Welcome to Into Indie Games’ Part 5 walkthrough for Well Dweller.
We’ve opened the gate to the Desiccated Castle and managed to rescue Egbert. Now it’s time to see what’s hiding away deep beneath the castle.
This article is part of our Well Dweller Walkthrough Hub.
For more information about the game, check out its official website here.
Table of contents
Catching up with Looter
From the Tent above the gate, drop down to enter the Desiccated Castle. Take a few steps forward, and Looter will pop out from a gold goblet. Run through his dialogue. He’s here to loot whatever he can from the castle and wants you to help him.
Drop down to the lower area past him. Make your way past the enemies and drop down again to reach the room below.
Up ahead, you’ll encounter the environmental puzzle of this zone. Use your Slingshot to activate the switch shown in the image above. This will in turn cause the pillars in the nearby sections to activate. This zone is filled with similar switches.
Jump across the pillars and enter the next room on the right. From here, drop down and go left from the lower section. You’ll spot another switch above you. You can reach it by climbing the wall on the left. Activate the switch.
Drop back down and go all the way to the right. The pillar that was blocking the path here is gone since you activated the switch. Go across and activate the switch to unlock the upper path. Move over to the room on the right.
You have to get a bit more creative to get to the other side of the blockade in this room. Activate the switch in the middle from the right side.
As the pillars above you are closing in, jump over the lower pillar. Then call your matchstick back and quickly climb to the top.
Go right and drop down to activate the switch and remove the blockade. Drop down to the room below you.
Go to the bottom section and head right. You’ll spot Looter dangling from a chandelier.
After the conversation, he’ll keep tossing Vessels towards you, and you have to hit them back at him until he comes down.
Listen to his story afterward.
Reaching the Castle Dungeon
After speaking with Looter, go left and drop down to enter the room below. Jump across the swinging chandeliers and drop down again. Then head to the room on the right.
This will take you to the main Tent of the zone. Save your progress here.
Jump over the pillar to the right and activate the switch to bring it down. Then use Slingshot to hit the top of the pillar.
As the pillar goes back up, jump upward and head to the room above you.
There are a few enemies in the room with keys above them. Beating them all will let you grab a Trinket Slot in the top-left section, just below the exit. When you’re ready, take the exit on the top-left.
This will take you back to the Midnight Drench.
Keep going right until you spot an exit heading downward. Take the exit. It’ll take you back inside the Dessicated Castle.
From here, you need to start going left. You’ll reach a room full of spikes, where you must solve an environmental puzzle to progress.
Eventually, you’ll arrive at the room near the Tent from earlier. Hit the switch to open the blockade. Return to the Tent to save your progress if needed. Then drop down the hole.
After dropping down, head right, and you’ll meet Looter once again. During the conversation, you’ll see the silhouette of the Queen outside the window. Follow Looter to the next room on the right after the dialog.
Unlocking the Hover Ability
As you continue forward in the next room, the shadow of the Queen will appear in the background, holding a lantern. This marks the beginning of a stealth section.
You’ll have to make your way forward while avoiding stepping into the light. There are broken sections of the wall that you can hide behind to avoid being seen.
Activate the switch above you at the end of the path to open the blockade and head through to end the section.
You will find Looter waiting for you up ahead. As you both try to make a run for it, the Queen spots you and grabs Looter.
Keep heading right until you spot a platform you can drop through.
This will take you to a long, dark chamber. Keep running right.
Eventually, you’ll climb up to a room above where you’ll find the next ability, Hover. Complete the tutorial. Our next destination is The Docks.
Reaching The Docks
To reach the Docks, you’ll have to first teleport to the Gravenvalley Tent. From here, head to the location marked in the image above.
From here, you can use Hover to reach the wall on the left and Climb up to the next room.
You’ll have to solve an environmental puzzle in this room. The exit is at the top.
Activate the switch to open the blockade from your side. Go up and right again.
This will take you to The Docks. Keep heading right and jump across some spikes to reach the first Tent. We’ll explore the zone in the next part of our walkthrough.
This concludes part 5 of our walkthrough for Well Dweller. For more interesting articles related to indie games, check out the links below:
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Muhit Rahman lives off two things: gaming marathons and endless cups of tea. He writes guides, reviews, and occasionally forgets that real life doesn’t come with checkpoints. His favorite genres are Soulslike and Metroidvania, with Dark Souls III, Hollow Knight, and Dota 2 forever holding top spots on his all-time list.
