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Walkthrough: Secrets of the Maw
Little Nightmares

Walkthrough: Secrets of the Maw

Detailed walkthrough for Little Nightmares: Secrets of the Maw, covering Chapter 1: The Prison and Chapter 2: The Lair, including collectibles and achievements.

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Detailed walkthrough for Little Nightmares: Secrets of the Maw, covering Chapter 1: The Prison and Chapter 2: The Lair, including collectibles and achievements.

Walkthrough
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    Chapter 1: The Prison
    • Start by moving right, using run and lighter. Light the lantern to progress and unlock "Light Up Your Life".
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    Grab the hatch, move away to open, and crawl through the vent.
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    Exit the vent, head right up stairs to find and break Statue [01/10].
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    Crawl under the doorway into a bedroom. Jump on the mattress multiple times to unlock Highly Sprung. Jump to the right opening and grab the ledge.
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    In the next room, use the chair to reach the doorknob.
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    Follow the corridor right, open the fridge, and follow the little guy. Crawl through the passage to find Nome [01/13]. Hug it for the "Little Lost Things" trophy/achievement.
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    Backtrack to the fridge, climb shelves, avoid slugs, and jump across gaps.
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    Pull the lever to open the door, jump across, and enter the next room. Pull off a board to continue.
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    Enter the next room, the floor collapses. Quickly move right, avoiding slugs, and push down the wooden door.
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    Jump across, light the lantern, climb planks, cross the beam, and head up stairs. Follow the walkway, jump right, and climb more stairs.
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    Follow the walkway around to a lever. Rotate it to open a doorway, then pass beneath it.
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    Open the hatch, release a Nome, and follow it through the hole. Climb the rope.
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    Drop into a bathroom. Light the lantern, push open the door, and pull the toilet paper box to reach the lever. Squeeze through the bars into a playroom.
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    Keep running right, squeeze through bars before power returns. Continue past prison cells.
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    Enter the next room with the eye. Use pillars and boxes for cover, avoiding the eye's gaze. Run to the back, cross right, then forward when the eye looks away.
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    Climb the metal box, light the lantern, and climb the mesh to the upper floor. Follow boxes right, drop down. Crawl through the mesh box to find a hidden room with a lantern and Nome [02/13].
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    Return, drop down, climb boxes to the second floor. Head left over the eye, enter a cell. Grab and smash Statue [02/10].
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    Backtrack right, exit into a bedroom. Hide under the bed until the warden leaves. Enter the closet, climb boxes, and jump onto shelves to enter a vent.
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    Crawl through the vent, drop into a room. Keep heading right, crouch, and eat the food thrown through the bars.
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    Climb boxes, crawl through the gap. Continue right through a shower room to electrified bars. Climb the box, follow the path into the background, climb mesh boxes or jump to the back wall.
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    Press back jump onto solid boxes, climb remaining mesh boxes to a higher area with a lantern.
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    Approach boxes on a chain, jump on them when close, climb the chain. Back jump onto a ledge, climb mesh boxes right, pull the lever to raise the chain.
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    Move the floor lever right to bring boxes closer. Move the switch left and quickly jump to the boxes before they move. Ride them across and climb the chain.
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    Pull the bottom left drawer of the file cabinet out, climb on it, pull the next drawer out halfway. Climb up and jump sideways to the top of the cabinets. Jump and grab the lever to shut off power.
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    Squeeze through the bars, light the lantern, and free the Nome from its cage. Squeeze back through the bars to find Nome [03/13] to the left of the file cabinets and hug it.
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    Return to where you released the Nome. Push the box into the hole to raise a noose. Jump on the noose and ride it down.
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    Run right through the shower room, cross the walkway, and squeeze through the un-powered bars.
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    Continue right to a room with an eye. Run to the back, pass under the eye. On the other side, wait for the eye to look left before running for the doorway.
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    Head down steps, run across the walkway, jump the gap, and climb onto the box. Wait for the box to move close to the ledge, jump to solid ground, and continue right to complete the chapter.
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    Chapter 2: The Lair
    • Head up stairs right, enter the first bulkhead to find an office. Approach the desk, climb onto it, light a lantern, and move the chair onto the orange tile to open the door.
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    Enter the room, run behind the machine to scare the Nome, and follow it back through the office and up the stairs.
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    On the next landing, find Nome [04/13] on the far left and hug it. Continue up the stairs and use the crate to crawl into an open window.
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    In the bedroom, climb the toilet, then the back lid to reach the sink. Jump forward and right to grab cabinet drawers, climb to the top.
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    Perform a running jump to grab the shelf to your left, break Statue [03/10], and drop off the right side of the cabinet.
Tips
  • Remember to use your lighter frequently in dark areas.
  • Pay close attention to environmental cues for puzzles and progression.
  • The "Little Lost Things" achievement requires finding all 13 Nomes.
  • Be mindful of the eye's gaze in certain rooms to avoid being turned to stone.
  • Utilize the run and jump mechanics effectively to clear gaps and reach new areas.

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