Little Nightmares III: Key Item Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

Key Items are the puzzle-solving objects that drive progression through every chapter of Little Nightmares III — 17 items across all four chapters, each one collected from a specific location, used at a specific destination, and in several cases, the prerequisite for collectibles or trophies found nearby.

Every Key Item's pickup location and usage point are documented on MapMaster's hand-drawn chapter maps, cross-linked to each other so you never pick something up without knowing exactly where it goes.

Find every Key Item across all four chapters on the Little Nightmares III interactive maps.

What Key Items Are in Little Nightmares III

Key Items are carryable objects that Low and Alone must physically transport from their pickup location to their use point — a door, a socket, a machine, or an NPC.

Unlike Dolls or Crows, which are simply collected, most Key Items serve a functional purpose: pick them up and use them to unlock something or progress the chapter.

Eight distinct types appear across the game: Door Keys, Fuses, the Umbrella, the Ball, the Flashlight, the Handle, the Sausage, and Low's Doll.

Four Key Item Types and What They Unlock

Door Keys are the most common Key Item — five across the game, each one found near the locked door it opens.

• The first is in Chapter 1: Necropolis: it's held in a Crow's beak on the statue-chair. Shoot the Crow with Low's bow to make it drop the key, then carry it to the locked door directly linked from the checklist entry.
• Three more Door Keys appear in Chapter 3: Carnevale — one extracted from a giant doll's head, one retrieved by knocking it from a support, and one found on a crate at the bottom of a rope.
• The final two are in Chapter 4: The Institute — one dropped by a person consumed by a plant, and one found on a piece of luggage.

Fuses power machines and elevators that block progression — five across the game. Chapter 2: Candy Factory needs two fuses to power the elevator: the first is in the left room behind the fan (use the hook to cross), the second is in the northeast room past the glass window.

Both are marked separately and cross-linked to the elevator socket they supply. In Carnevale, one Fuse is delivered by a Nome after pressing a button — the Nome's location is cross-linked — while a second drops from an upper shelf after breaking a row of bottles. The Institute's Fuse drops when a wall switch is pulled.

The Umbrella appears in Chapter 1: Necropolis, retrieved by pulling a wooden board off a closet with Alone's help. It's the traversal tool for Necropolis's air current sections — hold the button while standing in visible updrafts to float upward and cross otherwise-impassable gaps.

The Umbrella doesn't carry into Chapter 2: Alone loses it at the chapter transition.

The Handle in Carnevale is found on a table next to a dead person, only safe to collect after pulling the adjacent lever first. It's required to open a hatch cross-linked from the checklist entry.

Three Key Items Tied to Trophies

• The Ball in Chapter 2: Candy Factory is required for the Another One in the Bag trophy. Its pickup location and the trophy's use point are both documented on the Candy Factory map, cross-linked from the checklist entry.

• The Flashlight in Chapter 3: Carnevale unlocks Light or Flight the moment it's picked up from the ground in front of the elevator. In co-op, only the first player to grab it earns the trophy — a detail worth coordinating in advance. Beyond its trophy function, the Flashlight is the tool used to illuminate and reveal Ghosts in Chapter 4's darker corners.

• The Sausage in Carnevale is found behind a door in front of a fridge. Bring it to the trapped Nome, whose location is cross-linked from the checklist entry to unlock the Delivery Feed trophy. The Nome is nearby — the Sausage doesn't need to travel far — but the door requiring the Sausage's starting location is easy to pass without entering.

Low's Doll: The Most Consequential Key Item

Low's Doll is the most remarkable Key Item in the game. Found in Chapter 4: The Institute, after opening a flap — both the flap and the Doll are marked on the Institute map — carrying it changes the visual reality of the surrounding environment.

Areas that appear one way in standard form reveal different layouts and hidden content, while Low holds the Doll.

Most critically, Doll #2 in The Institute is completely invisible unless Low's Doll is in his hands — it simply doesn't appear in the room without it.

The Doll must be carried to the puzzle sections that require its perception-altering effect and set down in specific locations to solve The Institute's most intricate environmental puzzles.

All Key Item Locations in Little Nightmares III

All 17 Key Items are listed in the checklist below — each one with its exact pickup location, the destination it serves, and any prerequisite action required before it can be collected.

Every pickup and destination is marked on our relevant hand-drawn chapter map.