Marni's Drilling Rig
Marni's Drilling Rig is a faction quest in Crimson Desert, part of the Abandoned Drilling Rig quest series. This quest takes place in the Hernand region.
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Marni's Drilling Rig is a faction quest in Crimson Desert, part of the Abandoned Drilling Rig quest series. This quest takes place in the Hernand region.
Property | Details |
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Quest Type | Faction Quest |
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Quest Series | Abandoned Drilling Rig |
The machina knights near the drilling rig were defeated. The inside of the rig is free to be examined now.
Marni's Drilling Rig is located near the southeast border of the world map. The area is part of the Fading Tinkerton quest chain, though players can also trigger the quest by liberating the rig from its occupants.
The enemies guarding the rig are mechanical bots and machina knights. These enemies are vulnerable to lightning damage, so equipping lightning-imbued attacks or gear will speed up the clearing process.
After clearing the enemies, the Abandoned Drilling Rig quest requires reactivating the rig through a series of interactive puzzle steps. If done in the correct order, the quest completes in roughly 10 seconds. Follow these steps precisely:
Ignite the fuel: Go to the main deck, grab the oil canister, and insert it into the oil canister slot. Force palm the slot closed, then pull the handle for a couple of seconds to ignite the fuel.
Activate the compounder: Walk into the giant button on the compounder and push it to turn the machine on.
Mix the compound: Use the hand wheels to raise the yellow substance to 4 notches and lower the red substance to 1 notch. This produces a bright yellow compound.
Start the crusher: Go upstairs and turn the hand wheel on the crusher all the way to the right until it begins operating.
Activate the bottling machine: Drop off the ledge behind the bottling machine and pull the lever to activate it.
Activate the ingredient dispenser: Turn the hand wheel on the ingredient dispenser to reveal a lever, then pull the lever to activate it.
Activate the washer: Turn the hand wheel behind the dispenser to activate the washer.
Open the cultivation room: Kick the foot button on the cultivation room door, then push the lever to open it.
Activate the sprayers: Go into the cultivation room and pull the hanging handle to activate the sprayers.
If all steps were completed correctly, the quest finishes almost immediately. You can verify success by checking that yellow elixir bottles are being produced on the conveyor line.
After reactivating the rig, a storage unit in the cultivation room opens. Inside is the fertilizer sprayer, a useful tool for farming activities. Grab it from the now-open storage unit before leaving.
Completing Marne's Drilling Rig is the first step of a two-part chain that unlocks a permanent reward in Tinkerton. After the quest fires a cut scene at the cleared rig, you receive a follow-up quest called Reactivate the Drilling Rig which walks you through a small in-rig puzzle and sends you back to Cordelia in Tinkerton. Once Cordelia finishes her dialogue, fast travel away from Tinkerton and then return. The town provisioner's stock is now permanently expanded to include three items that are otherwise hard to find in the early game:
Wooden Lantern, a cosmetic lantern swap that confirms the lantern slot has swappable variants at all.
Flawless Timber, the top-tier logging material normally restricted to artisan's axe gathering.
Pure White Dye, the rare white dye used for armor and cloak tinting.
Players who skip or delay the drilling rig chain can miss this vendor entirely, because the provisioner's expanded inventory does not flag itself on the quest rewards screen. If you see the Marne's Drilling Rig quest marker anywhere in your journal, make it a priority for the Tinkerton stock boost alone.
Check the faction quest board regularly, as available quests rotate over time.
Completing faction quests increases your reputation with the local faction, unlocking access to better vendors and rewards.