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How to cancel a faction quest in Crimson Desert

In Crimson Desert, you can’t “cancel” most story or faction quests once they’re accepted, but you can cancel comrade/faction dispatch missions (the ones you send your crew on from camp).

1. If it’s a comrade/faction dispatch mission

These are the repeatable missions you send your comrades (like Ronald, Ross’s crew, etc.) on from the camp. Players often call these “faction quests” because they’re tied to factions like Greymanes.

Steps to cancel:

  1. Return to your main camp (e.g., Howling Hill or whichever hub you’re using).
  1. Talk to Ross , the Dispatch Coordinator.
  1. Choose “Manage Comrades” → “Mission Dispatch”.
  1. In the mission list, select the active mission (it’ll usually be highlighted in gold at the top).
  1. Press the cancel button shown on the bottom right of the screen (on PC this is often F , on consoles it’s the prompted button).
  • The comrades will stop the mission and return to camp.
  • The cost is refunded, so there’s no penalty other than lost time.

This is the main way people “cancel faction quests” when they’ve sent someone to the wrong mission or need them back immediately.

2. If it’s a main story / faction storyline quest (e.g., Greymanes,

Blue Fangs, Secret Organization)

For normal questline objectives (talk to X, go to Y, eavesdrop, etc.), the game does not provide a cancel/reset option.

What you can do:

  • Drop the quest from your tracker so it’s not active, but it will still remain in your quest log.
  • Progress the story ; many “stuck” quests auto-complete or update as you move forward.
  • For certain bounties or NPC-interaction quests, sometimes just leaving the area and coming back later or continuing other content makes the objective reset or become completable.

There is no confirmed in-game “reset quest” feature for main/faction storylines as of current guides and forum discussions.

3. Special case: “Bared Fang” / Secret Organization interrogation

Some players think they need to “cancel” during the interrogation part of the Bared Fang quest. You don’t cancel the quest itself; you exit the conversation intentionally to get a new objective.

Typical flow:

  • Choose dialogue options (e.g., “Secret Society’s Base” → Lie → “Mysterious Faction”).
  • When the game tells you to find more info, you “cancel” the conversation (back out / press the cancel prompt) to leave and get a new objective like “Find a clue about the mysterious faction.”
  • Go to the marked location, eavesdrop, then return and continue the dialogue chain.

This “cancel” is just ending the dialogue , not cancelling the quest.

TL;DR

  • Comrade/faction dispatch missions :
    • Go to camp → Ross → Manage Comrades → Mission Dispatch → select mission → press Cancel.
  • Main/faction storyline quests :
    • No direct cancel; you can only drop from tracker or progress/return later.

If you describe which exact quest (name and what it’s asking you to do), I can give more targeted steps. Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.