Professor Layton and the Lost Future Puzzle Guide

Puzzle 1: A Party Crasher (10)
Drag the guard to the only red table with the red flower.

Puzzle 2: The Clock Shop (15)
The Clock Shop can be found at position H.

Puzzle 3: Bus Scheduling (10)
The correct answer is E, 0:00.

Puzzle 4: Moving Day (15)
It will take the two men 3 minutes to get all the boxes to the top floor.

Puzzle 5: The Timepiece (20)
Touch the second segment on the top row, which features an hourglass.

Puzzle 6: Eye on the Needles (15)
Thread A passes through the eye of 10 needles.

Puzzle 7: What’s the Time? (15)
The time is 06:00

Puzzle 8: The Odd Clock (15)
The answer is 12.

Puzzle 9: Cogged Down (25)
The correct cog location is B.

Puzzle 10: Day Dreaming (15)
The answer is Friday.

Puzzle 11: The Professor’s Hat (30)
Fit the pieces into the hat as shown in the diagram below:

Puzzle 12: Follow the Arrows (30)
Turn the 1 sideways so that it becomes a minus sign, then have the equation read “3+4-2=5”

Puzzle 13: Pick the Pen (30)
The correct Pen is Pen C.

Puzzle 14: Find the Station (20)
Circle the first square on the left side of the second row.

Puzzle 15: How Many Boxes (30)
The highest possible number of matchboxes is 21.

Puzzle 16: Day Dreaming 2 (20)
The answer is Sunday.

Puzzle 17: The Scrawled Code (30)
The correct answer is 008.

Puzzle 18: Slippery Trip (30)
Go Left, Down, Left, Up (x2), Right, Up (x3), Left (x2), Down (x2), Up (x2), Left (x2), Up (x3), Left (x3), Down, Left

Puzzle 19: Chequerboard Bridge (35)
There are 15 possible routes.

Puzzle 20: Making the Rounds (30)
The answer is 63.

Puzzle 21: Medicine Time (25)
Draw a line from the top left of the white outline over to the bottom right corner of the middle section of the bottle.

Puzzle 22: X-Ray Vision (25)
Circle the white shadow at the bottom of the X-Ray.

Puzzle 23: The Hidden Number (35)
The code is 047.

Puzzle 24: No-Go Arrows (30)
From the top left corner go Down, Right (x2), Down (x2), Left (x2), Down (x2), Right (x3), Up, Right (x2), Down

Puzzle 25: Back and Forth (20)
Answer: 5

Puzzle 26: Upon Reflection (30)
The letter is P.

Puzzle 27: A Game of Cards (30)
Circle the cards that the man on the right is holding.

Layton vs Future Luke
Part 1: The spade is the fourth card (from left to right)
Part 2: There is no spade (select continue)

Puzzle 28: Slot Machine Gun (40)
Consider the pieces along the top to be 1, 2 and 3, going from left to right, and the pieces along the bottom being pieces 4, 5 and 6, again going from left to right. Rotate and place them on the grid in accordance with the diagram below.

Puzzle 29: Four Rooms (40)
Place lines in the locations shown in the diagram below to complete the puzzle.

Puzzle 30: Biscuit Baffler (30)
The answer is 4 minutes (only having six people on the original picture is a red herring).

Puzzle 31: Pair-Shaped (20)
The lying boy is B.

Puzzle 32: Broken Lance (20)
The Broken Lance is C.

Puzzle 33: Brothers n’ Sisters (35)
The minimum number of siblings is 6.

Puzzle 34: The Mysterious Memo (25)
The answer is SOS.

Puzzle 35: Twisted Tunnels (40)
The path that goes above ground is Path C.

Puzzle 36: Henchman Hunt (30)
There are 9 hidden henchmen.

Puzzle 37: Cat Romance (25)
The correct exit is C.

Puzzle 38: Cluttered Case (40)
The diagram below shows the case as it starts. The numbers on each piece will be used to reference them in the solution underneath. Pieces 1, 2 and 3 will never have to move.

