How to fast travel in Crimson Desert

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How to fast travel

There is a Crimson Desert Fast travel system, you just won't unlock it for a while or get the best from it initially. It also isn't very clearly explained, and you'll need to put some work in to make it truly useful. Trust me, it is worth it eventually though. It works via various travel points around the world, marked as Abyss Nexus or Abyss Creset (depending on how you unlock them) but they're not always easy to find. Below I'll explain how to fast travel in Crimson Desert, as well as how to find various new fast travel points on the map.

How Crimson Desert fast travel works

To fast travel in Crimson Desert, and get across the Pywel map, you need to do the following:

Use the Blinding Flash ability to mark glints of blue light in the distance.
Head to these blue glints. If you're close to a potential fast travel point, a white circle and question mark will appear on the map marked as a "Mysterious Power".
From this point on, there are two possibilities: Either there'll be a stone platform you need to stand on until it glows blue (an Abyss Nexus, shown below), or a more complex, specific puzzle to be solved (an Abyss Creset).
Standing on the Nexus or solving the puzzle will claim the Artifact within and unlock that location as a permanent fast travel point for the rest of the game.
To fast travel, select that Nexus or Creset on the map and choose the "Teleport" option (Y/Triangle).

Crimson Desert Abyss Nexus — (Image credit: Pearl Abyss)

You will eventually be able to jump all over the map easily, you just need to find and unlock the travel points first. So, the more you find, the more options you'll have to jump around. Just remember that you can't fast travel while doing certain things – for example, in combat, or while sprinting, climbing, or falling. If you're not able to fast travel and try, you'll get a red marker that says "Cannot teleport in current state." You'll need to stop whatever's blocking the ability before you try again.

Want to teleport back to the Greymane camp? That one requires a puzzle to solve, but we'll explain it in our guide on how to fast travel to Howling Hill in Crimson Desert.

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