Learn how to solve the tile puzzle in the Secret Chamber of the Golden Plains Ruins in Crimson Desert and grab an Abyss Artifact and some treasures along the way.
How to reach the Secret Chamber of the Golden Plains Ruins
The Secret Chamber of the Golden Plains Ruins is located south of the Honeywood Apiary in Demeniss. Look for a white stone ruins within the southeastern end of the Question Mark area.
Watch out for the hostile mushrooms in the area and burn away the brambles around the ruins. Focus your Blinding Flash to destroy the brambles to descend down the stairs.
Get past the traps
After heading down the stairs, the hallway will have two fire traps. You can climb up the walls to get past them safely. The room ahead has a floor that will collapse, watch out for that but look towards the northwest wall.
You’ll find a map of Demeniss on the northwest wall with red X’s at 5 locations. Visiting these locations will have you find petroglyphs on the floor within farm fields. You’ll find a horse, grapes, eagle, fish, and a pomegranate.
Go into the next room with the small pool and go through the left door. You’ll find a tight rope with a handle you can’t grab onto. Below are spike traps and to the sides are proximity activated saw blades that go up and down the room.
The only safe passage is to glide down or double jump onto the tight rope and walk your way down to the door below.
How to solve the Puzzle
The final room will have a series of 9 tiles with carvings matching the petroglyphs found in the world. To solve the puzzle, you’ll need to use Force Palm on them either by climbing up yourself, or using the Force Current ability.
Activate the Grape, Pomegranate, Fish, Eagle, and Horse tiles. There is no specific order you need to press them in. Be mindful of your Force Palm placement as it might activate unnecessary tiles, forcing you to restart the puzzle.
Claim your rewards
When the five tiles have been pressed in, the wall will lower to reveal an Abyss Cresset. Claim the artifact within and pull the lever to the left to open a path out of the ruins. But before you go, there’s still some loot to be picked up.
On the opposite side of the puzzle wall is a small room containing various goods you can pick up to sell, trade, or decorate your home with. Just watch out for the spike traps at the room’s entrance.
Unfortunately the gold bars strewn about are decorative. But the real treasures are the paintings we find along the way.
Pick up the “Masterpiece – Poverty Amidst Plenty” painting on the right side of the room along with anything else you desire.
If you enjoy this type of puzzles, you will find a similar one in Hernand. The Dragon’s Stone Chamber Ruins Puzzle will send you exploring the eastern parts of the region looking for symbols required to solve it. And, of course, we have a guide for it, if you prefer to just get to the solution.
