Legendary Tales 1 Chapter 3 Walkthrough – Groom's Hut

Legendary Tales: Stolen Life · last updated 2026-10-15

Chapter overview and locations

From the city outskirts Lucia trades favours to enter the city unseen, lights the signal fire in the tower and studies the book of the ancients to learn how the resurrection ritual works. She then has a sarcophagus key cast and activated at the altar.

Scenes in this chapter: Groom's hut · City gate and alley · Signal tower · Prison cell · Library of the ancients · Blacksmith's forge · Altar of the ancients · Sarcophagus chamber

Step-by-step walkthrough

Follow the scenes below. Required items and screenshots sit beside each stop; answers expand on request. Select a screenshot to enlarge it.

Jump to a scene · 3 sections
  1. Search the groom's hut
  2. Restore the drawing and gather the tower key
  3. Read the library and activate the key

Scene 01

Search the groom's hut

Begin with the dolls and lockpicks. Continue to the petal mechanism with the purple stone.

1Doll line hanging

Where: Groom's hut and yard

You need: Doll (three pieces)

The dolls are hung in the order shown by the drawn line.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Doll line hanging — scene and mechanism
Doll line hanging · Scene reference

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

2Lockpick pair matching

Where: Locked case at the groom's hut

You need: Crowbar · Knife

Every lockpick in the case has a matching twin.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Lockpick pair matching — scene and mechanism
Lockpick pair matching · Scene reference
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Open the case with the crowbar and knife, then select matching pairs of lockpicks to obtain one usable lockpick.

3Petal tap and purple stone route

Where: Secret way into the city

You need: Lockpick delivered to the boy

Tap the petals in the right order, then slide the purple piece onto the purple squares by moving silver pieces diagonally.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Petal tap and purple stone route — scene and mechanism
Petal tap and purple stone route · Scene reference

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

View puzzle reference

This diagram identifies the board; a complete text solution has not been confirmed.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Petal tap and purple stone route — puzzle diagram
Petal tap and purple stone route · Puzzle diagram

Scene 02

Restore the drawing and gather the tower key

Work through the coloured links and drawing clue while assembling the seven key pieces.

5Hint drawing restoration

Where: Wall drawing reached from the cell area

You need: Paper · Coal

Rubbing coal over paper copies the drawing, and the copy then has to be rebuilt.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Hint drawing restoration — scene and mechanism
Hint drawing restoration · Scene reference
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Use the paper and coal to make the hint, then press the pieces in the order Bx5-Cx5-Ex5-Gx5-Dx4-Fx5-Bx5-Ax5-Dx2.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Hint drawing restoration — puzzle diagram
Hint drawing restoration · Puzzle diagram

6Seven tower key pieces

Where: City, tower and surrounding rooms

You need: Tower key (seven pieces)

The seven key pieces are scattered across the city scenes.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Seven tower key pieces — scene and mechanism
Seven tower key pieces · Scene reference
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Collect all seven tower key pieces and use the assembled key on the tower door.

Scene 03

Read the library and activate the key

Use the book order and rotating blocks before assembling the mould and filling the activation board.

7Books in chronological order

Where: Library of the ancients

You need: Book

The volumes have to sit in date order from left to right.

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

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This diagram identifies the board; a complete text solution has not been confirmed.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Books in chronological order — puzzle diagram
Books in chronological order · Puzzle diagram

8Rotating blocks ladder line

Where: Library of the ancients

You need: Wooden detail

Rotate the blocks so the ladder has an unbroken line to travel along.

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

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This diagram identifies the board; a complete text solution has not been confirmed.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Rotating blocks ladder line — puzzle diagram
Rotating blocks ladder line · Puzzle diagram

9Key mould assembly

Where: Blacksmith's forge

You need: Key sketch · Bellows

The sketch shows how the mould for the sarcophagus key is put together.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Key mould assembly — scene and mechanism
Key mould assembly · Scene reference

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

10Key activation cell fill

Where: Altar of the ancients

You need: Key · Bellows · Fire resistant glove · Hammer

Fill the marked cells using exactly the number of moves allowed.

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

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This diagram identifies the board; a complete text solution has not been confirmed.

Legendary Tales 1, chapter 3: Key activation cell fill — puzzle diagram
Key activation cell fill · Puzzle diagram

This guide covers the researched puzzle stops. Some connecting exploration and item pickups are still being documented.

Additional puzzle notes

These earlier notes are kept for reference. Their exact place in the route has not been confirmed, so they are not numbered as walkthrough steps.

Book order for the bird picture

Where: Tower library

You need: Book

Hint 1

Reordering the books rebuilds a hidden picture of a bird.

We could not confirm a solution for this one yet, so there is nothing to spoil here.

Commonly missed

  • An unanswered player question asks how to finish the puzzle that yields the wolf picture.
  • An unanswered player question asks how to rotate the drawing puzzle disc.