Crimson Desert Hernand Abyss Artifact Locations

Locations of all types of Abyss Artifacts in Hernand in Crimson Desert! This guide shows you where to find them and how to obtain them.

How Abyss Artifacts Work

Crimson Desert has forsaken a traditional leveling system to manage skill points on the skill tree. Instead, you find and receive Abyss Artifacts, which are a consumable item that let you allocate an additional skill point in the skill tree. They are also required to upgrade some weapons.

There are 3 types of Abyss Artifacts in Crimson Desert, regular, Sealed, and Faded. None can be sold.

Note on Map Locations

In this catalog, the player marker on the map shows the location of the Artifact. In a few isolated cases, we have placed a custom marker for the artifact’s location, if it’s different than the player’s location.

Abyss Artifact Locations

Most regular Abyss Artifacts either come from Abyss Cressets after solving some sort of Challenge or are deposited directly into your inventory as a quest reward. Abyss Cressets also act as Teleportation points.

You also receive Abyss Artifacts whenever the gold meter next to the minimap fills up from defeating enough enemies.

A Hill Guided by Light

You can find an Abyss Artifact in an Abyss Cresset at the top of a small plateau southwest of Anvil Hill around the Nas River bend as part of the challenge A Hill Guided by Light. There’s some Gypsum and poison hands complicating your climb, and the purple flowers on top of the plateau will drain your health.

Axiom Archive

You can pick up an Abyss Artifact after solving the puzzle to open the door at the Axiom Archive during the quest Chapter 1: Polar Opposites.

Ethereal Pathway

You receive an Abyss Artifact for solving the Ethereal Pathway puzzle at the end of Chapter 1: Abyss without Balance.

Meandering Hills Ruins

You can find an Abyss Artifact in an Abyss Cresset at the Meandering Hills Ruins after unlocking Nature’s Grasp and solving the puzzle during the quest Chapter 2: Unexpected Gift.

A Detailed Glance

You can find an Abyss Artifact in an Abyss Cresset on the cliff overlooking Sunset Valley.

Hill of the Abandoned

You can find an Abyss Artifact in an Abyss Cresset near the field of reeds. Look for a Bloodstone Vein and climb up the wall it’s on to find the Cresset.

Windcrest

You can find an Abyss Artifact in an Abyss Cresset after making a big climb up the mountains west of the Hill of the Abandoned.

Sunrise Plains

Just to the South of Glenbright Manor in the Hernand Highlands lies a statue puzzle guarding another Abyss Cresset, partially surrounded by a thicket of thorns. Solving these puzzles will allow you to claim an Abyss Artifact.

When approaching the Puzzle, the Statues will move away from their solved position. Keep Note of the two closest statues, marked 1 and 2 in the images below.

On the back of each of these statues is a Dial, which, when turned, will turn the Statue its on, as well as the one in the opposite corner; in this case, 1 and 4 as well as 2 and 3 are paired.

To solve this puzzle, we’ll only touch Statues 1 and 2 and make two simple moves:

1. Turn Statue 1’s Dial to the left for a quarter turn, indicated by a hard stop and audio cue.
2. Turn Statue 2’s dial a half turn in either direction; the puzzle will automatically stop and be completed once it reaches the correct position.

Go ahead and claim the Abyss Artifact from the Cresset.

Dragon’s Stone Chamber Ruins

You can find an Abyss Cresset with an Abyss Artifact and Memories of Abundance inside the Dragon’s Stone Chamber Ruins after solving one of the more obtuse puzzles we’ve seen so far. It’s located in a pit near Howling Hills.

A Detailed Glance

You can find an Abyss Cresset at the top of a cliff overlooking Sunset Valley at the southernmost edge of Hernand.

Arboria Forest Ruins

You can find an Abyss Cresset at the Arboria Forest Ruins near the Hills of No Return. To solve the puzzle, stab your sword into each of the fountainheads and rotate them so that all of the water is flowing into the basin.

Azure Moon Labyrinth

You receive an Abyss Artifact and Memory of Tide for solving the Azure Moon Labyrinth between The Witchwoods and Phoniel Ranch. The Memory of Tide reveals the locations of many waterfall caves throughout Hernand.

The puzzle is similar to the one for Dragon Stone Chamber where there’s a map on the wall and if you visit those locations, you see the symbols you have to press. You don’t have time for that in 2026, so just press the marked buttons below:

Duskwood Waterside Ruins

You receive an Abyss Artifact from an Abyss Cresset for solving the Challenge at the Duskwood Waterside Ruins near the river east of Kilnden Workshop. To solve the Checkers/Othello-looking puzzle, just place 5 white stones in a row on each of the intersections of the lines.

Giant Hand of Everfrost

You can find an Abyss Cresset on the mountaintop southwest of Icemoor Castle Ruins overlooking the Spire of the Stars, far to the south.

Hunter’s Cabin Ruins

You receive an Abyss Artifact for solving the puzzle at Hunter’s Cabin Ruins on Haunted Hill. There are two lanterns you need to light for the mausoleum door to open.

King of the Fallen Kingdom

You receive an Abyss Artifact and the Staglord’s Shield for defeating Saigord, the Staglord, at Icemoor Castle Ruins in western Hernand.

Precipice of Silence

You can find an Abyss Cresset at the top of one of the hills of Everfrost, in southwestern Hernand. The location is directly south from the letter “H” on the map and it’s a steep climb.

