Chapter 1 The First Encounter Walkthrough

Complete Crimson Desert's Chapter 1, The First Encounter. Includes Trials of Kindness and Traces quests, with rewards like Silver and a Faded Abyss Artifact.

Chapter 1 of the main story in Crimson Desert is titled The First Encounter. This chapter follows Kliff as he arrives in the City of Hernand and performs acts of kindness that lead him to magical encounters in the Abyss.

Trials of Kindness

This quest takes place in the City of Hernand, Hernand.

Missions and Objectives:

1. Where Rumors Gather: Look around Hernand Tavern and Try Arm Wrestling.
2. Mysterious Man: Give a Coin to The Old Beggar.
3. True Wisdom in Kindness: Investigate the Sewer.
4. Actions Speak Louder than Words: Help the Distressed Villagers.
5. Heart Beyond Borders: Speak with the Child and Return the Cat to its Owner.

• Silver x1
• Standard Inventory Expansion Tool x2
• Lentils x10
• Apple x5

Traces

This quest takes place in the Axiom Archive, Abyss.

Missions and Objectives:

1. Mystical Key: Examine the engraved key, go to Hernand Castle, and find the room the key opens.
2. Polar Opposites: Activate the Abyss Nexus, go toward the building, find a way into the building, and enter the building.
3. Abyss Without Balance: Go through the skybridge gate, activate the Abyss Nexus, remove the wall blocking the floor, combine the Abyss Cell, activate the Abyss power supply, and take the Abyss Artifact.
4. Woman in White: Speak to the Woman in White and return to Hernand.

• Faded Abyss Artifact x1
• Palmar Pill x1