There’s One Room In Animal Well You Need To Find ASAP

Summary Animal Well's egg room makes progress easier to track with stamps on the map.

Eggs scattered throughout the game world unlock fast travel and more.

Early discovery of the egg room can enhance the Animal Well experience.

Animal Well has a lot of secrets to discover and locations to explore, but this new indie game on PC, PS5, and Switch has one room in particular that's particularly useful if it's found early on. As an unusual take on the Metroidvania genre, Animal Well is all about unique traversal methods and varied puzzles, so it's easy to miss important things by pursuing a different path. Although some of its secrets are intended to be nearly impossible to find in a normal playthrough, others are definitely designed to be ferreted out for the purpose of having a complete experience with the game.

One thing that doesn't take too long to start uncovering in Animal Well is the supply of eggs distributed throughout its map. Eggs can be found in different ways and in different places, but the real mystery upon acquiring the first one is what exactly they're intended to be used for. Collectibles for the sake of completionism aren't that uncommon, but eggs in Animal Well are more than a trinket to toss into a bucket for an eventual achievement or nominal reward.

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Animal Well's Egg Room Is An Essential Puzzle Piece

Also Known As The Peacock Room

Luckily, it doesn't have to take long to figure out where eggs fit into the picture, although just how quickly the secret is uncovered could depend on what direction is first explored. The relevant room can be found after a minor amount of mostly upward trekking, and it can be immediately identified by the central presence of a peacock lording it over a stacked series of shelves. Here, any eggs that have already been found will be displayed, although it will probably be a paltry array the first time the room is accessed.

The Egg Room Makes Animal Well Progress Easier

Map Stamps Are A Huge Boon

There's more than one reason to visit the egg room, but early on, the most immediate help will be provided by the provision of stamps. A chest inside the room offers up this feature, which can be used to mark the map and consequently make keeping track of progress a lot easier overall. Since Animal Well can be more cryptic than some other great Metroidvania options, making note of various spots for later saves on headaches in the long run. 64 can be placed on the map, so it's possible to cover quite a lot before hitting a limit.

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The second feature of the peacock's room that becomes relevant fairly early is that it can open up access to fast travel, although getting this particular ability first requires collecting eight eggs in total. Beyond that, there's a good bit more that the room has to offer, but unlocking those secrets will require more and more eggs, so it could take a while to uncover everything. For its offering of stamps alone, however, it's worth making a beeline to the egg room and making Animal Well exploration significantly easier to manage.