Pearl Abyss is crossing two of its IPs over with a Black Desert X Crimson Desert collaboration.
The collab adds Crimson Desert-themed items into Black Desert, the ongoing open world action MMORPG, both for PC/consoles and mobile (these are two distinct games—the mobile game isn’t a direct port).
There will be a collab event on both Black Desert/Black Desert Console and Black Desert Mobile. The timing of this collab event, to be available globally, isn’t announced just yet, however.
What’s announced are pre-order bonuses for Crimson Desert which are items for Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile. These items, available for a limited-time, can be redeemed on one selected platform (choose either Black Desert or Black Desert Mobile) by pre-ordering Crimson Desert.
Pre-orders of physical copies of Crimson Desert will get a code to redeem these items. Digital pre-orders will automatically be eligible for the rewards, though it’s not clear how exactly the auto-redemption process works.
The Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile item rewards for pre-ordering Crimson Desert are as follows:
- Black Desert and Black Desert Console
- Ashen Crow Horse Gear
- Choose Your Horse Emblem: Dream Arduanatt Box
- [Pet] Golden Star (Tier 4)
- [Manor] Golden Star Statue
- Black Desert Mobile
- 4,000 Black Pearls
- [Barding] Ashen Crow
- Token: Golden Star (Tier 7 Petscend 2)
- Golden Star Statue
These pre-order items are mostly nice-to-haves, but it’s a nice gesture to get players who play Black Desert, which developer Pearl Abyss says to have 55 million players across all platforms (PC, consoles and mobile) to check out Crimson Desert.
While there has been instances of game delays where pre-orders get cancelled before, Pearl Abyss looks to be locked in to release Crimson Desert, an ambitious-looking open world title, globally on March 20, 2026 for the PS5, PC (Steam), Mac and Xbox Series X|S.