How to Unlock the Cloudcart in Crimson Desert

• Primary Subject: Crimson Desert
• Key Update: Blueprint location, crafting requirements, and how it works
• Status: Confirmed
• Last Verified: March 30, 2026
• Quick Answer: The Cloudcart is unlocked by solving a hidden puzzle in Glenbright Manor (Chapter 3), then crafting it via the Emberwind Workshop using Greymane companions—requiring at least one Engineer and multiple resources.

You won’t unlock the Cloudcart in Crimson Desert right away; it requires advancing the story, solving puzzles, and managing your camp.

While it may look like just another mount, the Cloudcart is actually a crafted aerial tool, which means you’ll need to unlock its blueprint, meet specific requirements, and commit resources before you can ever use it.

Where Do You Find the Cloudcart Blueprint?

Everything starts at Glenbright Manor, which you’ll reach naturally in Chapter 3, but even though the main quest leads you there, the Cloudcart is tied to optional interactions that are easy to miss if you move through the area too quickly.

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Inside the manor, you’ll encounter a multi-step environmental puzzle, where the upper floor features display pieces and a mirror mechanism that can be adjusted using a nearby control.

Rotating the mirror correctly reflects light onto a specific object, which reveals a hidden compartment containing one of the required daggers.

You can find another dagger close by, and since both are needed to progress, exploring the lower level will also lead you to a secret entrance hidden behind a wall painting.

Advancing through the hidden passage leads you to a key that unlocks the manor’s basement, and once all required items are collected, you return upstairs to a fireplace room with two interaction slots.

Placing the two daggers into their slots sets off a hidden mechanism that rearranges nearby structures and reveals a downward passage.

Following this newly opened route takes you into the basement, where the Cloudcart blueprint is stored.

Reading it doesn’t give you the mount immediately, but it permanently unlocks the knowledge required to build it later.

How Do You Unlock the Ability to Craft It?

Once you’ve secured the blueprint, you’ll need to reach the Emberwind Workshop, a location in the same region that opens up after exploring the manor, but access alone doesn’t allow you to begin crafting.

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The Cloudcart is tied to your camp’s faction system, meaning you need to recruit Greymane companions before you can proceed. More importantly, at least one of these companions must have the Engineer skill.

This requirement is often what slows players down, since Engineer-type recruits are not always immediately available and may require completing additional faction missions or rumor-based quests to unlock or level up.

Until you have a properly qualified team, the Cloudcart remains unavailable, even if you already have the blueprint.

What Do You Need to Actually Build the Cloudcart?

Once all requirements are met, the Cloudcart isn’t built manually but instead created through a dispatch system where you send your Greymane companions on a construction mission at the Emberwind Workshop.

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To initiate the process, you’ll need to commit five companions in total, including at least one Engineer, along with a set of resources. These include stone, timber, food, and a significant amount of silver.

The mission takes several hours in-game and acts as the final step by combining both resource management and faction progression.

After the construction mission is complete, the Cloudcart becomes available as a summonable mount. You can call it through the standard mount system, and once deployed, it functions like a hot air balloon rather than a traditional vehicle.

The Cloudcart trades speed for elevation, using thermal lift to slowly carry you upward so you can explore higher areas, scout locations, or access routes that would normally require climbing.

However, its lift is limited, so it will eventually start losing altitude and require you to glide back down. This means the Cloudcart is more useful in certain moments instead of being relied on as your main transport.

Even after completing all the steps, some players have reported issues with the Cloudcart not summoning correctly or behaving inconsistently.

In some cases, this has been tied to known bugs or patches that haven’t fully resolved certain mechanics.

Because of this, it’s possible to meet all requirements and still experience technical problems depending on your game version.

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