Crimson Desert's Trees are the best weapons against bosses

By now you're probably tired of hearing about all the cool things to do in the Crimson Desert. Cooking meat with the reflection of the sun on your sword, getting eaten by a giant whale, and finding gold bars early on is great, but none of that helps when you're stuck on a tough boss while struggling with the game's confusing controls.

You really need to make sure Kliff and his weapons are leveled up before going into the boss battle because players had a hard time with them. However, there seems to be a relatively easy way to beat most bosses, and it involves hitting them in the head with a tree. That's right, not a gun, a tree.

Trees are our friends

You've probably already cut down a number of trees to get wood. However, this is not their only use. Once you've unlocked enough of Kliff's abilities, you'll be able to pick up entire logs and slam them into the ground, shattering them into pieces. As Darth Microtransaction shows on Twitter, you can use this technique to one-shot some bosses.

In his video, the streamer revealed how you can defeat the Abyss Kutum boss with a single shot. They used Nature's Grasp to pick up a nearby tree, approach the boss, and then simply connect it with the massive trunk. Not only was it fast, but watching the trunk and smashing the boss is very satisfying.

Of course, this may require a few extra hits on mid- or late-game bosses as they will be tougher, but it will still take away a large portion of their health. This tactic will work well against slow and massive bosses, but will probably be harder to pull off against smaller, humanoid ones as they can be too fast.

Unfortunately, not all bosses will have trees around them, so this strategy can only be used in certain situations. Crimson Abyss has a plethora of features and mechanics that you can take advantage of in combat, but it's good to see that bonking bosses with massive sticks is still a viable option.


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Released

March 19, 2026

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language

Developers

Pearl Abyss

Publishers

Pearl Abyss


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