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Guide and walkthrough The Longing

The Longing is a side-scrolling adventure game that leaves the protagonist (and you along with him) alone for 400 days. And we're talking about real days. That is, to see the finale, you either need to wait 400 days in the game, or find various ways to speed up time. We will talk about them below!


After the first passage of the game, it will be blocked. In order for the game to allow you to play it again, you will have to wait (on the screen with the ending). Alternative option: open the game and enter the code 399d-23h-59m-59s. The game will reset to the first day.

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How to get The Longing ending / How to speed up the game

Once again: you don't have to wait all 400 days! To complete the game faster, you need to find and use any means of speeding up time. In addition, there are several endings, and not all of them require these same 400 days. But to get each you need to perform certain actions. Walking through the doors is safe, but you won't see any ending this way.

Some interesting facts:

  1. You can run the game once, start it, close it, and then come back after 400 days to see the finale.
  2. Also don't forget to log into the game on Shadow's birthday. A certain event will be associated with it.
  3. There are 4 endings in total in the game. Below we talk about them.

All endings of The Longing

  1. You wait until the king awakens.
  2. You are committing suicide. The fastest way to complete the game.
  3. You get to the surface to live on. You need to solve the last riddle correctly.
  4. You get to the surface, but you die. It is necessary to solve the last riddle incorrectly.

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moving

You cannot run. Double click on any point to have your character go there. Instead of LMB, you can double-click on the "Space". By clicking on the "crown" at the top, you will force the hero to automatically return to his hideout. Next to the crown there is an "arrow" that brings up a menu for remembering the location. After that, you can automatically return to the current location. "Down arrow" - remember the place. Right Arrow - Go to the saved location.

King

You need to wake up the king after 400 real days. Not necessarily exactly after 400. It is possible later. You can't wake him up early. The king asked me not to do anything, not to go anywhere. Do not worry. The fact that you have explored a cave does not mean that youget the wrong ending. Need some action! To go outside, you need to interact with the item on the well. The game will then end as described in the endings above.


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Map

It is best to pick up a piece of paper with a pencil / pen and draw your own map. On real paper. Take notes there and mark different places. Also in the cave, in a random place, you can find an in-game map. But you can't take it with you! To interact with her, just wait.


What are we talking about? If you look at the map, the hero will say that it takes time to decipher it. Wait in front of the map. After a couple of minutes, the scale will slowly decrease. Until you see the whole map. This will also trigger the achievement .

Books

Each page you read skips time by 1 minute. A page is considered read as soon as you open it on the screen. Therefore, you can simply skip all the pages of books by very quickly clicking on the "Next" button. You can reduce the time only 1 time per 1 unique page. Therefore, rereading books is useless. You can select the automatic reading function. The shadow will turn the pages on its own, you can'twill have to click on them. In this case, the function works with a closed book! The hero will read it until he finishes, and you can perform other actions.


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It is not necessary to read the books, but they have some clues. However, you will find them in our guide. The last pages of books usually have advice from the hero himself.

Drawings / Paintings

While you are at home, the more pictures on the walls, the faster time goes by. In addition, there are hints in the names of some paintings. Once you have drawn something, you will no longer be able to delete the painting. But you can move it if you hover over the top of the frame until it turns into a "hand". You can find more paper in the Halls of Eternity.

How to get My Favorite Painting achievement : Read Shadow's thought book, draw a certain painting 5 times. Each time in different colors (there are five of them). For example, make 5 images of lice using five different colors.

Musical instrument and colored stones

Parts of a musical instrument are scattered in different parts of the cave. You don't need to do anything with them. Only find. They are not hidden from view! And all are in places that are open to youalready from the first day. Just keep an eye on the ground. Colored stones also roll on the ground. They are small but shiny.

How to get crystals

You will find them in a cave. To get crystals, you need a pickaxe. The presence of crystals will speed up the passage of time. There are 5 crystals in total in the game. Getting blue crystals has no negative consequences!

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How to open doors

Some doors open after a while. The shadow will definitely tell you about it. In this case, you do not need to stand in front of the door and wait!

How to get a stalactite

You don't have to wait in front of him. Try jumping to have the Shadow say that the stalactite will fall in about a week. Return to him after the specified time.

How to get to the library

You cannot unlock the library door, but there is another way to get into it. Wait 1 month for water to fill the hole in the moss area. Then cross this hole and enter the library.

