Outer Wilds: How To Get Past The Anglerfish

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In the Outer Wilds, there are a number of dangers to navigate. Of these, few are as terrifying to behold as the Anglerfish. Dwelling within the Dark Bramble on the outskirts of the Outer Wilds solar system, they serve as a deadly obstacle to any players looking for Feldspar, or indeed any of the other mysteries within the Bramble.

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In this guide, players will learn how to navigate the Dark Bramble without drawing the attention of its many-toothed inhabitants. Please be aware that this guide will contain spoilers for many of the secrets within the Dark Bramble. Warnings for these spoilers will be provided beforehand where possible.

The Dark Bramble is one of the hardest locations to navigate in the Outer Wilds, largely due to its thick fog, along with each path deeper into the Bramble acting as a sort of portal inside a seed, teleporting the player around in ways that make traditional navigation tactics unfeasible.

These portal seeds emit light, but this light matches the glow emitted by the Anglerfish lures, making it difficult to tell if the player is flying toward the path deeper in, or into the waiting maw of a monster. Hidden beyond these portals are many secrets and useful pieces of information if the player can survive long enough to find them.

Making good use of probes to see what lies on the other side of a portal before entering it is the best way to check it leads, and to identify if a portal leads to a different part of the same area of the bramble, rather than somewhere new entirely.

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Of the many secrets found within the Dark Bramble, three of the most noteworthy are the egg cluster, fellow