Move Piece 6 as far up and to the left as it can go
Move Piece 7 as far up as it can go
Move Piece 8 as far up as it can go
Move the garnet as far right and up as it can go
Move Piece 4 as far right as it can go
Move Piece 5 down as far as it can go
Move Piece 8 as far left as it can go
Move the garnet up as far as it can go
Move Piece 4 as far right and up as it can go
Move Piece 5 as far right as it can go
Move Piece 8 down as far as it can go
Move the garnet as far left as it can go
Move Piece 7 down as far as it can go
Move Piece 6 as far right as it can go
Slide the garnet out of the case

Puzzle 39: Where’s My Coat (30)
The answer is C.

Puzzle 40: Missing Tiles (40)
The numbers are 2, 3, 5, 1

Puzzle 41: Thirsty Work (20)
The answer is B.

Puzzle 42: Create the Key (40)
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 43: Making the Cut (20)
Make the cut as shown in the diagram below:

Puzzle 44: Clock the Tower (25)
The correct location is H.

Puzzle 45: How Many People? (30)
The correct answer is 37 (35 passengers, the conductor and the driver).

Puzzle 46: A Heartfelt Heart (30)
The correct suitor is A.

Puzzle 47: The Shady Trio (40)
The big man has a white hat, red jacket and green trousers
The little man has a green hat, red jacket, and white trousers
The woman has a red hat, green jacket, and white trousers

Puzzle 48: 1/1000 (25)
Remove the match on the right side of the second zero to create 10 CM.

Puzzle 49: The Missing Block (30)
The correct block is B.

Puzzle 50: Where Is This? (20)
The answer is the Hospital.

Puzzle 51: Park the Car (15)
From where you begin,the turns you need to make are as follows:

Left, Right, Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left, Right

Puzzle 52: The Chessboard (30)
The board that goes on the bottom is B.

Puzzle 53: Making Another Cut (30)
Make cuts in the positions shown in the diagram below to finish the square:

Puzzle 54: Lunchtime (30)
As the ham only has to be above the potato salad, not directly above it, the correct order is (from top to bottom): Ham, Lettuce, Tomato, Potato Salad, Cheese.

Puzzle 55: Six Whiny Spectators (30)
Front Row: A, D, E
Back Row: B, C, F

Puzzle 56: Five Stamps (20)
Select the 3 and 6 stamps.

Puzzle 57: Mispainted Plates (30)
The only plates that need repairing are 6 and 9.

Puzzle 58: Gravity Maze (30)
Tap the right arrow twice, then the left arrow three times.

Puzzle 59: Leapfrogs (30)
No wrong answers here, as such. Here’s a 14 move answer, but it can be done in 8:

Yellow, Red, Green, Yellow, Red, Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Red, Blue, Yellow, Red, Yellow

Puzzle 60: The Inheritance (40)
House A will be in the portion with the Star.

Puzzle 61: A Tunnel Out (40)
Alter and rotate the pipes so that the water flows in the direction shown by the red line in the diagram below:

Puzzle 62: Lunar Leapfrogs (30)
We managed it in 21 moves, using the following combination:

Black, Green, Red, Black, White, Black, Yellow, Black, White, Red, Yellow, Red, White, Black, Red, White, Green, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Green

Puzzle 63: Which Finger? (20)
The answer is finger-tip 3.

Puzzle 64: Break Time (30)
The culprit is person C.

Puzzle 65: Funny Shapes (30)
The out-of-place shape is the bottom left one, made up of sixes.

Puzzle 66: Flower Vases (30)
The correct vase is A.

Puzzle 67: Pork Noodle Line-Up (30)
It can be done in 1 move.

Puzzle 68: Paper Cuts (40)
Make your cut along the grid as shown in the diagram below:

Puzzle 69: Which One’s White (50)
Answer: C

Puzzle 70: The Third Youngest (25)
It’s a boy!

Puzzle 71: Wall Paint Problem (25)
Look closely, the answer is the white paint.

