In the Witchwoods, you’ll run into a set of ruins that look inactive at first. Covered in vines, silent, and easy to overlook until you try interacting with them.
If you’re stuck on it, this guide on Crimson Desert breaks down exactly what to do.
Where to Find the Duskwood Hill Ruins Puzzle in Crimson Desert
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You’ll come across this ruins puzzle southwest of Hernand, in the northern Witchwoods (Alfonso Estate). If you leave the city using the western road and keep moving toward the forest, you’ll eventually reach a spot between rivers where the ruins are located.
There are multiple Duskwood puzzles in the area, so make sure you’re at the one with five tall pillars and a central rotating mechanism, not the checkerboard-style one near the river.
Before doing anything, I strongly recommend you to do a quick manual save. The puzzle can bug out if you leave midway, especially with the vines not respawning properly.
How the Duskwood Hill Ruins Puzzle Works
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This puzzle is basically about matching heights. There are five pillars, and all of them need to line up evenly. One pillar already starts at the correct height and will glow, acting as your reference point. The rest need to be adjusted to match it.
The problem is that you don’t control pillars individually. Instead, the central mechanism has four slots, and each slot affects multiple pillars at once.
Before you can even use it, you need to clear the vines. Use Blinding Flash combined with Focus Light while the sun is out. Hold the ability for a few moments, and it burns through the growth covering both the pillars and the central mechanism.
Once everything is cleared, you can interact with the central mechanism using the Stab skill. This lets you insert your weapon into one of the slots and rotate it.
Each slot affects a specific group of pillars and raises them slightly with each turn. The challenge is for you to figure out the correct sequence so everything aligns at the end.
How to Solve the Duskwood Hill Ruins Puzzle in Crimson Desert
Once the pillars while standing at the central mechanism. Number the slots clockwise, starting from the one directly facing away from the pillars.
Follow this sequence:
- Start with slot 2, give it a small clockwise turn, roughly halfway and you’ll see pillars 2 and 5 rise
- Then, move to slot 3 follow the same way to raise pillars 2, 3, and 4
- Finally, use slot 4 to raise pillars 3, 4, and 5
If done correctly, all five pillars will align to the same height, and they’ll start glowing to confirm it.
Once that happens, the central mechanism unlocks and reveals the Abyss Cresset, which you can loot to obtain the Abyss Artifact.
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The Duskwood Hill Ruins Puzzle barely reacts, so it can feel frustrating at first, but if you understand how the slots interact and how your move affects multiple pillars, then the whole thing makes a lot more sense, and you can even solve the similar puzzles later without much trouble.
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FAQs
How do you start the Duskwood Hill Ruins puzzle in Crimson Desert?
First, you need to burn the vines using Blinding Flash with Focus Light. After that, the central mechanism becomes usable.
What skills are required for this puzzle?
You must have Blinding Flash to clear vines and Stab skill to rotate the central mechanism.
What reward do you get for solving it?
You receive an Abyss Artifact from the Abyss Cresset after completing the puzzle.
