When I'm stuck after a long time and I don't see any way out.
Recently, it happened with Hollow Knight: Silksong. I reached an area called The Slab (well, more like I was thrown in there). It's an area where you need different keys to navigate it. These keys are found in this area and only work in this area. Well, I found 2/3 keys and I started looking for the third one. I spent like 1-2 hours looking. And the key was nowhere to be found.
I decided to look for it on a guide. Turns out, the last key was in a completely different area (like, not related or close to The Slab AT ALL). If I didn't look this up, I would have wasted even more time looking for something that wasn't even there. After looking it up, I just left The Slab and ventured to another area.
In my defense, I think the whole Slab key situation was very poorly designed, but oh well...
