To get the Marni Cat Wheel in Crimson Desert, play the pinball/arcade machine at the Delisa tavern to earn Marni tokens, raise the nearby merchant’s trust so you can buy the Cat Wheel blueprint, then craft the wheel at the Timberham Sawmill workstation and place it at your camp.
The Marni Cat Wheel in Crimson Desert is one of those small camp comforts that’s a bit more involved than it looks. It’s not something you grab from a shop — it runs through a pinball machine, a token grind, a merchant you have to win over, and a crafting bench tucked away in another region. Below is the full route from your first silver coin to the finished wheel sitting on your lawn, plus the materials it reportedly eats and the alternative paths players are still arguing about.
What the Marni Cat Wheel actually is
The Marni Cat Wheel is decorative pet furniture — a piece you place on the lawn outside your camp house, after which your cats will hop in and run around in it whenever you come home. It’s classified in-game as pet furniture and was reportedly added in patch 1.12, though that patch attribution comes from a single social clip and isn’t officially documented.
How to get the Marni Cat Wheel in Crimson Desert
Head to the Deleysia tavern
Make your way to the tavern in Delesyia — note the town’s name is spelled inconsistently across the community, so go by your in-game map.
Play the arcade pinball machine
Check the corner of the tavern for the arcade pinball machine, interact with it, and hop in for a game; each try costs 1 silver.
Earn 80 Marni tokens
The pinball machine pays out Marni tokens after each game, so keep playing until you’ve banked a total of 80 tokens.
Speak to the nearby merchant
Leave the machine and find the merchant standing close by to begin unlocking the blueprint.
Raise her trust level to 100
Increase the merchant’s trust to 100 — the easiest way is gifting her copper pouches.
Buy the Marni blueprint
With her trust maxed, she’ll let you purchase the Marni Cat Wheel blueprint from her stock.
Examine the blueprint in your inventory
Open your inventory, find the blueprint in the Book section, and examine it to learn the recipe.
Travel to Timberham Sawmill in Hearnand
Head to the Timberham Sawmill in Hearnand, which has the crafting station this item needs.
Craft the Marni Cat Wheel
Once you’ve gathered every material, craft the wheel at the station — the materials are the slow part, not the crafting itself.
Place the wheel at your camp
Return to the house at your camp and you’ll have the option to select and place the Marni Cat Wheel on your lawn.
Stock up on silver and copper pouches before you go — you’ll feed silver into the pinball machine for every token run, and copper pouches are the fastest way to push the merchant’s trust to 100.
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Crafting materials and where to gather them
| Material | Reported quantity | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Flawless timber | 40 | Gathered timber refined to flawless quality |
| Rubber | 40 | Rubber trees — grow your own or find them in Delysia and Hernandt |
| Abyss Cells | 10 | Abyss Cells can be obtained from Mech NPCs |
| Electrical component | 3 | Dropped by large machines, reportedly from big machines in Deleysia using Axiom force |
Crafting is the genuine wall here, mostly because of the gathering. The reported recipe asks for 40 flawless timber, 40 rubber, tennibis cells, and three electrical components. Treat those numbers as reported requirements rather than confirmed values — they come straight from the in-game crafting screen in a single walkthrough and aren’t corroborated anywhere on the wider web, so they may shift with patches or differ from what you see.
Community-reported routes to the blueprint
The token-and-merchant path above is the one walked end to end on screen, but it isn’t the only route players claim works — and the alternatives are genuinely contested, so take them as player-reported rather than settled fact.
The most common alternative is buying the recipe straight from the pinball machine prize vendor, sometimes called the Marni Token Exchange, then crafting at a workstation — one player simply says they “found the recipe for it at the pinball machine prize vendor.” Others report the blueprint can also drop from a Box of Fortune, though the drop rate is unknown and nobody’s pinned down whether it’s reliable.
The biggest unverified claim is the Marni Extractor reward bundle: clearing that activity is said to hand out 2 Cat Wheel blueprints alongside 10 Sotdae decoration blueprints and a music item. It’s strongly hinted at but not confirmed — there’s no clarity on whether those blueprints are guaranteed per clear, tied to difficulty, or a first-clear-only reward. If you chase this route, go in prepared, since the Marni encounters around it have a reputation for being a tough fight.
Mistakes to avoid when hunting the wheel
The most common slip is searching normal shops or the cash store for a finished Marni Cat Wheel. It isn’t sold as a complete item anywhere — you need the blueprint and then the craft, full stop. Plenty of players also overlook the pinball and token-vendor route entirely, or assume the Box of Fortune is the only way in, when the token grind is the path that’s actually been shown working start to finish.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the pinball machine and the Marni token vendor?
The arcade pinball machine sits in a corner of the tavern in Delisa — players place it in the northeast part of town at the inn. The merchant who sells the blueprint stands nearby once you’ve collected your tokens; she’s also referred to as the Marni Token Exchange in community reports.
Can you buy the Marni Cat Wheel directly instead of crafting it?
No. There’s no finished wheel for sale in normal shops or the cash store. You have to obtain the Cat Wheel blueprint and craft the furniture yourself — the blueprint is mandatory.
How many Marni tokens does the blueprint cost?
The exact token price isn’t confirmed. The on-screen walkthrough has you earn a total of 80 tokens at the pinball machine before buying, but web sources don’t verify that as the blueprint’s set cost, so treat 80 as the amount to bank rather than a confirmed sticker price.
Can the Cat Wheel blueprint drop from a Box of Fortune?
Players report that it can, but it’s unverified and the drop rate is unknown. It’s worth opening any Box of Fortune you come across, but don’t rely on it as your main plan.
Is the Marni Cat Wheel connected to the Abyss Cat pet?
It’s frequently shown alongside the Abyss Cat in setups, and it’s part of the same Marni-themed content, but the wheel itself is camp pet furniture — your cats simply play inside it once it’s placed. Crafting the wheel doesn’t unlock the pet, and owning the pet doesn’t replace needing the blueprint.
