The Puppeteer
The Puppeteer is Cider’s personal quest, not a drink and not a random side boss. It begins when Cider speaks with Galandra at the hub, continues with questions to several Asterios locals, and then requires any time crystal inside the cult mansion’s laboratory.
Field notes from public pages
After the lab inspection, the notes send you to a burned village and into the house Cider indicates. The reward is Arcana Mastery and the story beat that Cider is a puppet. Horror fights and the Mort Mima route share the mansion, but they are not the same objective. The Asterios speakers are not named in order in the write-ups I have, and the way you earn the time crystal is not spelled out. Both gaps stay gaps.
Searchers who type investigate the puppeteer want this chain. The mansion page is the building. This page is the character errand. Samantha Béart is the voice credit on Cider’s character record, which is the right page for the kit list.
Questions
Is there a map pin?
No interactive map. The route is the prose on this page.
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Sources
Checked 2026-11-07. Applicable public version notes are in the tables above.