The Lost Lands series of fantasy-themed games mix a family-friendly story with hidden objects and puzzle-solving elements. In the series’ third installment, The Golden Curse, Susan returns to the Lost Lands after a number of terrible beasts are unleashed. She must first return the lands to their peaceful state, before returning home. This is no easy matter, so if you’re struggling with spotting any of the objects or working out any of the puzzle solutions, read on below for our Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse walkthrough.
If you just need help for one specific puzzle or chapter in the game, you can use the table of contents below to navigate to the specific part of the walkthrough you need.
How to complete Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse (Walkthrough) - Part 1: Druid Village
You’ll first need to choose your difficulty level. Both easy and normal modes have a tutorial, while on-screen sparkles on your map will show locations with possible actions, active areas and objectives, hidden object scenes, and collectibles. Hints and Puzzle Skip will recharge in 15 and 30 seconds respectively, with this happening twice as slowly in normal mode. Hard mode removes the tutorial and all in-game sparkles, while hints and fast-skip timers take twice as long again to recharge.
Once you’ve watched the introductory scene, and if you skip the tutorial, click the branches covering the middle of the screen three times and collect the Notebook, then click them once more to reveal the first main screen. Pick up the Hammer Handle (1a), then get a close-up of the bridge (1b). Grab the Manuscript on the bottom left of the close-up, then the Hammer Head that was underneath it. Connect the two hammer pieces in your inventory to get the Hammer.
Back on the main screen, click the banner on the wall (1c) to get a close-up, then click it again to move it aside. Use your hammer on the planks that were behind the banner to get some Nails, then click on the Planks to collect them too. Take the Knife and Pickaxe Handle from the hole behind the planks. Go back to the bridge and use the planks on the gap to lay them down, add the nails, then use the hammer to fix the bridge. You can now head across the bridge, so do so.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Well in Druid Valley
After speaking to the girl (Fiora) stuck in the well, click the wooden trough (2a) to collect the Manuscript and the Xylophone Hammer underneath it. Next, get a close-up of the lone horse (2b) and use the knife to cut free the Rope with Hook. Attach it to the horse saddle by clicking the metal stud at the back, then look at the well (2c). Attach the rope hook to the winding device by clicking the hook, then go back to the horse and click it on the hand pattern on its side. The horse pulls the rope, freeing the girl from the well.
Clicking the well again will start a cut scene with the girl. Afterward, she’ll give you some Sheet Music. Click back on the well and click the child’s drawing. Underneath it, you’ll find a second Xylophone Hammer, while there is also Half a Pair of Clippers in the well's bucket to collect. Return to the first scene, click the portal (1d), and pick up a third Xylophone Hammer and the Map Fragment.
Back on the main first scene map, click the doors (1e) to view your first puzzle. Add the three Xylophone Hammers and the Sheet Music to begin. Simply follow the code on the sheet music (74251364), with the leftmost note being number 1, to open the door. Click the doors to enter the village.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Druid Village
Click the girl’s grandfather, Maaron (in the center of the screen), for a short cutscene. Afterward, collect the following items:
- The barrel (3a): Bloody Spear
- The fountain (3b): Map Fragment
- Doorway (3c), after clicking the debris several times: Manuscript and Brackets.
- Barn door (3d): Half a Pair of Clippers
Use the two halves of clippers in your inventory to make Clippers. Click back on the fountain and then on the metal plaque at its base. Add the brackets to it to begin a puzzle. You need to place the brackets so that a ball drops from the top into each of the four holes at the bottom. Work from left to right, dropping a ball once you have its path lined up. There are unlimited balls, so don’t panic. Once completed, the fountain is fixed.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: Plains of the Dead
Go back to the well and use your fixed Clippers on the chain and then pick up the Bucket. Go back to the fountain, fill the bucket with water, then take it back and use the Bucket with Water on the wooden trough. The horses move from the path, allowing you to move to the Plains of the Dead (2d). Once there, collect a Manuscript and Cannonball (4a), then click the pickaxe lodged in the stone (4b) twice to get a Broken Pickaxe. Use the Hammer on the broken pickaxe to remove the wood in it, then use your pickaxe handle on the broken pickaxe. Finally, use the hammer on it again to get the Pickaxe.
