Two saves and eight late branches
Public route notes consistently use the puzzle as the gateway to late dialogue, barn, knife, and path endings. They do not provide a verified universal click order or answer-to-ending formula, so this page focuses on the evidence that is actually reusable.
Keep S4 before the puzzle and S5 immediately after it. Use S4 only when the puzzle or transition fails; use S5 to test the eight documented post-puzzle endings without replaying earlier farm, pier, swimming, or relationship setup.
The public evidence is strongest after the puzzle. Use two protected saves, then match the next dialogue, barn, knife, or path branch to the target ending.
S4 — Before puzzle
Use this save when the puzzle itself will not complete, when you need to verify the scene transition, or when a version-specific problem blocks progress.
Cannot repair:Farm work, pier bravery, Kyle dialogue, swimming, or affection conditions set earlier.
S5 — After puzzle
Create this save immediately after the puzzle and before choosing nightmare, stay, leave, truth, or barn dialogue.
Best use:Rapidly test the eight community-documented endings listed below without replaying the puzzle.
| # | Ending | Post-puzzle trigger summary | Nearest save | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He Stopped Hoping | After the puzzle, say you had a nightmare, stay in bed, refuse, then say you know the whole truth. | Before post-puzzle dialogue | Community |
| 11 | You Should Have Been Braver | Low bravery: avoid pier, ask about the barn after the puzzle, choose right paths, then fail the courage check. | Before post-puzzle barn choice | Community |
| 12 | The Water Does Not Let Go | After puzzle, ask about the barn, reach the injury branch, choose right paths toward the river. | Before barn / path choices | Community |
| 13 | Rake | After puzzle, ask about the barn, then choose wrong paths. | Before path navigation | Community |
| 14 | He Was Faster | After puzzle, ask about the barn, grab the knife, then miss the timed RUN input. | Before knife scene | Community |
| 15 | You Became a Hostage to Your Guilt | River entry can vary; after puzzle, say nightmare, try to leave, then choose the silent response. | Before post-puzzle dialogue | Community |
| 17 | You Made Your Choice | After puzzle, say nightmare, stay in bed, then agree. | Before post-puzzle dialogue | Community |
| 18 | He Took Away Your Freedom | River entry can vary; after puzzle, say nightmare, try to leave, then choose No. | Before post-puzzle dialogue | Community |
Multiple community ending routes say to complete the puzzle and then select nightmare, stay, leave, barn, knife, or path choices. That establishes the puzzle as a stable transition into the late ending cluster.
The reviewed evidence does not establish a complete table where different puzzle clicks or object orders directly select different endings. Keep the checkpoint claim strong and the internal-solution claim cautious.
S4 belongs before the puzzle. Reload it when the puzzle will not complete, the scene transition fails, or you need to compare a version-specific behavior. S5 belongs after the puzzle and before the first late dialogue choice.
Do not repeatedly replay the puzzle when only a nightmare, barn, knife, or path response changed. Use S5 for those tests and preserve S4 as the troubleshooting fallback.
A post-puzzle save preserves every condition set earlier in the run. It cannot undo farm-work agility, pier bravery, Kyle dialogue, the swimming branch, or the long He Let You Go affection chain.
When the expected post-puzzle choice produces the wrong ending, compare the target's earliest requirement in the all-endings table. Reload S1, S2, or S3 when the blocking condition predates the puzzle.
First verify that the game build completed its download or extraction correctly and that the puzzle scene accepts input. Use the official build and a fresh S4 save before assuming the route guide is wrong.
If the scene remains blocked, record the platform, game version, exact visual state, and which input does not respond. A reproducible problem report is more useful than copying an unrelated puzzle document or inventing an object order.
Use video for scene recognition only. The written S4/S5 plan and post-puzzle branch table remain the primary troubleshooting tools.
Use these related pages only when they match the next unresolved route, ending, mechanic, or platform issue.
Protect S4 before the puzzle and S5 before the late dialogue branches.
Related guideMatch the eight post-puzzle rows to their earliest requirements and proof labels.
Related guideReview farm, pier, swimming, and post-puzzle checkpoints in chronological order.
The public evidence reviewed here does not provide a verified universal click or item sequence, so this guide does not invent one.
Community routes consistently use puzzle completion as a checkpoint. The documented ending differences occur mainly in the dialogue, barn, knife, and path choices that follow.
S4 lets you retry puzzle completion or a blocked transition. S5 lets you test post-puzzle endings without replaying the puzzle.
This page maps eight community-documented rows: 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18.
No. Reload an earlier farm, pier, Kyle, or swimming checkpoint when the target depends on conditions set before the puzzle.
Record the platform, game version, exact screen state, input that fails, and whether a fresh S4 save reproduces the problem.