Hello, I'm new to speed running but recently I decided to speed run this game after playing it causally again for fun. I've had this game since I was a kid and always really liked it.

Anyway, I feel like I have a good grasp on most of the game except one part: the directional head stones in chapter 3 of the game, the one with the witch doctor. From what I can tell, it seems like there's some sort of randomization or perhaps a different sets of patterns that can be discerned from specific clues (i.e. the first head stone is facing North so the pattern is North, West, South or something similar). I'm not sure how to find out and I don't know any of the patterns or anything so often I'm having a good run and then this part just kills it. Does anyone have any information or could point me towards some information that helps explain this section?

Crackers to the parrot tells you the answer. I don't know if you can cross reference that to deduce it or if giving the pastor crackers coalesces the answer into existence but the crackers are in the same room as the parrot so it isn't a massive time loss.

I recently started playing this game and decided to always use the Parrot for the cardinal directions. Its more consistent. Its annoying if you want to get the world record the parrot is not option.