Animal Well presents its player with difficult puzzles, and expects them to solve said puzzles without any extra help. This is a great strategy to engage the community and make the game immersive, but these puzzles can be a little difficult at times. Often, the game leaves players with no option but to try and brute force their way out of it.

One such puzzle can be found in a hidden chamber that appears after players defeat the Ostrich. This puzzle features three levers that players need to mess around with in order to get the right orientation of a wave to unlock a door. Understanding what each lever does is quite difficult, leaving only the brute force method for most people. If you're growing frustrated, here's what you need to do.

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Animal Well: How to Unlock Fast Travel

Fast travel in Animal Well is handled a bit differently than in other Metroidvanias. This is a guide on how it works.

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How To Solve The Three Lever Puzzle In Animal Well

Once the player reaches the puzzle room, they will notice three different levers on a wall, underneath a large screen with a wave on it. The goal of the puzzle is to orient the wave such that it touches three points on the screen. Doing so is more difficult than it first seems. The player must either figure out the underlying mechanics of the lever system, or try random combinations until something works. Here's what players need to know in order to solve the puzzle on their own:

  • The first level raises or lowers the wave.
  • The second lever increases the size of one crest (the peak of the wave) while reducing the size of the other.
  • The third lever increases or decreases the size of both crests.

If players have the bubble wand, they can use the shark as an elevator to reach a secret area with another chest.

The exact solution to the puzzle is as follows:

  • Lever 1: 70% of the way down
  • Lever 2: 70% of the way up
  • Lever 3: 70% of the way up

There aren't any exact metrics, but getting a rough match should be good enough for the purposes of this puzzle. As a reward for their hard work, players will get a collectible egg.

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Animal Well
Animal Well
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Released
May 9, 2024
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Developer(s)
Shared Memory
Publisher(s)
Bigmode
Genre(s)
Metroidvania, Puzzle