Subtle Gap

You can find an Abyss Cresset in a small cave at the Wild Raider’s Camp on Anvill Hill in eastern Hernand.

The cave opening is pretty small and partially concealed by bushes.

Sealed Abyss Artifact Locations

You’ll find Sealed Abyss Artifacts along the road or at Shrines. They’re a lot easier to get than their unsealed brethren, but you have to complete a Challenge before you can get the skill point.

Desperate Rescue

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at an altar on the side of the road leading to Sunset Valley, west of Vellua.

Harmonious Hooves IV

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road leading to Sunset Valley, south of the Mountain of Frozen Souls.

Keeping Balance on the Wind

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at a little altar along the road beneath Unicorn Cliff, south of Nas River. You’ll need to complete the Challenge “Keeping Balance on the Wind” to unseal it. This one also comes with a Faded Abyss Artifact on completion.

Night of the Silent Banner Pikes

Along the main road to Halssius’ House of Healing, which is visited during Chapter 3’s “Familiar Curses” Quests, a Sealed Abyss Artifact can be found on a small roadside altar. Completing the Challenge for this Artifact will also award a Faded Abyss Artifact.

Sharpened Spear I

You can find a Sealed Artifact along the road to Calphade Gate in northern Hernand.

Sharpened Spear II

Upon returning from the Abyss at the end of Chapter 1, you’ll probably land on or near an island in the middle of Nas River. You’ll find a Shrine there with a Sealed Relic. There’s also a spear you can grab that you can use for the Challenge.

Sharpened Spear III

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the fork in the road near Hook Rapids Hearth in northeastern Hernand.

Sharpened Spear V

You can find a Sealed Artifact along the road outside Bradenfern Farm halfway between the Hills of No Return and Drakesfall Gorge.

Sliding Down Slopes

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at the fork in the road near Bloomwood Ranch, near the center of the Nas River Bend.

You will automatically go into a slide if you crouch while sprinting. The slide will perpetuate for as long as you are sliding down a steep enough slope.

There’s a slope by the dye merchant with purple flowers that’s long enough and steep enough to complete this Challenge.

Sword of Trials I

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact in a small shrine amongst a field of Peonies on the West side of the high bridge spanning Three Saints’ Falls near Wycliffe Mappery.

Sword of Trials III

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at an altar along a fork in the road leading to Goldleaf Trading post and Equinsher Saddlery inside the Nas River bend.

Sword of Trials IV

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road that takes you to Kilnden Workshop, west of Hernand Town.

Sword of Trials V

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the fork in the road on Anvill Hill where you can choose to go to Reventine Monastery and Winery or head down to Hayscent Farm into Deminiss.

Shield of Unchanging Will I

You can get a Sealed Abyss Artifact from a small altar with a shield laying against it on the roadside between the Three Saints’ Falls Bridge (the same one from Sword of Trials I) and Hernand.

Shield of Unchanging Will II

You can get a Sealed Abyss Artifact from a small stone altar in the fields south of Scholastone, in Kharonso, western Hernand. You visit this area during Chapter IV of the main storyline.

Equipment

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at an altar on a hill overlooking Sunset Valley to the North.

Trespassing

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at an altar along the road west of Vellua.

Ground-Shaking Impact I

You can pick up a Sealed Abyss Artifact from an altar next to the old stone ruins near the southeast wall of Fort Perwin. The same Precipice of Echoes ruins with the Tile Puzzle.

The area is initially hostile and you get a side quest sending you there form House Roberts, called Continuing Concern.

Abyssal Star That Cleaves the Heavens

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road next to the Goldleaf Trading Post northeast of Hernand Town and southwest of Ivynook.

Bare Courage

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road near Greenhill Bandit Camp north of the Steel Mountains.

Bow Aimed at Fate I

You can get a Sealed Abyss Artifact from an altar on the road near Glenbright Farms on the northwest edge of the town south of Hernand Highlands.

Bow Aimed at Fate II

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road near the river between Calphade Gate and the Southern Sentry Post.

Feather of the Earth

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road between Hook Rapids and Three Saints’ Falls in eastern Hernand.

Into the Barrage

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road near the eastern bank of Deepfog Basin in Calphade territory in Hernand.

Overwhelming Slash III

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road south of the lake by the Sanctum of Atonement in central Hernand.

Rainbow Across the Sky

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the top of a hill by the river overlooking Fort Warspike in central Hernand.

Steel Grip Against the Chest

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road between Pororin and the Sanctums of Benevolence and Temperance in eastern Hernand.

The Herder’s Lament

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road east of Ivynook leading to the Torchlight Beacon in central Hernand.

Touch of Darkness

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road north of Arboria Castle on the Hills of No Return in northeastern Hernand.

Under the Ashen Banner Pike

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the fork in the road leading to either Phoniel Ranch or The Witchwoods.

Worth Its Weight

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road near a shed by Calphade Farmhouse in northwestern Hernand.

Faded Abyss Artifact Locations

Faded Abyss Artifacts give you an opportunity to respec. You can find them during quests as secondary rewards for completing certain Challenges and unsealing Artifacts.

We have a helpful guide that will teach you how and where you can get unlimited Faded Artifacts, so you can respec as many time as you wish. This will help you not only experiment with new builds for Kliff, but also learn and develop quicker and easier the other two playable characters, Oongka and Damiane.

How to get Unlimited Faded Abyss Artifacts in Crimson Desert