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Lost in Play Time Book Guide: Well Transfers, Frog, and 3 Cups
Released: Standard Steam version guide · Updated 2026-10-13
Travel between the book's past −50, present 0, and future +50. Transfer plant, egg, and turtle in the well bucket, using time for growth.
13: Well and time order
Change the plant's state differently when draining future water and when growing the turtle.
- Attach the well handle in the past. In the present, receive the prince's potted plant and put it in the bucket.
- Remove and plant it in the past. In the future, the tree grows; collect the egg from the dried moat into the bucket.
- Give the egg to the bird in the present. Speak to the hatched turtle in the future.
- Uproot the plant in the past to restore future moat water.
- Send the future turtle to the past in the bucket and release it into water.
- Ride the grown turtle across the future moat and climb the prince's long beard.
14: Corner the frog with 2 people
Each sibling moves 1 square; the frog jumps 2. Narrow its escape routes together and corner it in an adjacent capturable position. The goal is to gain height to place the crown.
Opponent movement changes the board, so no coordinate sequence is guaranteed for all games. Movement distances differ from earlier checkers.
15: 3 cups and watering can
Distinguishes who uses an item and where to deliver it from merely collecting it. Descriptive names identify locations rather than reproduce official translations of every UI label.
| Target | Required action | Then |
|---|---|---|
| 1st cup | Match family-photo color positions to the clock's colored hands | Receive a cup for the correct layout. Full color arrangement not included. |
| 2nd cup | Read the book with ultraviolet light | Match wheel 3, card 1, and bag 2 to characters' tools and change marks beneath the whale. |
| 3rd cup | Use the coin in the tree hole at the phone | Receive the delivered cup. |
| Watering can | Give the fairy 3 cups | Use the moon-marked watering can on the door. |
| Crown | Collect it outside on the right | Return it to the king and continue to the last scene. |
Continue through the final subtitles
The siblings' real-world play appears after the last video/subtitles too. Do not consider an intermediate gate opening sufficient confirmation of the ending.
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