Howling Grotto Underwater Labyrinth

[D.A.R.K.]

I'm in this part of the game, and there are 9 different screens, besides the entrance, all other 8 screens leads to one of the other 8, not all of the lead to all of them, even some have two paths leading to the same screen. I did a schematics to know which path leads to which screen, for all screens, so I know each way to reach anywhere, right?

Ok... Knowing that I take a look at the map, and seems I did progress because the first screen (entrance) is this huge vertical area in the map, then there's the labyrinth area (map) the little square just below the entrance, BUT there's another area in the map, another little screen that leads to another area in the right...

Let me take a SS and show to you, it's easiest to understand that way:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1981295833
The area I'm now is the labyrinth itself, and there's a path to the area right below that leads to another area right at the right side (because we can see the blue light passage)

OK... After explaining all of that here's my problem: NONE OF THE 8 SCREENS LEADS TO THIS BELOW AREA ITSELF, to reach there we need to do a specific path. Knowing the areas and the paths for each area doesn't tell us the specific path to exit this labyrinth, we need to know a specific path, that leads to this below area, and another specific path that leads us to the right area after the below one.

Does anyone see in the game any hint on how to move around? Probably the shopkeeper can tell us how to exit this labyrinth, but I don't want to use his hint because his hint just tells us how to do it. I don't know if there's a hint (I did try to move around the emeralds paths or no emeralds paths, or going one by one, using the emeralds to guide me) but I couldn't find the path.

How to exit this underwater labyrinth?

[Soleil]

You need to grab an item from a different part of the game to navigate through the labyrinth. There's a Magic Seashell hidden in Quillshroom Marsh. Normally you would eventually get this hint from the Prophet in the Tower of Time HQ, or the hint option inside your map.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by Soleil:

You need to grab an item from a different part of the game to navigate through the labyrinth. There's a Magic Seashell hidden in Quillshroom Marsh. Normally you would eventually get this hint from the Prophet in the Tower of Time HQ, or the hint option inside your map.

Thanks, knowing that I will play the game and see if something makes sense to return there. I just got a candle, and I suppose I should go to that dark cavern. Probably the Labyrinth item will make sense as well.

[Vagrant]

Wow, I just wasted half an hour down there. Thanks...

[narutobarrage17]

Well, that's why chatting with the shopkeeper is helpful. When you go to the marsh for the first time and ask about the area he'll mention a hidden artifact. I actually found it before talking to him because I felt a certain area looked suspicious and threw myself into the marsh.

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[WhyNotZoidberg]

Originally posted by narutobarrage17:

Well, that's why chatting with the shopkeeper is helpful. When you go to the marsh for the first time and ask about the area he'll mention a hidden artifact. I actually found it before talking to him because I felt a certain area looked suspicious and threw myself into the marsh.

This. If you explore you'll find a locked gate in a pit, with the lock for it on the other side. So it can only be an exit. So the entrance has to be further on the other side. The way you have to find seemed pretty dumb to me, the last time, but I am not sure 100% anymore, it's been a while.

[77s]

The devs are.... Even if you find the Shell yourself, people who play the game with low volume or who have problem with hearing will never figure out how to get out that stupid maze. I spent an hour drawing the map of the whole maze and testing every path, not knowing that you must have some kind of item to help you, just to find out that I've wasted my flipping time. I hate going online for guides but after seeing how stupid the solution was I just don't give a flip about it anymore. Trash.
I want to love this game but man.... some thing in it just make me want to uninstall it and never look at it again. Just feels unfair. It's like trying to guess how to say "flamingo" in chines without knowing the chines.
I skip all the dialogs because if read all of that s*t my brain will melt from cringe. It's like the whole thing was written by 11 year old kid who thinks that it's very funny and clever.

[Soleil]

Originally posted by Player 1:

The devs are.... Even if you find the Shell yourself, people who play the game with low volume or who have problem with hearing will never figure out how to get out that stupid maze.

Unless you're playing on version 1.0 of the game, collecting the shell will also give you a visual indicator on which path to take, not just audio.