Throughout Pywel there are many dungeons, ruins, towns and other architectural bits of eye-candy that are sure to draw your attention, but nothing piques an adventurer’s curiosity quite like a big ol’ tower rising out of the wilderness. Located on a plateau near the Steel Mountains, south of the Willow River, stands the Spire of Insight. This page will provide a guide for solving in the puzzles within and reaching the top of the Spire of Insight in Crimson Desert!
Page Breakdown¶
| Quick Search |
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| Spire of Insight Location |
| How to Reach the Top of the Spire of Insight |
| Entrance Puzzle |
| First Floor Puzzle |
| Third Floor Puzzle |
| Fourth Floor Puzzle |
The location of the Spire of Insight on the map.
Spire of Insight Location¶
As mentioned earlier, the Spire of Insight can be found far to the southeast of Hernand city, with Godleaf Guildhouse being roughly the halfway point between the two. You need to search some high ground north of the “Steel Mountains” text on the map to find the Spire of Insight in the middle of this stretch of high ground. There’s also an Abyss Nexus southwest of the Spire of Insight, if you want to secure your position with a fast travel waypoint. Be wary of bandits and Fundamentalist Goblins as you explore this area, as both have camps on either side of the Spire of Insight.
Focus light using your sword to set the vines on fire and clear a way to the southern face of the tower.
How to Reach the Top of the Spire of Insight¶
Once you’ve fought your way to the Spire of Insight, approach the tower from the south and you’ll notice that this side of the tower is blocked by thorny vines. To clear them, you’ll have to use your Blinding Flash skill by holding 
+ 
, and while you’re holding those press again without letting go of . This will cause you to focus the light of the sun with your blade - just aim at the vines and eventually they’ll start to burn.
Read the inscription on the tower’s entrance, then pick up a Small Pebble,
and place it in the bowl to open the door.
Entrance Puzzle¶
Burn a passage to the southern face of the tower and you’ll find an inscription over a bowl on the wall, which reads:
”When the bones of the earth awaken from their long silence and find their place, time begins to flow once more.”
Simple enough, search the ground nearby for a Small Pebble, pick such a stone up with 
, then return to the bowl, hold to “place” the pebble, which will get you a reticle - make sure you’re aiming the reticle at the bowl and drop the stone inside the bowl by pressing 
. This will cause the door to open dramatically, and keep these controls in mind - you’ll be repeating this puzzle three more times.
Read the Giant Book to get a riddle,
then pick up a Gravestone and put it in the bowl.
First Floor Puzzle¶
Enter the towr and search a wooden platform, which features a bowl and a “Giant Book”. Read the Giant Book and you’ll get another riddle:
”Even after many years have passed, the traces left behind revive forgotten tales.”
Search a desk to the east to find a Gravestone on a desk, pick it up, and place it in the bowl. Note that you can find a Ranged Weapons of the World - Bows, Vol. II on a shelf on this level, if that interests you - just use your minimap to guide you to a shelf to the right of the walkway leading to the wooden platform.
Anywho, once you place the Gravestone in the bowl, the platform will lift up to the third floor. If something happens that causes you to miss your elevator, just push the button on the wooden post nearby to summon it back down.
On the third floor, search a table to the southwest to find a Telescope,
then work your way southeast, and into a small room to the right and search a table to find a Pen Tip. Drop both into the bowl to advance.
Third Floor Puzzle¶
When the platform reaches the third floor, read the Giant Book again for a new riddle:
”Records filled with wisdom guide us to the past, while tools that look to reflect distant places illuminate the future.”
This time you need to get two items. First head southwest around a bookshelf to find a table with a Telescope on it. Grab it and put it in the bowl. Next head southeast around the bookshelf, enter a room to your right, then search the table to the left to find some quills. Pick up this Pen Tip and again, drop it in the bowl and the elevator will take you up to the fourth floor.
Grab the “Alchemy Formula: Gold Bar” off a bookshelf,
then search another bookshelf to find the “Two-Handed Swords of the World, Vol. III” crafting book.
Fourth Floor Puzzle¶
Once the elevator stops, search some bookshelves to the northeast to find the Alchemy Formula: Gold Bar pinned to the end of a bookshelf. You can also find the Two-Handed Weapons of the World, Vol. III on the lower shelf of a bookshelf to the west. These won’t help you solve the puzzle here, but they’re nice to have.
(1 of 4) For the puzzle, search the shelves near a ladder to the north to find a Sundial,
Anywho, get those or don’t, then read the Giant Book on the platform to get the final riddle:
”The dance of the heavens, the turning of the Earth, and the march of time all point to a single truth.”
This time you need to find three items and put them in the bowl, as follows:
- Sundial: On a bookshelf to the north, near a ladder.
- Celestial: To the northeast, on the floor between two bookshelves, near where you picked up the “Alchemy Formula: Gold Bar”.
- Small Map Rotator: To the east, on a shelf.
Once these three are dropped in the bowl, the elevator will rise for a final time, taking you to the top of the tower and completing this challenge. Your reward? Access to a portal that will take you to another puzzle, the Chaos Forest Puzzle in the Abyss.
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