All Little Nightmares 3 doll locations across each chapter
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All Little Nightmares 3 doll locations across each chapter

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Spread across the game’s four chapters are 25 Little Nightmares 3 doll locations. They serve as collectibles, much like in past entries in the series, earning you a slew of trophies as you hoover them up. In keeping with past games, finding these dolls often requires some exploration beyond the main story path, along with the odd puzzle to overcome.

Here, we’ll explain where to find all 25 Little Nightmares 3 doll locations spread across the Necropolis, Candy Factory, Carnevale, and The Institute chapters. If you haven’t already, you can also collect all the Little Nightmares 3 crows in the Necropolis.

✓ VideoGamer Summary
  • There are five dolls in Necropolis, five in Candy Factory, 10 in Carnevale, and five in The Institute.
  • You’ll need to hug each doll to claim it.
  • Finding all the dolls in a chapter unlocks a trophy, and then you’ll earn another for finding all 25.

All Necropolis Little Nightmares 3 doll locations

Doll one

A small character stands in a sunlit doorway in Little Nightmares 3, as shadows fill the dark wooden room around them
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Doll two

The first Little Nightmares 3 doll location is found at the start of Chapter 1 Necropolis. Press on until you climb the longer ladder. Once at the top, the doll is on the ground in front of the doorway.

Two small characters explore a dark chamber in Little Nightmares 3, passing a broken statue and mysterious glowing symbols on the wall.
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A small character explores a dusty pottery room in Little Nightmares 3, surrounded by broken vases and shelves of eerie clay jars
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This one is available right after the first sequence, where you sneak past the Monster Baby in Chapter 1 Necropolis. Sneak past the baby and stand on the pressure plate to lower the platform. At the bottom, go left, destroy the wall, and go through to reach the doll.

Doll three

A small character stands on a fragile wooden platform in Little Nightmares 3, beside a large basket and a sealed door.
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The third doll is found no long after the fight with the four bugs. Press on until you reach a room with a wind shaft leading up. Instead of using the umbrella immediately, go up the stairs to find the doll on a small platform at the top.

Doll four

A small character walks through a shadowy hallway in Little Nightmares 3, with a tiny doll-like figure crouching nearby
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You can find this Little Nightmares 3 doll location just after the Monster Baby grabs you and the cutscene involving Low in a child’s bedroom that follows. When you regain control, head left, squeeze through the gap, and you’ll find the doll on the floor in a hidden room.

Doll five

Two small characters wander through dark ruins in Little Nightmares 3, noticing a tiny figure crouched on the cracked stone floor
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This one is found near the end of Chapter 1 Necropolis. After the child’s bedroom cut scene, continue until you ring the church bell. Hide from the baby with the box at the back. Continue, use the umbrella after sliding down the wooden bank, then drop down to reach an alley. Head down the alley to find the doll at the back on the left.

All Candy Factory Little Nightmares 3 doll locations

Doll one

Small characters walk through a vast archive room in Little Nightmares 3, surrounded by endless towering file cabinets.
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You’ll find this Little Nightmares 3 doll location near the start of Chapter 2 Candy Factory. Press on until you reach the Supervisor’s office. Make your way across the room and climb the bookshelf up to the rafters. The doll is all the way on the left on the front set of beams.

Doll two

Two small characters explore a foggy room in Little Nightmares 3, with a glowing lever on the wall and towering stacks of trays.
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You’ll find this one midway through the Candy Factory, at the point where you reach the double fuse elevator puzzle. Head left, through the pipe, and into a freezer room. The doll is at the back on the right.

Doll three

Small characters climb along pipes beside a balcony in Little Nightmares 3, surrounded by thick green fog and looming industrial walls
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Small characters explore a dark mailroom in Little Nightmares 3, with piles of letters marked by red crosses and an old typewriter on the desk
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After solving the elevator fuse puzzle, ride it to the top floor, then head right to reach the outside. Instead of going right, take the pipe heading into the background to a small balcony. Head through the gap on your left to find the Little Nightmare three doll location inside a small room.

Doll four

Two small characters walk across a platform in Little Nightmares 3, above a shadowy figure monitoring glowing TV screens in a dark control room.
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A small character explores a dark archive room filled with stacked film reels in Little Nightmares 3.
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Once you’ve solved the security camera puzzle and reached the Supervisor control room with all the monitors, wait for her to leave, then drop down. Head through the doorway on the left to find this doll.

Doll five

A small character stands on a sewing table in a dim workshop filled with fabric and a sewing machine in Little Nightmares 3.
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After crushing the Supervisor in the press, head right into the corridor, and go through the last door on the left. Inside a small room with a sewing machine, you’ll find the doll on the table on the left.

All Carnevale Little Nightmares 3 doll locations

Doll one

A small doll-like figure on the bathroom floor near a broken toilet, with a child character standing close by in Little Nightmares 3.

From the start of the chapter, follow the nome until you drop down into a corridor from a bookshelf. Head right, break the door glass, and go through to find the doll on the floor in a dilapidated bathroom.

Doll two

A faintly glowing window illuminates a dark storage room filled with scattered furniture in Little Nightmares 3.
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A doll-like figure surrounded by burning candles in a dimly lit corner, creating an eerie scene in Little Nightmares 3
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Press on through Chapter 3 Carnevale until you reach the puzzle with the circular platform that, when powered up and solved, lets you use a set of platforms to reach the ledge in the top-right of the area. Climb up, but instead of going through the doorway, ascend the filing cabinet next to the door. Go through the gap in the wall to find the doll resting near some candles.

