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Triumph in Hernand tavern as part of Where Rumors Gather.
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You'll first try arm wrestling in Crimson Desert during the Chapter 1 main quest in which you arrive in Hernand. Where Rumors Gather sees you head into the tavern to try and track down info about your scattered Greymane comrades, and I guess the best way to do that is try some random-ass minigame? Priorities, Kliff.
The minigame itself is fairly straightforward, provided you're a proficient button-basher, but here's a rundown of how it works so you can keep progressing the Chapter 1 quest to clean a chimney and head to Hernand Castle.
Arm wrestling is comparatively easy as Crimson Desert's minigames go, at least more so than working out how to fish anyway. Here's what you need to do:
When you fill the icon fully with red, you'll slam their hand down and win the match. Essentially, it's just a button-bashing minigame with a quicktime event thrown in, though Crimson Desert's quicktime events are a bit borked. There's one in battles later where a soldier will tackle and punch you in the face repeatedly, and the only way out is to hit a weirdly tough quicktime.
By the way, when I beat all the arm wrestlers in the tavern, I completed the Hero's Handshake I challenge and got an Abyss Artifact, so it's worse defeating them all if you can.
Crimson Desert characters: Unlock eachCrimson Desert Abyss Artifacts: Level upCrimson Desert respec: Swap your skillsHow to steal in Crimson Desert: Pilfer some lootHow to find keys in Crimson Desert: Open doorsHow to fast travel in Crimson Desert: Going places
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You'll first try arm wrestling in Crimson Desert during the Chapter 1 main quest in which you arrive in Hernand. Where Rumors Gather sees you head into the tavern to try and track down info about your scattered Greymane comrades, and I guess the best way to do that is try some random-ass minigame? Priorities, Kliff.
The minigame itself is fairly straightforward, provided you're a proficient button-basher, but here's a rundown of how it works so you can keep progressing the Chapter 1 quest to clean a chimney and head to Hernand Castle.
Arm wrestling is comparatively easy as Crimson Desert's minigames go, at least more so than working out how to fish anyway. Here's what you need to do:
When you fill the icon fully with red, you'll slam their hand down and win the match. Essentially, it's just a button-bashing minigame with a quicktime event thrown in, though Crimson Desert's quicktime events are a bit borked. There's one in battles later where a soldier will tackle and punch you in the face repeatedly, and the only way out is to hit a weirdly tough quicktime.
By the way, when I beat all the arm wrestlers in the tavern, I completed the Hero's Handshake I challenge and got an Abyss Artifact, so it's worse defeating them all if you can.
Crimson Desert characters: Unlock eachCrimson Desert Abyss Artifacts: Level upCrimson Desert respec: Swap your skillsHow to steal in Crimson Desert: Pilfer some lootHow to find keys in Crimson Desert: Open doorsHow to fast travel in Crimson Desert: Going places
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Sean's first PC games were Full Throttle and Total Annihilation and his taste has stayed much the same since. When not scouring games for secrets or bashing his head against puzzles, you'll find him revisiting old Total War campaigns, agonizing over his Destiny 2 fit, or still trying to finish the Horus Heresy. Sean has also written for EDGE, Eurogamer, PCGamesN, Wireframe, EGMNOW, and Inverse.
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