Learn how to complete the quest Gate to the Otherworld in Crimson Desert. This quest will have you solve puzzles to activate the device for Octavius’s experiment.
Gate to the Otherworld is a main quest, part of Chapter V in Crimson Desert’s main storyline.
- Chapter: IV. The Price of Knowledge
- Main Questline: Forbidden Knowledge
- Required Abilities: Blinding Flash, Force Palm
- Rewards: Abyss Artifact
Activate the Lock Switch Device
After speaking to the Dean and meeting Octavius, you’ll need to assist the experiement. The Lock Switch Device will be beneath the presentation area where Octavius and the spectators are.
Go northeast to find a set of stairs that descend into the level below. Your Objective Marker will lead you to a hatch that requires you to solve a puzzle to open it.
By interacting with one of the 9 strongbox components on the hatch, it’ll be pressed in and activate other components nearby. To solve this puzzle, press the buttons in the following order seen in the following image:
- Top Right.
- Bottom Left.
- Middle.
- Bottom Right.
- Top Left.
Insert the Batteries to Activate the Device
Return upstairs and you’ll find cube-shaped batteries floating near some pillars. Move them with Axiom Force and have the side with the four lights face you. Let go when the battery is near the slot and use Force Palm to push it into place.
Once active, a laser will shoot from the pillar and into the central orb. Repeat this process with the remaining three pillars to start a cutscene. Things won’t go exactly as planned, forcing you to remove the unstable core with Axiom Force.
Defeat Tenebrum
Things went from bad to worse as a shadowy entity is attacking the spectators. By using Blinding Flash, you can determine that Tenebrum’s weakness is its core.
Using the wind in the area, jump and activate your wings to fly. The winds will allow you to move around freely so long as you have stamina.
Tenebrum won’t stop moving around launching shadows at you. Eventually it’ll start charging an attack in the center of the area. Hit it with Force Palm to deal damage to it. Repeat this process until it’s been defeated.
If you happen to run out of stamina and fall to the level below, you’ll respawn upstairs and Tenebrum’s missing health will remain depleted.
Once defeated, pick up the Abyss Artifact that spawns where Octavius was standing to complete the quest. You’ll also receive a key for the Spire of the Stars which will be your next destination.
