Welcome to Doll Town is a small but engaging horror experience where your fists are your weapons. The game pushes you to the edge with its sound design and puzzles. As Welcome to Doll Town offers a short journey through the town of Ningyomachi, this walkthrough will guide you through the objectives of the entire main story.
You can learn more about this game on its official Steam page here.
Table of contents
Entering The Convenience Store
The first mission that you’re tasked with is finding and entering the convenience store in Ningyomachi. Head in the opposite direction of the bus that you arrived in to come across a strange NPC named Frangin. She automatically takes you to the location of the convenience store.
As for unlocking the entrance, the keys are actually located under the vending machines, which can be found on the left side of the store. Enter the store and turn on the lights by interacting with the cash register.
A doll will be blocking your path to the register. In order to move the doll, circle around the last row of snacks, which should clear the way. Interact with the register to power the lights and open the back room entrance.
After turning the lights on, head back and exit through the back room. Here, a doll will start attacking you. Take care of it, and then pick up the crowbar and interact with the freezer.
Hide And Seek Flashback
A cutscene starts playing after you interact with the freezer, and this leads to the game’s first flashback section. You play as Tsumugi and must find Mio, which is pretty easy. All you have to do is move left, and you will catch her.
Another cutscene plays here, and after it ends, you will need to find a hiding spot. Just move to the right, and you will find a great hiding spot next to a vending machine. Actually, you will enter a building that houses a freezer that can be used as a hiding spot. This will start another cutscene, which ends the first flashback in the game.
Entering The Hanabari Manor
After exiting the convenience store, head straight ahead and take the first right as soon as you reach the road. Then stick to a straight path again, and you should arrive at Frangin’s location outside the school.
Speak with Frangin here and then make your way back to the convenience store. On the opposite side of the store, you will come across a beggar doll with a 100 yen coin, which you must pick up.
With that coin in your inventory, head back to the convenience store. The right side of the building houses a Gashapon machine where you need to use a coin. You will be rewarded with a LEGO piece, which is needed to enter the Hanabari Manor.
From the convenience store, head right, followed by another right, and then finally a left at the end. You will arrive at the entrance of the manor here. Use the LEGO piece as a button on the keypad and type the code 58008 to enter the Hanabari manor.
Exploring The Hanabari Manor
After entering the manor, go straight inside and fight the doll in the second room. The doll will drop a key, which is needed to further explore the manor. Head back and use the key on the locked door inside the manor. This will allow you to start a boss fight with Mrs. Hanabari. The boss is not particularly hard to beat, and she has a limited moveset.
Block her first chain of attacks and then spam your moves. Once you beat the boss, Frangin will enter the same room, and another cutscene begins, which will reveal yet another playable flashback sequence.
Mr. Hanabari’s Flashback
The first mission that you are tasked with in this flashback is to find Mio’s grave. Head straight into the graveyard and stick to the right side.
Climb up the first set of stairs and take a left to find her grave at the end. Interact with the grave and then leave the cemetery using the same path that brought you in. Another cutscene will play here, ending the gameplay section of this flashback.
Exploring the School
The previous flashback ends with you coming back to the school, but this time with the Janitor’s Pass. From this location, head right and then take a sharp left into the woods. You will find a door here that can be opened using the pass, and this allows you to enter the school.
After entering the school, the first thing that you need to do is find the main power supply. Go down the first set of stairs, and then use the stairs behind you to ascend again. Keep moving straight and exit the next room from the left side.
Lastly, use the door on the right side of the hallway to enter the room where the main power supply is hidden. Interact with the power supply to begin a small puzzle section.
The Breaker Puzzle
In order to fix the power supply, you must turn on the five breakers in this section. Make your way back to the entrance of the school, and the first breaker can be found next to the first set of stairs.
To reach the next breaker, start by moving down the stairs again. After coming down, instantly move back, but don’t climb the stairs. You will find your second breaker here, which must be turned on.
The third breaker can be found as you are entering the next room. When you are descending the third set of stairs, you will spot the breaker on your right.
The fourth breaker can be found in the right corner of the room that you enter after climbing down the stairs. You won’t see it until you move to this corner of the room.
As for the last breaker, just head towards the main power supply room, but don’t enter it just yet. Your final breaker is waiting to be turned on in front of the door.
Once all the breakers are working, you can head back and turn on the main power supply. This will allow you to access the main hall, which can be found on the opposite side of the hall that contains the main power room.
Mio’s Locker Room Flashback
The first thing that you access in the main hall is the locker room. You must interact with three things here to start the flashback section. Mio’s locker is the first thing that you should examine – it can be found in the last row of lockers.
Next is the note that can be found on the left side of the locker and the doll, which can be spotted on the right side. This begins the flashback, and you just need to move right to uncover more of the story. After the flashback ends, you can finally use the stairs to reach the roof.
Mio’s School Flashback
As soon as you access the stairs, go to the third floor and speak with Frangin. Once you are done speaking, move to the second floor to find a classroom that you can enter.
Enter Classroom 2-B and interact with the blackboard, the award on the left side of the board, and the group of dolls in the room to begin another flashback where you play as Mio.
This flashback starts back in the locker room, and your first objective is to find Mio’s bag. It is hidden in the garbage, which can be found next to the vending machine in the locker room.
Next, use the stairs to reach the first floor of the school and make your way back to Mio’s classroom. A series of cutscenes starts playing here, which ends with you playing as Tsumugi.
As Tsumugi, exit towards the stairs using the door at the end of the hallway. Next, move up the stairs to begin another cutscene, which ends with you playing as Mio again.
Exit the rooftop by using the door on the right side. You will have to loop around the second structure to get here. Next, make your way to the second floor and enter Classroom 2-B again to find Tsumugi’s body.
Once you pick up the body, use the stairs to descend to the ground floor and enter the locker room again. On the opposite side of the lockers, you will come across an exit that can be used to escape the school.
Hide And Seek Flashback Revisited
The previous flashback ends with another flashback section, but this time you play as Mio instead of Tsumugi. You have to follow Tsumugi and use the terrain to hide from her. Interact with the freezer at the end and leave the room to end this flashback.
The Cat’s Flashback
Our walkthrough of Welcome to Doll Town continues with another flashback sequence, but this time you play as Mio’s cat, and your main goal is to escape. Interact with the lever in the room to open the door and unlock your way forward.
There is only a single path ahead, so keep following it and stick to the left side. You will eventually come across some stairs, but don’t use them just yet. Just keep heading forward and take a right at the end. Eventually, you will arrive at another lever that you need to use.
Now you can go back and use the stairs to descend. The door that should have been blocking your path here will now be unlocked. Follow the road ahead, and you will arrive at another set of stairs on your right. Use these to descend again and enter the room on your left.
In this room, you need to jump on top of the shelf to reach the small opening which allows you to enter the next room. Here, jump on top of the piano to get the attention of the students. Next, exit both of the rooms the same way that you came in.
Follow the hallway in front of the stairs and use the exit at the end to escape the manor. Keep following the road ahead until you spot a police car. Once you get close to the car, take a right, and a cutscene will start playing, which ends this flashback.
Reina’s Flashback
The story continues with one final flashback, and this time around, you will play as Reina. As soon as the flashback begins, go left to start a cutscene. The game gives you a choice after the cutscene. Here, you should choose the dialogue option that suits you.
Another cutscene plays here that ends with you back in Ningyomachi, but the scenery has shifted. Exit the bus and head in the opposite direction to speak with Frangin and end the game.
This also concludes the walkthrough for the main story of Welcome to Doll Town.
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