Little Nightmares 3 Necropolis Walkthrough – Complete Chapter 1 Guide

This complete Necropolis walkthrough covers Chapter 1 of Little Nightmares 3, including how to escape the giant hand, find the key, solve the cage puzzle, obtain the umbrella, and survive all giant baby encounters. Follow this step-by-step guide to complete the first chapter with all collectibles and secrets.

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Key Takeaways

• Estimated Time: 45-60 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate (stealth and timing required)
• Characters: Choose Low (bow) or Alone (wrench)
• Major Collectibles: Umbrella, Door Key
• Boss Encounters: Giant Baby (stealth-based)
• Key Mechanics: Partner cooperation, umbrella floating, light avoidance

Choosing Your Character – Low or Alone

Choose any of the two characters you want to play as, and a cutscene will commence. Do note that both characters have a dedicated achievement. In order to get both of them, you will have to play the game twice, once with Low and the other time with Alone.

Once the cutscene is over, go to the right and use your bow to activate the machine. This will cause the platform to extend, making a way for you. Keep following the path, and now the setting will change. You will be in a desert now.

Making Your Way Through The Desert

Climbing the Ladder and Breaking the Wall

There is nothing useful here, so instead of trying to find something, keep going right. Eventually, you will reach a dead end, but there will be a ladder right ahead. Jump on the rock platform and climb the ladder. It will take a while to climb the ladder. Once you do keep heading ahead, your path will be blocked.

Head over to the blocked path, and the game will tell you to press Triangle/Y to call. Press that, and your partner will break the wall. This will only happen if you are playing as Low. If you are playing Alone, you will be able to break the wall yourself.

Solving Early Puzzles and Progressing

Moving the Dumpster

Now, go ahead and, along with your partner, move the dumpster that is blocking your path. After that, cross the wooden platform and jump to reach the other side.

Using the Bow to Break Ropes

If you are playing as Low, use your bow to break the rope. A platform will drop on the ground, which you need to climb.

Do so and then jump on the one to the right and climb the ladder. After that, make your way ahead and use the bow to break another rope. Jump on the platform that you just dropped and then jump to the right.

The path ahead is quite simple, so follow that, and eventually you will reach a room with a dead end.

Rotating Machinery with Alone’s Wrench

If you are playing as Low, then approach the wooden lever to call Alone for help. Alone will use her wrench as a lever to rotate the machinery.

After rotating the lever, a wooden platform unlocks the path for you. When on the wooden platform, you will notice a massive hole in the wall. A rope will be visible through it, so use your bow to break it.

Then, continue making your way and open the door along with your partner. Just ahead, you will notice a tile that unlocks the path ahead when you step on it. North of it will be a wooden object. Place that on top of the tile to make your way ahead.

Finding The Key To Open The Locked Door

Using the Lever and Pulley System

Then, climb the stairs and jump on the platform. The room to your right is locked, so you will need to find a key to unlock it. So, make your way to the left side. You will come across a lever, so interact with and a wooden object with a pulley will come down. This time you won’t have to call Alone to do the hard work.

Go on top of the object, and Alone will rotate the lever so you can go up. Once you are up, there will be a lever. Interact with it, and a ladder will fall for Alone to come up. Wait for your partner and then break the planks to your left.

Shooting the Crow to Get the Key

After breaking the plank, enter the room and shoot the crow with your bow. The crow will drop the key you need to open the locked door. Pick up the key and go back, as there is nothing else in the room. Now, go back and unlock the door to continue progressing.

Discovering and Using the Umbrella

Floating with Wind Currents

Then, open the path to your right along with your partner and head inside. A giant hand will appear, but don’t worry, it won’t hurt you, for now. After witnessing that, continue making your way to the right, open the door with your partner, and follow the path.

Remove the plank from the closet and you will find a new item: an umbrella. Now go to the area where you can visibly see the wind gushing upwards.

Using the Zipline

Equip your umbrella to float up, then use the zipline to continue progressing. You can easily miss the rope and fall down, so make sure to jump at the right time to grab it.

If you can’t manage to use the umbrella to go up, then I have a very simple technique for you. First of all, keep in mind that the game is mostly in a straight line from left to right.

So, keeping that in mind, the air is also moving in a similar direction. Go to the right side to start rising, and when you begin to come down, move your character to the left.

As your character starts falling again, move back to the right. Repeat this pattern until you reach the top, then simply use the zipline.

Then, remove the plank along with your partner to unlock the path ahead. Once done, you will notice a trap door on the ground. Jump on it, and the door will open. The giant hand will be back, so hold square to sprint.

Keep sprinting until you notice air gushing upward. Equip your umbrella to up and then let Alone break the wall. After that, go ahead and jump down. However, make sure to equip your umbrella.

First Escape From The Giant Baby

Hiding Behind Objects From the Light

Once you are down, open the door, and you will enter a room where the giant will be constantly on watch. You will be safe behind the pillar, but you need to make it across the room. There are some objects that will block the light for you, so you would need to time your moves.

Once the light is on the right side, instantly move to the second object. When it focuses on the pillar to the left, quickly make your way to the object to your right.

Activating the Pressure Plate Lift

There will be a pressure plate. Step on it, and the giant will break the pillar to your right. However, you have already activated the lift, so once you are down, enter through the passage to your right.

Now, keep heading east, and you will eventually reach a room with an eerie atmosphere. Once inside, go south and continue forward. Work with your partner to open the vent cover. Then, head right and you will encounter your first enemy.

Defeating The Flying Enemies

Timing Your Bow Shots

Do note that even if your partner is attacked, you will restart from the last checkpoint, which won’t be far away. Timing is crucial here as you need to shoot down the enemies before they come down.

You won’t be able to shoot down the enemies if they are moving. However, they do stay stationary at times, so make sure to strike then.

