Is there a fifth layer of Animal Well?

With the note that the fourth layer ends on, Animal Well most likely doesn’t have any major secrets beyond this point. In an AMA hosted on the Nintendo Switch subreddit, Basso has expressed amazement over how fast Animal Well’s community solved all the previous mysteries. Given how meticulously the game has been unpacked, we’d most likely have clues pointing towards any deeper puzzles at this point.

That said, there are other oddities in the game that could point to deeper secrets. For example, there’s an infamous room with a fox and snails that houses an item called the “Cheater’s Ring.” Basso most likely included this room for…well, cheaters (layer three similarly featured “fake” bunnies in the game’s code to trick dataminers). However, when asked if there was a way to get this item legitimately, Basso responded “no comment.”

Additionally, there is the website haseverythinginanimalwellbeenfoundyet.com, with which Shared Memory’s Dan Adelman appears to be involved. As of writing, the website simply reads “no,” once again pointing to the existence of secrets the community hasn’t uncovered yet.

All that said, it seems like any lingering mysteries in Animal Well would consist of smaller easter eggs and not a wholesale “fifth layer.” However, Animal Well has surprised its community time and time again, so I wouldn’t write off any possibilities just yet. I just hope we find a legitimate way to see that fox in that room.