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How to get into the Halls of Infinity

They are easy to find. Just be carefulExplore the cave well. The Halls of Eternity are located in caves with a labyrinth, where there are many interconnected doors. Go through the left door of the first hall above the King's room. white shining door.

So, from the hall above the king's room (the one where there are 4 doors and 4 crystals on the stairs), take the following route:

  1. Door on the left.
  2. First door on the left.
  3. Lower door.
  4. First door on the left (with a sign at the top).
  5. Middle door.
  6. Walk until you exit the other door in the middle, then follow through the door on the left.
  7. Door on the right.
  8. Keep walking forward until you see your destination.

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They are truly endless. After 100 hours of walking, you will return to the first door. The deeper you go into the Halls of Infinity, the longer it will take you to go back, making the same path. But remember that while you are inside, time stands still. But there you can find different items. Every minute you walk through the Halls, you will find some object or void (that is, you need to go another 1 minute). At first, there will be useful things, including books and decorations for the house. And then - only paper for drawing.

How to break the glass of the treasure chest

The game has a room with glass, behind whichand treasures are kept. The shadow says that you can get there if you have a pickaxe. Neither the goals of the game nor the achievements are in any way related to the treasure! By using a pickaxe on the glass, you will break it. However, in other parts of the cave you will definitely find a new one. Glass can still be broken! Use 3 pickaxes on him. It will crack. In the end, coins will fall out. The shadow will say that the coins are useless.

Where to find pickaxes and why they are needed

Just explore the caves. They appear in random places. Go to the mines. To get into the mines, you need to go through the door above the map. Follow the path and drop down to the area on the lower left. The shadow will say that these are mines.

One of the structures supporting the floor (the ceiling for the pickaxe area) is crooked. Stand above it to hear the sound. Wait until it breaks.

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Some areas are not yet available to you. But there are more picks out there.

Home expansion

Use the pickaxe on the left wall of your hideout. The excavation process can seem confusing, as you have to dig in different directions to get around hard rocks. You will know you are done when you get 3 different rooms. Bed room (empty), room ?For growing mushrooms and a steam room.

Running water

The shadow will say that she would like to have running water at home. Can you do it. Explore the caves and find out. If not, read the information below.

You need to find a room in a cave in the labyrinth area, down to the left of the first room. The one above the king's room. Something needs to be done. You will realize that you are already close if you find a room with a door above the water.

Here is the correct way:

  1. From the hall above the king's room (where there is a staircase with 4 doors and 4 crystals) go through the door on the left.
  2. First door on the left.
  3. Bottom door.
  4. First door on the left (with a sign on top).
  5. Middle door.
  6. Continue until you exit the other door in the middle and go through the door on the right.
  7. Bottom door.

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You will find a round stone here. If you approach him, a hint about the interaction will appear. Click until you can't do it anymore. Water will flow. She will get to your house.

Bed

To be able to create a bed, first expand the house (see above). Then you need to collect materials - 20 moss and 10 wood. There is a place where moss grows (upper leftfrom the first hall above the king). Moss takes several days to grow. Wood is scattered in the cave. It will probably have to wait for access to new areas to open. So you can dial the required 10 sticks.

Fire

Coal. On the left side of the house you can make a fire. While it is lit, time moves faster. You need coal. From time to time, it falls from the ceiling in almost every part of the cave.

Lapis lazuli. So far haven't been able to find it.

Sulfur. There is a yellowish room in the mines. There you can mine sulfur using a pickaxe. Light a fire with sulfur. The shadow will come out of the house, it will automatically walk. You can't come home for an hour because it stinks. The shadow will try to get to a certain place. You will not be able to go there if it is still blocked. You need to solve the puzzle with mushrooms and darkness. If this is done, then the Shadow will reach the entrance to the secret tower!

Spider

You can find a spider in the cave. After breaking his web, he will go down and to the left, begin to spin another web, which will allow you to climb higher. It takes a couple of days (Shadow will tell you about it). You don't have to wait in this place.

Mushroom Puzzle

You can collect and plant mushrooms. It takes about 10 hours to grow one mushroom. There are two types of mushrooms - green and pale pink. You can eat mushrooms. After eating 3 pink mushrooms, you will have a dream. You can view 3 different dreams in this way. Mushrooms found outside the home can be helpful. Once you get to a cave that glows green with lots of mushrooms on the ceiling, try experimenting with planting mushrooms in it. Here they grow faster.

