How to complete layer two of Animal Well

The overarching goal of Animal Well’s second layer is to collect all 64 secret eggs that are hidden around the game. However, you’ll need to complete a few “quests” first, since you’ll need a total of twelve different usable items to complete this task. If you’re stuck on layer two, make sure to complete the following objectives:

Return to the egg room in the center of the map after collecting 8, 16, and 32 eggs to find new items essential for exploration.

Find all nine Matches in the game and place them in the dark rooms where the ominous shadow creatures chase after you.

Collect the three hidden medals and place them in the circular recesses to unlock all-new areas. Check out our detailed guide about this here

Free the five cats trapped in cages in the bottom-right corner of the map. Here’s a guide to help you with that, too

Following these steps, you should have the tools necessary to collect every egg in the game. You may need hints to collect some eggs, but this layer is otherwise solvable on your own. If you get stuck, visit the egg room near the center of the map and reference which shelves are still missing eggs. This will help you determine which eggs you specifically need to hunt down.

After collecting all 64 eggs, you’ll unlock an extra key item in the egg room. Take this item to a secret room in the “final” area in the game, and you’ll trigger a new final boss sequence that resembles how layer one ended. Congratulations! You finished the game again?

Your reward for completing layer two: You’ll see the credits roll once more and achieve what one might generously call the “true ending” of the game. You’ll find yet another clock hidden in this new area as well, which will reward you with yet another figurine if you’re speedrunning.