Weird West: How to find Olvidado Pueblo and open the mine

Quests abound in Weird West's five trips, and while many of them focus on decisions and consequences, a handful of them need you to solve puzzles. One of the most significant occurs at the conclusion of The Protector adventure when you must locate the forgotten settlement of Olvidado Pueblo. If you need assistance, continue reading.

You'll have delivered the three bracelets to The Scholar and noted the location of Olvidado Pueblo on your map by this point in the main plot. There's a big, mostly empty map there if you go there. Remember the three riddles on the bracelets? They'll tell you where to stand to call the settlement. To discover the correct location, look at the screenshot below; you'll know you've found it when a brief music sting plays. For a brief while, stand still on the stones between the rocks and trees, and the entire town will appear in a phantom flash.

Then you must navigate to the mine entrance, which is a difficult task. Go to the town's largest house, the one with the bricked-up windows. Locate the stairwell that leads to the balcony and jumps around the first ordinary window. Climb inside and make your way to some sagging floorboards. Because most of the chambers are locked, there's essentially only one method to get out. To go to the bottom floor, break through the boards. Return to this path to reach the piano room, but don't enter just yet. Instead, return to a room you couldn't get to earlier by taking the neighboring stairs. Back downstairs, flip the switch, and several previously gated-off rooms are now accessible.

Take the fight to the Wraith in the piano chamber. Return to the trail to reach the mine entrance, which you cannot open at this time. To begin, you'll need to be able to communicate with spirits, but happily, a new mission marker will be set at Thriving Place. To unlock the house's main doors, turn the switch near the mine entrance; this will save you a lot of time when you return.

Return to Thriving Place, and West Standing Woman will tell you that a spirit-walking ceremony requires two ingredients: Mashkiki Bark and copper. Copper is probably present in your home. If you don't have any, you can collect it from various mines or melt down a copper bar - a copper nugget is required. When it comes to the bark, you'll get another quest marker that will guide you to the tree where you can peel it off. With these, return to West Standing Woman, and a cutscene will play. You'll be able to communicate with spirits after that. Moon icons, which you've certainly seen before, are used to indicate these on the minimap.

With your new ability, return to Olvidado Pueblo. You'll have to combat a few waves of Ravenous when you arrive. Depending on your quest choices, your own cousin may attack you, so be prepared to protect yourself. After the combat, return to your original location to summon the town. Speak to the ghost children inside the front door (which you hoped you had already opened). They'll teach you the secret signal for opening the mine, which you'll keep as a "key" in your inventory. Then you can enter the mine, confront the greedy spirit, and complete The Protector's quest.