How To Unlock Elemental Attacks

While you’d think the elemental attacks in Crimson Desert would be unlocked as part of the regular progression of the game, they’re actually unlocked through the various Abyss puzzle challenges that players will only find if they ascend the different Spires located throughout each region.

How To Unlock Elemental Attacks In Crimson Desert

Elemental attacks are found in each character’s skill tree in the red section, and cannot be unlocked by “traditional means” of just using Abyss Artifacts. Instead, each character’s elemental attacks and the ability to imbue elements can only be unlocked by ascending Spires around the world and completing various Abyss puzzles.

Elemental attacks are associated with the 40 different “Restoration – The Abyss” challenges in your journal, which require players to complete a series of puzzles in the Abyss. To reach these Abyss sections, you’ll first need to track down a few different Spires in the game, starting with The Spire of Ringing Truth.

All Elemental Attacks & Where To Get Them

The Spire of Ringing Truth is located in the western reaches of Pailune, between the Wayward Woods and Upper Nas River. It’s the best starting point for unlocking your first elemental attacks for Kliff. After ascending the Spire of Ringing Truth, you’ll need to follow the Abyss path until you reach the Path of Trials.

Completing the Path of Trials will unlock the Frost Mantle skill for each character, which allows players to create a barrier of frost around you to protect from incoming attacks and potentially freeze enemies that hit you. To unlock the fire skills, continue following this same Abyss path until you reach the Tree of Slumber.

Completing the Tree of Slumber puzzle in Crimson Desert will unlock Flame Strike for Kliff, as well as Flame Rush for Damiane and Flame Quake for Oongka. The remaining elemental attacks can be unlocked as part of the main questline, but will not be accessible until you complete Chapter 8 and receive the key to unlock the Spire of Clockwork in Demeniss.

Crimson Desert

Systems

7/10

Released

March 19, 2026

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language

Developer(s)

Pearl Abyss

Publisher(s)

Pearl Abyss

Number of Players

Single-player