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No Hints Needed (Solve 20 Puzzles Without Hints)
Professor Layton and The New World of Steam

No Hints Needed (Solve 20 Puzzles Without Hints)

Master Professor Layton and The New World of Steam's 'No Hints Needed' challenge. This guide details how to solve all 20 puzzles without using any hints to unlock rewards.

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No Hints Needed (Solve 20 Puzzles Without Hints)

Master Professor Layton and The New World of Steam's 'No Hints Needed' challenge. This guide details how to solve all 20 puzzles without using any hints to unlock rewards.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Prologue: Find Professor Layton's keys in the desk drawer. Learn basic movement controls.
  2. 2
    Puzzle #001: Dr. Schrader's Map: Place map pieces so all roads connect. The key is identifying the unused tile.
  3. 3
    Puzzle #002: The Doctor's Home: Identify Dr. Schrader's flat based on clues: a flag, facing the rising sun, and music from a nearby flat. The flag is the main clue.
  4. 4
    Puzzle #003: The Right Key: Determine which of the three keys opens the door by rotating it to fit the keyhole.
  5. 5
    Puzzle #004: A Secure Room: Identify the suspicious escape route from Dr. Schrader's room. The ripped curtain is the answer.
  6. 6
    Chapter 1: The Legendary Molentary Express:
  7. 7
    Puzzle #005: Luke's Trunk: Pack items into the trunk without overlap. Specific placement is required for each item.
  8. 8
    Puzzle #017: The Worker Ant: Draw the longest possible line from start to finish on a grid.
  9. 9
    Puzzle #024: A Strip of Paper: Calculate the distance between folds on a twice-folded paper strip where each fold had ends 1 inch apart. The answer is 10 tenths of an inch.
  10. 10
    Puzzle #023: Pitchers and Poison: Determine the starting position (left or right) for a poison pitcher so it ends in the second position after 55 left/right switches. The right starting position is correct.
  11. 11
    Puzzle #007: Dining Couples: Identify Mrs. Hadley among dining couples based on seating arrangements and clues.
  12. 12
    Puzzle #006: Pancake Stacks 1: Solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle with three pancakes, following a specific sequence of moves.
  13. 13
    Puzzle #011: Trees in the Forest: Divide a 4x4 grid into four sections, ensuring each section contains all four tree types.
Tips
  • Hint coins can be found by tapping on objects in the environment and can be used to help solve puzzles.
  • The game includes metapuzzles, such as the Hamster Fitness challenge, which can be aided by items obtained from solving other puzzles.

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