For being a Metroi💖dvania title devoid of traditional combat, you sure can die a lot in . Just because your little blob doesn’t fight back doesn’t mean the critters down here will be friendly, with plenty of them coming to attack and kill you as you solve the puzzles of the Well.

There are ways to temporarily increase your h🦩earts during tough puzzles, but quick-thinking Metroidvania fans realized th🐼at the inclusion of one specific animal with a holiday devoted to it was a little curious. As such, get ready to celebrate Groundhog Day in Animal Well with more hearts!

There are blue fruits in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a few places around the map that provide temporary heart boosts, as denoted by blue hearts added to your total heart co🅷ntainer count in the bottom-right corner of the screen, but this guide focuses on how to permanently raise your max hearts in Animal Well.

Set Your System Calendar To Groundhog's Day

There's already plenty going on in the southeast biome, the one that's outlined in indigo in the bottom-right quadrant of your map. It's where you've faced the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:creepy Ostrich boss puzzle 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:not once but twice in pursuit of one of the game's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:four main flames required to proceed toward the final puzzle.

But when you go into the room with the telephone in this area, right by the series of platforms that can rise or lower depending on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:which way the mouse nearby is running, you'll immediately notice an animal in the background here - a groundhog.

Most of the time, when you enter the room to save your game or grab one of the fruits to refill your health, the groundhog normally retreats into its burrow, whe🔯re it becomes another piece of creepy set dressing to help with the ambiance of the game. However, there's one day per year when you can interact 🎐with it.

If you enter the groundhog room with your system's internal calendar set to Groundhog Day - a wherein a groundhog emerges from its burrow and, according to legend, determines if the arrival of spring is coming sooner than later - you'll find that, in the spirit of the day, the Groundhog isn't hiding.

Groundhog Day takes place annually on February 2.

Instead, on Groundhog Day, the Groundhog is outside its burrow near the phone, and in its hand is a red potion. Approaching the Groundhog while it's holding the potion will give you the choice to sip the mysterious brew, and doing so grants one permanent additional heart container, outlined in yellow.

In total, you can do this four times in order to obtain a total of eight possible hearts in Animal Well (per save), but you can only get one potion per year. As such, if you want all four of the extra hearts in Animal Well, you'll need to visit the Groundhog on Groundhog Day in four separate years.