Crimson Desert's Trickiest Puzzle: Inside Pywel's Five Finger Mountain Vault
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
At the center of the chamber stands a weathered stone guardian holding distinct ceremonial artifacts in its carved hands. Surrounding this central figure is a ring of towering stone monoliths resting in grooved floor tracks.
This setup forms a massive sliding stone puzzle. As reported by Shacknews and verified by early walkthrough specialists like DualShockers writer Miller Reynolds, solving the puzzle requires moving large stone blocks to reveal hidden targets, then matching the icons on those targets to the items clutched by the statue.
The mechanism operates through physical interaction:
- Grip and Shift: Kliff must physically latch onto the stone blocks, using the game's momentum physics to push or pull them along their set channels.
- Reveal the Glyphs: Moving each block exposes previously concealed wall sections carved with distinct target symbols.
- Match the Items: The player must identify which symbols match the sword, chalice, or scroll held by the central statue.
- Lock the Pillars: Sliding the correct block into alignment with the matching icon triggers an audible mechanical click, locking that segment in place.
Misinterpreting the statue's held items resets the alignment, forcing players to slide the monoliths back to their starting positions.
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