All Strongbox puzzle locations and solutions in Crimson Desert

Strongbox puzzles in Crimson Desert require you to use your brains to obtain the solution, which allows you to open and obtain whatever rewards they provide. Some of them are part of quests, while the rest can provide you with keys for getting unique weapons.

This guide will give you all the key information for opening these Strongboxes.

How to open all Strongbox puzzles in Crimson Desert

The following sections have all the required information needed for solving the Strongbox puzzles.

Bluemont Manor Strongbox puzzle solution

The Bluemont Manor area has two buildings.

• The first puzzle is found on the second floor of the northern building. Here’s the puzzle solution: 2-2-2-4-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-1

• The second puzzle is in the building on the southern side. Rotate the first wheel five times, the second wheel two times, the third wheel four times, the fourth wheel three times, and the fifth wheel five times.

You’ll get the Oath of Darkness Earrings and the Fine Crafted Gold Necklace as your rewards.

Hillside Manor Strongbox puzzle solution

Located on the eastern side of Hernand City, you’ll need to reach the entrance and then climb the wall to the left. Open the upper window and enter the room where the puzzle can be found. Turn the wheels to align the cylinders in the following order.

• 1st Wheel: Two times
• 2nd Wheel: Three times
• 3rd Wheel: Four times
• 4th Wheel: Five times
• 5th Wheel: Five times

You get the Saint’s Necklace after opening the puzzle.

Lioncrest Castle Strongbox puzzle solution

Once you find the manor, climb the wall and open the window on the second floor to enter the room (if you have entrance through the main door, that works as well). You have to rotate the squares to complete the picture. Solve the puzzle to get the Engraved Gold Earring.

Hernand Castle Strongbox puzzle solution

Take the archway to the right and climb the stairs to reach the bottom floor of the tower. Next, go up the wooden stairs and open the door. You’ll need a normal key to access. Listen to the tune, and replicate it with the buttons in the following order.

• 1-7-6-7-3-4-3

You’ll get an Engraved Gold Earring for opening this Strongbox.

Mudbridge Cabin Strongbox puzzle solution

Located near the Unreachable Village, the cabin is surrounded by mud. There will be enemies to clear before you can reach the second floor. To solve the Strongbox, you need to move the squares in the following order.

• Center-right tile down
• Center tile right
• Bottom-center tile up
• Bottom-left tile right
• Center-left tile down
• Center tile left
• Bottom-center tile up

Solving the puzzle grants you a Flower Petal Earring.

Arboria Castle Strongbox puzzle solution

You can find the Arboria Castle in the Hills of No Return. The Strongbox puzzle is inside an abandoned room, and here’s how you can solve it.

• Turn 1st Wheel three times
• Turn 2nd Wheel four times
• Turn 3rd Wheel five times
• Turn 4th Wheel four times
• Turn 5th Wheel two times

Reventine Monastery Strongbox puzzle solution

Enter the Reventine Monastery and reach the round courtyard. Take the eastern door and approach the library on the right. Move a bookshelf to expose the hidden room, which has the puzzle. Once again, you have to move six tiles in the following order to open the Strongbox.

• Center-right square down
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Center-right square left
• Bottom-right square up
• Bottom-center square right
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Bottom-center square up
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Bottom-center square up
• Bottom-right square left

You’ll be rewarded with the Reventine Monastery Exclusive Document that can be sold for coins.

Western Court Strongbox puzzle solution

The Western Court area typically has enemies around the location. You can either sneak inside or just eliminate all the enemies. Head inside, and go under the curtain next to the stairs on the first floor. Find the basement ladder, move down, and rearrange the six squares in the following order.

• Bottom-center square right
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Center-right square left
• Bottom-right square up
• Bottom-center square right
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Bottom-center square up
• Bottom-left square right
• Center-left square down
• Center square left
• Bottom-center square up
• Bottom-right square left

Sungrove Manor Strongbox puzzle solution

Go to the second floor of the manor and enter the room that’s at the very end of the corridor. To solve the puzzle, you have to rotate individual squares to complete the picture. Since this puzzle is random, you’ll have to test it out on your own. Solving the puzzle grants you the Sungrove Manor key.

Azerian Manor Strongbox puzzle solution

This location is close to the Sungrove Manor, and you need to enter the second floor. There will be a fake wall; push it to access the hidden room where the puzzle is located. You’ll need to push teh button in the following order to rotate the sections and solve the puzzle.

• 1-1-2-2-2-3-3-3

Open the Strongbox, and you’ll get the Ancient Earring.

Southern Court Strongbox puzzle solution

You can find the puzzle on the second floor of the Southern Court. There will be enemies that you’ll need to clear. The puzzle is in the blue room, and you’ll have to press the buttons in the following order to complete the picture.

• 1-2

Opening the box will get you the Witch’s Earring.

Stellen Manor Stronbox puzzle solution

The Stellen Manor location has two Stronbox puzzles to find. The first puzzle is located at the top of the tower. You have to align the cylinders by turning the wheels in the following order.

• 1st Wheel two times
• 2nd Wheel five times
• 3rd Wheel five times
• 4th Wheel four times
• 5th Wheel three times

To solve the second puzzle, you can check out this guide, which will reward you with the Stellen Manor Closet key.

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The Play It Your Way update has dropped in PEAK, and it completely introduces the way we have played the game so far. If you felt that the general gameplay was a hard challenge, it all changes now. This guide will give you a quick overview of all the major changes and what you can expect from the patch.

Complete PEAK Play It Your Way update patch notes

Here’s an overview of all major changes made as part of the new patch.

Custom Runs

You can completely change how runs worked so far in PEAK. You can make them as easy or hard as you want. You can also choose which tools to spawn with and what kind of hazards you can encounter on your run. You can also tweak how the environmental hazards work and how severe/relaxing their effects are.

Mini Runs

If you don’t have time for a full-scale adventure, you can try out Mini Runs. They will allow you to play a single biome of the daily map. These quick runs can be quite intense without being unnecessarily long.

Campfire Autosaves

It’s now easier to pause and resume our adventures without losing much progress. All you need to do is reach a campfire. You’ll be able to save all your progress automatically by accessing a campfire, and you can quit. You can later resume the adventure from the autosave, and this works until you win, lose, or begin a fresh run.

Additionally, you can hang out at a campfire without any hunger or fog progression. It will only extinguish after the scout leaves.

Zombie Phobia mode

If you hated the zombies, you can now disable them completely on Custom Runs. However, you can also use the Zombie Phobia mode to make things less graphic if you want.

Here are some minor changes that are part of this patch.

• Achievements that need to be done in a single run will now maintain their progress if a player disconnects/reconnects (such as Gourmand or Mycology badges)
• Fixed a long-standing issue where interacting with a rope shooter’s rope immediately after it was fired could cause a division by zero, causing chaotic behaviour, including locking the player’s controls or sending them to the void.
• Fixed issue where sometimes scouts would not revive when reconnecting in cases where they should have.
• Made the endgame scout report work properly after disconnecting and reconnecting to a game.
•  Audio sliders and kick button will now show up immediately when a new player joins without needing to re-open the menu.
• Scouts that were skeletons when they disconnected will still be skeletons when they reconnect.
• Fixed a bug where Player 3 and Player 4 would spawn in the same location.
• Rescue Hook now doesn’t put you in a ragdolled state for as long, making it easier to use.

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