diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index bcc99df..8848fe8 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -782,6 +782,9 @@ export class Level {
 
         // Check for a couple effects that always apply immediately
         // TODO do blocks smash monsters?
+        if (actor === this.player) {
+            this._set_prop(this, 'hint_shown', null);
+        }
         for (let tile of goal_cell) {
             if (actor.type.is_player && tile.type.is_monster) {
                 this.fail(tile.type.name);
@@ -796,6 +799,10 @@ export class Level {
             if (tile.type.slide_mode && ! actor.ignores(tile.type.name)) {
                 this.make_slide(actor, tile.type.slide_mode);
             }
+
+            if (actor === this.player && tile.type.is_hint) {
+                this._set_prop(this, 'hint_shown', tile.specific_hint ?? this.stored_level.hint);
+            }
         }
 
         // If we're stepping directly on the player, that kills them too
@@ -812,9 +819,6 @@ export class Level {
 
     // Step on every tile in a cell we just arrived in
     step_on_cell(actor) {
-        if (actor === this.player) {
-            this._set_prop(this, 'hint_shown', null);
-        }
         let teleporter;
         for (let tile of Array.from(actor.cell)) {
             if (tile === actor)
@@ -822,10 +826,6 @@ export class Level {
             if (actor.ignores(tile.type.name))
                 continue;
 
-            if (actor === this.player && tile.type.is_hint) {
-                this._set_prop(this, 'hint_shown', tile.specific_hint ?? this.stored_level.hint);
-            }
-
             if (tile.type.is_item && this.give_actor(actor, tile.type.name)) {
                 this.remove_tile(tile);
             }