In the third installment of the Lost Lands series of hidden objects and puzzle games, our hero Susan once again finds herself drawn into the fantasy realm to help its mystical inhabitants. In Lost Lands 3, The Golden Curse, you are aiding your old druid friend Maaron once more, this time helping him defeat several dangerous freed creatures. In part three of our walkthrough and puzzle solutions guide, we’ll walk you through your first encounters in the Dungeon.
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If you're looking for full, in-depth walkthroughs of the entire game, please check out the remaining parts of our Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse Walkthrough & Puzzle Solutions guide below:
- Part 1 - The Well in Druid Valley
- Part 2 - The Floating Islands
- Part 4 - The Castle of Madness
- Part 5- The Minotaur’s Lair
How to complete Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3: The Dungeon and Beyond
After the cut scene that begins as you descend the well, you’ll find yourself in the Cave. Collect the Manuscript on the floor (1a), then use the device underneath to let the water through. Look at the tub next to it (1b) to get a Step. Leave the cave by the back exit, up the waterfall, and head into the Underground Oasis.
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Collect a Manuscript from the post (2a), then use your wrench on the bolt behind to knock the post over. Click the cave at the top of the fallen post (2b) to enter a simple missing objects puzzle. Once complete, you’ll receive the Blessed Water. Click the door (2c) for a close-up and collect the Doll. Examine the doll to find a Pedal Key and get Fiora’s Doll back. Use the pedal key to open the door. Click the waterfall (2d) and use your knife to collect three Sunflowers.
Go through the door (2c) and enter the Fisherman’s Hut. After a brief cutscene, you’ll receive the Magic Hammer Braeloff is after. Click the ledge behind the dog (3a) to get a Manuscript and your second Step. Also, click the stove (3b) to get the Flask for Sunflower Oil.
Move up to the Tree of Life. Click the treehouse (4a) to take a third Step and a Silk Headscarf, then use the headscarf on the cobwebs to clear them, knocking the back off the house. Click it once more and it will fall. Select the glowing anchor (4b) and in the close-up, place the mother figurine on the left of the central orb.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: How to make sunflower oil
Go back to the ancient graveyard in the Dark Lands and use the blessed water to make the rose grow (5a). Go back to a close-up of the flowering rose, click it, then pick up the Rose Petals that fall. Then click on the hobbit statue itself (5b), where its hat has now opened to allow you to take a Button.
Move on to Leproch’s house, where you can add your now-full flasks to the paint machine (6a). Then head to the tavern and use the sunflowers on the oil barrel (7a). Add the flask for sunflower oil, then click the plunger to the right of the barrel to receive Sunflower Oil.
Next, head back to Anvil’s Peak to find Braeloff has disappeared. Click his anvil (8a), take the Shovel, then read his note. Click the bellows (8b) and pump them several times until you can’t click them again. Click the fire (8c) and add the Harpy Coin to the melting pot.
Leave it for now and move to the hanging gardens. Click the mud on the right (9a) to get some Clay by using your shovel. Also, pick up the revealed Ballista Tile. Move to the Island of Exile and give Fiora (10a) her doll, who will then give you the Blacksmith’s Pincers after a cutscene. Head to Lower Island where you can add the Metronome Tile, Tower Tile, and Ballista Tile to the stone tablet (11a) if you haven’t already.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: The Golden Harpy Claw
Go to Anvil Peak once more and, in your inventory, select the clay and click it to make it smooth, then add the harpy claw to get a Clay Form. Select the fire pit (8c) and use the clay form on the melting hot coals to place it by the fire. Use the now clickable metal pin that’s next to the placed clay form on the form, then click the form to move it onto the hot coals to bake it. Click the melting pot to pour the melted coin into the clay form, then use the pincers on the completed clay form to get the Nipper with a Cast.
While it is hot, use the nipper on the chest (8d) to melt the ice. Take the Pliers on the chest, then add the button to the chest keypad. This triggers a sound-matching puzzle (the solution is 5, 3, 7, 2, 4, 6, 1). Click back on the chest and use your hammer on the clay mold, take the Golden Claw Casting, then grab the Anvil Tile from inside the chest, along with the Snowshoes.
