All Pailune Abyss Artifact Locations in Crimson Desert

Locations of all types of Abyss Artifacts in Pailune 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.

Abyss Artifacts

Regular Abyss Artifacts give you a skill point right away. These tend to be given as rewards for completing quests, puzzles, or minigames. Abyss Cressets also act as Teleportation points.

Sealed Abyss Artifacts

Sealed Abyss Artifacts are locked at first. Each fancy-schmancy sky cube require you to complete a specific Challenge that gets revealed when you pick it up. They tend to be just lying around rather than some sort of reward.

Faded Abyss Artifacts

Faded Abyss Artifacts are consumables that let you respec, i.e., reallocate all of your current skill points.

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.

Before clearing up Pailune, check out our guide for all Abyss Artifact Locations in Hernand to make sure you have not missed any.

Ancestor’s Rest

You can find an Abyss Cresset on a cliff at the waterfall on the southern edge of Pailune City.

Ancient Rift Maze

You can reveal an Abyss Cresset for solving the Ancient Rift Maze at The Ancient Rift near the border of Pailune and Hernand, east of Calphade.

Cliff of Ruination

You can find an Abyss Cresset on the mountain overlooking the Cloister of Ruination in northwestern Pailune. You’ll need to defeat all 3 of Antumbra’s weapons before you can face off against Ator, Archon of Antumbra, here.

Dragon’s Breath Cave

You can find an Abyss Cresset (and deposit of Bloodstones) in Dragon’s Breath Cave, a volcano south of Ashclaw Keep.

Five Finger Mountain Icy Ruins

You unlock an Abyss Cresset for solving the puzzle at Five Finger Mountain Icy Ruins, west of the Cloister of Ruination.

To solve it, shatter the ice above the puzzle with Force Palm, then do the same with the small patch of ice in the empty pool to drain the water. You can move the pieces around, so they match the picture by pushing them or stabbing your sword into them.

Five Finger Mountain Valley Ruins

You can unlock an Abyss Cresset for solving the puzzle at Five Finger Mountain Valley Ruins, west of Longbranch in the northwest corner of Pailune.

Hidden Chamber of Wisdom

You unlock Abyss Cresset for solving the puzzle at the Hidden Chamber of Wisdom in central Pailune, west of the Sanctum of Solace.

Hunting Red

You receive an Abyss Artifact for defeating the Bloodwalker Crussis boss as part of the Bloodied Path quest that originates in Pailune City.

Antumbra’s Staff at Sanctum of Solace

You receive an Abyss Artifact for defeating the Antumbra’s Staff at the Sanctum of Solace in central Pailune.

Silver Wolf Mountain Ruins

You unlock an Abyss Cresset after solving the puzzle at Silver Wolf Mountain Ruins central Pailune. You just have to drain the water by channeling Nature’s Snare at each device.

Silverwolf Lake

You can find an Abyss Cresset at the island in the middle of Silverwolf Lake, east of Silverwolf Mountain and north of Pailune City.

White Horn

You receive an Abyss Artifact for defeating White Horn at Snowhaven Hearth on the western edge of Pailune, past Skoghorn, as part of the quest Soul Shepherd.

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.

Between Herbs and Poisons

You can find a Sealed Artifact near the bridge at Skallcove in northeastern Pailune.

Bow Aimed at Fate III

You can find a Sealed Artifact along the road from Beighen to Beighen Candlery in southeastern Pailune.

Caves Exploration Log

You can find a Sealed Artifact along the road connecting Longleaf to Whisperleaf Fortress in the Wayward Woods in northern Pailune.

Ground-Shaking Impact II

You can find a Sealed Artifact On the road from Vat’nholl Fortress to Skoghorn in western Pailune.

Ground-Shaking Impact III

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road right outside Trovak Camp, across the river from Calphade, on the border between Hernand and Pailune.

Harmonious Hooves VIII

You can find a Sealed Artifact in an altar at Ridgehunter Tannery along the treacherous road through the Wayward Woods in central Pailune.

Mystical Ecosystem

You can find a Sealed Abyss Artifact at the fork in the road next to Pailune Floodgate on the road to Pailune City.

On a Storm of Beasts

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the side of the road next to Odeck Floodgate, leading to Odeck proper on the northern edge of Pailune.

Special Weapon: Bismuth Spear

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the fork in the road near Svinholt Ranch, northwest of Pailune City.

Special Weapon: Vessel of Dark Pursuit

You can find a Sealed Artifact at the main fork in the road north of Pailune City that will take you to either Svinholt Ranch or Slallcove.

Tiny Citizens of Grasslands

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the road to Odeck near the Beast Hunter’s Camp, north of Silver Wolf Mountain.

Traveler with Oak Barrels

You can find a Sealed Artifact on the main road in the center of Pailune City.

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.