Can you store items in Crimson Desert?

There are a helluva lot of items in Crimson Desert. That's no surprise, considering how many systems Pearl Abyss has managed to stuff into this game. You need bugs to craft dyes; ores, timber, and cloth to upgrade gear; ingredients for your all-you-can-eat-buffet you'll inevitably chow down on mid-boss fight; and a whole heap of peonies to craft Palmer Pills.

Lugging around all those goods takes up residence inside your inventory a lot faster than you might think. Crimson Desert starts you out with a moderate 50 slots—which you can increase through side quests and via buying upgrades—but as you take on large-scale liberations and find yourself with hundreds of enemies to loot, it's never quite enough.

Does Crimson Desert have any storage?

While Crimson Desert launched with no way to stash items outside of your inventory, good news! Patch 1.00.03 has now added private storage, letting you offload any hoarded materials or ingredients you'll want to make use of in the future.

You can access your private storage in one of two locations, depending on where you are in the main story:

• Chapter 1 and Chapter 2: The patch has added a storage chest in one of the tents at the Freesword Encampment, which is just behind the Royal Trading Post outside Hernand.
• Chapter 3 onwards: The camp you unlock at Howling Hill contains a Supply Chest—which has now been renamed to Private Storage—located behind provisions manager Carl.

Note that once you unlock Howling Hill, the chest at the Freesword Encampment will disappear. There are no other places to store items right now—any furniture you can decorate your home with like cabinets and wardrobes are purely cosmetic.

The Private Storage chest has 240 slots, but do keep in mind that it's also where items from despawned enemies you didn't get around to looting are sent. If you're close to maxing out storage space but still want the game to hoover up unclaimed loot for you, you'll need to keep an eye on it and do an occasional cleanout.

If you're still struggling for space between Private Storage and your inventory, there are a couple of things you can do:

• Complete Requests to increase your inventory space even further.
• Open any pouches you're hoarding.
• Discard or sell letters from side quests you no longer need.
• Sell recipes you've already learned.

Also limit yourself to just one or two stacks of easy-to-obtain items, like cloth. You could even spend some silver to open up Abyss Gear slots on unused armour (that you want to hold onto) if you find yourself with a bunch of Gears clogging up space.

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