QUERYcleaning up the puzzle gallery the bull achievement

The Bull Achievement: An Under-3-Hour Route

DIRECT ANSWER

The Bull unlocks for finishing the game in under three hours. Two Steam Community guides favor quick early completions and mobility or locating skills; that route is community guidance, not an official or hands-on-tested solution. Save/reload cooldown resets are treated as an unverified, patch-sensitive exploit and are not the primary route here.

Official goal: Finish under 3 hours
Route evidence: Steam Community E2
Exploit: Unverified / patch-sensitive

E1 + E2 COMMUNITYcommunity route checked against v1.3.2Checked 2026-08-09 CST

COMMUNITY ROUTE / 18

A conservative planning sequence

This paraphrases shared player priorities. It is not a guaranteed split plan.

01
Bank quick completions
Community guides prioritize accessible early puzzles for skill points.
02
Buy time-saving utility
The shared routes emphasize time, carry, navigation, and locating tools.
03
Avoid exploit dependence
Do not build the run around save/reload cooldown behavior.
04
Check the patch
A later build can change cooldowns, skills, or completion behavior.

E2 source: Steam Community Bull route guide

Why this page exists: A player wants a legitimate under-three-hour plan without mistaking an exploit for an official route.

The only official rule is the clock

Steam’s public condition says to beat the game in under three hours. It does not publish splits, a skill order, pause behavior, or an endorsed exploit.

What the community routes have in common

The two Steam guides favor fast early completions, then abilities that reduce travel or search time. This is a paraphrase of E2 material, not a copied walkthrough or a result reproduced by this site.

Prioritize easier early completions for points.
Favor utility that saves movement or search time.
Treat any exact order as build-sensitive.

Why the cooldown shortcut stays out

Save/reload cooldown reset behavior is described as an exploit and may be patched. It was not reproduced on v1.3.2, so the page does not make it a recommendation.

SOURCE LEDGER / TIMED RUN

Follow every claim to its evidence.

E1 is first-party. E2 is a community observation or route. Later official updates can supersede version-sensitive details.

Publication limit: The condition is E1; the planning route is E2, not guaranteed, and no speedrun or exploit was tested by this site.