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Alchemy Formula: Gold Bar
March 28, 2026 at 06:34 PM
Expanded from stub with Spire of Insight location details, puzzle context, and what the recipe unlocks, from YouTube guide
Alchemy Formula: Gold Bar is a consumable crafting recipe in Crimson Desert. It is a document detailing the method for creating Gold Bars, the most precious metal in the world and the very source and core of wealth. Learning this recipe is required before you can craft Gold Bars through alchemy at a Witch NPC.
The formula is found inside the Spire of Insight, a puzzle tower located in the Steel Mountains in the southeastern part of the Hernand region, directly south of Pororin Village. The recipe scroll is pinned on a shelf on the third floor of the tower.
To reach the recipe, you need to complete the Spire's puzzles. The tower entrance is blocked by thorny brambles that must be burned away using Blinding Flash with Focus Light. Each floor presents a puzzle solved by finding specific objects shown on book pages and placing them in a golden pot. The Gold Bar formula is accessible on the third floor, and you can grab it and teleport out if you wish. However, completing the full tower is recommended for the Abyss fast travel point at the top.
Floor | Items Needed |
|---|---|
Entrance | Burn brambles with Focus Light, clear bandits, place pebble in pot on front door |
Ground Floor | Pick up gravestone from back of room, place in center pot |
First Floor | Find telescope (back right) and pen tip (small room in back corner), place both in pot |
Second Floor (Recipe here) | Gold Bar recipe on shelf; puzzle requires celestial, small map rotor, and sundial in pot |
Top | Abyss fast travel point |
After picking up the scroll, equip it from your inventory and use your Lantern on the glowing blue text to permanently register the formula in your Knowledge menu. The physical scroll can then be sold. Also look around the room for additional crafting books before leaving.
Learning this formula enables three crafting methods for Gold Bars:
Blacksmith smelting: 100 Gold Ore at any blacksmith (inefficient)
Witch alchemy: 3 Brimstone + 3 Mercury + 10 Silver Ore (recommended)
Witch alchemy: 3 Gold Ore + 1 Golden Apple (rare ingredient)
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Consumable |
Type | Crafting Recipe |
Location | Spire of Insight (3rd floor) |
Gold Bar - The item this recipe allows you to craft
Spire of Insight - The tower where the formula is located
Alchemy Recipes - Full list of alchemy formulas
Crafting Manuals - Index of all recipe locations
