Guide to Chapter 1: The Prison in Little Nightmares. Find the first two Statues and the first Nome.
Walkthrough
- 1After the opening sequence, you awaken on a trunk. Move right down the corridor and hold the run button to sprint.
- 2Ignite your lighter to see in the dark. Continue right to a dead end with a lantern. Approach it to illuminate the area and unlock the "Light Up Your Life" trophy/achievement.
- 3To the right of the lantern, grab the hatch by holding the interact button and move away to open it. Hold the crawl button to go through the vent.
- 4Exit the vent and follow the path right up a staircase to a small alcove. Pick up the Statue [01/10] by holding the interact button. Press the throw button to break it.
- 5Continue right and crawl under a boarded-up doorway into a bedroom. Climb on the box next to the bed to reach the mattress.
- 6Jump up and down on the mattress multiple times to unlock the Trophy/Achievement: Highly Sprung. Jump toward the opening on the right and hold the grab button to pull yourself up.
- 7In the next room, grab the chair beneath the hung man. Push or pull it to the doorway, then climb up and use it to grab the doorknob.
- 8Follow the dark corridor right until you find a fridge. Open it, and a little guy will run right. Continue right and crawl through a small passage to find another lantern next to a Nome [01/13]. To unlock the "Little Lost Things" trophy/achievement, find all 13 Nomes and hug them by approaching and pressing the interact button.
- 9Backtrack through the passage to the fridge, then climb the shelves to a new level. Run right, avoiding slugs and jumping across gaps.
- 10In the next room, pull the lever above the box to open the door on the right. Jump across the gap and enter the room. Grab one of the boards on the right and pull it off to continue.
- 11As you enter the next room, the floor will collapse. Quickly make your way right while avoiding slugs to push down the wooden door.
- 12Jump across the gap and light the nearby lantern. Climb the wooden planks on the right to reach the next level. Carefully cross the beam on the left.
- 13Head up stairs and follow the wooden walkway toward the screen until it ends. Jump right and continue up more stairs. Follow the walkway around until you reach a lever. Rotate it to open a nearby doorway, then hop across the gap to pass beneath the door before it closes.
- 14On the other side, open the hatch on the back wall to release a Nome. Follow it through a hole on the right wall. Climb the makeshift rope on the right.
- 15After dropping into a bathroom, light the lantern in the corner. Push open the door to the rest of the bathroom area. Close the door to spot a lever. Pull the box of toilet paper beneath the lever to reach it, cutting power. Squeeze through the bars on the right into a playroom. Keep running right and squeeze through another set of bars before the power returns, electrifying the bars. Continue right past prison cells.
- 16Enter the next room with prison cells and a large eye. Take cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) behind the pillar and boxes to the left of the petrified children. Avoid the gaze of the eye as you cross to the other side. Run to the back of the room near the cell doors, cross to the right, then run forward and right when the eye is looking away.
- 17After passing the eye, climb atop the single metal box and light the lantern to your left. Climb the metal mesh to the upper floor. Ignore the upper level and follow the stack of boxes to the right. Drop off the right side to land on a different stack of boxes. Crawl through the mesh box on the right wall to find a hidden storage room with another lantern and a Nome [02/13].
- 18Return to the previous room and drop to the floor. Climb the boxes again to the second floor. Head left over the eye and enter an open cell with finger paintings. Grab the Statue [02/10] in the front right corner and smash it.
- 19Backtrack right and exit the prison ward into a bedroom. Hide under the bed on the right and wait for a warden to enter and leave. Head right into a closet, climb the mesh boxes, and jump onto the shelves to enter a vent.
- 20Crawl through the vent and drop into an adjacent room. Keep heading right, crouching in pain. Grab and eat the food the NPC (non-player character — anyone the game controls, not you) throws through the bars.
- 21Climb the boxes to the right and crawl through the gap in the metal bars. Continue right through a shower room to a walkway with electrified bars. Climb the box near the doorway. Follow the path into the background and climb the mesh boxes or jump to the back wall and climb the mesh boxes on the left. When you can no longer climb up, press the back jump button.
Tips
- Use your lighter to navigate dark areas and spot collectibles.
- Pay attention to environmental cues to solve puzzles, like pulling boards or moving objects.
- When avoiding the eye, use the cell doors for cover and time your movements carefully.
- Hug all 13 Nomes to unlock the "Little Lost Things" trophy/achievement.
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