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: Autumn Forest – All Orb & Pillar Puzzle Solutions
As you progress through the game, you’ll arrive in the Autumn Forest area, this autumnal looking area (proper reminded me of a section of Mushroom Hill Zone from Sonic & Knuckles). It’s the orange area on the map towards the top of the map.
One of the areas puzzle mechanics is the orb & pillar puzzles. A stone orb will sit amongst some deactivated pillars, with a barricade blocking your path. To open the barricade you will need to bounce the ball between however many pillars there are in one go. That means from leaving its pedestal the orb must strike every pillar without hitting the wall or the floor, or leaving the screen.
This will usually require intervention from Glimmer to direct the orb in the direction needed. The guide will talk through each of the four main orb and pillar puzzles in the Autumn Forest as well as one that will give access to the Doll’s Head trinket.
Please note that these are the order I encountered the puzzles, you may discover them in different orders. Also, if you fail, the orb resets on the pedestal it started on.
You can watch a video guide below, or you can read on for a text and images guide.
- 0:00 – First Puzzle (example one to introduce the mechanic)
- 0:16 – Second Puzzle
- 0:34 – Third Puzzle
- 0:49 – Fourth Puzzle
- 1:12 – Doll’s Head Trinket Puzzle
Orb & Pillar Puzzle: 1 / 4
The first one is super easy and serves as a way to introduce the orb & puzzle mechanic. Smack the orb left or right and let it bounce from one pillar to the other.
Orb & Pillar Puzzle: 2 / 4
You will need to hit the orb towards the pillar on the floor (hit it to the right.
Then jump over the pillar on to the first ledge on the right as the orb flies through the air and then hit to the left as the orb bounces down. The orb should be aiming for the pillar on the far left that’s sticking out of the wall.
Staying where you are, wait for the orb to bounce off the pillar on the far left and come back towards you. As it lines up with the pillar on the roof, hit it upwards to hit the final pillar.
Orb & Pillar Puzzle: 3 / 4
Stand to the right of the orb and hit it left, towards the diagonal facing mushroom.
As the orb bounces off the mushroom, down, you will need to bounce on the mushroom in middle and hit the orb to the right.
Ideally, it will hit the upper-left part of the big, bouncy thing on the right and hit the pillar. However, it might hit it dead centre, causing the orb to bounce back. You can try run underneath it and hit it upwards.
Orb & Pillar Puzzle: 4 / 4
Hit the orb to the left. It will bounce off the diagonal mushroom and head for the mushroom on the roof, above where the starting point for the orb is.
In that time, you will need to climb the platform above in time to hit the orb to the left so it can bounce off the higher up diagonal mushroom on the left of the area.
As this is happening, run to the left of the pillar, so you’re to the left of the left mushroom on the roof, ready to the hit the orb into the pillar.
Orb & Pillar Puzzle: Doll’s Head Trinket
This is a matter of speed. You will hit the orb to the left where it will bounce of many mushrooms on the way up to the top of the room. You will need to jump, climb and rush to the top so you can smack the orb upwards as it passes underneath the pillar.
Your reward will be the trinket that extends your attack range, the Doll’s Head.
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
- 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 Spirit Locations (Full Flock and “Halfway There” 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
