Upon finishing the boat segment in Keeper, players will find themselves transformed into a form resembling a fiery wheel. This change does not halt gameplay; rather, it grants players mobility and functionality. Similar to previous segments in the game, this fiery wheel section requires players to solve various puzzles, which this guide aims to assist with.
The flaming wheel segment in Keeper revolves around three main mechanics: collecting charges by interacting with flaming flowers, destroying red growths upon contact, and merging with open flowers to channel your light.
Keeper Flaming Wheel Walkthrough
After initiating the wheel, roll forward, utilizing ramps to jump over gaps when needed. Particularly, boosting into pink eyes will eliminate them, a crucial technique for overcoming certain ramps in this introductory segment.
Soon, players will encounter a challenge that illustrates a key mechanic of this fiery wheel phase: colliding with a flaming flower grants the wheel a temporary charge, which is essential for clearing obstacles. To implement this, players should roll into the nearby flaming flower and then boost to break through the barrier.
In the following area, access the central enclosed area and use a boost to destroy the pink eye positioned to the right. Next, engage with the flaming flower past the eye, use the collected charge to activate a flower within the enclosure, and boost into the pink eye ahead. Continue along the path of flowers, igniting them, and then boost into the final barrier.
If you lose your charge and can’t ignite the flowers ahead, simply return to the flaming flower located in the enclosed area.
Next, players will roll down a chute. Upon reaching the bottom, head right to collect a charge from a flaming flower, then backtrack to ignite three more flowers for additional charges before boosting into the barrier.
Advance by rolling into the flaming flower situated ahead and to the right. Strike the green bubbles located just beyond this flower to gain a boost over the water and set the flower ablaze. Continue along the path, lighting flowers and bouncing off green bubbles, until you arrive at a destroyable barrier.
The third image above indicates that players should proceed downward to keep going. If instead, players opt to go up, they’ll discover a hidden alcove with an activatable shrine.
Descend another chute and roll up the rear wall to engage with a pulsating door. In the subsequent room, roll right, and then up and to the left to find a flaming flower. The charge from this flower can be carried through the nearby corridor, allowing players to ignite a series of flowers and blast through a barrier.
After breaching the barrier, venture down and to the left to enter a basin adorned with purple flowers. Ascend the back wall of this basin to uncover a path leading to another barrier. Collect charges from the three flowers located beyond this barrier, and use these to break an obstacle on the back wall.
Continue through another chute and boost into the red growth at the end to open the following door. Move through this chute toward the next green opening to navigate a tunnel. Use another green opening to shift left and enter a room that contains a barrier.
Approach the red growth on the left to trigger the opening of a red flower within the room. Roll into it to connect the wheel with the flower, then direct your light toward the barrier to progress to the next area.
The Chute Room
This area represents the most intricate part of the fiery wheel journey, and here’s how to navigate it:
- Boost through the pink eye on the right, roll down the chute, and contact the red growth.
- Continue down the chute and veer right at the fork.
- After reaching the platform, enter the pink flower to fuse with it.
- Direct your light at the unlit flower to activate it and destroy the barrier.
- Roll through the lit flower, down the chute, and into another barrier.
- Interact with the red growth beyond the barrier and roll towards the ignited flower.
- Utilize the charge from this flower to demolish the adjacent barrier.
- Acquire a charge from the flower, ascend the ramp (igniting any flowers along the way), and smash the barrier to the left.
- After clearing a ramp, activate two red growths and return to the area where you just broke the barrier.
- Two flowers will now be available near the wall previously blocked by barriers. Fuse with them and concentrate your light to clear the barriers.
- Approach the green opening at ground level, make your way to the green opening on the right, bounce past another green opening on the right, and enter the next green opening.
- Destroy the red growth, bounce across the gap to the right, and go through the green opening at the ramp’s peak.
- Follow the left path, break the red growth at the end, engage with the flower that opens, and focus your light on the barrier.
- Ascend the revealed ramp and pass the path to reach another red growth to eliminate.
- Collect a charge from the flaming flower and use it to destroy the nearby barrier.
You will now return to the room’s entrance, where the door at the far end is now accessible. Simply roll down the chutes to enter and proceed.
Follow the intended route, destroying red growths, merging with open flowers, and directing light toward barriers as you go. At the end of the path, players will find a circular section; ignite the surrounding flowers and then roll into the middle.
Fire Wheel Boss
Following a colorful descent, roll into the three red growths embedded in the wall. After this, drop through the gap that opens up and follow the trail leading to a boss confrontation. Here’s how to overcome the boss:
- Roll right to break a red growth and reveal a flower.
- Shift left to enter the flower and focus your light on the root blocking the left path.
- Continue left following the upward path.
- Turn right at the peak to destroy another red growth and ignite another flower.
- Roll left, contact the flaming flower, and move right to breach several roots.
- Once at the top level, engage with the three opened flowers and direct your light toward the boss’s arms.
Once the boss is defeated, players simply must roll along a brief path until reaching part of the lighthouse, signaling the start of the next chapter of Keeper, where a new transformation awaits.