Puzzle 72: Tricolor Template (30)
Answer: Red

Puzzle 73: Tricky Tilework (40)
Answer:
Top: Y, B, O, G
Second: G, R, Y, B
Third: B, O, G, R
Bottom: R, Y, B, O

Puzzle 74: Slippery Trip 2 (40)
Walk left until you slide on the banana peel in the top middle of the maze to slide to the upper left. Backtrack two steps right and slide down on the peel below you to the bottom between the two lowermost peels. From there you have a clear path to the exit if you follow the trail that avoids the peels.

Puzzle 75: The Chick’s Shadow (40)
Turn, flip and rotate the pieces so that you can line them up as seen in this diagram:

Puzzle 76: Around the Table (40)
Answer: 5

Puzzle 77: Timely Arrivals (40)
Answer: 20

Puzzle 78: Rabbit Hops (20)
Answer: 20

Puzzle 79: Five Swimmers (40)
Answer: D

Puzzle 80: Making a Scene (40)
Answer: 3

Puzzle 81: Diced Dates (30)
Answer: 6

Puzzle 82: Wheat Stash (30)
Answer: A

Puzzle 83: Shelve the Books (30)
Answer: Rotate the brown book to be vertical and place it on the far left side of the shelf. Do the same for the purple book but place it on the far right. Then rotate and place the white book directly to the left of the purple book, and the yellow book directly to the left of the white book. Without rotating, place the blue book horizontally on top so that it rests on the tops of the brown and purple books.

Puzzle 84: Crossing the River (30)
Answer: 6

Puzzle 85: More Noodling Around (30)
Answer: 1

Puzzle 86: The Impassable Gate (60)
Answer:

-Move Layton and Luke left one space.
-Move the red piece all the way down.
-Move the blue piece as far right as it will go, to sit on top the red piece.
-Move the orange piece down and to the right to spoon with the blue piece.
-Move the green piece directly to the left as far as it will go.
-Move the orange piece into the far right corner.
-Move the green piece down so that it rests on top of the yellow piece completely.
-Move the orange piece into the space at the very top.
-Move the green and yellow pieces out of the way to the right so that you can move the Luke/Layton block one square to the left and two squares up.
-Move the red piece all the way to the left below Luke and Layton.
-Move the blue, yellow and green pieces as far as they will go into the bottom right corner, and the orange piece to the top right corner.
-Move Layton and Luke to the top.

Puzzle 87: Sam’s Allowance (30)
Answer: 0

Puzzle 88: The Discount (30)
Answer: 3 of the 1 pound item (apple), 2 of the 2 pound item (squash), 1 of the 3 pound item (jam)

Puzzle 89: Photo Finish (40)
Answer: F

Puzzle 90: Eye of the Dragon (50)
Answer: A

Puzzle 91: Strange Glasses (40)
Answer: G

Puzzle 92: Cave Cover-Up (40)
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 93: The Mirror Maze (50)
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 94: The Dragon Bridge (60)
Answer:

-Move the spiky ball down one space and left one.
-Move the T-shaped piece right one space.
-Move the S-shaped piece down one.
-Move the L-shaped piece all the way up and slide the ball all the way to the right.
-Move the T-shaped piece up and to the left to sit on top of the S-shaped piece against the wall.
-Move the upside-down L and the ball to the bottom center.
-Move the right-side-up L to the bottom right.
-Move the ball to the right wall.
-Move T to top center.
-Move the S up and right so that it’s spooning with the T on the left side (not directly under it).
-Move the upside-down L to the bottom left corner.
-Move the L to the bottom center.
-Move the S down directly on top of the L.
-Move the ball down.
-Move the T to the right to make room for the upside-down L to move to the upper middle.
-Move the T back to the left to complete the bridge.

Puzzle 95: Looking Up (30)
Answer: D

Puzzle Battle 2: Layton vs Dimitri
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 96: The Right Button (40)
Answer: The bottom-left most 5-pointed star (the one that’s directly below another 5-pointed star).

Puzzle 97: A Blind Escape (30)
Answer: From the starting point, go down until you hit the wall and then turn. Keep going, only turning when you hit a wall, and you’ll end up at the exit.

