How many eggs are there to find in Animal Well? Within this surreal, labyrinthine adventure, the sole developer has hidden 64 eggs that you must find to get the ‘true’ ending. You’ll likely pass by a dozen of them without even realizing they’re there, and making things even more devious, plenty of them require late-game items that come after you see the credits roll for the first time.
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All Animal Well egg rewards
You’ll stumble upon a shrine where your found eggs will reside as you explore the surreal and slightly frightening well. Here, on the left hand side, you’ll see a series of doors with an egg symbol on them along with several dots. These dots denote how many eggs you’ll need to find before the door will open: 8, 16, 32, and 64 (yes, really!).
The rewards for these are as follows:
- 8 eggs: Animal Flute, which is used for various puzzles/fast travel.
- 16 eggs: Pencil, which allows you to draw on the map.
- 32 eggs: Spinning Top, which is used for various puzzles.
- 64 eggs: An item used in a special room to trigger the ‘true’ ending.
All Animal Well egg locations
To make things more legible in this esoteric Metroidvania-inspired game, we’ve gone ahead and split the map into animal-themed quadrants that match the ‘boss’ animals of that region plus a miscellaneous section:
- Miscellaneous includes areas that do not fit into a quadrant.
- Northwest is the dog area. Be prepared to play fetch.
- Northeast is the lizard area, which also features many chinchillas.
- Southeast is the ostrich area, which has many floating rabbit heads.
- Southwest is the seahorse area. As you’d expect, it’s filled with fish.
Furthermore, the location of the eggs corresponds to their placement in the shrine vertically. If you’re missing an egg in the top row, it’s found somewhere high up on the map. You can click the images in our table to enlarge them for a hint.
Miscellaneous eggs
| Egg Name | Location | Image |
| Clover Egg | This egg is one room east of the starting area through a hidden opening. |  |
| Gorgeous Egg | East of the first save point in the room with a crank, this egg is found above the unlit candle. Climb the ladder and enter a hidden passage to reach the candle platform, then jump up to another hidden alcove. |  |
| Virtual Egg | Beneath the room where all the eggs are enshrined near the green penguin statues, jump into an opening in the left hand wall. |  |
| Sweet Egg | This egg is found northwest of the egg room and up the ladder. Use the disc to reach the ledge with the waterfalls and then use the B. wand to leap up to the next floor. Alternatively, you can use the fish pipe travel system from the ostrich area with the Jade Egg. |  |
| Pickled Egg | This egg is at the top of the shaft in the middle of the map on the right hand side. After defeating the Manticore, jump down the well and hug the wall. |  |
| Iridescent Egg | This egg is located in the room with the snake you can ride, past where you place the S. medal to reveal the area. The S. medal is found behind where the large iguana used to be. Obtain the Remote in the next room to reach this egg in the top left corner. |  |
| Ice Egg | This egg is also located after the S. medal is placed in the round pedestal at the beginning of the game. After obtaining the Remote, use it to reach the egg by alternating the platforms. |  |
| Holiday Egg | This egg is to the east of the egg shrine. You need the upgraded B. wand to reach it. From the penguin statues below, use the B. wand to reach a hidden alcove on the far side of the wall. |  |
| Chocolate Egg | To reach this egg you need the Remote. In the large shaft in the center of the map, there’s an antenna that will allow you to use the Remote to open a path to reach the chest. |  |
| Big Egg | This egg also requires the Remote. Use the remote on the other antenna within the shaft to reveal an area where you can change the direction of the dog-themed elevator platforms. At the top you’ll find this egg. |  |
| Post Modern Egg | This egg is found left of the shaft that runs down the center of the map. It requires the Spinning Top to reach. Activate a switch on the Dog side of the shaft and head to the lizard side to reach the opened door. Use the Spinning Top to clear the rubble. |  |
| Rain Egg | This egg is located just east of the egg shrine. Use the Spinning Top to break the bricks to the bottom right. |  |
| Neon Egg | The Neon Egg is located beneath the chest where you obtain the Remote. However, you need to return with the B. ball. Use the B. Ball on the blocks beneath it to reveal a path to a mini-game. Hint: you can grab the ball out of mid-air during this game. |  |
Northwest dog eggs
| Egg Name | Location | Image |
| Sour Egg | The Sour Egg is east of the room with the mock disc. It has a dog in it. In the bottom left, travel through a hidden maze. At the end, jump up to enter a hidden area with the egg. |  |
| Red Egg | In the room with several platforms and switches that make them disappear, use the disc to reach the top left corner. Within, solve the chinchilla puzzle by throwing the disc to nab the egg. |  |
