Secret at the Church is a main story quest in Crimson Desert. Your progress might be halted while trying to activate the pillar of Radiance to complete the quest objective. But don’t you worry, in this guide, we will walk you through the exact steps to complete this puzzle.
How to Solve the Church Puzzle?
To activate the Pillar of Radiance, we first have to find the cellar key and the church relic. Follow these simple steps given below to complete this quest.
Find the Cellar key
To find the Church Relic, head to the Demeniss orphanage at Byron Estate. Here, you will receive the cellar keys to gather the church relic.

Then head over to the location of the Cellar, marked location given below. With the Cellar keys, you’ll be able to enter the Cellar door and go down to the underground location where you’ll find a strongbox.


Open the Strongbox
To open the Strongbox, press according to the following sequence
- ‘Top Left-> Bottom Right-> Top Right-> Bottom Left’


Now you’ll find the Church Relic, Dagger of Radiance, in the small box inside.
Activate the Pillar of Radiance
The Dagger of Radiance is the key to unlocking the Pillar’s puzzle. Go to the marked location given below in the Church of West of Demeniss. Here you’ll find the small pillar with an interactable button ‘plant’. The Dagger will be planted inside the pillar upon interaction, and the pillar will expand in size and reveal the Secret Puzzle.

Solve the Secret at the Church Puzzle
The unlocked pillar reveals a Disc shaped Puzzle. 3 Dials of the Disc contain an image of an Eye in a scrambled way. Using your WASD keys or the Left Thumbstick, align the 3 dials to form an eye’s image.

And Congratulations! You have now successfully solved the Secret Church Puzzle, which further unlocks the Spire of Soaring.
And that concludes our guide. If you found this guide helpful, please do check out all the guides we post daily on Crimson Desert and more!

