Learn how to get the secret ending in Reanimal and all locations to find coffins to get the secret cutscene in the final chapter.
Coffins in Reanimal are special hidden collectible objects that are part of the game’s secret ending mechanic. They’re not regular gameplay items or power‑ups, but optional story collectibles that unlock additional content. There are five hidden Coffins scattered throughout chapters, and each one can be interacted with when you find it.
You cannot unlock the secret ending by using chapter select – all coffins must be found during one continuous run. Collect all five coffins during a single run to access the secret ending and earn the Friends Reunited achievement in Reanimal.
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All Coffin Locations in Reanimal
The game offers five distinct coffins for the players to find for the secret ending in Reanimal. Locating each coffin can be challenging because they’re located in the optional or secret areas. Interacting with the coffins can highly influence the ending of the game.
Coffin #1 (Dead in the Water)
The first coffin you find in Reanimal is obtained while progressing in Dead in the Water. Progress normally until you reach the point where you find a broken trolley. Find the two wheels of the handcart and place them. Ride the handcart and cross the bridge to continue deeper into the forest area.
Stop and get off the cart before entering the tunnel on the main path. You need to move back rather than going forward and take the right track to find the abandoned train. Walk through the train and enter a secluded area to find your first coffin. Approach it and interact with it to collect.
Coffin #2 (After the Flood)
This is the first coffin you can find in the After the Flood chapter. After you get control of the boat and the first harpoon, you enter the flooded city. You have to go to the option path rather than the main one to find this Coffin.
Find harpoons before you reach the flooded streets area, and continue sailing till you come across the hotel building. Use the harpoons to destroy the mines and go to the path on the right rather than straight. If you enter the hotel and progress through the story, you miss the coffin.
Use the harpoon again to destroy all the naval mines from a safe distance. Continue along this side path until the boat reaches the dead end. Dock the boat and get inside the building with the red glowing light. Once inside the building through the broken entrance, take the stairs to move down.
You can find the coffin at the bottom of the stairs, so approach and interact with it.
Coffin #3 (After the Flood)
After you’ve taken control of the boat and harpoon, there are two hidden coffins in this chapter. You can find the second coffin from this chapter after collecting the first one from inside the building. Leave the flooded city and hotel area to get inside the large open water area with a big tank in the middle.
You need to circle around the cannon with your boat rather than heading out towards the main objective. Find the small cave on the left side from the cannon’s viewpoint. Get inside the cave from the main entrance and follow the tunnel.
Continue sailing towards the dead end and dock your boat to collect the coffin from the beach. I recommend circling around the back of the cannon until you spot the cave entrance.
Coffin #4 (No Shelter)
The coffin here is hidden off the main path near the end of the chapter. You reach a room near the end of the chapter where your friend is being lowered into a hole. Explore the hallway path rather than immediately interacting with the wheel to save your friend.
Continue progressing in this chapter till you reach the room with the lowered friend and a big hole in the floor.
Defeat all three enemies in this area first. If you interact with the wheel and lift your friend up, the chapter ends. This allows you to lose access to obtain the fourth coffin, so you have to restart from the last checkpoint.
Move towards the camera and go to the left side of this room to find a small door. Get inside the room and interact with the coffin to collect it. Make sure to skip that wheel interaction first to collect the coffin.
Coffin #5 (The Spoils)
This coffin is easy to miss because it’s tucked away during a combat section in the hospital area. After progressing through the trenches at the start of Chapter 7, you enter the hospital. You go through the elevator section, bolt cutters, and exploding enemies that chase you through rooms. Progress the story in this chapter till you take an elevator up.
In the operating room, pick up the bolt cutters and use them to unlock the chain-locked door. Get inside the next corridor and go through the rooms where the exploding soldiers are. Make sure to kite them into open spaces so they explode. After you clear the room and enter the next corridor, move to the path on the right. An explosion creates a hole in the wall behind you.
Turn around and go through the hole in the wall to enter the secret room. Find a large spinning wheel handle here and rotate it to open a hatch. Use the ladder to move down and interact with the last coffin to collect it. The clue for this coffin is an explosive gap behind you.
What’s the Secret Ending in Reanimal?
The secret ending is an extra cutscene that plays after the regular ending of the game. This brings the emotional context that the normal ending doesn’t show in Reanimal. After finding all five and finishing the story normally, you see a regular ending and an additional cutscene.
In this scene, the five freed spirits from the coffins reunite with the girl. It also showcases well flooding and the presence of spirits, which ties together the mystery elements. This secret ending is basically the true ending that rewards thorough exploration rather than just completing the story’s main path.
