Can't proceed (possible spoilers- early game)

[Jacq]

I'm stuck. I get to the angler, he either beats me or I get just past that point and die before reaching the next boss when the RNG doesn't favour me. Very frustrating. I have the talking weasel and bug. Found the cards in the top two slider draws (can't get the bottom ones out.) Got the teeth out of the skull (I don't think they do anything though?) Put out the candle (also don't think that does anything?) Can't seem to find anything else of use? The weasel seems to have said there's a 3rd talking card, but none have come up. Am I missing something or has the game glitched?

[IceFang100]

The bottom left cabinet puzzle has something you need to unlock the third talking card. That "something", through a process will unlock another (simpler) puzzle. That puzzle will give you another item, which is what gives you the opportunity to solve another puzzle, which will then give you the talking card (so: cabinet -> puzzle 2 --> puzzle 3 = card).

Failing that, you /should/ eventually get a cutscene (after losing several times - not sure how many) that lets you skip to puzzle 3, and get the card without needing to do the other two puzzles.

Good luck (genuinely)!

[YetiChow]

- the teeth from the skull go where all your other teeth go; and are used for the same thing. If you aren't familiar with that mechanic yet, then I'd recommend you make that the focus of your next run -- you can heavily improve your odds through having control over your deck, and teeth are the first steps towards one of the most reliable ways to get the cards you'll need. But you'll need a lot of teeth if you're chasing rare cards! Practice going for "overkill" damage and knocking those extra teeth out as often as you can.

- Have you made it to a boss yet with both candles intact? If so, you know what the smoke from your candle does... well, snuffing that candle and capturing the smoke from it empowers that card. It's not a huge difference, but can mean a free point of extra damage and it makes that card just a bit more useful all around.

- You definitely want to get those bottom drawers open; and make sure you also complete the puzzle on the wall (behind you, near the safe) -- each of the rewards will give you a meaningful advancement. One of those drawers contains arguably the most broken thing you'll encounter in the cabin and once you have that to play with, you no longer have to worry about winning fights; you start to focus instead on what do I want to use this fight to achieve for later in the run? because winning the fight will be basically a foregone conclusion. The sooner you get it, the more powerful you become (although there is still an RNG element... but again, once you have the basic thing unlocked you can use it to make it much easier/borderline trivial to get chances to further improve the effect.)

[Jacq]

Ok thanks! So got the bottom draws unlocked and unlocked the caged animal. Where do I put his carving though? I've been carrying it around and can't find a place for it anywhere?

Edit- Never mind worked it out.