Select the tent (4c) and complete the simple hidden objects puzzle to receive the Ointment. Click the broken chariot (4d) to get a Stone Feather. Now click the glowing gateway in the background to move forward to the graveyard at the base of the mountain in the Dark Lands. Click the stone in the foreground (5a) three times to clean it, then examine it to read the inscription. Click the flowers (5b) and pick up the Garden Sheers, then click the dead flowers to remove them, leaving a hole. Move forward by clicking on the mountain.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Volcanic Cavern
Click the columns (6a) and take the Spearhead, then use your pickaxe on the green crystals (6b) to get Volcanic Crystal. This also causes a chest and a crowbar to drop from the ceiling. Pick up the Crowbar (now below the crystals) and click the glow in the background to move to the next area, the Volcanic Crater. Click on the path (7a) for a close-up and pick up the Lever. Click the trebuchet’s wheel (7b) to lower it for loading, then press the lowered section to get the Belt from its ammo pouch. Also, attach the lever to the trebuchet’s firing mechanism on the same screen.
Put the cannonball in the ammo pouch and pull the lever, firing the trebuchet. It hits the rock above, which falls down and gives you a way across to the Arena Entrance. Before you do, click the base of the water tower (7c) for a close-up. Then click the broken plaster at its base that shows the brickwork underneath and complete the simple jigsaw puzzle to reveal three symbols (looking like BXA). Now head up the path to the arena entrance.
Grab the Cage Trap (8a) and get a close-up of the ladder (8b) to find another Stone Feather. Select the top-left entrance (8c) and pick up the Clamp and Bandage. Click the weapon rack and get the Two-pronged Spear, then use your old spearhead on the tall spear still on the rack to make and then collect a second one.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Relic Repository
Go right back to the Hills in Druid Valley (remember you can fast-travel using the map, via the compass in the bottom right of the screen). Click the hedge (2e) and use the Garden Shears to collect a Blackthorn Twig and some Blackthorn Berries. Move to the Plains of the Dead and select the dead soldier (3e), using the twig to scare away the bird. With it gone, you can collect the Mechanical Eye from the helmet. Head to Druid Village.
Click the door of the Relic Repository (3f) and use the crowbar to remove the bolt. Place the volcanic crystal in the center of the door, which opens it. Enter the repository and select the bottom of the stairs (9a) to get a Manuscript and a Mouse. Now click the table (9b), then click the piece of parchment to find the Bloody Antidote recipe. Pick up the Flask and go back to the volcanic cavern. Click the snake (6c), place the Cage Trap on the ground in the close-up, and put the mouse inside. The snake will go for the mouse, capturing it inside. Place the flask on the rock by the cage in the close-up, then use the clamp on the snake in the cage. Grab the flask again, which now contains Viper Venom.
Return to the Repository, focus on the table, and put the antidote on the table. Add the berries, then the venom, and finally the bloodied spearhead. Take the completed Potion. Go outside and click on the injured druid. Add the potion to the image, then click it again to apply it to his arm. Add the bandage, then remove the Belt from his arm. Finally, take the Key from his hand.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Arena
Head back into the Repository and use the key on the book at the bottom of the stairs (9b), taking your third Stone Feather from inside. Fast travel to the arena entrance and use the two belts to fix the ladder (8b). Click the Ladder to collect it, then use it on the right tower. Click the central upper area (8d) and take the Manuscript, which causes the gate to lower. Select the area again, click the rising system, and Fiora will hold it in place. Click the portcullis (8e) for a close-up, then use the two spears to hold it in place. Move through the portcullis and into the arena.
Click the marked stone (10a) for a close-up, then again to move it and collect a Map Fragment and read a section of a book explaining the columns in the volcanic cavern. Click the patch of damaged ground (10b) to get the Chewing Gum, then the top of the gold pedestal (10c) for a Manuscript and (beneath it) a Battery. Use the chewing gum several times in your inventory to open it, then chew it. Arrange the three map pieces in your inventory, then add the chewed chewing gum to get the completed Map. Go to the volcanic cavern, select the columns (6a), and use the map on them to get a cutscene.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: Leproch’s House
Take the Jerrycan (11a), take the red lid off the generator (11b), and use the jerrycan to fill it up. Replace the lid, pull the red lever a few times (bottom left of the close-up), and the room will light up. Examine the bed (11c), on the corner of the mattress, to get a Stone Figure. Click the chair (11g) and use your knife to cut the string on the newspapers. Examine the top paper, and once you’ve looked at it, you’ll find a Key underneath. Click the shelves at the back of the room (11d) to begin a simple item-matching puzzle, after which you’ll receive your fourth Stone Feather.
