With only compass directions to use, you may find yourself going in circles in Welcome To The Dark Place. If you ever want to leave whatever hellscape you’ve accidentally landed in, then you’ve got to pay attention to where you’re going.
With only words and audio to make sense of your surroundings, understanding the layout of the Dark Place will help you activate the Dragon and return to the Cloud in no time.
Here is our map of Welcome To The Dark Place. We hope it helps.
Welcome To The Dark Place: Locations and key items
Unless you’ve got an excellent memory that can recall every step and direction you take in Welcome To The Dark Place’s complicated Forest, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ll forget where key locations are. Thankfully, the Dark Place actually holds its shape, almost in a grid-like design woven into the Forest trees. No matter how many times you fall from the Cloud, everything you read and hear will appear in the same exact position. Some locations must be visited in a particular order, especially if you want to see everything (or more accurately, read everything).
Below, we’ll detail where you can find all locations in Welcome To The Dark Place, if there are puzzles/riddles, what key items you can pick up there, and whether that particular location houses an ending.
This article is a work in progress. We’re looking to fill in the gaps on our map and table as we discover more. Join us in our journey through The Dark Place and let us know in the comments about any exciting locations you’ve found that we may have missed.
| Place | Location (direction) | Key items/puzzles/riddles |
|---|---|---|
| The Cloud | Starting point | Rules of The Dark Place. |
| Tree with hole | North of starting point | Ending. |
| Bleeding tree | East then north of starting point | – |
| Stream | Northwest | – |
| Telephone Booth | Northwest | Puzzle (requires Coin). |
| Church | North from Telephone Booth (follow the cable) | Coin |
| Grave | North of Church | Shovel |
| Lamp | Northeast | Puzzle. |
| Docks | West | Shed Key. |
| Shine Lake | West | – |
| Tall building | West then south | Medicine. |
| Hole | South then east | The Undergoing. |
| Abandoned Home | East, on Cracked Road | – |
| House | East, on Cracked Road | Basement Key and Car Key. |
| Manhole | Far east on Cracked Road, north of Small Neighborhood | The Undergoing. |
| Dog House | East from Rainforest and then south | Black button. |
| Lawnmower | South (near Mailbox) | – |
| Mailbox | South | Vacuum Tube or ending. |
| Swing | South (near Mailbox) | Undergoing. |
| Chair | Southeast | Don’t trust chair (ending). |
| Telephone line | Southwest | – |
| Cement Tower | Four east from start point | Dragon and Fuses. |
| Factory | Southwest perimeter | – |
| Craggy Maze | Southern perimeter | – |
| Mango village | East from Corn Field | Ending. |
| Corn field | East | – |
| Diner | West of north Corn Field and north of Cracked Road | – |
| Parking lot | South of Diner | – |
| Post Office | South of Parking lot | – |
| Dagger | Southeast from Rainforest | Ending. |
| Paper House | South of Dagger (follow Train Tracks) | – |
| Cottage | East of Dagger | – |
| Spike field | Far northeast | – |
| Rainforest | Northeast perimeter | – |
| Savanna and Desert | Spanning across the north-eastern perimeter, above Rainforest | – |
| Dusk/Horizon | Perimeter of Dark Place | Ending. |
| Dimlose | West of Savanna and east of Chasm | Ending. |
| Bench | Between Dimlose and Savanna | – |
| Waterfall | West of Bench | – |
| Tunnel | Northeast | Requires key item to navigate (Lighter?) |
| Mine field | Northeast | Sudden ending. |
| Bear trap | Southeast | Sudden ending. |
| Toy Box | Southwest | Ending. |
| Blood | Northwest | Sudden ending (if you fail the encounter). |
| Chasm | Far north | Endings. |
| Library (red brick building) | Northwest of Chasm | Shotgun and ending. |
| Train Platform | Northwest perimeter | – |
| Cave | Across Chasm bridge | Puzzle. |
| Lighthouse | Southwest from Chasm | Ending and code: 23411. |
| Wagon | West from Chasm | Ending. |
| Campsite | Northwest (follow the smoke) | – |
| Mansion | North off dirt path, west of Campsite | Endings, Gloves, and Gold Key. |
| Swamp | Far west | Ending and Log Cabin. |
| Large Building | Northwest from Swamp | Rooftop access (needs Ladder Key). |
| Supermarket | South from Large Building | Yellow Dice and Ladder Key. |
| Millington Grove | Southwest | – |
| Picnic Table | Southwest | – |
| Factory | Southern perimeter | – |
| Highway | Southwest perimeter | Ending. |
| Fake picnic | Southeast perimeter | – |
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