Echoes of the Eye question MILD SPOILERS

[Tazor]

So I got completely and utterly stuck on what to do next on The Stranger. I explored it all, nothing left to discover in the log. Apparently, I'm supposed to grab the artifact from the ghost matter house, open the secret door in one of the shrines and doze off at the fire to teleport somewhere.

I figured out how to open the secret door from one of the slides. I found the artifact as well. But I simply do not understand how you are supposed to figure out to doze off at the fire with the artifact.

[Fear Ghoul]

Take the artifact to the fire in one of the towers and then go up to the fire and it'll prompt you to be able to sleep. You can just choose to sleep for one minute and it'll work.

[Tazor]

Originally posted by Fear Ghoul:

Take the artifact to the fire in one of the towers and then go up to the fire and it'll prompt you to be able to sleep. You can just choose to sleep for one minute and it'll work.

I know that. I found out in a walkthrough. What I am asking is, HOW are you supposed to figure that out in game WITHOUT a walkthrough.

[Fear Ghoul]

I'm trying to remember how I found out now. I might have found out about that from people here. I spent a LOT of time sailing around that river trying to figure out what to do. I gave up on Echoes of the Eye after hours of messing around the dream part though.

[Bobywan]

Have you found the breach in the Stranger Hull ? If you've explored fully the stranger, you should have found out about that breach, go there to find out the doze off technique and more.

[Fear Ghoul]

That's right, that's how I found out about it.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Originally posted by Tazor:

Originally posted by Fear Ghoul:

Take the artifact to the fire in one of the towers and then go up to the fire and it'll prompt you to be able to sleep. You can just choose to sleep for one minute and it'll work.

I know that. I found out in a walkthrough. What I am asking is, HOW are you supposed to figure that out in game WITHOUT a walkthrough.

A sliding reel shows you how they walk into the things with their unlit artifacts, sleep or smth and are then home

[Tazor]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

Have you found the breach in the Stranger Hull ? If you've explored fully the stranger, you should have found out about that breach, go there to find out the doze off technique and more.

I haven't found the breach. Nor do I remember anything about that. I didn't even see that mention in the walkthrough I saw. My log says I have explored everything on the Stranger.

[Sammun Mak]

I don't remember the details, but one of the slide shows shows the owldeer sleeping in one of the flame rooms, and then the artifact activates. That's your clue to go sleep at them. I remember that because I remember thinking "huh, am I supposed to sleep while holding the artifact?" and then being quite surprised at what happened next.

Also there is no way you've "fully explored" the stranger if you haven't been in the dream world yet, unless you were just following a walkthrough or were exceedingly thorough.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Tazor:

Originally posted by Bobywan:

Have you found the breach in the Stranger Hull ? If you've explored fully the stranger, you should have found out about that breach, go there to find out the doze off technique and more.

I haven't found the breach. Nor do I remember anything about that. I didn't even see that mention in the walkthrough I saw. My log says I have explored everything on the Stranger.

The hint for the breach is in a hut on the far left side (pointing downstream) in the cliff settlement. You need to use your probe to get in there

It's also to just figure it out by assuming the artifact must be important. Once you know it has to do with the fire in the chamber there's only so many things to try.

[Tazor]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Originally posted by Tazor:

I know that. I found out in a walkthrough. What I am asking is, HOW are you supposed to figure that out in game WITHOUT a walkthrough.

A sliding reel shows you how they walk into the things with their unlit artifacts, sleep or smth and are then home

Oh. I finally found that reel. Somehow I managed to miss an entire village. Never though about turning a hard right at the rapids.

[Quillithe]

Originally posted by Tazor:

Originally posted by Ichmag:

A sliding reel shows you how they walk into the things with their unlit artifacts, sleep or smth and are then home

Oh. I finally found that reel. Somehow I managed to miss an entire village. Never though about turning a hard right at the rapids.

Oh, yeah that can happen. It's not terribly easy to find - unless you look up! I saw it first and then figured out how to get there.

Originally posted by Mohguy:

There were several possibilities to find that a priori.
There is a slide that directly shows the strangers going to sleep with the artifact near the fire.
You could also deduce that (or hypothesize) just by seeing them with the artifact in hand near the fire.
And above all, even if this is not the desired method, if the developers offer you an option (here, sleep) in a place that seems totally inappropriate, it is surely that there is something deeper to dig

It's also a nice touch that there's a campfire near the radio tower to encourage learning about the sleep mechanic - which could tip you off if you're design-savy enough I suppose.

[[Lethalvriend]]

If you want to know if there's more to explore you can look up inside the Stranger, you can get a good look at 'hidden' paths or lakes that way. The log only shows entries for places you have found already so if you haven't encountered anything on a particular part it won't be listed.

[The Alchemist]

Thank you. I was thoroughly stuck as well. I don't think this is findable if you have button prompts turned off. I even tried mashing random buttons! Needed to read this thread, then turn on button prompts to get through it. Prior to this, I'd roasted about 20 marshmallows with creepy company lol.

[IgneousExtrusive]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

Have you found the breach in the Stranger Hull ? If you've explored fully the stranger, you should have found out about that breach, go there to find out the doze off technique and more.

I found the breach WAY late game. I figured out the dozing off part because there was a slide reel showing the strangers entering the tower, going to sleep, and their artifacts light up.