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Best Places to Visit Early

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Best Places to Visit Early

Visiting certain places early in Crimson Desert can reward you with loot, resources, and easier ways to explore. Learn what places are the best to visit early at the beginning of the game.

Best Places to Visit Early





Bell Towers

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Toll of Hernand
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Toll of Scholastone
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Toll of Delesyia
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Toll of Tommaso
Toll of Varnia

Once you enter a new region, always look for the bell towers as ringing them clears up the Fog of War concentrated in the area occupied by the bell tower. This makes exploration easier, lessening the need to manually clear up the map on foot.

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Treasure Chest Locations

Map Location Chest Location
Sanctum of Temperance Found behind a nook hidden by grass.
Sanctum of Penitence Jump into the hole near the brown dog to get to the chest.
Sanctum of Benediction Sanctum of Benediction Chest.pngLight the latern to access a hidden area containing the chest.

It is worth visiting the Sanctums of Temperance, Penitence, and Benediction before starting the Witch of Wisdom questline, as this allows you to loot the chests containing powerful Abyss Gear without having to fight.

The gear is powerful enough to justify visiting these locations early on. Do so, and save the combat encounters for later, once you're better geared.

All Chest Locations

Mysterious Energy Locations

Mysterious Energy Locations
Mysterious Energy locations are worth exploring because they often contain fast travel points like an Abyss Nexus or an Abyss Cresset that you can unlock.

They also contain unique loot, though accessing some of it requires solving puzzles.

What Are Mysterious Energies?

Hernand Highlands Cavern

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The Hernand Highlands Cavern is a place where you can mine diamonds, which are needed to craft Abyss Cores. Located southeast of your camp in Howling Hill, it is quite accessible in the early game.

How to Equip Abyss Cores

Pororin Village

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Pororin Village is home to the Shai and the NPC Lumiel. You should visit Lumiel to obtain the Sustained Supply Arrow, a unique arrow with unlimited use.

How to Enter Pororin Forest

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