Crimson Desert: How to Solve Throne of Truth – Walkthrough

The Throne of Truth Abyss in Crimson Desert is a power-restoration puzzle, not a fight. You ride a pair of moving gates across the sky, drop into a button chamber, and light up four walls of switches in the right order using your Force Palm. The trip-up is the room: every button needs you to hang on, resist being knocked off, and strike — and the front wall has a specific starting pair. Get the order right and the whole Abyss powers on.

The short version

• Where: Chapter 9, main quest New Perspectives. It is part of the Dry Valley cluster and is entered from the Nest of Valor (which you reach via the Spire of the Sun). Finish Nest of Valor first.
• Entry: From the Nest of Valor skybridge, two moving gates swing back and forth in the sky. Climb onto one, ride it across, then drop into the hole in the ground.
• The trick for every button: hang onto the button, hold L2 / LT / Q to resist so you don’t fall, then hit Force Palm (R3 / Mouse Wheel).
• Order: Left wall (start with the left button) → Front wall (top-left and bottom-left buttons) → Right wall → Second right wall (the endpoint). Every button glows blue when powered.
• Finish: Repair the broken cable back where you dropped in, then glide on the wind turbine to the next skybridge.

How to reach Throne of Truth

Throne of Truth sits in the Dry Valley cluster and follows directly on from the Nest of Valor Abyss. You get into Nest of Valor through the Spire of the Sun, and you have to clear it before Throne of Truth opens up. If you have not dealt with Nest of Valor yet, do that first.

Once you are standing on the Nest of Valor skybridge, look ahead: two moving gates drift back and forth across the open sky. Climb onto one of them and let it carry you to the far side. From there, drop into the hole in the ground — that is the entrance to the button chamber, not a fall to avoid.

How the button puzzle works

Inside, the chamber is lined with round wall buttons spread across four wall sections. You activate each one with a Force Palm strike, but you cannot just stand and swing — you are hanging on the wall, so the move that matters is the grip. For every button:

• Grab onto the button.
• Hold L2 / LT / Q to RESIST so the recoil doesn’t knock you off the wall.
• Hit Force Palm (R3 / Mouse Wheel) while you hold on.

A button is done when it glows blue. Power flows through the lit buttons, so you are effectively routing energy around the room one section at a time. Work the walls in order rather than jumping between them.

Exact button order

1. Left wall — start with the left button.
2. Front wall — start with the top-left and bottom-left buttons.
3. Right wall — clear its buttons next.
4. Second right wall — this is the endpoint. Finish here.

Confirm every button on every wall is glowing blue before you move on. If a wall still has a dark button, the cable will not accept the repair.

Repair the cable and exit

Once all the buttons glow blue, head back to where you first dropped in. There is a broken cable at the point the power flows toward — interact with it to repair it. Repairing the cable fully restores power and completes the Abyss.

To leave, go back up and glide on the wind turbine to reach the next skybridge. In chronological order, the challenge after Throne of Truth is the Dimensional Labyrinth, so this is your bridge toward that next Abyss.

Common mistakes

• Treating the drop as a fall. After riding the moving gate across, dropping into the hole is the intended way in — not a death pit.
• Skipping the resist hold. If you Force Palm a button without holding L2 / LT / Q, the recoil knocks you off the wall and you lose the button.
• Ignoring the front-wall starting pair. The front wall begins with the top-left and bottom-left buttons specifically — start elsewhere and the chain won’t light cleanly.
• Trying to repair the cable early. The cable only takes the repair once every button on all four walls is glowing blue.
• Tackling it before Nest of Valor. Throne of Truth opens after Nest of Valor; clear that Abyss first.

Practical takeaway

Clear Nest of Valor, ride a moving gate from its skybridge, and drop into the hole. Light every wall button with the grip-resist-Force Palm move in the order left wall → front wall (top-left and bottom-left) → right wall → second right wall, watching for the blue glow. Repair the cable where you dropped in to power the Abyss, then glide out on the wind turbine toward the Dimensional Labyrinth. If you are deep into the Abyss, it is also worth lining up the best Abyssal gear for what comes next.