How to solve the Duskwood Hill Ruins puzzle in Crimson Desert

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The Duskwood Hill Ruins puzzle might just be the most cumbersome Mysterious Energy trial I've come across so far in Crimson Desert .

Found in the hills in northern Witchwoods, this puzzle is far from intuitive, and you'll be wrestling with the controls while trying to get all the pillars in the perfect position.

Frankly, it's hell.

But it's easier when you know exactly what you need to do to solve it.

Below, I'll go over the Duskwood puzzle solution so you don't have to suffer the same way I did.

Crimson Desert Duskwood puzzle solution
Your goal is to align all five pillars to the same height, using the left-most one as an example since you can't move it.

Once aligned, a pillar will glow yellow.

Each pillar is separated into tiered chunks, which is helpful as a guideline.

You'll do this by using the stab attack to create a handle for the dial with your sword— each notch on the dial moves a different selection of pillars.

You can perform the stab attack by pressing shift and right click (RB and triangle/Y on controller).

From the starting position facing the five pillars (I'll be calling them 1 through 5, from left to right) like in the video above, move the dial as follows:
Complete the puzzle and you'll receive an Abyss Cresset to get an Abyss Artifact .

In other words, a skill point.

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