Crimson Desert 1.16: 133 trading posts and supply-demand pricing
Pearl Abyss patch 1.16.00 adds 133 trading posts, dynamic prices, royal post 4x payouts, seven wagon workshops, and a map Trade tab. Here’s what changed and how to run it.
Dust off the wagon. Pearl Abyss just flipped Crimson Desert’s trading loop from side hobby into a real money route. Patch 1.16.00 adds 133 new trading posts, supply-and-demand pricing, and a map Trade tab so you can actually plan routes instead of hoping a merchant exists over the next ridge.
Patch status
Platform
1.16.00
Steam (PC / Mac)
Live
PlayStation
Live
Xbox
Live
Epic Games Store
Live
Mac App Store
Later (in progress)
Official framing from the notes:
This patch improves trading, and includes various bug fixes and stability improvements.
Pearl Abyss did not lightly sprinkle vendors. The trading block is a systems pass:
Change
Detail
New posts
**133**, including the merchant at **Pailune Trading Post**
Unlock rule
New posts appear after progressing related quests
Inventory mix
Types and quantities rebalanced at posts
Supply / demand
Prices change when too many goods sell at one location
Distance premium
Higher profit at posts hard to reach by wagon
Overall payouts
Trading profits increased across the board
Royal posts
Trade-good prices **quadrupled**; wagons no longer vanish after delivery
New goods
**24** high-value + **4** regular trade goods
Stacking
Packaged goods stack to **10 or 100** by price; unpackaged to **5 or 50**
Flexibility
Sell single goods; move goods between wagon and horse
The supply rule is the anti-exploit tooth: flood one market, watch the local price drop. The distance rule is the adventure tooth: risk the long haul, bank the margin.
Greymanes still do the violence; the wagon now does the spreadsheet
Wagon workshops and the Trade map tab
Seven new wagon workshops double as intermediate trading posts across Pywel:
You can package and load goods there. Minimap now draws wagon routes while you drive.
The new map Trade tab is the real QoL win:
See trading posts, royal posts, workshops, and routes in one place
Filter posts that sell the goods you want
Open post details for full market prices
Average buy price for trade goods is displayed
Register packaged goods to map filters from horse/wagon/shop/storage UIs
See on-map quantities for goods currently on horses and wagons
Special markers for merchants touched by trade events
The open world is still the product; trading is now a reason to cross it on purpose
Bank bonds (where the profits go)
Trading is only half the money loop. Bank improvements land alongside it:
Cap on gold bars gained/lost via bank interest adjusted to 40
Claim Bank Strongbox
Deposit 10+ bonds to start investing
Bonds exchange for 10 Gold Bars
Bond Shop for rare bond-priced items
If wagon runs finally print, bonds are the sink Pearl Abyss wants you to feed.
Also in 1.16 (so you do not miss the small stuff)
Challenge blockers got fixed (Back Alley Cleanup, Shield of Unchanging Will V, Harmonious Hooves VIII, Overwhelming Slash II). Animal interaction animations improved for platypus, feathered weasel, armadillo, porcupine, and hedgehog. Squirrel-types can be skinned. PC gets AMD FSR SDK 2.3.0 with FSR Upscaling 4.1 on RX 7000 / RDNA 3.
Still a Pearl Abyss world: weird fauna, big set pieces, and now denser trade arteries
How to play the new loop tonight
Update to 1.16.00, then open the map Trade tab
Filter for a high-value good you can source cleanly
Buy at a dense hub, sell at a remote or royal post (do not dump everything in one town)
Stage through a wagon workshop when you need to re-package mid-route
Park surplus gold into bonds once you hit the 10-bond invest gate
Confirmed vs rumor
Claim
Status
133 posts + supply/demand + royal 4x prices
Confirmed in [official 1.16.00 notes](https://crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com/en-US/News/Notice/Detail?_boardNo=110)
Live on Steam, PS, Xbox, Epic
Confirmed
Mac App Store delay
Confirmed (in progress)
Trading becomes the “main game” forever
**Player choice**; combat/Abyss content still core
Pearl Abyss keeps shipping like an MMO studio inside an action-adventure shell. This one finally makes the wagon worth hitching. Full notes: Patch Notes Version 1.16.00.
