The Fine Woolen Hood sits at the center of one of Winter Burrow’s easiest quests to overshoot. The game quietly tucks it into a grey patch of ground in the woods, hides it behind plants you can’t cut with early tools, and then asks you to bring it back as another “sign of Pinesap” for Moss.
If you’ve wandered the same screens around Gnawtusk or the Shadow Forest for a while, the problem usually isn’t your sense of direction. It’s progression: you need the right axe, and you need to approach the area from the right landmark.
Quest context: “Find more signs of Pinesap” and Moss
The Fine Woolen Hood appears during Moss’s late-game quest step called “Find more signs of Pinesap.” By the time this objective shows up, a few things should already be true in your save:
| Requirement | Where it comes from | Why it matters for the hood |
|---|---|---|
| Moss’s questline started | Talking to Moss and Aunty, delivering items as requested | Unlocks the Pinesap investigation steps with Moss |
| Healing stew cooked for Aunty | Mushroom stew recipe Moss gives after you deliver Aunty’s shawl | Completing this earns the Flint (strong) axe recipe |
| Flint/“second tier” axe crafted | Use the recipe at your crafting setup once you have the materials | Lets you break thick plants and brambles blocking the hood |
Until the Flint-level axe is in your paws, the forest wall that hides the hood simply will not open. Many players reach the right spot but bounce off those green plants and assume they are on the wrong screen.
Tool check: you need the stronger axe
The Fine Woolen Hood sits behind vegetation that only breaks with the upgraded axe. Different names get used for it in conversations, but they refer to the same tool tier.
| Tool | Use in this quest | Visual cue |
|---|---|---|
| Basic axe | Cuts small plants and early-game trees only | Cannot damage thick green brambles or the dense vines near the cart |
| Flint / second-tier axe | Breaks thick green brambles and strong plants in the Shadow Forest | Needed to clear the vines near the abandoned caravan and reach the hood |
Path from Gnawtusk to the Fine Woolen Hood
The simplest way to describe the route to the hood is to anchor it to Gnawtusk’s area and a few reliable landmarks: an ant, a shell, and an abandoned caravan.
Detailed route using landmarks
| Step | Movement | What you should see |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start in Gnawtusk’s area, then go north | A screen with an ant scurrying around the path |
| 2 | From the ant, head west | A large shell acting as a clear ground landmark |
| 3 | Go northwest from the shell, then north | A small broken tree as you move through the forest |
| 4 | Continue west | An abandoned caravan, with vines or plants blocking part of the way |
| 5 | Use your strong axe on the vines, then move past them and further west | Another area with an ant, continue west beyond it |
| 6 | Keep going west until the forest opens into a clearing | A small clearing where the Fine Woolen Hood lies near a tree |
In that final clearing, look for an object on the ground that does not pop visually the way berries or bright tools do. The hood reads as a grey, slightly lumpy shape that can blend in with rocks and debris.
How the hood looks and why it’s easy to miss
The Fine Woolen Hood is intentionally understated. It is not a glowing quest marker, and the palette keeps it close to the colour of stones and bare earth.
| Visual trait | What to watch for |
|---|---|
| Colour | Greyish, muted tones that blend with the ground and nearby rocks |
| Shape | Rounded, slightly folded look, resembling a cloth bundle or rock pile |
| Placement | On the ground near a tree in the clearing after the vines and second ant |
A slow sweep of the clearing helps. Move your character in small steps around the tree and along the edges, watching for the interact prompt. Many players walk through the correct area several times but never quite cross the item’s hitbox.
Returning the Fine Woolen Hood to Moss
Once you pick up the hood, the game treats it as a quest item tied to Moss’s storyline. The next step is simple: bring it back to Moss.
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Speak to Moss with the hood in your inventory | The “Find more signs of Pinesap” objective progresses and the hood is handed over |
| Finish Moss’s follow-up dialogue | The questline points you back toward the same forest area for the pendant |
This hand-in is the pivot between the hood search and Moss’s final objectives. There is no puzzle here; the only failure mode is simply forgetting to talk to Moss after picking up the hood.
What comes after the hood: pendant and deeper forest
With the hood delivered, Moss sends you back into the same stretch of forest for another object linked to Pinesap: a pendant. The path reuses the hood’s route and then asks you to push a little further.
| Step | Direction from hood area | Key interaction |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return to the same area where you found the hood | Locate rocks on the left side of the area |
| 2 | Break those rocks | Use your upgraded tools to open a new route |
| 3 | Move forward into the newly opened space | Explore until you spot the pendant on the ground |
Picking up the pendant and closing out the conversation with Moss later will wrap up his questline. The hood is therefore not just a collectible; it’s your gateway into the final resolution of that character’s story and into the late-game forest layout that ties into Willow’s mole artefact search.
If the Fine Woolen Hood has been the last missing piece in your log, the combination of the right axe, the Gnawtusk-to-caravan path, and a slow sweep of that final clearing should finally make it visible. From there, Moss’s questline and the remaining Pinesap clues fall into place quickly, and Winter Burrow’s final stretch opens up to you without another loop through the same trees.
