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?

The Gravedigger Boss Guide

You’ll face the Gravedigger in the Burial Vaults area of the game, it’s the dark brown coloured area on the map.

The Gravedigger keeps moving and does a lot of downward attacks, smashing his shovel into the the ground. This often creates bones that fly up that can damage you, or creates shockwaves of bones that spike out of the ground. These spikes last for a little too long to slide safely, unless you’re close to the Gravedigger himself to slide past him. A hover should protect you.

He also throws out balls of bones in a five-point direction, you can jump / hover over these, but beware that they fly out and then come back in, so give yourself enough space to jump / slide over them again.

By this point in the game, I had a lot of trinkets and trinket slots so I could equip a lot of helpful items. Blue Bow, that refills your health with an oil flask if you should have died is very useful, as is the Bottle Cap trinket that lets your flaming vessels bounce. This helps you out if you miss. Be sure to upgrade your favourite trinkets at the workshop in the tent too.

Of course, don’t forget about using your flaming vessels as much as you can for good damage.

You can watch a video of the boss fight below:

Defeating the Gravedigger will net you the “Dig Deep” achievement / trophy. Head left out of the boss arena to deliver the snail and grab a golden feather.

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
• All Time Trials 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

• 100% Collectibles and Achievement / Trophy Guide
• 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)
• All Workshop Trinket Locations (“In the Workshop” and “Fully Stocked” achievements /trophies)
• All Trinket Slot Locations (“10 Slots” and “Fifty Slots” 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
• Silver Doll – Queen’s Castle
• The Queen – Queen’s Castle