Where to find the Sealed Abyss Artifacts that unlock all 9 of the Challenges and Changes challenges in Crimson Desert and tips on how to complete each one.
You can track your progress with the Challenges and Changes challenges in-game by navigating to Journal → Challenges → Life → (Alustin’s Trials) Challenges and Changes.
Abyssal Star That Cleaves the Heavens
You unlock Abyssal Star That Cleaves the Heavens after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact by Goldleaf Trading Post along the road up to Haunted Hill in central Hernand.
Challenge
Jump from the Abyss and reach the ground within 30 seconds
Tips
There’s a fast fall button when you’re falling, so just hold that down the moment you start falling and then press the glide button right before you hit the ground.
Well-Informed Greymane
You unlock Well-Informed Greymane after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact
Challenge
Visit all Greymane Shrines
Tips
There are 12 Greymane Shrines scattered throughout Pywel.
Under the Ashen Banner Pike
You unlock Under the Ashen Banner Pike after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact on the road out of the Witchwoods between Phionel Ranch and Warspike Spearmaker in southwest central Hernand.
Return of the Greymane
You unlock Return of the Greymane after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact on a cliff in the Steel Mountains in southwestern Demeniss overlooking Thornbriar Fortress. This is one of the only Sealed Abyss Artifacts in the game not located along the side of a road.
Challenge
Complete Howling Hill Camp – Second Expansion
A Voyage Without Wind or Sails
You unlock A Voyage Without Wind or Sails after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road leading to Chittering Forest Ironcrawler station on the eastern edge of Gorthak lands in Delesyia.
Challenge
Travel 2 kilometers without moving on your own
Tips
Just ride the Ironcrawler (train) until the challenge completes. You can wait for it at a station or climb aboard whenever you spot it.
Greymane’s Vow
You unlock Greymane’s Vow after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact ib tge riad between Tinkerton Dig Site and Tinkerton proper in central Delesyia.
Challenge
Acquire a Hernandian Signet
Acquire a Demenissian Signet
Acquire a Delesyian Signet
Acquire a Tashkalpian Signet
Tips
You can buy each Signet ring from the main Contribution Office in each region for 65 Contribution Points.
Boundless Fortune
You unlock Boundless Fortune after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the road around Breezeblown Knoll on the eastern edge of Demeniss.
Challenge
Have a 3-match win streak in Duo
Tips
Make sure you get the Deceiver’s Fedora and exclusively use it to reveal your opponent’s hands. You’ll never get caught cheating if you only use the hat to cheat. Just check everyone’s hands at the beginning of the round and bet only if you have the winning hand or can force a tie.
Survival of the Fittest
You unlock Survival of the Fittest after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along a road with nothing on it due west of Dewhaven North Gate at the border between Gorthak and Dewhaven in western Delesyia.
Challenge
Win a 4-Player Duo match
Tips
Make sure you get the Deceiver’s Fedora and just fast travel between the Duo tables in Hernand Town and Tommaso until you see 3 players are already playing when you walk in.
Not So Fast
You unlock Not So Fast (formerly called Spot the Trickery in Duo) after picking up the Sealed Abyss Artifact along the central road through Anvil Hill in eastern Hernand.
Challenge
Apprehend a cheater in a game of Duo
Tips
You can tell when players are cheating whenever someone is dealing out the sticks at the beginning of the round. The tell for cheating depends on whether you or an opponent is dealing.
If an opponent is dealing, watch how they pass out the sticks. They’re cheating if:
- They clutch their sticks from the side instead of from the top.
- Their elbow remains lowered
- Their thumb faces up
If you’re dealing, watch how they grab the sticks you pass them. They’re cheating if:
- They set down their sticks with their right hand
