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Crimson Desert features a detailed combat system with deep mechanics and unique skill trees for each character. If you’re curious about how to unlock elemental attacks and add different elements to your weapons, you can actually do this early in the game, as long as you know where to look.
While you might think elemental attacks are unlocked naturally through the game’s story progression, they are actually accessed by completing Abyss puzzle challenges. These challenges are found only after you climb various Spires scattered across each region.
How to Unlock Elemental Attacks in Crimson Desert
Elemental attacks are located in each character’s skill tree in the red section. They can’t be unlocked simply by using Abyss Artifacts. Instead, you must ascend specific Spires and complete Abyss puzzles to access these powers.
The elemental attacks relate to the 40 challenges called “Restoration – The Abyss” in your journal. To reach these challenges, first locate and climb Spires around the world, starting with The Spire of Ringing Truth.
All Elemental Attacks and Where to Find Them
The first important Spire is the Spire of Ringing Truth, situated in the western part of Pailune, between the Wayward Woods and the Upper Nas River. This is the best place to start unlocking your first elemental attacks for Kliff.
After climbing this Spire, follow the Abyss path until you reach the Path of Trials. Completing this trial unlocks the Frost Mantle skill, which creates a frost barrier to protect you from attacks and can freeze enemies.
To unlock the fire-based skills, continue along the same Abyss path until you arrive at the Tree of Slumber. Completing the Tree of Slumber puzzle in Crimson Desert unlocks Flame Strike for Kliff, Flame Rush for Damiane, and Flame Quake for Oongka. Other elemental powers are unlocked as part of the main story but won’t be available until you finish Chapter 8 and gain access to the Spire of Clockwork in Demeniss.
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