I'm with you there man, no one seems to have an answer either. Kinda killed my desire to continue
get dumped u dont have to walk through a poison pool this was in larelle love quest the case i think were u have to interact with the scelets.
in get dumped u have to go counterclockwise like a nautilus snail trought the parts of this map if i remember orrectly und when u are in the bottom of this pit there is a one tile path between 2 pools which direct to the final map, which is a little confussing