Doll three

Two small characters prepare to cross a rope bridge between wooden platforms in a shadowy room of Little Nightmares 3.
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A doll-like figure appears on the wooden floor of a dim storage room, with shelves full of folded items and drawers in Little Nightmares 3.
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After the circular platform puzzle that you need to power up and shift to reach the ledge above, continue forward until you climb up a shelf stacked with bottles. Climb up, then hop across to the bath, and up the chain to reach the upper level. Go to the right, through a gap in the wall, and grab the doll sitting on the floor in the small room.

Doll four

A doll-like figure stands on the wooden floor under a ceiling light, with two child characters nearby in Little Nightmares 3.
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Once you’ve climbed the bookcase, bath, and chain to reach the upper level, head left until you reach a dark corridor. Keep going left down some stairs into a dark room. Head deeper into the room by going left to find this Little Nightmares 3 doll location.

Doll five

A small doll-like figure sits on the wooden floor of a sewing room filled with yarn and cabinets in Little Nightmares 3.
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From the fourth doll, head right back to the corridor and go to the room on the right at the back with a piano. Run along the piano keys to reveal a hidden room on the right. Head through to find the doll.

Doll six

Little Nightmares 3 screenshot of a dark room with pipes and a lit candle on a box, a small hidden doll figure on the floor
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Little Nightmares 3 screenshot of a rooftop escape in the rain, with a small hidden figure in the shadows by the wall.
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You’ll find this one shortly after the furnace puzzle, where you need to throw in coal to raise the temperature. Climb up the bellows and head outside. Instead of going right, head towards the camera, then left across a plank above the furnace, and up into a secret room where you’ll find the doll near a candle.

Doll seven

A dark wooden shack with carnival masks glowing through the window as a small character walks inside in Little Nightmares 3.
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A small character on a rainy rooftop next to a tiny hidden figure, with carnival tents glowing in the background in Little Nightmare
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After the fight with the four puppets inside the locked room at the fairground, press on through the tunnels until you reach the outside. Go left into the wagon and climb up on the right to reach an elevated platform and this Little Nightmares 3 doll location.

Doll eight

Two small characters at a rain-soaked carnival pause before a well with a hanging triangle handle in Little Nightmares 3
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A small doll-like figure sits by a warm lantern in a dark wooden room as a hooded small character approaches in Little Nightmares 3
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After the shooting mini-game that unlocks the Aim Low (and Alone) trophy, head right into an area with a well. Grab the handle inside the well and ride it down to a secret area full of teeth. Press on to the right to find the doll near a lantern.

Doll nine

Two small characters in Little Nightmares 3 stand at the edge of a platform facing a crossing above towering pipes in a dimly lit room
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A small figure sits on the floor in a dark corridor, while a masked character from Little Nightmares 3 stands nearby
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After meeting the Man in the Purple Suit for the first time and dropping down into the pool of teeth, head right through the vents until you reach a room with a plank bridging over a gap. Drop down instead of walking across the plank. Open the hatch on the left and continue to find the doll in a secret room.

Doll 10

A small hidden figure in Little Nightmares 3 sits among piles of letters and large wooden crates
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A secret small figure in Little Nightmares 3 is sitting on the floor near burning candles in a dark industrial room
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Right after the puzzle with the platform and steaming vent, where you and your partner need to pull the lever on either side to help the other across safely, head right. You’ll come to a room with a large fan in the background and several crates. Head to the right and you’ll spot a subtle beam of light.  Squeeze through the gap to find the 10th Carnevale Little Nightmares 3 doll.

All The Institute Little Nightmares 3 doll locations

Doll one

A character walks through a dark hallway with checkered floor tiles in Little Nightmares 3
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A small doll sits under a glowing lamp in a dimly lit room in Little Nightmares 3
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Enter The Institute at the start of the chapter and press on until you get to a door barred by a plank. Before pulling the plank off, turn around and head into the room on your left. Continue into the next room to find the doll sitting near a picture frame.

Doll two

Two characters explore a long dim hallway with wooden walls and a tricycle leaning against the wall in Little Nightmares 3
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A small hidden figure stands on a rug surrounded by toys in a classroom with drawings on the wall and a TV showing strange symbols in Little Nightmares 3.
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Once you’ve picked up the doll that alters the environment, head left, use the seesaw to throw the doll through the gap, then go through the door on the right. Pick up the doll and follow the corridor down towards the camera. You’ll soon spot an entrance on your bike next to a broken tricycle. Head inside to find the doll next to a TV and some children’s toys.

Doll three

Dark corridor in Little Nightmares 3 with a small cart blocking the path
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Hidden figure on top of a vending machine in Little Nightmares 3
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After getting the magical doll and solving the fuse puzzle, pull the cart into the room on the right you’ve just unlocked. Position it so you can jump up onto the counter, then onto the vending machine. The doll is sitting on top.

Doll four

Small hidden figure near a fallen book in the dark hallway of Little Nightmares 3
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After the chase sequence culminating with meeting The Councilor face to face and Low firing an arrow into his hand-eye, continue right, up through the platforming section, until you reach a corridor with a lever. Head to the very back to find this Little Nightmares 3 doll location next to a bookcase.

Doll five

Small hidden figure standing among scattered boxes in the storage room of Little Nightmares 3
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After riding the elevator, go right into a crumbling room, then through the gap on the right. Head to the very far end of the next room to find the doll sitting next to a stack of boxes.

FAQs

How many dolls are there in Little Nightmares 3?

There are 25 dolls to find across the four chapters.

What do you get for finding all the dolls in Little Nightmares 3?

Bragging rights along with the Toybox, Candy Shop, Token Gestures, Filed Away, and Loose Threads trophies.

How long is Little Nightmares 3?

It will take most players roughly between five and six hours to complete.

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