Learn how to solve the stone pillar puzzle northeast of The Witchwoods in Crimson Desert. This puzzle can be solved in three steps, so you can claim your Abyss Artifact.
There is another puzzle with a similar name, the Duskwood Waterside, which involves you moving stones.
Where to find the Ruins
The Duskwood Hill Ruins puzzle can be found northeast of The Witchwoods and southwest of Hernand City. When you arrive, the ruins will be covered in brambles.
Clearing the area and Puzzle setup
You’ll need to burn the brambles off the pillars and central mechanism. You can do this with fire arrows using the nearby braziers, or burn them by focusing your Blinding Flash.
Understanding the Mechanics
With the area clear, you can now safely approach the puzzle without getting pierced by the brambles.
The leftmost pillar will glow yellow once free. To the right of the empty cresset is a hologram showing a figure stabbing a weapon into the central mechanism.
There are four slits on the central mechanism that you can stab a weapon into. Once stabbed, you can rotate the mechanism clockwise or counter-clockwise. Rotating clockwise will raise pillars, and counter-clockwise will lower them.
Which pillars are moved depends on which hole you’re stabbing. Going off the default position it starts with, let’s say the slit facing the pillars is Slit #1, and going clockwise you have Slits #2-4.
While a weapon is inserted into a slit, some pillars will get a white glow to show which slits move which pillars. The leftmost pillar is fixed in place and cannot move, so the four next to it will be A through D going from left to right.
- Slit #1: Moves Pillars A, B, and C.
- Slit #2: Moves Pillars A and D.
- Slit #3: Moves Pillars A and C.
- Slit #4: Moves Pillars B, C, and D.
How to solve the Puzzle
Your goal with this puzzle is to align pillars A through D to the same height as the leftmost glowing pillar. Once they meet its height, they will glow orange as well.
- Rotate Slit #4
Start with Slit #4 and rotate clockwise 45 degrees. Your character will stop every 22.5 degrees as you rotate the mechanism, so this will require 2 total pushes to hit 45 degrees.
- Rotate Slit #2
Go to Slit #2 (opposite side) and rotate it clockwise until Pillar D is lit while A, B, and C are aligned.
- Rotate Slit #1
Finally, use Slit #1 (to the right from your current position) and rotate it clockwise to move Pillars A, B, and C up. When they turn blue, the puzzle will be complete!
Reward
Once complete, an Abyss Artifact will appear in the cresset. Claim it and now you have an artifact and a new fast travel point!
