The Forest Guardian Quest

⚠️ **Spoiler Warning!** ⚠️
**This page contains spoilers for the main story or a gameplay feature of Cattails.**
*It is recommended that you **complete the **main quest** before reading***.

**The Forest Guardian Quest** is the main quest line in Cattails. After completing the main quest, the player will have the option to create a custom colony. The Steam achievement: Restorer of Balance will be unlocked after completing the main quest.

## Story

After the tutorial in Summer Year 1, Coco asks the player to visit the Sacred Temple. After the player travels to the Sacred Temple and speaks to Coco, they will open the entrance to the Temple Ruins. Inside, Coco explains the forest's broken balance due to the Forest Guardian's disappearance. Coco will then ask the player to help bring them back. The player walks over to a pillar that suddenly begins glowing. Coco suggests bringing items to the pillar to restore the forest's balance.

    The player will then collect the required items for the pillar and drop them at its base. Once all items for the first pillar are collected, cryptic runes appear on the pillar that instruct the player to visit the Hallowed Garden to retrieve the purple gem. Coco and the player will enter the quest area to solve a puzzle.

After completing the puzzle, the player and Coco will return to the Sacred Ruins to insert the pillar's gem. After the gem is inserted, a beam of light points to the Forest Guardian's pedestal. All six pillars begin to activate and Coco asks the player to finish restoring the forest's balance. Once the player collects all items and gems for the six pillars, the Forest Guardian will return. The player can now talk to the Forest Guardian to create their custom colony.

## Trials

#### Left Pillar, Row 1 (Purple Gem) - Hallowed Garden

The player must rearrange five amulets in the correct order to obtain the **Purple Gem**. This puzzle can be solved by following the clues found on the back wall.
The correct order of the amulets (from left to right) is: **Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple.**
#### Right Pillar, Row 1 (Green Gem) - Abandoned Cottage

The player can unlock the Abandoned Cottage by speaking to Mayor. The player's reputation with the Forest Colony must be at 50% or higher to successfully unlock the cottage. Once inside, in order to obtain the **Green Gem**, the player must rearrange stones by clawing at them until a path is cleared for the blue block to reach the right side.
A more detailed solution for this puzzle can be found in this Steam guide by Sass.
#### Left Pillar, Row 2 (Blue Gem) - Graveyard

The player can unlock the Graveyard's gate by speaking to Leo. The player's reputation with the Mountain Domain must be at 50% or higher to successfully unlock the gate. Once inside, the player must defeat ghosts to obtain the **Blue Gem**.
#### Right Pillar, Row 2 (Red Gem) - Weepingroot

The player can unlock the Weepingroot trapdoor by speaking to Alisa. The player's reputation with the Mystic Colony must be at 50% or higher to successfully unlock the trapdoor. Once inside, the player must defeat bats to obtain the **Red Gem**.
#### Left Pillar, Row 3 (Pink Gem) - Canyon Ruins

In the first chamber, the player must defeat bats. Then, in the second chamber, the player must scratch six stones in the correct order to obtain the **Pink Gem**. This puzzle can be solved by following the clues found on the back wall. If the player scratches stones in the wrong order, bats will appear, and the puzzle cannot be attempted again until the bats are defeated.
The correct order of scratches is: **sixth stone, first stone, third stone, fifth stone, second stone, fourth stone.**
#### Right Pillar, Row 3 (Orange Gem) - Prairie Copse

In the first chamber, the player must rotate mirrors by clawing at them in order to reflect light into a hole. (See Gallery for the solution to this puzzle.)
In the second chamber, the player must defeat bats to obtain the **Orange Gem**.
## Gallery

Orange Gem (Prairie Copse) puzzle solutionGreen Gem (Abandoned Cottage) puzzle solutionA map of where all 6 Gems can be found

**Gameplay Elements**

**Game Mechanics:** Cheat codes, Currency, Customization, Death, Difficulty, Experience, Friendship and Marriage, Health, Hunger, Inventory, Reputation

**World Elements:** Colonies, Den, Festivals, **The Forest Guardian Quest**, Kittens, Mining, Pets, Seasons, Tasks, Weather