Wheel

The Wheel is a tool acquired in the post-game. It allows the player to safely travel over spikes and activate wheel-based mechanisms. When activating such mechanisms, the player can rotate left or right to fine-tune the position of affected objects.

Interactions

• The player is shielded from spikes while riding the wheel, and natural spikes will be destroyed.
• The wheel will shield the player from some hostile animals like dogs.
• The wheel will sink into deep water and cause the player to respawn at the last stable surface they were standing on.
• The wheel can activate wheel mechanisms when used on its dedicated platform.

Location

The wheel can be found on the leftmost side of the map. There are 3 entrances into its room:

• From a puzzle in the area with the Penguins, marked by a large Lynx statue;
• From the area where you rescue the lynx cubs with the moving mouse platforms, the same statue is also present here;
• From the screen just above the second Seahorse encounter, through a gap in the wall on the left marked by the absence of spikes.

The first 2 entrances require the Spinning Top to drill near the Lynx statues to enter this room. The third entrance is trickier to get to, but only requires the B. Wand and a method of breaking Stalactites and Stalagmites such as the Yoyo or Disc. This series of rooms also contains an egg that can be obtained using the Wheel.

These lead to the room with the Lynx, and a chest with the Wheel locked in a cage, that is protected by a 56-note song. The solution to this code is revealed by rescuing the 5 Lynx cubs, and entering this room after this the Lynx will sing the song required to unlock the cage. Once the cage is unlocked, the large Lynx will sit contently in the middle of the room.

Leaving and re-entering the room before the Lynx finishes its song will simply cause the Lynx to begin its song again; this can allow the player to transcribe its song and play it on the flute in subsequent runs. Opening the chest with the wheel after doing so will cause it to display strange symbols instead of the item's name.

It might also be possible to glitch inside the cage and warp out using the Animal Flute, as it is possible to somehow glitch inside the cages of the cubs.

Techniques

• With correct timing it is possible to jump upward infinitely provided there is enough clearance.
• It is possible to clip into certain areas using the Wheel. Using this on the crow head in the fast-travel room for example can let you clip through the wall and up into the B. Flame room.