Discover everything you need to know about skipping the time in Crimson Desert, including all the methods.
The objectives and progression in Crimson Desert follow the day-and-night cycle. Use a bed, camp, or advanced time for quests to pass the time. You can’t spam sleep repeatedly due to the cooldown or fatigue system.
Skipping the time is beneficial whether you’re waiting on a vendor restock, trying to complete the quests, or any other objective. Sleeping on the bed and resting at the campfire are the best ways to kill time and wake up at your desired set time.
Passing the Time Overview
Crimson Desert is designed to progress in day and night. Some quests are available during the daytime, while the other quests can only be completed during the night. If you think you have to wait for nighttime to complete the specific objectives or do other tasks, then you’re very much wrong.
You can skip the time by using the different methods, like interacting with the campfire, sleeping on any bed, or advancing time to activate quests. Each of these ways lets you pass the time quickly, so consider any of them.
Certain creatures only spawn during a specific time of the day, making it crucial to skip that time. The game doesn’t really explain how to move the time forward. Skipping time is a good mechanic if you want to reset the vendor’s inventory, which resets at midnight.
How To Sleep on Bed
The primary way to skip time is to find and interact with the bed to sleep on it in Crimson Desert. Move into any house in the town or village that has the door open. Once you find the bed, approach it and interact with it to sleep.
Moving time through the beds is actually easy and doesn’t have any consequences. However, you can sleep again for a certain period of time after sleeping on the bed. You can sleep again after some time has passed, and fatigue builds up again. Choose how much time to skip when sleeping on a bed:
- 3 hours
- 6 hours
- 12 hours
Rest At Campfire
The other easiest way to pass the time in Crimson Desert is to head to any bonfire/campfire. Use Focus to lock onto it by holding L1 and LB on the controller or CTRL on the keyboard. You get the option to press Square to actually cook. However, to pass the time, what you need to do is hold down L1 to aim directly at the cauldron on the bonfire.
Doing so lets you gain the option to press X to wait. After pressing the button, you get three options in the lower right side of the screen. The game allows you to choose to wait for 3 hours, 6 hours, or 12 hours. Keep in mind that there’s a bit of a cooldown on the time passing mechanic. The early cooking pot is located in Hernand Town on the right of the meat vendor.
Advance Time For Quests
You can also choose to save your time when activating quests in Crimson Desert. You get a clue to skip the time after reaching the quest marker, and the quest giver is somehow not there. Press the ESC button on the keyboard to pass the time, allowing the quest giver to spawn. This lets you avoid the option to choose the time to skip.
Greymane Camp in Howling Hill, Hernand Town, Settlements, your own home, and campfires are the best places to sleep and pass the time. The campfires are all scattered around the world, or you can also build your home and place the bed inside.
