Fast travel is possible in Animal Well, but players will find it a little more subtle than in traditional games. Although players cannot fast travel by going from checkpoint to checkpoint like in games like Dead Cells, there is a way to fast travel once you unlock a certain number of hidden items. This makes navigating the map easier and makes the later stages of the game less boring.
Animal Well has many Metroidvanian features and features puzzle-focused gameplay. This includes finding items, such as Frisbee discs, that open up new routes and new ways of doing things. There are a large amount of things to find, one of which is a hidden egg, which is important for players who wish to fast travel.
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How to unlock fast travel abilities
find hidden easter eggs
Players who wish to fast travel must first find eight hidden eggs. It doesn't matter in what order and which one he finds eight. These eggs are hidden in black chests throughout the map, often guarded. The player may have to solve puzzles, discover false walls, or even find one in them, but he must do so in order to find the hidden egg. not.
There are 64 hidden eggs, some of which cannot be found until you obtain more items. However, players should be able to easily find his first eight. If you need help, nocaps found all the hidden eggs in the video above, so check it out.
Once these eggs are found, they will appear in an “egg shrine” within the Animal Well, which has a series of doors and multiple shelves. Once 8 eggs are found, the first door will be unlocked, leading to the Animal Flute. This is a required item to allow players to fast travel throughout the game.
How to use animal whistles
Play sweet melodies for your animal friends
After picking up the animal whistle, head to the exit in the upper right corner of the room. Some chinchillas may be sleeping. Playing the flute and walking to the door will wake you up. Once there, you'll find a crow with glowing eyes. When you blow the animal's whistle, its mouth opens and you can jump in. This will take you to the fast travel room.
When you enter the room, you will see animal heads on the walls throughout the huge maze. There are many things to see inside, so please take a look. Play the flute again to activate the obelisk, and several animal heads will open, revealing shortcuts to areas you have already visited. Jump on any of these animal heads to take a shortcut to another part of the map.
As you adventure through the Animal Well, more fast travel points will be discovered and more animal heads will open.
Return to fast travel room
more complex melodies
Getting to the fast travel room the first time requires a lot of steps, and you don't need to go through the egg room every time you fast travel somewhere else. Fortunately, there is another way to get to the fast travel room. This also involves animal whistles, and you should never leave the fast travel room in the first place until you understand how this works.
There is a ladder leading down from the fast travel room to the room below, where the fish are in and out of the pond. This code for using the animal whistle tells the player how to return to the fast travel room. Fish face a certain direction with a certain rhythm, and if you match the rhythm of the fish, you can play the same sound on the animal flute.
The rhythm is right, right, left, left, down, down, up, up. Entering a flute note in this way will instantly return you to the fast travel room from anywhere on the map. This allows you to jump into the heads of the animals you discover and travel to other locations. Just like in other best metroidvanias like Animal Well, fast travel spots appear as little white dots on the map so you can see where they are on the map.
Use the fish pipe to move around the map
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Another way to travel through the Animal Well can lead you in new directions. These are fish pipes that can be found throughout the map. To use these pipes, you must find and unlock the B. Wand (or Bubble Wand). These are often used to solve puzzles, but they can also quickly move across the map if you need to move in the same general direction.
B. To find the wand, you need to find the seahorse puzzle and go through that room, which corresponds to a boss fight. Pass the seahorse and unlock the path in the left corner of the room, go through it and you will be able to reach a new room and unlock the chest containing the Bubble Wand. You can then use your favorite pipes to solve puzzles and sometimes zoom the map.
Fish pipes may not be a traditional fast travel option, but they still have their uses. This, combined with the power of the Animal Flute, allows you to quickly move in any direction on the map. This will help you collect the remaining eggs and find the true ending of Animal Well.
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animal well
Released May 9, 2024
Developer shared memory
Publisher Bigmode
Genre: Metroidvania, Puzzle
ESRB E for everyone for mild fantasy violence
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