Follow our comprehensive walkthrough for Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, detailing every puzzle and step to navigate the Molentary Express.
Walkthrough
- 1Begin in Professor Layton's study. Find his keys by tapping on items; they are in the desk's middle drawer.
- 2Learn movement controls: tap the shoe icon, then an arrow. Move right twice.
- 3Solve Puzzle #001: Dr. Schrader's Map. Place the five provided map pieces onto the existing map so all roads connect. The piece already on the map is the one that doesn't fit.
- 4Drive to Dr. Schrader's apartment complex.
- 5Solve Puzzle #002: The Doctor's Home. Identify Dr. Schrader's flat based on clues: a flag over the door, facing the rising sun, and music from a nearby flat. The flat with the flag above it is the correct one.
- 6Tap the mailbox for a hint coin. Find more hint coins at the base of the street lamp and the awning.
- 7Enter Dr. Schrader's flat.
- 8Solve Puzzle #003: The Right Key. Choose the correct key from three options to unlock the door. The bottom key works when rotated so its circular end fits the keyhole.
- 9Inside, find Dr. Schrader deceased and a train ticket.
- 10Solve Puzzle #004: A Secure Room. Identify the suspicious escape route from the room. Examining the closed window reveals a ripped curtain, indicating an escape route.
- 11Layton finds torn photo pieces. Inspector Chelmey confiscates them.
- 12Layton and Luke decide to take the train using the mysterious ticket.
- 13Chapter 1: The Legendary Molentary Express begins.
- 14Solve Puzzle #005: Luke's Trunk. Pack all items into the trunk without overlap. Place the teddy bear and bag under the upper right. Place books and spatula/frying pan in the upper left. Place the boomerang and shirts in the upper left area. Place the gray item at the bottom.
- 15Solve Puzzle #017: The Worker Ant. Draw the longest possible line from start to finish following the grid. The path is: down, left, up, left, left, down, right, right, down, right, up, right, down, left, left, up, up, left, and down.
- 16Leave the room and go right. Talk to the girl to learn about a fancy carriage. Attempting to leave south is blocked by the conductor.
- 17Talk to the girl again for Puzzle #024: A Strip of Paper. A paper folded twice, with each fold having ends an inch apart, has folds that are a full inch apart. The solution is 10 (tenths of an inch).
- 18Proceed to the next carriage.
- 19Solve Puzzle #023: Pitchers and Poison. Determine the starting position (left or right) for a poison pitcher that moves 55 times so it ends in place #2. The answer is B, on the right, as an odd number of switches will keep it on the right.
- 20Go to the next carriage, the dining room.
- 21Solve Puzzle #007: Dining Couples. Identify Mrs. Hadley based on seating clues and a diagram. Mrs. Hadley is in position E.
- 22Enter the kitchen and talk to the chef to receive a hamster and an apple (for the hamster metapuzzle).
- 23Leave the kitchen and go through the other exit. Talk to the woman for Puzzle #006: Pancake Stacks 1. Solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle with three pancakes. The sequence of moves is A to C, A to B, C to B, A to C, B to A, B to C, A to C.
- 24Move to the next carriage. This car has an accessible room but nothing to do.
- 25Go down through the door at the end of the hall to the observation deck.
- 26Solve Puzzle #011: Trees in the Forest. Draw lines on a 4x4 grid to create four sections, each containing all four tree types. A possible solution uses letters: ABBB, AABD, CADD, CCCD.
- 27Check the garbage for Puzzle #022: Taking out the Trash. Solve the slider puzzle to move trash from top to bottom. The solution involves strategically moving blue and yellow blocks to clear a path for the trash.
Tips
- Hint coins can be found by tapping on various objects in the environment and are used to get hints for puzzles.
- The hamster is a metapuzzle; items obtained from solving puzzles can be used to progress the hamster's fitness.
- Pay attention to environmental details and dialogue for clues to puzzles.
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