Gold Bars are your gateway to riches in Crimson Desert, but buying them at the Bank to later invest will set you back a staggering 500 Silver. Fortunately, you can bypass this cost entirely by finding the Alchemy Recipe: Gold Bar. This formula is hidden at the top of the Spire of Insight, an optional tower located in Hernand.
Spire of Insight Location
The Spire of Insight is found to the south of Hernand, past Pororin Village.
Entering the Spire
When you reach the Spire for the first time, you will find it occupied by Goblins. While you can liberate the area, you don't actually need to.
What you need to do, instead, is burn the thorny brambles blocking the entrance. Use your Blinding Flash skill and use Focus Light (L1/LB) to burn to do so.
Solving the Riddles
To reach the Gold Bar Alchemy Formula, you must solve a series of riddles to power the lift.
- Riddle #1 (Entrance):"When the bones of the earth find their place, time begins to flow."
- Solution: Pick up a Pebble from the ground and place it in the bowl near the door.
- Riddle #2 (First Floor):"Traces left behind revive forgotten tales."
- Solution: Locate the Gravestone on the dresser. Place it in the bowl to activate the lift
- Riddle #3 (Second Floor):"Records filled with wisdom guide us to the past, while tools that look to distant places illuminate the future."
- Solution: Pick up the Telescope from the table. Then, go into the small room in the back and grab the Pen Tip (the "record of wisdom") from the desk. Place both in the bowl to activate the lift.
The Gold Bar Formula And The Final Puzzle
Once you reach the final floor, you can find the Alchemy Recipe: Gold Bar pinned to one of the bookshelves, which allows you to create Gold Bars by any witch using certain ingredients. Look around the shelves to also find the Crafting Manual for Two-handed weapons
Finding the Gold Bar Alchemy Formula, however, is not the end of the quest. There's one more puzzle to solve to reach the top of the Spire.
- Riddle #4 (Final Floor): “The dance of the heavens, the turning of the Earth, and the march of time all point to a single truth.”
- Solution: Locate the Celestial (Heavens), the Small Map Rotator (Earth), and the Sundial (Time) scattered around the room. Place all three into the central bowl to activate the lift for the last time
The Reward
Solving the final puzzle and riding the lift will bring you to the top of the Spire, where you can activate an Abyss Gate leading you to the Chaos Forest, a floating island in the Abyss.
This concludes our guide. For more help, visit our Crimson Desert Complete Walkthrough and Guides Hub.
Guide based on a 30+ hours playthrough in the PC version of the game. Screenshots captured from the same version.
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