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Crimson Desert players missed a massive shortcut for an early mission

You don't need to kill every Bleed Bandit In Crimson Desert, there's an early side quest in the House Roberts storyline called "Sealed in Stone." It comes immediately after defeating Marni's Excavatron, and it has one objective: defeat the enemies around Karin Quarry. Above the objective on the HUD, there's a meter and percentage that depletes with every Bleed Bandit you kill. The problem is, it goes down really slowly. Each enemy is worth .5%, give or take, so logic states you need to kill approximately 200 foes to clear the quarry entirely. This is how I did it, and it took me around 20 minutes of non-stop slaughter. Little did I know, I missed a massive shortcut, and chances are, so did you. Thanks to Reddit user Glittering-Lunch1778 for this comment on a post satirizing the quest, as it reveals a key piece of info: you don't actually need to kill individual enemies to complete the objective. Above the objectives, three locations are listed: the Infirmary, Timber Warehouse, and Barracks. Turns out, if you focus on destroying those structures, it will take away 33.3% of the total at a time. Given how many upvotes the comment has, and how popular the overall post is that reference

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Crimson Desert players missed a massive shortcut for an early mission

You don't need to kill every Bleed Bandit In Crimson Desert, there's an early side quest in the House Roberts storyline called "Sealed in Stone." It comes immediately after defeating Marni's Excavatron, and it has one objective: defeat the…

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Crimson Desert players missed a massive shortcut for an early mission

You don't need to kill every Bleed Bandit In Crimson Desert, there's an early side quest in the House Roberts storyline called "Sealed in Stone." It comes immediately after defeating Marni's Excavatron, and it has one…

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