Crimson Desert Battle Challenges Guide

Where to find the Sealed Abyss Artifacts that unlock all 10 of the Battle challenges in Crimson Desert and tips on how to complete each one.

You can track your progress with the Battle Challenges in-game by navigating to Journal → Challenges → Combat → (Goyen’s Advice) Battle.

Slam Master

You unlock Slam Master after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact at Varnia Trading Post, northeast of Varnia proper in the Crimson Desert.

Challenge

Hit enemies 30 times using Meteor Kick within 3 minutes

Tips

This one is more of a controls mastery check than anything. Once you have the buttons down, it’s not too hard to land 30 hits with Meteor Kick in 3 mins. That’s only 10 per minute or one every 6s. Enemies are packed densely enough in most strongholds that you don’t have to spend that time looking for enemies.

Flash

You unlock Flash after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact at the fork in the road leading to Sanctum of Veneration and the Blue Thicket in eastern Delesyia.

Challenge

Hit 5 targets at once using Blinding Flash

Breathless Touch

You unlock Breathless Touch after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact by the Saltroad Camp on the road between Urdavah and Varnia in the Crimson Desert.

Challenge

Hit enemies 9 times within 5 seconds using Force Palm

Tips

Upgrade your Force Palm Skill so you can chain it into a combo that finishes with a long-range blast.

Sinking Fort

You unlock Sinking Fort after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact on the road north of Tommaso in the Tashkalp region of the Crimson Desert.

Challenge

Destroy 3 watchtowers within 20 seconds

Tips

Use Explosive Arrows or Charged Shots from Oongka’s Blaster to knock out watchtowers in a single shot. Most wood forts have enough around the perimeter.

Single Spark, Seven Strikes

You unlock Single Spark, Seven Strikes after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact on the road into Timberton past the Chittering Forest Ironcrawler Station in Delesyia.

Challenge

Defeat 7 enemies with a single explosion

Tips

This one is super annoying because the game doesn’t give credit if the enemies were defeated by secondary sources of damage. Your best bet is to shoot a Fire-imbued Charged Arrow or Blaster Shot into a large group of enemies. Use only one of either Flames of Judgment or Volcanic Eruption so the game doesn’t miscategorize the damage source.

Into the Barrage

You unlock Into the Barrage after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road on the east side of Deepfog Basin in Calphade in northern Hernand.

Challenge

Defeat 5 enemies at once with a cannon

Tips

Make sure to pick this one up early. Cannons are the stationary siege weapons, not Oongka’s Blaster, and they’re almost exclusively found at the sites of major battles in the main story, where conflict is not repeatable. They do appear on the minimap, so keep your eyes peeled and try to complete this one ASAP.

Desperate Rescue

You unlock Desperate Rescue after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road through the Mountain of Frozen Souls in southwestern Hernand.

Challenge

Heal exhausted allies 3 times using Healing Force Palm

Tips

You can summon Damiane and Oongka (and Kliff) to fight alongside you in the Character radial menu by selecting them with (A | ✖ | SPACE) rather than releasing while pointing at them.

They are not the best at staying alive, and when they go down, you can use Healing Force Palm to resuscitate them. If you don’t do this and get too far away from them, they will go on cooldown just like Blackstar without any way to bring them back sooner.

Judgment Cast Upon the Sleeping

You unlock Judgment Cast Upon the Sleeping after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact at the fork in the road outside Camb Bjornlund that leads to the Wetland Fishing Dock or into the Wayward Woods of Pailune.

Challenge

Attack sleeping enemies 5 times

Tips

Use Sleep Arrows, which you can send mission dispatches to craft at Longleaf in Pailune after completing the quests there.

Giant Windmill

You unlock Giant Windmill after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road at the entrance to the Aeronautical Research Base on the southeast coast of Delesyia.

Challenge

Hit enemies 7 times within 30 seconds using Giant Swing

Tips

Giant Swing is the Grappling Lv 3 Skill for Oongka. You can keep spinning the enemy and move around while doing so as long as you have Stamina to spare, so unlock that Skill, upgrade Stamina, and go to town at a stronghold.

Bare Courage

You unlock Bare Courage after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact at Greenhill Bandit Camp north of the Steel Mountains on the border between Hernand and Demeniss.