Overview
The Duskwood Checkers Puzzle is an Ancient Ruins challenge at the Duskwood Waterside. Players must align five stones of the same color in a row (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally) on a grid using black and white pieces.
Location
Beside the river in Duskwood, near the Kilnden Workshop fast travel point, marked as a Mysterious Energy on the map.
Quickest Solution
Look near the Abyss Cresset in the corner of the ruins. There is a hidden white stone sitting off to the side, not on the main grid.
Clear any Mossback Crab that spawns in the eastern corner to make room.
Pick up the hidden white stone and place it between the two existing white pieces that are close together with a gap between them.
This creates a horizontal line of five white stones in a row, completing the puzzle.
Tips
This puzzle has multiple valid solutions since both black and white pieces can be moved freely. The method above is simply the fastest.
Diagonal lines also count, so if the quick solution does not work for your grid layout, try rearranging pieces into a diagonal line instead.
Rewards
1 Abyss Artifact from the Abyss Cresset.