How to solve the Arboria Castle puzzle in Crimson Desert

Complete the Restarting the Elixir Factory quest for House Celeste.

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The Arboria Castle puzzle in Crimson Desert is all about repairing an elixir factory for House Celeste, and it's perhaps one of the most elaborate I've come across in the game.

It's not that it's necessarily super complicated, but it has a lot of stages, and it's quite easy to go wrong.

It's even more of a mystery if you just wandered in there, since you can complete the puzzle, but without the prerequisite quest, there's no reward.

Instead, "Restarting the Elixir Factory" is a quest you'll need to have if you want to finish this puzzle properly, and that requires first completing the "Queen of the Silkspun Cradle" quest, which is seemingly a bit buggy in terms of when it appears for players.

Either way, here's how to fix the elixir factory if you're currently doing the quest.

Crimson Desert Arboria Castle puzzle solution
As mentioned, you can only complete this puzzle as part of the "Abandoned Factory" quest for House Celeste .

This unlocks after you defeat the spider bounty in the castle for them in an earlier quest—after that you'll be tasked with repairing the elixir factory.

The video above shows the entire process, but I'll also outline it step-by-step below.

If you're wondering about solving the Arboria Castle Strongbox , then it works the same way as the second of the Bluemont Manor Strongboxes , in which you have to adjust each piston so it jumps to the level of the picture on the box when you pull the switch on the right.

It contains a book explaining part of the puzzle , so feel free to skip.

Otherwise, here's each step.

Activate the cultivation room control unit
When you first enter Arboria Castle, look to your left for a cylindrical tank with a conveyor belt coming out of it.

Now:
Activate the ingredient dispenser and washer
Activate the crusher and the lift
Activate the heater and the bottling machine
Wait until it starts producing elixir bottles and the "Produce the perfect elixir" objective is completed, then head back to the plant room down the ladder at the start and grab the Fertilizer Sprayer from the compartment just to your left .

With that, you're all done.

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