Select the golden claw casting in your inventory and use the pliers to remove the pin, giving you the Golden Claw Casting back. Get a close-up of the anvil (8a), place the casting on it, use the magic hammer on the casting, then pick up the Golden Claw. Click the claw in your inventory and add the shoelace and receive the completed Golden Harpy Claw.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: How to make paint
Briefly pop to Lower Island to add the Anvil Tile to the stone slab, then move to Leproch’s house. In the paint machine area (6a), use the Sunflower Oil to create the black and white paints, then make all the paints you need. To make them, select the appropriately colored beaker from the rack at the top, place in the right paints by placing the beaker beneath the colors and pressing the bronze switch, then put the beaker back in its place. Make all 10 as follows (in any order):
- Blue: Blue x2
- Purple: Blue and Red
- Light Blue: Blue and White
- Green: Blue and Yellow
- Red: Red x2
- Orange: Red and Yellow
- Dark Red: Red and Black
- Yellow: Yellow x2
- Black: Black x2
- White: White x2
Once complete, use the harpy claw on the black paint to get the Fake Harpy Claw. Finally, click one of the beakers and you’ll receive the Paint Set.
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Head to the volcanic crater, click the cracked flooring (12a), then use your snowshoes to trigger a cutscene. Click back on the same area afterward and collect the Package of Nylons plus your fourth Step. Select the packet in your inventory twice to receive Nylon Stockings. Go to the ancient graveyard, select the dwarf statue (5c), and use the paint set on the close-up to reveal a color-matching puzzle. However, you need a paintbrush to attempt it.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: How to destroy the cube
Move to the Island of Exile, where you’ll find the Harpy. Use the fake harpy claw on the harpy to begin a cutscene. Afterward, talk to Fiora to free her then look in the cell (10a) for a close-up of the pump inside. Take the Paper Clip. Click the paperclip several times in your inventory, until you get an Unbent Paper Clip. Take it to Leproch’s house and use it to open the cabinet (6b). Take the Fire Hose from inside, along with the Flint Stone, then go back to the Island of Exile.
Click the pump in the cage again (10a), add the fire hose, then click the attached fire hose to extend it. On the main screen, attach the end of the hose by clicking it, then get a close-up of the cube (10b) and click the hose again to put it into the hole. Go back and use the pump to fill the cube with water. Select the cube once more and take the Brush that has floated to the top through the hole.
Go to the ancient graveyard and use the brush on the dwarf statue (5c). Use the correct colors on each section of the statue (pictured), then collect the TNT once the secret compartment is revealed. Return to the Island of Exile, get a close-up of the cube (10b), and place the TNT in the hole. Once done, you’ll notice a long green fuse running out of the cube on the main picture. Get a close-up of the end of the green fuse (roughly 10c) and use the flint on it. Use the knife on the flint, then enjoy the cutscene. Go back to the Island of Exile again, click the destroyed cube, and collect Maaron’s Staff.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: The shipwreck
Head over to the Elder’s house and give Maaron (13a) his staff. He’ll give you a Dragon Figurine. Go to the Fisherman’s Hut and use the steps to fix the ladder (3c). Click the top of the ladder (3d) and complete the simple item matching and ball-rolling puzzles to get a Mechanical Eye. Move to the arena entrance and select the left tower (14a), adding the mechanical eyes to the iron maiden. Go to the cave and select the circular device on the back wall (1c). Use the dragon figurine on it to start a rotating puzzle. You need to rotate the three rings until all beams of light are between their opposite symbols. Once complete, the wall moves aside and gives you access to two new dungeon areas.
Move through this new door to the underground lake. Click the shipwreck (15a), complete the simple matching exercise, and receive the Cauldron.
Then move on to the schooner wreckage, click the base of the mast (16a), and retie the rope by clicking it. Click the ship’s wheel (16b) to tighten the rope, bringing down the mast. Collect the Steering Wheel, Door, and Manuscript from the wreckage. Use the steering wheel on the harpoon pulley (16c), then use your knife to cut the ropes (16d) to reveal three symbols. Use the door next to the pulley on the main image to create a bridge (16e). Collect the Long Log (16f) then click the metal gates underneath it to open them.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: Collecting the gold items
Go back to the underground oasis, click the waterfall (2d), and use the cauldron to get a Cauldron of Water. Enter the fishing hut and place the cauldron on the stove (3b). Move to the arena and collect the golden items:
- 17a: Solidus’s Cursed Knuckles
- 17b: Gold Mask
- 17c: Cursed Minotaur Amulet
Head to the cave, click the statue on the right (1d), then use the knuckles in the center of the device. Click them again to start the water flowing. Move back to the arena entrance and use the gold mask on the face of the iron maiden (14a) to remove it. Take the Stacking Toy and the Tile Key from inside. Go to the underground lake next, click the short column (15b), and use the tile key to open its compartment. Take the Glue Formula from inside, then watch the Naga cutscene. Go back to the fisherman’s hut once more and watch another cutscene to get the Scissors. While here, you can add the glue formula to the recipe book by the stove (3b).
