ORDER OF THE SINKING STAR · CENTRAL HUB
The Crossroads Walkthrough
The Crossroads connects the main puzzle worlds. Start by finding the in-game map, then choose a direction below. This page is a navigation guide; individual boards and recorded routes are linked from their own regions.
Updated · Regional guide and community board directory
The community map includes the Crossroads location, but no separate Crossroads puzzle record. The world guides below distinguish available Demo boards from full-release material.
Where is the Crossroads map?
After the opening tutorial, look above the point where you arrive at the Crossroads and collect the map. The Crossroads guide listed below documents that pickup. Use the central hub as a reference whenever you return from a branch.
- Finish the opening sequence and identify the central hub.
- Check the area directly above your arrival point for the map.
- Choose a world from the direction table below. The site map can also centre on the Crossroads without selecting a puzzle.
Which direction should I explore first?
North → East → South → West is the suggested order used by this guide. It is a starting recommendation, not an unlock requirement. If a board stops your progress, return to the hub and try another available branch.
The region names below describe the released-game worlds. In the community dataset, The Promise is the western Demo label and Heroes and Water is a combined area; neither should be confused with the southern Skipping Stones world.
How do I match my screen to a guide?
Start with the direction and world name, then compare the board image. A community suffix such as V2 or Alt identifies a particular recorded layout. The short H and I references are this site’s lookup labels, so a different number in your game is not enough to identify a matching board.
For northern puzzles, the regional page groups all three Heroes collections. For eastern puzzles, the Mirror Isles page lists all 27 community boards and links the illustrated Mirror 1 guide. Southern and western pages explain what is currently missing instead of sending you to an unrelated solution.
Choose a world from the Crossroads
The Hearty Heroes of Hauling
61 Demo boards and 61 community routes are available across the three northern groups. These are snapshot counts, not a confirmed full-release puzzle total.
Open regional guide →EASTThe Mirror Isles
27 Demo boards and 27 community routes are recorded. The mechanics sections below are reading aids, not claims about three officially named subregions.
Open regional guide →SOUTHSkipping Stones to Lonely Homes
0 Skipping Stones boards and 0 routes in the imported snapshot. Heroes and Water is a separate combined region. The full-release southern total is not yet established here.
Open regional guide →WESTVault of the Beamcasters
1 western Demo board, 0 recorded routes. This is not a complete Vault or gem checklist; no full-release board or gem total is asserted by this page.
Open regional guide →COMBINED WORLDSGold Rooms
16 combined-area Demo boards: 15 Heroes and Water boards and 1 Heroes and Mirrors board, all with a stored route. These counts do not measure full-release Gold Room completion.
Open regional guide →Sources and version notes
This page combines the references below with our indexed community data. Source-based explanations are distinguished from playtesting: this regional page does not claim a complete, personally replayed release walkthrough.
- Official Steam announcement: Explore the Realm
- All Things How: Crossroads and Gold Rooms guide
- PlayStation hands-on: characters and world mechanics (Demo)
- joric/ootss: pinned Demo Phase 2 data
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