The latest title from Kyle Thompson, developer of popular graveyard keeping, the Crypt Custodian and Islets, has arrived in the form of Well Dweller, a gorgeous looking Metroidvania.
Starring Glimmer, your feathered friend, armed with a matchstick, you’ll need to explore a massive world to find the seven golden feathers to rescue your flock and defeat the evil Queen.
It releases on 22 September 2026 for PC, PS5, Switch 2, and Xbox Series consoles. It’s also available day one on Xbox Game Pass. Why not check out our review?
Well Dweller: Unlock the “Full Flock” Achievement / Trophy
To unlock the “Full Flock” achievement / trophy, you will need to find and return the 20 spirits that are scattered across the map of Well Dweller. These appear as little statues of birds. You will need to attack them to free the spirit within.
Once freed, you need to return them to a safe location. This is located in the Night Garden, the first area you play in the game. There will be a little spirit icon on the map, when you hover over it, it will tell you how many spirits, out of the 20, you collected, and how many you have returned.
I suspect you need to find all 20 spirits before you can complete the “Together at Last” achievement / trophy form reuniting the flock. You can collect all the spirits as you explore the game, or after you have defeated the Queen, there is no point of no return.
Every time you return a spirit, you will be rewarded, either with in-game currency, a trinket, or trinket slot. It pays to return back every so often to claim your prizes.
Abilities
I have listed collectibles in the order they were located, not necessarily the most efficient order. Thankfully, you can fast travel between tents once you have the ‘Tent Travel’ ability.
I have listed the different abilities below as each collectible will reference if an ability is needed. You may have to come back to once you have the ability mentioned. If the guide says “none” for abilities required, that means specifically to get the collectible. You’ll need an increasing number of the abilities to progress in the game.
There are eight abilities to get in the game.
- Slingshot – allows you to throw your matchstick. It can damage enemies when you throw it, and if it sticks into a wall you can bounce on it to gain additional height.
- Climb – holding A (Xbox) lets you climb up and down straight walls. You have certain amount of stamina before you let go.
- Tent Travel – let’s you fast travel between save tents. You can fast travel from the map screen, just find the icon on the map and press and hold A to fast travel.
- Wind Ride – lets you fly in wind tunnels, indicated by rushing wind animations.
- Hover – press A midair to hover. You can use this fly across gaps. You have a short amount of time to hover, this can be extended by finding additional feathers scattered around the The Lookout Tower area (pale blue area on the map).
- Endless Climb – lets you climb endlessly without falling from fatigue. Long walls are no longer an obstacle.
- Wall Sling – lets you plant your matchstick in the wall using RT while you’re climbing the wall. This means you can create a platform midway up a higher wall to jump across or get higher (especially if the wall isn’t straight).
- Soar – unlocked at the very end of the game, this lets you slam into the floor (Down + X) and on jumping (A) lets you take off to fly high to previously unreachable places.
You can watch a video guide below, or read on for an image and text guide.
Spirits Locations
Spirit 1 / 20: Location – Night Garden (first area, mixed blue colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot
Throw your matchstick into the wall so you can jump off it to get high enough to reach the spirit.
You will unlock the “Solo Spirit” achievement once you return the first spirit.
Spirit 2 / 20: Location – Night Garden (first area, mixed blue colour on the map)
Abilities needed: None
You will have to get through a combat challenge to reach the spirit.
Spirit 3 / 20: Location – The Drains (green area on the map)
Abilities needed: Wind Ride
Right from the tent on the map. Wind Ride up and the spirit is on a ledge at the top of the room.
Spirit 4 / 20: Location – Midnight Drench (dark blue area on the map)
Abilities needed: None
Spirit 5 / 20: Location – Graven Valley (grey area on the map)
Abilities needed: Climb
This one is hidden in a sneaky hidden passage in the top left of the room.
Spirit 6 / 20: Location – Dessicated Castle (red area on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Hover, Climb
This one is hidden in a sneaky hidden passage, you’ll have to slingshot and bounce upwards from below the spirit.
Spirit 7 / 20: Location – Midnight Drench (dark blue area on the map)
Abilities needed: Climb, Hover
You will need to complete the Time Trial to gain access to this spirit.
Spirit 8 / 20: Location – Hunter’s Cabin (pale orange area on the map)
Abilities needed: Climb, Hover, Slingshot
You will need to complete the Time Trial to gain access to this spirit.
Spirit 9 / 20: Location – Night Garden (mixed blue colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Climb, Hover, Slingshot
Spirit 10 / 20: Location – The Lookout Tower (light blue colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Hover
You’ll unlock the “Halfway There” achievement / trophy for returning your 10th spirit.
Spirit 11 / 20: Location – The Lookout Tower (light blue colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Hover
Spirit 12 / 20: Location – Autumn Forest (orange area near the top of the map)
Abilities needed: Hover
You will need to complete the Time Trial to gain access to this spirit.
Spirit 13 / 20: Location – Autumn Forest (orange area near the top of the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Hover, Climb
Spirit 14 / 20: Location – The Docks (pale brown colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Climb
Spirit 15 / 20: Location – The Docks (pale brown colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Climb
Spirit 16 / 20: Location – The Bog (yellow colour on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Climb
You will need to complete the Time Trial to gain access to this spirit.
Spirit 17 / 20: Location – Dollmaker’s House (pinky-red area colour on the map, you get in via The Bog)
Abilities needed: Endless Climb, Hover
You will need to complete the Time Trial to gain access to this spirit.
Spirit 18 / 20: Location – The Bog (yellow colour area on the map)
Abilities needed: None
You will have to get through a combat challenge to reach the spirit.
Spirit 19 / 20: Location – Burial Vault (darker brown colour area on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Endless Climb, Hover
Spirit 20 / 20: Location – Burial Vault (darker brown colour area on the map)
Abilities needed: Slingshot, Endless Climb, Hover
Once you have all 20 collected, head back to the Night Garden to earn the “Full Flock” achievement / trophy.
We hope you found this guide helpful. Check out more Well Dweller guides below:
Well Dweller Guides
- Well Dweller Achievement / Trophy List
- Beginner’s Guide
- Find the Elevator Parts in The Drains
- Extend Your Flight Time in The Lookout Tower, Feather Locations
- Solve the Orb & Pillar Puzzles guide in the Autumn Forest
- Find the Gate Stones in The Docks
- Find Ilda’s Siblings in the Queen’s Castle
- Unlock the “Bouncing Bottles” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “Snatched Up” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “A Warm File” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “Hide and Seek” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “Taking a Break” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock “The King’s Cap” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the Golden Gates and the “Stitched Up” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “Late Night Guest” achievement / trophy guide
- Unlock the “Together at Last” achievement / trophy guide
Collectibles Guides
- All Trinket Locations (“Hobby Collector”, “Experienced Collector”, and “Expert Collector” achievements / trophies)
- All Story Page Location “The Tattered Doll”, “Above the Kingdom” and the “First-Born Daughter” achievements / trophies)
Boss Fights
- The Groundskeeper – Night Garden
- The Swarm – The Bog
- The Lady of the Drains – The Drains
- Lida the Terrible – Graven Valley
- Shrine of the Seven Sons – Midnight Drench
- Starsinger – The Lookout Tower
- Forest King – Autumn Forest
- Creature from the Deep – The Docks
- The Colony – The Depths
- Dollmaker’s Mirror – Dollmaker’s House
- Gravedigger – Burial Vault
- Silver Doll – Queen’s Castle
- The Queen – Queen’s Castle