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: Back to Druid Valley
Go right back to the hills in Druid Valley and use the scissors on three horses (18a) to get three Horse’s Manes. Head to the hanging gardens and use the long log in the middle background (9b), to get to the tree. Then use your knife to get some Corkwood Bark from the close-up of the tree (9c). It is worth making a note of the pattern on the trip beneath the bark to save coming back later. Return to the fisherman’s hut, give her the horse’s mains and the corkwood bark, and she’ll give you an Axis Pin.
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Move outside to the underground oasis, use the axis pin on the ladder (2e), then click the top of the ladder for a close-up. Click the foliage to reveal and take the Flask. Select the flask in your inventory and click it in close-up to get the underwater breathing potion recipe, plus the Flask for Elixir. Next, click the millstones (2f) and take the Broken Millstone Disk and the Wooden Boards, then place the golden mask into the grinder where the other items were. Select the boards in your inventory and combine them with the nylon stockings. Use the knife on the stockings, then click the stocking again to create a Homemade Lever.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: The Sunken Hull
Go to the schooner wreckage and get a close-up of the open metal grate (16f). Use the flask here to create a Flask of Lake Water. Move to the Plains of the Dead, select the chariot (19a), and use the homemade lever several times to gain the Hook’s Blade. Select it in your inventory and use the hammer on it to get a Hook, then go to the arena entrance and use the hook on the broken speak (14b) to get the Pole Hook. Head to the cave next and use the flask of lake water on the green droplets hanging from the roof (1e) to get a Potion Flask. Take it to the arena entrance and use it on the hanging bag (12b) to get the Glove and a Piece of a Globe.
At the elder’s house, use the potion flask on the energy column (13b) to get the Elixir of Water Breathing. Go back to the schooner wreckage and use the elixir to enter the water (16f) via a cutscene. This takes you to a new area, the sunken hull. While here, click the globe (20a) for a close-up, click the top of it, then and add the missing piece. Click the now complete globe again to start a rotating disc puzzle, where you simply need to rotate the sections to fix the map (start from the middle and work out). Once the globe opens, click it again and collect the Energy Ball.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: Fixing the millstone
Get a close-up of the skeleton (20b) and take the Manuscript and the Pirate Hook underneath it. Select the treasure chest (20c) and use the pirate hook to open it. A bottle will float out, so go back to the main sunken hull image and collect (top left of the screen) the Bottle with a Letter. Finally, click the net (20d) for a close-up, then click it again and grab the Fish. Move to the fisherman’s hut once more and you’ll be given the Fishing Net. Put your fish on the shelf (3a) and use your knife on it to make (and then collect) Fish Scales. Use the scales on the cauldron that you put on the stove (3b), then use the stirrer there on the cauldron to make the glue. Use the fishing net on the glue to get a Glue-covered Net.
Go to anvil peak to find Braeloff has returned. Give him the broken millstone and he’ll give you a Chisel. Move to the plains of the dead and use the chisel and hammer to remove the dead horse’s shoe (19b). Pick it up and go back to Anvil Peak and use the horseshoe on the magnetized monolith to get a Magnetized Horshoe. Combine the horseshoe with the glove in your inventory to make an Enchanted Horseshoe with Glove, then use that at the volcanic crater (12a) to get the Chainmail Fish. Give it to Braeloff back at Anvil Peak, and he’ll give you the Fixed Millstone Disc.
Lost Lands 3 Golden Curse, Part 3 walkthrough: Defeating the Naga
Back at the underground oasis, use the millstone on the mill (2f), then use the mill to make the gold dust. Use the net on the dust to get a Cursed Net. Go to the underground lake, where the Naga is waiting (around 15c). Use the net on the Naga to get a cutscene, then move back to the schooner wreckage. Click the harpoons (16c) twice to real in the net, click it for a close-up, then use your knife to cut the net and reveal the petrified Naga. Use your hammer to free and then take the Stacking Toy. Go back to the underground lake, add the stacking toy to the small pillar (15b), and complete the stacking puzzle.
With the puzzle solved (or skipped, it’s tricky), you’ll be able to access the boat (it appears where the Naga was, around 15c above). Select the boat and in the close-up connect the oar by clicking it, take the Key Part, and click the chain to free the boat. You can now access the Castle of Madness!
The guide continues in Part 4.
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