Arboria Forest is home to one of Crimson Desert’s Ancient Ruins puzzles. Find out the exact location of these ruins and how to solve the puzzle within to claim an Abyss Artifact.
Where to find the Ruins
Arboria Forest is located a little to the southwest of Arboria Castle and Hills of No Return, in northeastern Hernand. There is an Abyss Nexus at the castle you can use. Another Abyss Nexus is available northwest of the forest, along the road between Bomveld Bombworks and Vikom Outpost.
Video Walkthrough
How to solve the Fountain Puzzle
The goal of this puzzle is to rotate and position the stone fountain pillars so that the pouring water falls inside the stone basin. It will fill it up, spill onto the water wheel and this will trigger the Abyss Cresset to reveal the Abyss Artifact on the side of this structure.
You will need to rotate each one of the fountain pillars to make sure both streams of water drop inside the stone basin below. If one of the streams hits the stone wall, the mechanism will not trigger.
Positioning each of the three pillars correctly will result in the water rising in the basin.
After you position all three, a short animation will play and the camera will pan toward the Abyss Cresset.
To rotate the stone pillars, use the Stab skill. You only need it at Level 1 for this puzzle. By the time you arrive at this location, you will most likely have learned it already. If not, you can unlock it by spending an Abyss Artifact.
Stand facing one of the little narrow holes and use Stab. There is no audio or visual cue where to stand. You don’t need to aim exactly at the target. Your character will push their weapon into the hole. Move left or right to start turning. You can press the modifier key to speed up the animation (SHIFT on Keyboard, X on Controllers).
Reward
As with all other Ancient Ruins puzzles, the reward is an Abyss Artifact. This one is not sealed. It will directly give you a +1 Skill Point. You can use it to unlock new skills or upgrade your gear to higher tiers.
