Ancient Idol

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Ancient idols are owl-shaped collectibles that are found in various locations on the island. They can be traded to the Collector in The Holm Oak Thicket for various items.

These idols, and the Collector, are mentioned in the **Botanist - Ancient idols** document. According to this note, the idols were buried with the dead in order to guide the soul of the deceased into the afterlife.

There are 20 known locations:

**#1, #2 Manor Farm (2 Idols)**

1) Entering through the main gate once it is unlocked, there is a building to the right. You need to get to the top of the tallest tower in this building. This is done by finding a path up onto the central beam of the building, and then on to the high tower.

2) Under the stairs leading to the shelter there is a crack in the wall with an owl painted beside it. The crack leads to a small cave which contains an idol, and some gold coins with owls on, which are necessary for getting a later owl. Other than the obvious owl motif, there is another connection with the coins, noted in the document "Ancient Idols": both are grave-goods, given to the dead to see them safely to Hades' Underworld. The owl motif on the coins suggests they may be Athenian drachmas, which bore an owl, and were traditionally used as grave-goods.

**#3 Temple Ruins (1 idol)**

At the top of the pillar in the center of the main ruin. You can jump to this from the surrounding blocks.

**#4 Beach House (1 Idol)**

Climbing up from the children's bedroom to the Shelter, there is a hidden den with a wooden door, behind some bushes. The Idol is on the bookshelf to the left as you enter.

**#5, #6 The Watchtower (2 Idol)**

1) If you release the prisoner, he has an idol in his room. You cannot gain this before first reaching the High Tower to get the key.

2) East from the watchtower, on a cliff overlooking the sea, is a stone with an infinity symbol (the game's symbol for an owl), Digging here with the shovel will uncover an Idol. You cannot gain this before first reaching the Holm Oak Thicket to get the shovel.

**#7 The Coastal Tower (1 Idol)**

Behind some crates in a dead end to the left/down, when following the passageway up towards the bed icons.

**#8 Mountain Pass Eagle's Nest (1 Idol)**

A bit tricky to find. Keep left at one point after finding the campers and you'll get across to an eagle's aerie. The eagle will likely attack: if you can find its corpse after you whack it out of the sky, it's worth 5 feathers!

**#9 Holm Oak Thicket (1 Idol)**

Reached by going down the well, a stone with an infinity symbol on, that you dig by to retrieve the Idol. Holm Oak Thicket is also where you find that the infinity symbol is associated with owls, and where you get the shovel to dig by these stones.

**#10 Crane Break (1 Idol)**

Kill the Beekeeper and you can loot an Idol from his body.

**#11 Apricot Valley (1 Idol)**

The Crumbled shelter is reached by going up from Apricot Valley. It is the one shelter which is not connected to the fast travel system. As hinted by the note in the tree-house, leave the owl-coins in the shelter, and after the next night, the coins will be replaced by an Idol.

**#12 Cliff Ruins (1 Idol)**

Behind crates at the ground level.

**#13 The Farm House (1 Idol)**

In the greenhouse. Need the gas mask from near the endgame (be sure to ask Andre for "more clues"!)

**#14, #15 Stone Pillars (2 Idols)**

1) There's a high peak circled by eagles, visible from High Tower. To reach it, at the Genesis 3 graffiti, follow the grass path to the right, instead of the stone route to the left. It will lead to another jumping route, at the top of which is another eagle aerie with an Idol in.

2) There is also another infinity-stone marker that can be found in the Stone Pillars, in a cave to the west, by following the blue arrows.

**#16 Monumental Tombs (1 Idol)**

After jumping across the front of the facade, you will eventually reach a room with the owl on a pedestal.

**#17 Underworld Passage (1 Idol)**

Traverse past a waterfall and through a tunnel... which doesn't help much.

**#18, #19 Military Post (1 Idol)**

1) In a yellow box by bay 01 up in the shelves of the Antique Warehouse.

2) On bedside cabinet, Brother #2 Headquarters.

**#20 Old Mines (1 Idol)**

Get key from dead miners, go along rails and through a tunnel to the locked gate; the owl is in an alcove at the top of a wall.