Puzzle 98: Slippery Trip 2 (50)
Answer: Go down and turn left at the first intersection and slide left across two peels to hit the left wall. Go down again, sliding on two peels to hit the bottom left corner. Walk right to slide right on the lowermost peel to hit the bottom right wall. Backtrack until you get to the intersection with a peel to your left and above you. Slide on the peel above you to hit the top wall between the two uppermost peels. From there you have a clear path to the exit if you follow the path that avoids peels.

Puzzle 99: An Off Invitation (20)
Answer: Open the door on the bottom right.

Puzzle 100: The Lost Number (50)
Answer: 74

Puzzle 101: Shy Guys and Gals (30)
Answer: From the girl A, move down five squares, right five squares, up four squares, and left one square to the boy A. From the girl B, move left one square, down four, right three squares, up two, and left one final square to the boy B. From the girl C, move left one square, down one square, left one square, down two, and right one to the boy C. Finally, from the girl D, go along the outer edge of the grid, down 6 squares and then left 6 squares to the boy D. That will give you a pattern with no crossing paths that you can submit as a solution.

Puzzle 102: Balance Your Books (30)
Answer: 27, 33, 15, 24

Puzzle 103: Pool Problem (25)
Answer: The lower left nozzle, the middle nozzle on the right, and the nozzle closest to (directly left and slightly lower than) the right middle nozzle.

Puzzle 104: The Cake Gobbler (30)
Answer: The speaker is lying.

Puzzle 105: The fingerprint (15)
Answer: A

Puzzle 106: Four Stamps (20)
Answer: 3, 5

Puzzle 107: Chicken Race (60)
Answer: E

Puzzle 108: Dogs and Cats (30)
Answer: 110

Puzzle 109: Three Blocks (40)
Answer: Press in this order: right x5, left, right x2, left, right x4, left x2.

Puzzle 110: A Zero Sum Game (30)
Answer: Press A x1, B x 9, C x 7, D x 4.

Puzzle 111: Follow the Code (40)
Answer: A

Puzzle 112: Beams and Ladders (30)
Answer: 1 on top, 2 in the middle, 3 on the bottom.

Puzzle 113: One Step at a Time (30)
Answer: Start at the lower 2 > 3 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 3 > 4 on right > 5 on right > 6 > upper 5 > 4 > 3 on right > 2

Puzzle 114: Roped In (60)
Answer: Here’s the path of rope starting from the section next to the crate: Right, down, right, left, up, right, right, left, down, right, down, down, up, left, down, left, up, down, down, right, up, right, and down to Luke.

Puzzle 115: Hidden in Plain Sight (50)
Answer: The cross sign is in the upper right-hand corner.

Puzzle 116: Which Way Is Up? (50)
Answer: C

Puzzle 117: Where’s the Arrow? (60)
Answer: The monkey’s nose in the picture is the arrow, so select the tile directly below that picture.

Puzzle Battle 3: Layton vs Dimitri
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 118: Scrutinized Screws (40)
Answer: D

Puzzle 119: Swap to Unlock (60)
Answer: Dial A goes in the bottom-right slot. Dial F goes in the upper-left slot. Dial D goes in the bottom-left slot. Dial E goes in the upper-right slot. Make sure letters A, D and E are turned the normal way, while the letters B, C and F are turned 90 degrees to the right. All the yellow gems should be facing inwards.

Puzzle 120: A Cryptic Combo (50)
Answer: Press 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15

Puzzle 121: Arrow Flow (40)
Answer: Choose the arrow that’s one up and one left from the bottom right corner (it’s facing right).

Puzzle 122: Password Pieces (60)
Answer: 081127

Puzzle 123: Cat’s-Eye View (50)
Answer: 9

Puzzle 124: The Final Tile (70)
Answer: The spade that’s diagonally left and down from the hole in the middle.

Puzzle 125: Connect the Bots (50)
Answer: The room three up and three over from the bottom right corner.

Puzzle 126: Ten-Step Solution (50)
Answer:

-Move the second from the top gold block left.
-Move the A down as far as it will go.
-Move the second from the top block all the way right.
-Move the third from the top block up and left to sit next to the other block.
-Move B up two and left.
-Move A into the A slot.
-Move B all the way to the right.
-Move the left block of the side-by-side blocks down one.
-Move the second to the top block to the left.
-Move B into the B slot.

