Solving the Crimson Desert Duskwood Waterside Ruins Go Board Puzzle
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
A quick breakdown of how to solve the tricky Go board puzzle at the Duskwood Waterside Ruins in Crimson Desert, originally detailed in a guide by Polygon.
Open world RPGs love throwing environmental riddles at players, and Crimson Desert is no exception. If you are exploring the Duskwood region and trying to clear out every map icon, you might have stumbled across the Waterside Ruins. Originally spotted by Marloes Valentina Stella over at Polygon, this particular puzzle looks deceptively like a game of checkers at first glance. However, it is actually a Go board, and cracking it requires a quick adjustment of the pieces to claim your reward.
To solve this specific ruin, you need to head west of Hernand Castle near the Kilnden Workshop, looking for the mysterious energy marker on your map. The objective is simple once you know the rules. You need to create a clean row of five white stones by interacting with a specific mossy stone trapped in the middle. Hitting that stone causes it to transform into a mossback crab and scurry away. From there, you simply grab any extra white stone and drop it into the newly vacated spot to complete the line and secure your abyss artifact.
Environmental puzzles like this add a nice layer of friction to open world exploration, especially when they break up heavy combat loops with a bit of logic. Crimson Desert packs plenty of these secrets across its map, ranging from straightforward strongboxes to dense labyrinth chambers. Check out the original guide on Polygon for a deeper look at the game's full suite of puzzle walkthroughs and resource locations if you want to knock out the rest of your completionist checklist in one go.
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Original article: Polygon