How to open and complete the Spire of Insight in Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert‘s Abyss is a mystical, elevated plane of existence that lies above the corporeal reality below. Though in the heavens, it is invisible to the naked eye, and only those gifted with its touch can ever reach it.

A lot of what you do in the Abyss is mandatory, but the game is also filled with optional Abyss puzzles and quests that let you unlock new fast travel spots and even abilities and skills. The place is usually accessed through various Spires, and the Spire of Insight is an especially puzzling one.

So if you are an avid explorer and came across this impressive building, here’s how you can open it and solve the puzzles inside.

How to open and solve the Spire of Insight

The first time you come across the Spire of Insight, you will notice that it is absolutely covered in thick, thorny roots that block any and all access to it. To clear them, all you need to do is fire up your Blinding Light ability and focus the light onto the brambles, burning them to ash.

Once the roots are gone, you will then be given your first puzzle: unlocking the Spire’s door. To do it, pick up one of the pebbles lying on the ground and place it in the bowl sticking out from the door. Doing so will open them and grant you access to the library within.

There are three levels you need to climb to reach the Abyss gate at the top, and each of them requires you to place items in the bowls. The necessary items are drawn on the massive book in front of the bowls, and if you don’t want to go out looking for them yourself, here’s what you need to do for each level.

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The first bowl asks you to place a gravestone in it. You can find it immediately to the right of the bowl and book, on a desk beneath the bookshelves.

The second bowl requires a telescope and an ink and quill. Both are located behind you, the first being left on a desk and the other being to the right, through a door in the wall leading into a study. The ink and quill are on the study desk beneath the window.

The third bowl asks you for a sundial, a celestial, and a small map rotator. The first and the last are found on the bookshelves, while the celestial sits on the floor between a couple of bookshelves to the right of the bowl. Next to the celestial, you’ll also find an alchemy recipe for gold bars, which are a fantastic source of income.

After the third bowl is filled up, the elevator will take you to the top, where an Abyss Gate grants you access to several connected Abyss puzzles and, therefore, several potential Abyss Artifacts that you need to level up and upgrade skills and abilities.

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Retro Rewind: Video Store Simulator has a list of Unique VHS tapes that can appear in the New Releases section, and they’re all based on real-life movies. While the tapes and their names are completely made up, they’re clearly adapted from popular movies we have had in real life.

This guide will provide you with a complete list of all such tapes that can appear in New Releases when you’re trying to purchase a tape.

All Unique VHS tapes and SKU Codes in Retro Rewind

Unique VHS tapes are different from ordinary ones. For starters, they only appear under the ‘New Releases’ section. Second, you’ll need to manually own the tape before you can choose to use the SKU Code to order a pirated version. These also include only VHS tapes that have unique posters that refer to the original movies.

Unique VHS name	Original Movie	Genre
BAD BAX	Mad Max (1979)	Action	[13334]
Die Trying	Die Hard (1988)	Action	[22664]
Jumbo Manhunt	First Blood (1982)	Action	[19654]
Phantom Patrol	Ghostbusters (1984)	Comedy	[27593]
The Color Violet	The Color Purple (1985)	Drama	[10693]
Poetry is Dead	Dead Poets Society (1989)	Drama	[22834]
Rain Woman	Thelma & Louise (1991)	Drama	[19759]
Holiday Break-in	Home Alone (1990)	Xmas	[23771]
Xenocat	Alien (1979)	Sci-Fi	[27356]
X-Terminate	The Terminator (1984)	Sci-Fi	[48825]
Galactic Revellion IV	Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)	Sci-Fi	[22211]
Forward to the Past	Back to the Future (1985)	Sci-Fi	[26621]
Pimpleface	Scarface (1983)	Police	[18610]
Phone Home	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	Kid	[23336]
The Static Haunting	Poltergeist (1982)	Horror	[48927]
Hell Hotel	The Shining (1980)	Horror	[14442]
Bad Dreams on Mel Road	A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)	Horror	[12286]
13 Bodies	Friday the 13th (1980)	Horror	[21599]
Kronan the Berserker	Conan the Barbarian (1982)	Fantasy	[45691]
Draconic Park	Jurassic Park (1993)	Fantasy	[16064]