How to solve the Halssius Conflux Puzzle in Crimson Desert

As still as a statue.

Crimson Desert's huge world is absolutely filled with puzzles, and the Halssius Conflux puzzle can be tough to solve. The good news is that this puzzle is actually telling you how to solve it, all you need to do is know what to look for. This is how to wrap this one up and open yet another Abyss Cresset.

How to solve the Halssius Conflux Puzzle in Crimson Desert

Found to the southeast of St. Halssius's House of Healing, the Halssius Conflux puzzle can be very confusing at first. An array of statues stands around a central figure, and an odd multi-tier dial can spin back and forth on the ground, seemingly without provocation. The first thing to do is remove any errant stone pillars lying on the ground. These will block the dial from turning, so feel free to smash them to keep them out of the way. They are easy to move by standing near them and using Nature's Grasp.

Now, the large metal grill with the standing pillar at the end can be moved, but you need to stab our sword into the pillar itself. Stand in front of it, then press the left shoulder button and Y/Triangle on your controller, or press sprint and heavy attack at the same time on the mouse and keyboard. This will perform the ever-useful Stab ability, driving your weapon forward into the pillar. Now you can move it left or right as you wish.

From here, we need to find out the first bronze symbol on the ground that we wish to line up in the center of our metal grid. The trick here is to just line it up with each new symbol that corresponds to the statue hit by the laser.

Portrait

From the start position, drag the metal grid to the left until you find the above symbol, then line it up with the very center of the first box in the grid in front of you.

Scales

Turn the scale to the right until you reach the scales, then line them up in the center.

Horse

For the final symbol, keep moving to the right and line up on the horse symbol to unlock the central statue and the Abyss Cresset within.

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