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Abyss Artifacts are essential items that you need to collect in Crimson Desert. With Abyss Artifacts, you can acquire new skills, like combat abilities and stat improvements, and for gear upgrades. While you can acquire Abyss Artifacts from boss fights and Abyss puzzles, there’s an easier farming method.
You can head to the Scholastone Institute and pickpocket NPCs for Abyss Artifacts, and below, we’ll share the route and method we used to get an easy source of Abyss Artifacts without too much work, so you can level up early and get the material you need to upgrade your armor and weapons.
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How to Farm Abyss Artifacts in Crimson Desert
- In Chapter 4, you can head to the Scholastone Institute in southwest Hernand.
- Head inside the Scholastone Institute’s north building to find a bunch of NPCs walking and sitting around the main hall.
- Equip the Lantern from your Weapon Wheel (Hold Left on the D-Pad).
- Use the Lantern (L1/LB) and walk around and look for golden cube items in the NPC’s inventory, which indicates that the NPC is holding an Abyss Artifact.
- Equip a Mask and bump into the NPC, then hold X/A to Pickpocket them to steal the Abyss Artifact.
- Sometimes the NPC will have multiple items to Pickpocket, so you might not get the Abyss Artifact right away.
Your crime can also be witnessed, so make sure you run away from the area to avoid getting a bounty, but even if you do, it’s only going to be around 6 Silver Coins, so 6 Silver Coins is more than worth the price of an Abyss Artifact (and you can pay it off with this guide).
Sometimes, NPCs won’t have any Abyss Artifacts. If that’s the case, simply reload a save or reload into the area from the Abyss Nexus (fast travel point) and try again.
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March 19, 2026
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
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Pearl Abyss
- Publisher(s)
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Pearl Abyss
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