After defeating the enemies, continue making your way to the east and climb the wooden object. After that, jump and go right.

Climbing Wooden Platforms with Umbrella

Then, grab the items just ahead to climb the wooden platform to your north. Go up the wooden platform and then equip your umbrella to go up again.

Jump across the wooden platform and equip your umbrella again. Go right, then ride the wind upward.

After that, drop down slightly and open your umbrella mid-fall to land on the platform below. Continue forward and drop the large wooden plank to create a path heading north.

Second Giant Baby Escape Sequence

Hiding Behind Wooden Objects

Go ahead, open the door, and sprint south as the giant is back. Now you don’t have to just run away, as he will turn you or your partner into stone instantly upon looking. So, sprint and hide behind the first wooden object.

Once the giant is gone, keep sprinting to the south, go up the stairs, and open the door. Upon entering, the giant will appear again. Wait for it to grab the object, as it will open a path for you. Then, climb down and keep going ahead.

After going through the door, head south and then keep making your way to the right. Wait for Alone to open the passage, go inside, open the vent cover, and the giant will be there.

Hide behind the debris, and the baby giant will grab you and your partner. He will then throw both of you, and a cutscene will commence.

Once the cutscene is over, it is time to make your way through the underground portion.

Navigating The Underground Portion

Moving Through Stairs and Doors

Go to the right, climb the object, go through the window, follow the platform to the right, and then head down the stairs. Once you are down, go through the door to your right, and the giant baby is back. Make sure not to get caught by its light, so hide behind the objects.

Move to the object to the right as soon as he shifts his focus to something other. At the end of the path will be a vent cover. Open that, go ahead, move the wooden object from under the stairs so you can climb it. Then, climb the object, go up the stairs, and let Alone destroy the wall.

Ringing the Bell Strategy

Once the wall is destroyed, go through, and the baby giant will appear again. Instantly climb the ladder to your south, go right, and climb another set of ladders.

Once you reach the top, there will be a statue. Let Alone destroy its head, and a rope will be separated. Your aim is now to ring the bell, and you can do that by shooting the left rope.

After you cut the rope, the bell will ring and the giant baby will rush toward the voice. So, instantly, hide in the cage at the northeast side. Eventually, the giant will grab the bell, so once that happens, climb through right and then climb again.

Using Umbrella with Air Currents

After that, you’ll find another rotatable lever inside the room. Let Alone rotate it, then equip your umbrella to ride the air current upward.

Once you’re up the ladder, activate the lever so that Alone can also come up. Remove the plank to your right, then proceed forward and drop down from the south. Head right, and when you fall, equip your umbrella again to float up using the wind.

Opening The Locked Path

Enter the destroyed room to your right and remove the plank. Then, follow the pathway heading south. Take the first right, where a new mechanic will be introduced. You will need to jump slightly higher to reach the ladder in front of you. To do this, press R2, and Alone will help you make the jump.

Climb the ladder, go right, and pull back the object with the rope so Alone can climb up. Once Alone grabs the rope, move the object to the right. After that, go down, and the path to your right will be open.

Final Giant Baby Encounter

Hiding Behind Objects During Chase

Now go right and fall down, and move the object from the left to the right. Climb the object to go up, and as the giant baby is back, be careful. Jump across the platforms and hide behind the objects.

The baby will eventually pick up the last wooden object, but don’t panic, as it will put it back.

Then, make your way to the right and make sure to take your companion with you. Keep following the path, open the vent cover, and start sprinting.

As the giant has attacked the place, the room is collapsing, so keep sprinting. If you sprint even a little longer, you will get caught by the giant.

Eventually, you will come across the same thing buried in the ground. Hide behind it, and the giant will eventually take it out. Once it does, instantly hide behind the wooden object to your left. Eventually, the giant will go away, so keep going right.

Reaching the Mirror to Complete Chapter

Once the path ends, make your way to the south. Keep following the path, and eventually you will enter a room with a hole in between. Go down the hole and make sure to open your umbrella before hitting the floor.

Then, along with your partner, interact with the mirror-type thing to your right, and a short cutscene will commence. With this, Little Nightmares 3, Chapter One, Necropolis is concluded.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get past the giant hand in Necropolis?

The giant hand first appears when you open the hatch. Sprint immediately to the right when it breaks through the wall, use your umbrella to float up using the wind current, then have Alone break the wall to escape. Later encounters require hiding behind objects when it searches.

Where is the key in Chapter 1 of Little Nightmares 3?

The key is in a crow’s mouth in a locked room. Use the lever and pulley system to reach the upper level, have Alone pull the lever to lift you up, then break the wooden planks on the left. Inside, shoot the crow with Low’s bow to make it drop the key.

How do I use the umbrella in Little Nightmares 3?

Equip the umbrella from your inventory when standing near upward wind currents (visible as rising dust/air). Hold the button to float upward. Move left and right while floating to control direction. Close the umbrella to drop down safely.

How long does Necropolis take to complete?

Necropolis (Chapter 1) takes approximately 45-60 minutes to complete for first-time players. Experienced players can finish it in 30-40 minutes. The chapter includes multiple giant baby encounters and stealth sections that may require retries.

What are the collectibles in Chapter 1?

Chapter 1 has no specific collectible items like dolls. The main items you acquire are the umbrella (required for progression) and the key to unlock the door. Focus on experiencing the story and learning the core mechanics.

How do I solve the cage puzzle in Necropolis?

The cage puzzle involves hiding inside the metal cage in the northeast corner of the bell room. Ring the bell by shooting the left rope with your bow, which attracts the giant baby. Hide in the cage immediately, and once the giant grabs the bell, climb out and continue right.

Thank you for reading this walkthrough of Little Nightmares 3. Head on to the second chapter here.

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