Crimson Desert is a game all about exploration. It hasn't got much going for it in the story department, whether that is just down to bad writing or the reports of trouble behind the scenes, but you can't argue that the game has one of the most compelling open world sandboxes of the generation. It's only natural that some players would want to explore every inch of it.
However, some players are finding that being curious and exploring where they're probably not meant to is punishing them down the line. That's because it seems like Crimson Desert has a few quests that will allow you to pick up key quest items early, but doing so will actually completely softlock the quest that they're attached to.
One such example of this happening was recently shared by Reddit user Great-Remove-844 on the Crimson Desert subreddit, as they explain grabbing the Fruit of Life key item that is needed to progress in the Fragment of Life mission that it's attached to will completely brick it, as the game won't register you've picked up the item if you already have it in your inventory.
It's not the only instance of this happening...
