Little Nightmares
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Little Nightmares is Tarsier's gorgeous, grim little puzzle-horror, and it's a short, gentle 100% - the base game is 3-4 hours, and the full thing (with the three-part Secrets of the Maw DLC and every collectible) is 8-12 hours, most of it collectible mop-up. Single-player only, no multiplayer.
There are three base-game collectible sets to sweep - the Nomes (hug all thirteen, for Little Lost Things), the porcelain statues (smash all ten, for
Rascal) and the lights (ignite them all, for Light Up Your life) - plus five Flotsam bottles in each DLC chapter. Everything except the speed run is missable in a given pass but recoverable via chapter select, so a relaxed collectible run is fine.
The one genuinely demanding achievement is Hard to the Core: finish the base game in under an hour with zero deaths, started from a fresh New Game (chapter select won't count). Do that on a dedicated run once you've learned the routes. Recommended approach: a calm collectible playthrough first, then the deathless speed run.
Ashes in The Maw
LegendaryAre you proud of yourself?
In the DLC chapter The Hideaway, work through the Nome-furnace sequence and throw the Nome into the furnace to power the mechanism - a grim but required story moment ("Are you proud of yourself?").
Ashes to Ashes
LegendaryWho knows what secrets they hold?
In the DLC chapter The Residence, take the book whose spine shows half of the Lady's mask from the upstairs library down to the matching book on the left, place it there to open a hidden room, then knock the vase off its pedestal inside.
Elusive
UncommonHey sneaky rat, how do you keep slipping away?
Escape an enemy's grab at the last moment six times. When a large enemy (the Janitor, say) is about to grab you, slide or dodge away instead of being caught; repeat until you've evaded six grabs - you can farm this at grab points.
End in Sight
RareThe final stretch will be largely uneventful.
Story (DLC). Complete the second DLC chapter, The Hideaway.
Fun and Games Ahead
LegendaryPlay nicely, no pulling hair.
In Chapter 4 (The Guest Area), pick up a ball and throw it into the basketball hoop. One successful basket unlocks it.
Fun & Games Ahead
LegendaryIn Chapter 4 (The Guest Area), pick up a ball and throw it into the basketball hoop. One successful basket unlocks it.
Hard to the Core
LegendaryWhat’s different about you? Why are you so brave?
The one real challenge. Finish the entire base game in under one hour of in-game time without dying once - and it must be started from a fresh New Game (starting from chapter select won't unlock it). You can save, quit and reload; only your deaths and total time count. Do it once you know the routes.
Highly Sprung
CommonYou'd jump even higher if you knew what slept there!
In Chapter 1 (The Prison), in the room with a couch and a bed, jump on the bed repeatedly - about six bounces - until it unlocks.
I'm Losing You
LegendaryI'll be out of reach for a while.
Collect all 5 Flotsam bottles in the DLC chapter The Residence.
Is Anybody Out There?
LegendaryI wish I could visit you there.
Collect all 5 Flotsam bottles in the DLC chapter The Hideaway.
Kitchen Hand
LegendaryThe recipe is complete, the feast will be divine.
In Chapter 3 (The Kitchen), throw ingredients (meat, fish) into the big cooking pot - about three of them does it.
Light Up Your life
RareNot all lights can be trusted, but these should be quite safe!
Use your lighter to ignite all the lanterns and candles scattered through the base game (around twenty of them). Light them as you pass in each chapter - a locations guide helps you catch the tucked-away ones.
Light Up Your Life
UncommonNot all lights can be trusted, but these should be quite safe!
Use your lighter to ignite all the lanterns and candles scattered through the base game (around twenty of them). Light them as you pass in each chapter - a locations guide helps you catch the tucked-away ones.
Little Lost Things
LegendaryKindness will be your undoing!
Hug all 13 Nomes across the base-game chapters. Walk up to a Nome and press the grab/hug button - each one has to actually be hugged, not just touched. Use a locations guide so you don't miss any; a missed Nome is recoverable via chapter select.
All 13 Nome locations, chapter by chapter
DS Playthroughs
Not Alone
LegendaryWhat's new with you?
Collect all 5 Flotsam bottles in the DLC chapter The Depths.
Rascal
LegendaryLittle vandal, little beast, The Maw will punish you at the feast.
Smash all 10 porcelain doll statues hidden across the base game. Pick each one up and throw it to shatter it. A collectibles guide keeps you on track.
All 10 statue locations, chapter by chapter
Jun Guides
Six's Song
RareSo many keys, yet none to unlock your cage!
In Chapter 2 (The Lair), climb the bookcase and drop onto the piano, then run back and forth across the keys until it pops.
So Close
RareYou'll do better next time.
Story (DLC). Complete the first Secrets of the Maw chapter, The Depths.
The Guest Area
UncommonLittle fox among hungry wolves!
Story. Complete Chapter 4, The Guest Area.
The Kitchen
UncommonThe Chefs will miss you!
Story. Complete Chapter 3, The Kitchen - escaping the Chefs ends the chapter.
The Lady's Quarters
UncommonA storm is coming. That coat should come in useful.
Story. Complete Chapter 5, The Lady's Quarters - the final base-game chapter and the ending.
The Lair
CommonLittle lost things sometimes find their way home.
Story. Complete Chapter 2, The Lair.
The Prison
CommonLook how the canary has flown its cage!
Story. Complete Chapter 1, The Prison - the first chapter. Unlocks on finishing it.
We'll Meet Again
LegendaryStory (DLC). Complete the third and final DLC chapter, The Residence.
We'll Meet Again
LegendaryThe final chapter is written.
Story (DLC). Complete the third and final DLC chapter, The Residence.
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