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Players will encounter the Ghost Cat fairly early on during their Animal Well adventure. Removing the Disc from its statue will cause this oddly unsettling entity to show up and begin chasing them around. If they return the Disc or swap it out for the Mock Disc, though, it will promptly disappear, allowing them to go about their business unharmed.
How to Sneak Up on a Squirrel in Animal Well
Although it is technically missable, players can unlock Animal Well's SNEAK Trophy / Achievement fairly easily by starting a new game.
However, a little later on in Animal Well, players will find themselves in a new area called the Mock Disc Shrine. There's a dog statue here with a circular recess much like the one found on the ghost cat statue. Unfortunately, as most players will quickly come to realize, to truly beat the Ghost Cat, they'll need to bring the Mock Disc here somehow.
Players will need to have acquired the Disc and the Slink in order to beat the Ghost Cat in Animal Well . Although not required, having the Remote can make life a lot easier.
How to Beat the Ghost Cat Boss in Animal Well
In order to beat the Ghost Cat, players will need to take the Mock Disc from the Ghost Cat statue and place it into the circular recess in the Mock Disc Shrine. Doing so can be somewhat challenging, as, much like before, the Ghost Cat will chase players until the Mock Disc is placed into the statue at the Mock Disc Shrine or returned to the Ghost Cat statue. There's no way to save while holding the disc either, so players will need to pull this off in one continuous run.
The Best Mock Disc Shrine Route in Animal Well
The fastest route from the Ghost Cat statue to the Mock Disc Shrine involves exiting the Ghost Cat statue area to the right, continuing right for another screen, and then climbing up the ladder. In the area at the top of the ladder, players will need to exit via the top left corner of the screen and then continue heading upward past the fish head pipe. Taking a left in the next area will lead to a save room with two dog statues, though players won't be able to save the game while the Ghost Cat is chasing them.
From the save room, players will need to continue heading left until they arrive in the area with the three dogs and then use the Disc to distract them so that they can safely make it over to the other side. If they keep moving left, they'll come to an area with a ghost dog, where they'll again need to use the Disc as a distraction. Doing so will allow them to turn the crank, which will in turn provide them with an opportunity to climb the ladder on the left side of the screen.
Once at the top of the ladder, players should take a right, which will lead them to a room with four green switches and some large cubes. Here, they'll want to use the Slink to press the green switch closest to them and then jump from cube to cube as they begin to ascend. Getting the timing right for the final jump can be a little tricky, so players should make sure that they're jumping a little earlier than usual and from the far right side of the cube.
Next, players will need to make their way up the ladder and then exit the screen via the top left-hand corner. They can then head along the path at the top of the screen and take another right in the next area to reach a room with five green buttons with trapdoors beneath them. They'll want to press the button in the middle and then flip the switch on the platform that they fall onto. They can then climb the ladder to their right and exit the resulting screen via the newly unlocked passageway on their right.
Players will now find themselves in the Mock Disc Shrine and can place the Mock Disc into the recess by standing directly beneath it and pressing the action button when the prompt to do so appears. If done correctly, the Ghost Cat will disappear and the barrier in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will open, allowing players to drop down into an area containing the P.Flame.
Players can technically release the Ghost Cat again by removing the Mock Disc from the Mock Disc Shrine and will need to do so in order to find one of Animal Well 's Secret Rabbits . However, as far as the main story goes, players won't need to interact with the Ghost Cat again from this point onwards.
Where to Use the P.Flame in Animal Well
Unless this is the first Animal Well area boss that players have defeated, they should already know what to do with this key item. However, for those who did opt to tackle the Ghost Cat first, the P.Flame can be used to light the beacon at the Ghost Cat statue in the center of the map. Leaving the P.Flame chamber via the exit on the right and then dropping down the shaft to the right of the one with the goat elevator will take players straight to the statue area, allowing them to light the beacon before moving on to the next boss.
Animal Well
- Developer(s)
- Shared Memory
- Publisher(s)
- Bigmode
- Platform(s)
- PS5 , PC , Nintendo Switch
- Released
- May 9, 2024
