechanized Scrap Metal Queen Stoneback Crab both appear at Trader's Expanse during Unidentified Attack, where their armored bodies make up most of the challenge.
The island bosses take more travel. Reggis the Isleguard guards Razanui Bone Nest, Satyros watches over the Waterfall Village on Satyros Island, and Rohan Cooper waits in the Cave of Sorrow on Bergel Island as part of that island's questline. The Dancing Catfish Crusher appears on Samora Island during The Seaborne Village quest.
FAQ
Is there more than one boss called Ator?
Yes. Ator, Archon of Antumbra is a base game boss at the Cloister of Ruination in Pailune, while the Charting the Unknown Ator is a colossal ancient weapon in a hidden cave beneath Silver Wolf Mountain, also in Pailune. Check the location of the one you're after before you set out.
Is there a boss rush mode in Crimson Desert?
No. Boss Rematch runs one fight at a time, and each rematch starts at the site of that boss's original fight. If you want to work through several bosses, you'll have to travel to each spot in turn.
Does Hard difficulty change boss fights?
Yes, on some bosses. Hard adds combat patterns to certain fights, so they can play out differently from Normal. You can switch difficulty at any time in Settings > Play, so you can change it before a tough fight.
What is the Garden of Trials?
The Garden of Trials is a combat challenge added with Charting the Unknown. It opens after the main story, near the Axiom Archive Abyss, and it's a series of fights that includes bosses from your earlier adventures. You can bring up to three characters and pick the order they enter, and if one falls, the next in line keeps the battle going. Food can't be used for recovery there, and each group you clear boosts one of your skills.
