Crimson Desert Blinding Flash Guide: Controls, Puzzles, and Combat

Blinding Flash is one of Crimson Desert’s few Multi-purpose skills. This guide covers all of its uses, from Combat to Puzzle-solving.

Unlocking Blinding Flash

Blinding Flash is an important skill we’ll get the very first time we visit the Abyss during the Prologue, following the encounter in the Greymane Camp. When reaching the Point it is required to progress, the skill will be automatically unlocked with a short tutorial for it.

If this tutorial sounds confusing or you forgot about it next time you need it, this guide will show you everything you need to know.

Blinding Flash is a free skill that we can utilize in many scenarios. It has no cooldown and doesn’t cost Stamina to use. Here are its stats:

Blinding Flash Controls

Below are the default controls for the Blinding Flash Skill, as listed in our Crimson Desert Controls Guide.

The Default controls work pretty well for this skill overall. If desired, Activating Blinding Flash can be moved to Mouse 4 or Mouse 5 on PC as mentioned in our Control Guide.

If we happen to have a PlayStation DualSense Edge or Xbox Elite Controller, it may be possible to set one of the rear paddle buttons to activate Blinding Flash with a single button press

Using Blinding Flash in Combat

Blinding Flash provides a very brief crowd control to nearby enemies, blinding and dazing them for a short duration, as indicated by the apparition-like effect on them.

This can be extremely helpful when dealing with large crowds of enemies all at once, giving you a chance to breathe and consume a healing item.

This does very little on its own, but through the use of Abyss Artifacts, or finding the Observe location in the world, the Blinding Flash Finisher can be unlocked as an upgrade path.

Like most other skills, you can Observe an NPC in the world, as they perform the skill, allowing us to get the first point for free. This allows for a high damage follow-up on a single target by pressing RMB / R2 /RT immediately after Blinding Flash.

Here are the stats for Blinding Flash Finisher

Using Blinding Flash out of Combat

Outside of Combat, Blinding Flash has two functions, a Point of Interest Locator and solving Light Puzzles

Locating Points of Interest

While exploring and even while mounted, Kliff can channel Blinding Flash to mark nearby locations with a glowing Blue Light, similar to the Orange glow the Lantern can produce.

The Locations that get shown will often have an Abyss Artifact of some nature. Some of these Artifact will be simple to grab, requiring just the Lantern’s light; others may require a puzzle to be solved to claim the reward.

The other main Points of interest this will often highlight are Abyss Nexuses, or Fast Travel locations we can use to get around the world faster.

Light Puzzles

During the process of channeling Blinding Flash, as you would for the applications above, we can continue to hold Light Attack (LMB / R1 / RB) to maintain the effect while releasing Block.

However, we can also re-press and hold Block (CTRL/ L1 / LB) while maintaining the channel to Focus Light on an object. While channeling Focus Light, Light Attack can be released while Block remains held.