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Molentary Express Passengers
Professor Layton and The New World of Steam

Molentary Express Passengers

Follow our comprehensive walkthrough for Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, detailing every puzzle and step to navigate the Molentary Express.

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Molentary Express Passengers

Follow our comprehensive walkthrough for Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, detailing every puzzle and step to navigate the Molentary Express.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Begin in Professor Layton's study. Find his keys by tapping on items; they are in the desk's middle drawer.
  2. 2
    Learn movement controls: tap the shoe icon, then an arrow. Move right twice.
  3. 3
    Solve 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.
  4. 4
    Drive to Dr. Schrader's apartment complex.
  5. 5
    Solve 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.
  6. 6
    Tap the mailbox for a hint coin. Find more hint coins at the base of the street lamp and the awning.
  7. 7
    Enter Dr. Schrader's flat.
  8. 8
    Solve 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.
  9. 9
    Inside, find Dr. Schrader deceased and a train ticket.
  10. 10
    Solve 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.
  11. 11
    Layton finds torn photo pieces. Inspector Chelmey confiscates them.
  12. 12
    Layton and Luke decide to take the train using the mysterious ticket.
  13. 13
    Chapter 1: The Legendary Molentary Express begins.
  14. 14
    Solve 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.
  15. 15
    Solve 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.
  16. 16
    Leave the room and go right. Talk to the girl to learn about a fancy carriage. Attempting to leave south is blocked by the conductor.
  17. 17
    Talk 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).
  18. 18
    Proceed to the next carriage.
  19. 19
    Solve 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.
  20. 20
    Go to the next carriage, the dining room.
  21. 21
    Solve Puzzle #007: Dining Couples. Identify Mrs. Hadley based on seating clues and a diagram. Mrs. Hadley is in position E.
  22. 22
    Enter the kitchen and talk to the chef to receive a hamster and an apple (for the hamster metapuzzle).
  23. 23
    Leave 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.
  24. 24
    Move to the next carriage. This car has an accessible room but nothing to do.
  25. 25
    Go down through the door at the end of the hall to the observation deck.
  26. 26
    Solve 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.
  27. 27
    Check 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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