This route is a landmark exam: shoreline → stone gate → grass band → granite-blocked hollow log → broken logs → campfire. Follow the map below and you won’t get lost.
If unsure, validate your loop in our Expedition Planner (homepage).
Follow these six steps to reach Pollywog without getting lost.
Warm at the campfire, then reverse the route: broken logs → hollow log (now open) → grass band → stone gate → shoreline north → BUFO. Report to Bufo to close the storyline and unlock his final pickaxe upgrade recipe.
Quick answers for the Pollywog route.
Validate loadout in the Expedition Planner (/). New to corridor reading? Try the Map Guide (/articles/winter-burrow-map-guide). Need tools first? See the Pickaxe Guide (/articles/winter-burrow-pickaxe-guide).
Supply Tip 1
Validate in Planner; add a campfire at broken logs if risk shows.
Supply Tip 2
Travel light; stone is heavy.
Supply Tip 3
Use daylight for readability; storms/night need extra tea or a fire.
2–3 areas south of Bufo: go southwest then straight south along the lake, break a stone barrier, head south through grass, clear a granite-blocked hollow log, zigzag broken logs, then reach the campfire clearing.
Stay on land and follow the shoreline south; when terrain blocks you, turn west and break the stone boulders to continue.
No. A granite-blocked log tunnel hard-gates the path. Craft the Granite Pickaxe first.
Follow openings in a zigzag: right along the bottom, down through a log, then right again into the clearing.
Optional. Sneak around it or defeat it; one beetle is manageable.
Reverse the route—obstacles stay cleared. Warm at Pollywog’s fire, then backtrack north.
Ensure dialogue finished and log updated; if not, talk again or save/reload, then speak to Bufo.
Bufo’s storyline advances and your pickaxe upgrades finalize, plus the narrative closure of reuniting Bufo and Pollywog.
Survival
Layer gear, stagger fires, and ration hot drinks so your expedition never drops into the danger zone.
Survival
How to progress Bufo’s chain to the upgraded pickaxe, where it changes the world, and a safe first route anchored to a labeled community map. Includes loadout advice and FAQs.
Survival
No minimap? No problem. Use a labeled community map and landmark grammar—shorelines, grass bands, hollow logs, and stone vs. granite gates—to navigate confidently. Includes two starter loops and FAQs.