Watch how different mushrooms react when others grow next to them. The first part of the solution to the puzzle is that pink mushrooms planted near green ones get bigger. By growing mushrooms, you can get into a new area. On the rock, to the left of the spider. Only the 3 nearest landing sites are important.

Solution : plant a pink mushroom near the cliff. Plant a green mushroom next to it, a little to the left (perhaps you need to plant a green one first). When the pink grows and gets bigger, you will be able to climb the rock.

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After that, you will not be able to use mushrooms. After descending from the cliff, the Shadow will say something about a large mushroom. She refuses to rise again. Break the green mushroom with a pickaxe and plant a new green mushroom there. Once it grows up, will you be able to go upstairs again??.

How to climb the rock near the spider and mushrooms

There will be a cliff that you cannot climb. To find a way to get up there, you need to solve a puzzle. Use the glowing green cave to plant mushrooms. The solution is shown above.

Puzzle with darkness

You are interested in the rock above the mushroom cave. Read above. If you walk across the stalactite bridge, you will see a face.

Solution : Get up and wait near the suicide rock. After a while, a dialogue will appear. Choose those options that are associated with escaping and going outside. If you choose the wrong answer, take a short walk and try again. After you do everything right, you can close your eyes.

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This is a new mechanic. Wait in the dark, don't move for a few minutes. You will be able to close your eyes. You can walk with your eyes closed, but only by hand. Double click to open eyes.

How to get through the darkness

Grow a pink mushroom in the mushroom cave and climb the rock (described above). You will find yourself in a dark corridor. There is a hidden staircase between mushroom rock and suicide rock. She leads upand to the left. If you continue down the secret path, you'll find a pair of eyes just like yours. If you get too close, you will hear "I see you." The eyes will follow you. You cannot escape. As soon as they touch you, you will wake up at home.

Solution : When the eyes appear, wait before getting close. Do nothing to close your eyes. Pass by other people's eyes (click twice). A long walk in the dark awaits you!

Suicide

If you commit suicide, the Shadow will die and the game will end.

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How to get to the surface (Game ending)

As soon as you find yourself on the street, then start the ending. Therefore, be careful! The only way out is through the well. There will be a mystery.

To get to the well, go from the blocked exit to the right. It may seem that you are moving through a wall. You will pass through a dark corridor. You won't fall into the well, don't worry. Read what the face is telling you. Remember your dreams. There are three different dreams. You can see them if you eat 3 pink mushrooms.

People will pass from time to time. Wait near the blocked exit from where you can see the surface. Can you?? to see the approach of the old man, as the face told you. If you're quick, you'll have time to go back to the well and grab a bucket. Nobody walks at night. If you trust the child, he will scare you and the hero will die. One of the game's endings .

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secret tower

To get into the secret tower, get sulfur (read above) and use it to light a fire in the house. The shadow will automatically go to the right place, which will open the way to the tower. When you walk through the dark tunnel between the suicide cliff and the exit to the street, at a certain moment, by the sound of footsteps, you will understand that you are not walking on stones, but on the ground. At this point, you need to go up and to the right. The shadow will say that you have found a secret path.

A sure way not to miss it: from the blocked exit, go to the house. When you enter the dark corridor, keep your cursor in the upper right corner of the screen. Go manually to this place. Most of the way the arrow will point "to the right". At some point, it may need to be moved (when the Shadow comes down the stairs). As soon as you can, return the cursor to the top corner again. It will take a long time to go. Get there when you can actually climb to the right and up.

Infinite note

In the end, you update??Ruin this thing. She appears in the library or the secret tower. This is a strange puzzle. You need to think outside the box.

Solution : find a never-ending text file on your computer (neverending text file) and write something into it. In fact, the book will not be endless. Copy text from another long book and paste it into a file. Do it with a closed game. The file is located along the path The Longing_Data > StreamingAssets > books_plaintext > notebook.txt . In the game folder.

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birthday in the game

You need to open the game on your birthday to get the achievement. And we are talking about the birthday of the Shadow in the game! You can subtract it yourself. Everything is simple. The shadow was born at the beginning of the game. You need to wait 400 days. We subtract 365 and get 35. That is, you must log in on the day when 34 is indicated on the in-game countdown clock.