Finding the Thicket's Heart

Begin by entering the sewers from Rotwood Outskirts.

Control your partner to navigate sewer puzzles and retrieve a medallion.

Use the medallion to unlock a gate, leading to either the WRot Radio Station (as Jack) or Barlow's Meat Shop (as Natalie).

In the Radio Station, solve a wave-matching puzzle to fight a boss and obtain the Radio Station key.

In Barlow's Meat Shop, find a tape for a locker code, solve a skull puzzle, and fight a boss to get the Meat Shop Key.

Use the respective keys to unlock the gate and access Rotwood Downtown.

In Rotwood Downtown, locate three altars in front of a locked door leading to the Rotwood Cemetery. You need to find three unique canes to unlock this door.

First Cane: Head to Bethany's Curse and Crafts. Solve a moth-part puzzle and a portrait riddle to obtain the first cane.

Second Cane: Go to The Crimson Reel cinema. Obtain the Crimson Reel key from Video Outlaw by using a hammer on a barricaded door and searching a corpse. Use the key to enter the cinema, defeat enemies, and find the Serpent Cane.

Third Cane: Proceed to The Rotwood School. Navigate through the school, defeat enemies, and pick up the Skull Cane from a pedestal.

Return to Rotwood Downtown and place all three canes (from Bethany's, Crimson Reel, and the School) on the altars to unlock the gate to the Rotwood Cemetery.