Get a close-up of the row of vials (11e), then use the key to open the wooden panel and get the Puzzle Pieces. Click the panel on the stone wall at the back of the room (11f) for a close-up of a simple puzzle, using the symbols you found earlier in the volcanic crater. Click the symbols that look like B, X, and A to open it, then add the puzzle pieces to start the puzzle. Use the pieces to make a complete woven pattern, as pictured below. Move through the new doorway into Leproch’s Tomb. Click the torch for a close-up, click the back of it to remove the old battery, and place your battery in. Put it back together, turn the torch on, and you’ll have a fully lit tomb.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: Leproch’s Tomb
Get a close-up of the tomb itself (12a) and take the Manuscript, plus the Medalion Piece underneath. Take the other Medalion Piece from the petrified explorer (12b), then complete the Medalion in your inventory. Head back to the druid village and talk to Maaron, who will give you your fifth Stone Feather and ask you to bring him the stolen gold coin.
Enter the Repository and click the hourglass (9c) a couple of times, until it gets stuck. Select it again for a close-up and click the base to find a puzzle. Add your medallion to it to begin. You need to click the outside medallions in a particular order to make them all shine inwards. The easiest way is: bottom right, top left, bottom left, middle right, middle left, bottom right. Once complete, you’ll get the final Stone Feather.
Go to the ancient graveyard and select the winged statue (5c). Add the stone feathers to open the tomb, then click on it for a close-up and add your Stone Figurine, plus the one already there, to find a Mask. Take it to the Repository and use it on the doors at the top of the stairs (9d). Get a close-up of the now-open cupboard and complete the simple hidden objects puzzle (if you’re stuck near the end, look at the blue end of the gold item holding the blue gem) to get the Gloves. You can now head to the arena and safely collect the Coin (10b), after which you’ll get a cut scene.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Elder’s House
Return to the druid village and click the doors at the back (3c, which has now been cleared) for another cut scene. Try again afterward to enter the Elder’s House and talk to Maaron. Click the carpet (13a) to reveal a trapdoor that’s missing a lever key. Select the throne (13b) to get an Oilcan and see a golden scepter is missing. Now get a close-up of the pedestal (13c) to get a Manuscript and a Candle. There is also Nail Polish Remover to take on the alchemy table (13d).
Return to the Repository and use the candle on the embers on the table (9b) to get a Burning Candle. Click the tapestry (9e) to remove it and use the burning candle to reveal a Powder Flask (take it). Push the candle further to reveal and then take a Human Figurine. Go to the forest and look at the portal (1d). Use the human figurine on the central floating stone to start a puzzle. Move the blocks to be able to move the figurine to the top, then watch the cut scene. You now have access to the Floating Islands!
How to complete Lost Lands 3 Part 2: The Floating Islands
Arriving on Lower Island, pick up the Figurine (1a), then take the Manuscript from the tree (1b). Get a close-up of the swing (1c), then click it to fix it. Once fixed, click it again to swing it and it will knock the axe out of the tree. Pick the Axe up from where it lands on the floor by the metal disc (1d). Go close-up on the stone tablet (1e) and click it again to clear the leaves, revealing several parts are missing. Now click the drawbridge in the distance (1f) and try the bolt, to find it has gone rusty. Use the oilcan to fix it, and use it again (twice), to see an item that is just out of your grasp.
Head to Druid Village, click the wood stump (2a), then click the log to place it on the cutting stump. Use the axe on the wood twice and when it splits, put the wood back and cut it again. Pick up the Firewood. Now select the fountain (2b) and add the figurine to the gap, which allows you to take the Windsock. Select the windsock in your inventory and click the red section, which turns it into a Net.
