Mina the Hollower: Should You Hand Over the Juice Jug to Buffo?
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
A guide explaining the consequences of handing the juice jug to Buffo in Yacht Club Games' Mina the Hollower, detailing the boss fight, rewards, and narrative payoffs.
Yacht Club Games is back with Mina the Hollower, and players exploring the Backwaters and Shanty Swamp are already bumping into some delightfully strange side quests. Early in the adventure, you will meet Buffo, a large green frog lounging at the bottom of a waterfall. Buffo hands you the Glutton's Jug and asks you to slaughter fifty local critters to fill it up. Once you complete that grim errand and return, you face a choice that every good action adventure game loves to throw at you. Should you actually hand the jug back to him?
If you refuse to give Buffo the jug, he just complains a bit, leaving you free to walk away and return whenever you are ready. If you hand it over, however, Buffo immediately turns hostile and triggers a boss fight. He attacks with a paddle and slow floating fireballs, though clever players can use nearby ropes and ledges to cheese the encounter. Defeating him rewards you with the Plasma Jug trinket, which grants bonus plasma from enemies, and unlocks a neat piece of extra dialogue much later in the game when Lionel calls out your questionable choices at the Radiant Manor.
For anyone diving into the game across PC or console, this is the kind of memorable optional encounter that makes retro inspired indie titles so engaging. It gives you a fun combat puzzle and a tiny bit of narrative consequence without locking you out of critical progression. For the full breakdown on how to tackle the fight and a look at the spoiler heavy dialogue trees, check out the original guide over at Polygon.
Tags: Mina the Hollower, Yacht Club Games, Guides, Indie Games, Action RPG
Original article: Polygon