| Depraved Egg | Above the room where you use the disc to continuously flip two switches to ascend the platforms, once again throw the disc between the next set of switches and climb through the maze. |  |
| Upside Down Egg | This egg is in the bottom right corner of the room with multiple switches you need to hit to open the path forward. |  |
| Forbidden Egg | In the room with swordfish statues in the background, this egg can be reached early by riding on the disc across the water. Alternatively, you can reach this spot after obtaining the K. medal late in the game. |  |
| Brown Egg | Northwest of the bear head fast travel point and one room west, use the slink to activate the first block. Run and hop onto the rising block and drop your slink from it in order to reach the chest with the egg. |  |
| Reference Egg | West of the room with the Brown Egg, use your slink to activate the whale fans and reach the chest. |  |
| Raw Egg | This is in the first series of rooms west of the shrine where you place the mock disc to dispel the ghost dog. Leap into a hidden passage in the top left corner and solve the slink puzzle. |  |
| Egg As A Service | In the room with the giant bat, knock down the stalactite in the top left corner of the room. With the B. wand, head into the opening and hug the left hand wall to find a passage to this egg. |  |
| Evil Egg |
This egg is located at the large body of water west of the alternating platforms that you climb up by throwing the disc between the switches. Play the Animal Flute for a surprise and the egg. This was our 64th egg! |
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| Shadow Egg | This egg requires the Lantern to access. In the far northeast of the quadrant in the room with a single rabbit head, use the Lantern to traverse the shadows along the floor. The egg is up the ladder. |  |
| Orange Egg | The Orange Egg is located near the first save point of the quadrant. It requires the Spinning Top, which you should use to the left of the save point. |  |
| Vanity Egg | This egg is past the Kangaroo statue where you find the B. ball item. Near the entrance, use the B. ball to reveal a secret room on the left hand wall with the egg inside. |  |
| Plant Egg | Use the B. Ball in the same room with the Vanity Egg to reveal a ladder at the bottom left. Going down the ladder will take you to a room where you must deftly use the disc and the slink to reach this egg. |  |
| Crystal Egg | This egg requires the Remote, Spinning Top, and the B. Ball. Travel to the room north of the bear fast travel point and use the Spinning Top to reveal a block. Then, use the B. ball to dispel the blocks. Ride the block up to a puzzle room with the egg in it. |  |
Northeast lizard eggs
| Egg Name | Location | Image |
| Chaos Egg | In the bottom right corner of the room where you drop the slink into three switches, head into a hidden room with pink monkeys throwing stones to find the egg. |  |
| Future Egg | This is east of the room with the chinchillas and hedgehogs. To open the way, hit the switch in the room directly north. |  |
| Transcendent Egg | This is in the room east of where you first face the iguana with the help of a chinchilla. From up above, hug the left wall to find this egg in a hidden alcove. |  |
| Value Egg | Above the room with the hedgehog inside a large square puzzle, ride the disc from the top left corner to get on top. There’s a secret passage to another puzzle room. Use the Animal Flute and the switch to move the hedgehog toward the buttons. |  |
| Swan Egg | Two rooms east of the save point and above the V. flame room, use the Animal Flute to wake the chinchilla. Behind it is a puzzle that requires using a firecracker or the flute to move another chinchilla to reach the egg. |  |
| Truth Egg | This egg is located above the central room with the four statues where you place the flames. Northwest of that near a hummingbird, throw your disc at the right hand wall and hop on it. Jump on a small platform and climb the ladder to reach this egg. |  |
| Zen Egg | This egg requires the B. wand to reach. Southwest of the quadrant’s save point, use the slink and the chinchilla to press down both switches. Then, use the B. wand to jump up to a secret area at the top of the room. To the right is the egg. |  |
| Universal Basic Egg | West of the Zen Egg location, use the yo-yo to guide the chinchilla across the spikes to reach this egg. |  |
| Razzle Egg | This egg requires defeating the Manticore and obtaining the B. wand upgrade. Return to the entrance to the quadrant where one of the giant iguanas were. Use the B. wand upgrade to reach the ledge it used to sit on. |  |
| Laissez-faire Egg | Southwest of the save point in the dark room with a candle in it, use the B. wand to reach the upper ledge. Head into the next room from the top left corner and use a firecracker to scare the chinchilla onto a switch. |  |
Southeast ostrich eggs
| Egg Name | Location | Image |
| Fire Egg | West of the room where you avoid the ostrich by pressing switches underground, throw your disc and hop on it to reach the other end of the chasm. |  |
| Jade Egg | This egg is found beneath the frog head fast travel point. From the dark room with green worms, hug the right hand wall to enter a room with a wave puzzle tied to several levers. |  |