Puzzle 127: A Real Heart Swapper (70)
Answer: Swap the tile one right from the middle left side with the tile one left from the middle right side.

Puzzle 128: Reverse Rotation (80)
Answer:

-Replace gear group A with gear group C.
-Rotate gear group B upside-down and move it to the left and above gear group C so that only the two left gears are touching other gears.

Puzzle 129: Block Blockade (70)
Answer:

-On the yellow T in the lower left
-On the orange backwards L above the yellow T
-On the long yellow zig-zag piece to the right of the orange backwards L
-On the orange T
-On the little blue backwards L in the lower right corner

Puzzle 130: The Final Puzzle (30)
Answer: C

Puzzle 131: A Pricey Pen (30)
Answer: 270

Puzzle 132: Calendar Collage (40)
Answer: 1

Puzzle 133: The two Necklaces (30)
Answer: Follow the steps:

1- Move the red tile down
2- Move the red tile left
3- Move the red tile up
4- Move the blue tile left
5- Move the blue tile left
6- Move the blue tile down
7- Move the blue tile right
8- Move the red tile right
9- Move the red tile right
10- Move the red tile up
11- Move the blue tile left
12- Move the blue tile left
13- Move the red tile down
14- Move the top blue tile right
15- Move the blue tile up
16- Move the bottom blue tile left
17- Move the blue tile up
18- Move the red tile right
19- Move the blue tile down
20- Move the red tile right and up
21- Move the blue tile up and left
22- Move the red tile down
23- Move the red tile to right
24- Move the red tile to right
25- Move the left red tile up
26- Move the left blue tile up
27- Move the left red tile down
28- Move the right red tile down
29- Move the red tile right
30- Move the red tile up and left
31- Move the red tile left and up
32- Move the blue tile left
33- Move the red tile up and right
34- Move the red tile down
35- Move the blue tile down and left
36- Move the blue tile left and down
37- Move he red tile right
38- Move the red tile right
39- Move the red tile up and right
40- Move the blue tile left
41- Move the blue tile left
42- Move the red tile down
43- Move the red tile right
44- Move the blue tile up and left
45- Move the red tile left and up
46- Move the blur tile left
47- Move the red tile up and right
48- Move the red tile down
49- Move the red tile right
50- Move the red tile up

Puzzle 134: A Question of Taste (30)
Answer: C

Puzzle 135: Jam Weight (25)
Put the numbers 1-4 in these colours, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue

Puzzle 136: Destination Station (30)
Answer: D

Puzzle 137: Choc-hole-late (30)
The answer is 8 pieces.

Puzzle 138: Quirky Clockwork (30)
Answer: C

Puzzle 139: Bricks ‘n’ Bullion (50)
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 140: Ripple Effect (25)
Answer: 6

Puzzle 141: A Roll of the Die (35)
Answer: An upside-down heart.

Puzzle 142: The Marked Cup (30)
Answer: A

Puzzle 143: Double Digits (40)
Answer: As shown:

Puzzle 144: Mr 8:20 (20)
Mr. 8:20 is Person E.

Puzzle 145: Time Cards (30)
Answer: 20

Puzzle 146: Birds on a Wire (15)
Answer: 2

Puzzle 147: Paving the Way (20)
The shape you need is Shape E.

Puzzle 148: Mathematchsticks (25)
The answer is 0, as you can turn the equation upside down.

Puzzle 149: Strange Symbols (30)
Answer: 52

Puzzle 150: Half as Old (15)
Answer: 9

Puzzle 151: A Difference of 39 (15)
Answer: 98, 59

Puzzle 152: Tinned Trouble (30)
Move 1: Move the tomato and cherries from the middle stack to the left stack
Move 2: Move the sardines from the right stack to the middle stack
Move 3: Move the sardines, tomatoes and top cherry from the left stack to the middle stack
Move 4: Move the cherries from the middle stack to the left stack
Move 5: Move the cherries from the right stack to the left stack
Move 6: Move the tomatoes from the middle stack to the right stack

Puzzle 153: An Extra Block (30)
The unwanted piece is the one in the top right, made up of just two triangles.