The Duskwood Ruins puzzle in Crimson Desert combines a classically annoying puzzle archetype with the game's penchant for making you struggle though hypersensitive controls — creating a perfect storm of tearing your hair out in frustration. On the bright side, you can solve the Duskwood Ruins puzzle in just three steps. If you've already started, reload a recent save or fast travel away and back to reset the puzzle, then follow our step-by-step puzzle solution below.
If you've not found it yet, the puzzle is located the Alfonso Estate area. It's just northeast of the The Witchwoods area, near the Witch who can handle the Crimson Desert Abyss Gears. Before you complete it, it's marked as a 'Mysterious Energy' question mark. Once you've found the Crimson Desert Duskwood Ruins puzzle, here's how to solve it.
How to solve the Crimson Desert Duskwood Ruins puzzle
The goal of this puzzle is to align the four pillars on the right to the same level as the first pillar on the left. The first pillar doesn't move, but the other pillars do, and you move the pillars in batches by rotating the column located below the pillars.
Specifically, here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to solve the Duskwood Ruins puzzle in Crimson Desert:
- Use the Blinding Flash ability to focus light on the vines attached to the pillars and column. This burns the vines away.
- Stab the column hole closest to the pillars, then move it clockwise until the three moving pillars are halfway to lining up with the first pillar (the one that doesn't move).
- Stab the hole on the southeast side on the column (if looking at the pillars) and turn clockwise until the second pillar is lined up with the pillar that doesn't move.
- Stab the hole closest to the pillars and move clockwise until the last three pillars are lined up with the other pillars.
You'll know you've successfully solved the puzzle when the lights on the pillars turn blue, and you can take the Abyss Artifact from the pedestal below. if you want to know what to put that towards, check our list of the best Skills in Crimson Desert. Again, if you get something wrong or it doesn't work, you can reset the puzzle by fast travelling out of the area.
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