Ascetic's Rest is the first Abyss location players visit after entering the Jijeong Temple Pagoda, which functions as one of the towers in the Crimson Desert. Players will encounter a flooded room that leads to a main corridor where a power panel is missing. The objective of the puzzle is to clear the water and retrieve the power panel from the hidden chamber in this area. Here is a quick guide to help you solve the Ascetic's Rest Abyss puzzle Crimson Desert and continue the main quest.
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Solving Ascetic's Rest Abyss puzzles in Crimson Desert
Players first visit the Ascetic's Rest during Face the main task of the Inner Self in Crimson Desert's Chapter 9: The Desert Vault. While the quest requires you to move around the area and reach the top, you can stop and solve a puzzle before moving forward.
The first thing you will need to do is approach the turbine in the water and use Nature's Snare ability near it to drain some of the water in this section. Continue using Nature's Snare until the water level stops dropping.
When you're done, head up the stairs to the left of the flooded chamber. You will reach a statue where you will descend another set of stairs to they finally arrive at a stone lantern and a wall.
Use your Turning Slash ability to break the wallcausing the other half of the water in the flooded chamber to spill out.
After making a crack in the wall, return to the flooded chamber to find the water all washed out, revealing a hidden room under the platform. Head into the room and you will be able to grab the square power panel for the Ascetic's Rest puzzle Crimson Desert.
Now all you have to do is lift the power panel to the platform above, climb up the platform and grab the power plate again place it in the square socket on the wall of the main chamber. After aligning the power panel in place use Force Palm to pin it in place to finally activate the main puzzle mechanism.
Now all you have to do is perform a power palm on the circular mechanism puzzles Ascetic rest Crimson Desertand you finally solve the puzzle. Be sure to grab the Abyss Artifact from the gate and either you can progress forward with the main quest Face the Inner Self.
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March 19, 2026
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language
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Pearl Abyss
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Pearl Abyss