Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead!
Reanimal hides a secret ending that adds crucial context to its ambiguous story. Unlocking this alternate conclusion requires finding all 5 hidden coffins scattered across the game’s nine chapters. Miss even one, and you’ll need to start over. Here’s your complete guide to finding every coffin and witnessing Reanimal’s secret ending.
How to Unlock the Secret Ending
Requirements:
- Find and interact with all 5 coffins
- Collect them in a single playthrough (critical!)
- Complete the game normally
⚠️ MISSABLE WARNING: Chapter select doesn’t work for coffins. If you miss one, you must start a completely new game and collect all five again from scratch.
After opening all five coffins and finishing Chapter 9, you’ll see an extended cutscene after the standard ending. Five shadowy figures embrace Sister before the well overflows, revealing the spirits of the children depicted in each coffin. This unlocks the “Friends Reunited” achievement/trophy.
All 5 Coffin Locations
Coffin #1 – Chapter 1: Dead in the Water
Location: After crossing the bridge with the minecart/handcar
How to Find:
- Stop the handcar in the open area before entering the cave
- Get off and head right (southeast) following the secondary train track
- Enter the derailed, abandoned train through the open door
- Walk through the train and exit on the right side
- The coffin sits on derailed tracks ahead
What You’ll See: A ghostly child emerges and suffers a brutal fate
Coffin #2 – Chapter 3: After the Flood
Location: Flooded streets section, before entering the hotel
How to Find:
- After getting harpoons from the man’s body, return to your boat
- Instead of heading to the hotel, turn right into the flooded alley
- Spot two naval mines blocking a passage on the left
- Throw harpoons to destroy both mines
- Drive through and dock at the prison building with the glowing entrance
- Enter, go downstairs, and find the coffin by the entrance
Important: Don’t miss this before progressing to the hotel!
Coffin #3 – Chapter 3: After the Flood
Location: Open water area with the central cannon island
How to Find:
- After exiting the hotel, reach the big open sea with the huge cannon
- Drive around the cannon by taking the right side along the cliffs
- Continue to the back left side of the area
- Look for a hidden cave entrance in the mountains/cliffs
- Kill the bloated swimmer with your harpoon
- Drive to the end and dock on the beach
- The coffin awaits on dry land
Tip: This cave is easy to miss—look carefully at the cliff walls
Coffin #4 – Chapter 4: No Shelter
Location: Orphanage, at the very end of the chapter
How to Find:
- Enter the room where your friend dangles on a rope over the pit
- Kill the three petrified sand children attacking you
- Before turning the wheel to raise your friend, stop!
- Walk toward the camera to the bottom left corner
- A hidden door reveals itself on the left wall
- Go through and find the coffin inside
Critical: Get this BEFORE interacting with the rope wheel or the chapter ends!
Coffin #5 – Chapter 7: The Spoils
Location: Military hospital, after the trenches
How to Find:
- Use the elevator in the bunker and grab bolt cutters from the operating room
- Cut through the locked door and pass through the exploding soldiers room
- Run through the corridor with hospital beds and more explosions
- When you turn a corner and see a wheelchair rolling beside you, STOP
- Turn around immediately—an explosion blew a hole in the wall behind you
- Enter the hole to find a large bunker door with a wheel handle
- Turn the wheel all the way left to unlock the door
- Climb down the ladder
- The fifth coffin awaits at the bottom
Important: This is the trickiest coffin—the explosion happens behind you, so backtrack!
What the Coffins Reveal
Each coffin depicts one child’s death, connecting them to the ghostly figures in the secret ending. When you open a coffin, a spirit emerges showing how that child died—often in brutal, nightmare-inducing ways. These deaths tie directly to the blood ritual and the supernatural corruption plaguing the world.
Consequently, collecting all five coffins provides essential context for understanding Reanimal’s ambiguous story and the fate of the orphans.
Tips for Success
Best Practices:
- Follow a video guide if needed (PowerPyx has excellent walkthroughs)
- Back up your save at the start of each chapter (if possible)
- Use the chapter list to track your progress
- Don’t rush—take time to explore thoroughly
- Remember: Chapter select voids the secret ending unlock
Furthermore, patience pays off. While Reanimal takes 4-5 hours normally, adding thorough exploration for collectibles extends playtime to 6-8 hours—worth it for the complete story experience.
Final Thoughts
Reanimal’s secret ending adds significant depth to the game’s deliberately ambiguous narrative. The five coffins reveal the children’s tragic fates and connect directly to the shadowy spirits in the extended conclusion. With this guide, you’ll find every coffin in one playthrough and unlock the “Friends Reunited” achievement.
Ready to uncover the full truth? Start your careful playthrough and don’t miss a single coffin along the way!
Frequently Asked Questions
No! This is the most important rule. All 5 coffins must be collected in a single, continuous playthrough. Using chapter select to grab missed coffins will NOT unlock the secret ending or the “Friends Reunited” achievement.
After you collect all 5 coffins and complete Chapter 9 normally, you’ll see the standard ending first. Then, an extended cutscene plays showing five shadowy figures embracing Sister before the well overflows. This is the secret ending.
Each coffin depicts one child’s death and releases their spirit. These connect to the five shadowy figures in the secret ending, revealing that the children’s souls became trapped or transformed by the supernatural forces they unleashed through the blood ritual.
No, only the 5 coffins are required for the secret ending. Other collectibles like the 18 masks, 20 posters, and 5 hidden statues unlock different achievements but don’t affect the secret ending unlock.
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