How to Set Up Crimson Desert Cross-Save Across Platforms

Crimson Desert Cross-Save uses a Pearl Abyss ID to connect supported platform accounts to one shared save slot.

The official Cross-Save page currently supports:

• PlayStation Network
• XBOX
• Steam
• Epic Games

Mac is not currently supported by Cross-Save. This is separate from Crimson Desert itself being available on Mac.

You also need an internet connection. Account linking and Cross-Save uploads or downloads are unavailable in Offline Mode.

Note: You must own Crimson Desert separately on every platform where you want to play. Cross-Save shares progress, not game ownership.

Install the latest Crimson Desert update on every platform you plan to use.

Pearl Abyss says an older save can load after the game is updated, but a save created on a newer version cannot load on a platform that is still running an older version.

Updating first reduces the risk of reaching the other platform and finding that the shared save cannot be opened.

The Cross-Save webpage lets you connect one account from each supported platform. You can have up to four linked platform accounts in total:

• One PlayStation Network account
• One XBOX account
• One Steam account
• One Epic Games account

A platform account can only be linked to one Pearl Abyss ID at a time. If an account is already connected to a different Pearl Abyss ID, you must sign in to the currently linked Pearl Abyss ID and unlink that platform account before connecting it elsewhere.

Every Pearl Abyss ID receives one Cross-Save slot. The same slot is shared by every supported platform connected to that account.

The slot does not continuously update in the background. Before changing platforms:

If you leave the first platform without updating the Cross-Save slot, your newest local progress will not automatically appear on the other platform.

When you load the shared save on another platform, your character progress and inventory carry over.

Platform-specific paid items or entitlements are different. Pearl Abyss says an entitlement bought on one platform may not appear or may remain unavailable on another platform where that entitlement was not purchased.

You can still load and play the Cross-Save file, but a disabled paid item may need to be purchased separately on that platform before you can use it there.

You can unlink connected platform accounts from the official Cross-Save page.

If two or more platform accounts remain linked, removing one does not delete the shared Cross-Save data. However, unlinking the last remaining platform account permanently deletes the Cross-Save slot data.

Before removing the final platform account, load the Cross-Save data and store the progress in a normal local save slot.

Deleting the Pearl Abyss ID itself also permanently deletes the Cross-Save data associated with it.

Pearl Abyss recommends checking these specific points:

For additional save protection, Pearl Abyss also recommends keeping local backups where available. The official Crimson Desert Save Data Notice explains local PC and Mac save locations and warns about cloud synchronization conflicts.