Crimson Desert Ocean Ruins Puzzles Guide: Cliff, Rocky Hill, and Satyros

Yes, all three can be solved in any order, and each one is self-contained. On Cliff, ring the bells 2-2-6-6-5-4-3-2. On Rocky Hill, turn the dials in five moves until the whale picture is complete. On Satyros, follow the glowing blue tiles in order and never step on a wrong tile. Each solved puzzle opens its Abyss Cresset on a pedestal, and the site becomes a fast-travel point.

The Cliff puzzle sits on the north side of Iliya Island. Find the bell mechanism and ring the eight bells in this exact order: 2-2-6-6-5-4-3-2. Vulkk’s guide, which first published the sequence, says to strike the bells with Axiom Force plus Force Current, or with explosive arrows that hit hard enough. If you run out of time, the puzzle resets and all the lights turn red, so start the sequence over from the beginning.

Do not confuse this bell puzzle with the Rocky Hill dials on the same island: Cliff is the bell mechanism in the north, Rocky Hill is the whale mural in the south. The bell order above is reported by Vulkk as a fixed sequence; if a later patch changes it, the in-game lights are the authority, not this page.

Sail south past the Central Waters to reach Iliya Island, then head to its southern tip. A giant altar overlooks a whale mural on the ground, surrounded by four rotating plates. Interact with the dial by the stairs to start. The plates are linked, so each move turns several at once: the trick is to fix one part of the picture at a time and ignore the plates that move with it.

When the picture is complete, the puzzle glows and the mural changes. Jump down to the puzzle area and interact with the pedestal in the center to collect the Abyss Cresset. GamesHorizon’s walkthrough and Sportskeeda’s Iliya Island guide agree on these five moves, and a step-by-step video guide confirms the same order.

Sail south into the South Sea to Satyros Island, west of the Great Coral Reef, and make for the island’s southwestern edge. The ruins sit at the center of the site, recognizable by fog-like particles, and the puzzle is a floor of tiles, some marked with symbols. Your job is to step on the symbol tiles in an order that connects them all, and the symbols only turn blue when you approach them in the correct order.

Walk it, do not run it. Step onto one tile at a time, and if you step wrong the puzzle resets. Sportskeeda’s guide describes the route this way: step onto the glowing blue tile at the center, take a left to the end, take a right to reach the next glowing blue tile, then take another right to the next blue tile, and continue tile by tile following the blue glow. From the bottom-right tile, walk one tile left, move forward to the second-to-last tile, take a U-turn back to the second tile, and reach the final blue tile three tiles away. GamesHorizon’s solution matches the same shape: start on the tile sticking out in front of you, go left to the end, then right onto the second blue symbol, then left and down toward the final tile. The two guides agree on the route’s shape; the blue glow on the floor is the final authority if they ever differ.

Finishing the path unlocks the Abyss Cresset. GamesHorizon also notes a Forgotten Treasure Map in the newly unlocked secret area, so look around before you leave. A lantern helps: the guides recommend walking slowly with a light rather than rushing the tiles.

Each site pays one Abyss Cresset, which converts into an Abyss Artifact used to upgrade skills, and each site becomes a permanent fast-travel point once solved. That is the whole reward loop: three Cressets, three fast-travel points, no boss fight attached to any of them.

Do not mix these three up with the other ruins in the game. The Forgotten Ocean Ruins are a separate underwater materials area, not a puzzle site, and the base game’s own ruins puzzles use different mechanics: the Sealed Abyss Artifacts and bell-and-Cresset collections of the base game are covered in our base-game collectibles guide, linked below. The three sites in this guide are DLC-only, and their Cressets are DLC Abyss Artifacts, not the base game’s sealed ones.

No. Each site is independent. Solve whichever one you reach first; the rewards do not depend on order.

The puzzle resets and you start the path over. Walk slowly, one tile at a time, and follow the blue glow.

The puzzle resets and the lights turn red. Start the 2-2-6-6-5-4-3-2 sequence again from the first bell.

No. These three Ocean Ruins sites are DLC-only, added with Charting the Unknown. The base game’s ruins, bells, and Sealed Abyss Artifacts are a separate collection.