| Rust Egg | In the same dark room as the Jade Egg and the green worms, hug the left hand wall and climb up to the room above to reach this egg. |  |
| Ruby Egg | From where you found the Rust Egg, hug the left wall and drop down into the dark room once again. Throw your disc or use the B. wand to reach a hidden platform marked by a glowing worm in the center of the room with the Ruby Egg on it. Alternatively, return with the Lantern. |  |
| Egg | This egg is in the room with platforms that disappear and reappear on their own. Use the yo-yo to clear the spikes at the bottom and walk through a hidden opening on the left hand wall. |  |
| Travel Egg | This area requires a key to reach, which you’ll obtain elsewhere in the area. In the save room with a groundhog that hides within a skull, unlock the door. The egg is in that room. |  |
| Dream Egg | In the passage back up to the main area from the quadrant, there’s a small jumping puzzle with a rabbit head. Within the room you lock the rabbit head in to switch the platforms, there’s a secret passage down to the Dream Egg. |  |
| Promise Egg | In the room with the three white birds, flip the switch in the top right corner and then head back to the entrance. Use the wall that appeared to avoid riding the birds, breaking the spikes at the bottom as you go to reveal a path to the egg. |  |
| Desert Egg | This egg is in the room with multiple rising platforms that you have to navigate horizontally and vertically. Run beneath the platforms to reach it. |  |
| Obsidian Egg | In the room with vertical platforms moving left, there’s a small lily pad floating on the water. Throw your disc and hop on it to bounce between the vertical platforms. It will bring you to an area with the Obsidian Egg. |  |
| Bubble Egg | Return to the dark room with the single mouse that throws its head with the B. wand. Use the B. wand to reach a hidden alcove in the top right corner. |  |
| Sapphire Egg | Return to the area with the birds once you have the Lantern. In the room with only two birds, use the Lantern to make them disappear and drop below to reach the egg. |  |
| Moon Egg | In the room with two stacks of mice that you must jump between to reach a switch, return with the Lantern. In the bottom left corner is a hole that you can hop on the disc to climb through. Inside, use the Lantern to get past all the ghost mice. |  |
| Golden Egg | This egg is found through a hidden wall left of the ostrich in the wheel. It requires the Wheel item to obtain. Use the Wheel on the small platform to arrange the blocks and reach the switches. |  |
Southwest seahorse eggs
| Egg Name | Location | Image |
| Normal Egg | This egg is found at the bottom of the room with many bubbles you must jump across. Hug the left hand wall to find a hidden room with the egg in it. |  |
| Mystic Egg | At the very top of the room with many bubbles, climb them until you reach vines in the top left corner. Inside is a switch puzzle with a fire breathing enemy. Clear it, and a door in the bubble area will open. |  |
| Sunset Egg | This egg is found in the dark room south of the first save point. Use the yo-yo to break the spikes along the bottom to reveal a hidden path to this egg. |  |
| Ancient Egg | Northwest of where you obtain the B. wand in the room with a single whale fan, use the B. wand to reach an area hidden by hanging vines in the top right corner. |  |
| Dazzle Egg | East of the first save point in this quadrant, use the B. wand to reach a hidden alcove in the top left corner. |  |
| Magic Egg | In the northern save room, use the B. wand near the fish pipe and hop in to reach a room with a fish pipe puzzle. Clear it to nab the egg. |  |
| Great Egg | This egg requires the B. Wand. At the very bottom of the room with many rising bubbles, use the B. wand to access an area with large birds pecking at the water. Continue using the B. wand to jump across the lily pads to reach this egg. |  |
| Goodnight Egg | In the room with the emperor penguin and many spikes, break the spikes with the yo-yo in the bottom right corner to reveal a path. This is also above a candle. |  |
| Friendship Egg | Return to the room with several fish pipes when you have upgraded the B. wand. Use the upgraded B. wand to reach the rightmost fish head to arrive in a dark room with a chest hidden behind vines. |  |
| Galaxy Egg | This egg is in the room with the fish head fast travel point. Drop down into a hidden area right near the ledge by using the Remote. |  |
| Brick Egg | This egg requires the Wheel item. In the top right corner of the first room with the whale, break the stalactites. Use the wheel to solve the block puzzle. |  |
| Scarlet Egg | This egg requires the Wheel item. Above the room with the seahorse and whale where you fill three pedestals with water, hop into a hidden hole between the spikes along the wall. Use the Wheel to reach the chest. |  |
We hope this guide helped you find all 64 eggs in Animal Well. No judgment for seeking outside help – we also collaborated with others to find them all and couldn’t have done it on our own. With all the eggs enshrined, you’re ready for the second finale to Animal Well.
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