Cinder Isles

Outer Wilds guide · Third area of the Stranger

The Cinder Isles is a cluster of rocky islands in the Stranger featuring ghostbird dwellings, a tower, and a projection room. Players explore the village ruins and tower to discover slide reels that reveal the history of the inhabitants and hints for accessing the dream world. A submerged hull breach on the exterior also provides an alternate entry point directly into this zone.

Items

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Breach: Slide Reel (Tower Secret)Inside a hidden room in the Cinder Isles tower accessed via a secret passageArtifact: Inside the green-fire shrine beneath the towerSlide Reel (Story): Found within the stilt houses across the village

Secrets

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Rotating the lantern light away from the mural in the tower's upper chamber opens a hidden doorway leading to a viewing room.

Tips

The tower in this area eventually tilts and collapses when the dam breaks and the wave hits, so investigate its upper chambers early in the loop.
Grab an artifact from the shrine room below the tower before resting at the green fire to enter the Starlit Cove.

Not listed for this area: enemies, shops and people.

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