How to unlock each character in Crimson Desert

There are five playable companions to find across Pywel, each with their own skill trees and weapon specialties. You can also recruit pets and tame horses if you prefer furry friends. Two other main characters remain unclear from the current information. Damiane becomes playable in Chapter 3 during the main quest when you travel to Howling Hill to help assemble the new camp; Marshall Middler introduces her and she unlocks then.

Press F1 (or up on the d-pad on controller) and move the pointer over Damiane before releasing to zoom out and swap to her. She has her own skill tree and can use weapons Kliff cannot, such as rapiers and guns like the musket. Oongka, a Greymane orc heavy, appears later in the story.

You meet him again in Chapter 6 and fight with him for a while, and he unlocks as playable at the end of Chapter 7. Oongka uses heavy weapons like big axes and hammers and wields an orc blaster as a ranged weapon. You can select him with F1 (or up on the d-pad) as well.

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