Back at Lower Island, use the net on the drawbridge (1f) to get the Stamp. Move to the volcanic crater and select the stone face on the right (3a). Add the stamp to the gap between the eyes to open a cave, taking a Manuscript and the Core of Flames. Go to Lower Island and put the Core of Flames in the hole with the metal disc (1d). While in the close-up, click the back of the cart so that it drops its contents and fills the hole. The chain breaks, dropping the drawbridge and giving you access to the next area.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Crossroads
At the Crossroads, pick up the Manuscript (4a) and the Broken Blades underneath. Open the post box (4b), read the note, and take the Rope. Use the nail polish on the rope in your inventory to create an Alcohol-soaked Rope. Click the signpost (4c) and take the Metronome Tile and the Tweezers. Go back to the Druid Repository and select the ornate box (5a), using the tweezers on the lock to open it. Take the Firecracker from inside.
Go to the Plains of the Dead and add the flask of powder to the cannon (6a), followed by the alcohol-soaked rope. Come out of the close-up and click the cannon muzzle’s end (6b), then load the cannon with the firecracker. Click the rock in the background (6c) and move the rope fuse into the lava there and watch the cutscene. Go forward to the crossroads, click the post box (4b) once more, and find your gift from Braeloff, the Device Part.
Select the building to the right (4d), get a close-up of the puzzle, and add the device part to start it. Each of the three cogs can be turned by clicking them. If you follow these moves from the start position, you’ll get the result that opens the door:
- Right, left x3, middle, right, left, middle, right
- Left, middle, right, left, middle, left x4
- Middle, right, middle, right, left x5
- Middle, right, left x2, middle, rightx2, left, middle, left x6
- Middle, left, middle, left, middle, left, middle, left
- Middle, left x5, middle, left x2, middle, leftx7
Now you can move through the doorway (now at 4d) to move to the next island.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: Anvil Peak
After the cutscene with Braeloff, click the shed (7a) and take the Pole Hook, then click the back of the close-up to see a tile just out of reach. Give Braeloff (7b) the broken blades and he’ll tell you he needs some coal before he can fix them. Head to Leproch’s Tomb and use the pole hook on the rock (8a) to get a Piece of Coal. Return to Anvil Peak, give the cola to Braeloff, and he’ll give you the Blades. Return to the Crossroads and add the blades to the generator (4e), opening the route to the next floating island.
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Go along the new path to the Hanging Gardens and click the top of the waterfall (9a). Complete the simple item-matching puzzle and collect the Mother Figurine (a common place to get stuck here is not realizing you can use the crutch on the guttering in the top left of the screen). While still at the Hanging Gardens, collect the Young Rose Bush (9b), then get a close-up of the ballista (9c). Pull back the string, load it with the four spears, then click the firing mechanism once more to create a bridge to the next island.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Island of Exile
Head across the new bridge to the Island of Exile, where you find Fiora trapped in a cage (10a). Click her to trigger a cutscene, after which she’ll give you a Harpy Claw. Examine it in your inventory, removing and collecting the Shoelace it was tied on. Click the background (10b) to move forward to the Harpy’s Nest.
Click the pieces of the column on the right (11a) one by one from the top, until you can get the Manuscript and the Tower Tile underneath. Click the thorn-covered stone (11b) and use the harpy claw on the wooden disc in the close-up to reveal (and take) the Lemon. Use your knife on the lemon in your inventory to get Half a Lemon. Next, select the mirror (11c) and take the Fishhook.
Move to the Island of Exile and click the hanging metal cube (10c). Use the lemon on the acid to find a Gear. Click the winding mechanism (10d) to get a Manuscript, then add the cog to the mechanism. Click the fixed mechanism and it will drop the metal cube to the ground. Move back to Anvil Peak and talk to Braeloff, who asks you to find his hammer.
Lost Lands 3 Walkthrough: The Tavern
Go to Druid Village and enter the now-available building (the Tavern) on the right (2c). Once inside collect the Manuscript on the floor (12a), then clear the boards in the hole to find the Scraper. Get a close-up of the huge, overturned dish (12b) and click the barrel boards in the top left of the close-up to get the Fan. Click the dish to get a Wet Bowl, then click the wooden box that was underneath it to get the Wrench.
Published: Jun 12, 2024 07:00 am