Level 14 - Santa's House

Video Walkthrough

Objective

Escape from Santa's house by collecting items throughout the cabin and workshop, solving various puzzles including color matching puzzles, chip arrangement puzzles, rotation puzzles, book arrangement puzzles, peg solitaire puzzles, and line connection puzzles, crafting medicine for the sick reindeer, creating Santa's outfit, operating the conveyor belt, and finally opening the doors to escape.

Step-by-Step Solution

  1. Start in Santa's cozy cabin - use the broom found at the back of the room on the left to get the figurine off the chandelier in the middle
  2. Click on the chair with the blanket on it on the right side of the room to get a close-up of the seat
  3. Click the blanket to move it - see a piece of metal you can use on the figurine stuck in the gap of the chair
  4. You now have two figurines in your inventory - put them on the chest in the front
  5. This opens the chest, revealing a mini-game - solve by moving the colored pieces to places of corresponding color
  6. Once the chest has been opened, click on the red present on the left to move it out of the way
  7. Retrieve a key from the opened chest
  8. In this room, also collect a beard close to the barrel and an empty picture frame
  9. Use the key on the door on the right, leading you outside
  10. From outside, collect firewood lodged in the snow next to the postbox
  11. From the snowman at the back, get an empty cauldron from the head, a bulb from top button, and firewood from the arm sticking out
  12. Click on the red electrical box on the cabin to enlarge it
  13. Click it again to open it - get a wire from inside at the bottom
  14. Use this wire to pick the lock on the postbox - this unlocks a mini-game
  15. Solve the postbox puzzle by moving chips to fill all the cells on the right part of the field
  16. Once completed, collect a book and a carved figurine from the open postbox
  17. Use the carved figurine on the box on the door on the right - this reveals another mini-game
  18. Solve the chip arrangement puzzle by arranging chips on corresponding lines according to their color and pattern
  19. Once completed, you have access to the shed with Santa's reindeers and sleigh
  20. Click on the reindeer that is sick and lying down in a stable - get a carved decor piece and firewood
  21. Get more firewood on the floor between the reindeer and the sleigh
  22. Get boots from the sleigh
  23. Click where the haystacks are on the right of the room - click on the bottom to add hay to your inventory
  24. Collect a shovel standing up on the side
  25. Go back to the first room - put the carved decor into the drawer on the desk to unlock a mini-game
  26. Solve the rotation puzzle by rotating elements to place all red triangles in the center
  27. Once completed, the drawer opens - collect pants from the top shelf
  28. Move the purple present from the bottom shelf to get the book from behind it
  29. Move the wrapping paper/present at the bottom of the desk to reveal the matches
  30. Look at the shelf with green books on the left of the room - add the two books you have in your inventory
  31. Rearrange the books to make a specific symbol pattern
  32. Once completed, the compartment opens at the top - retrieve the bulb and medicine recipe
  33. Go outside and add the bulbs to the electrical panel - this turns the lights on
  34. Make sure you close the red panel - find firewood in the bottom right corner
  35. Use the shovel to get rid of the snow in front of the door to the building at the back
  36. In Santa's workshop, get a bowl and a coin from the table on the right
  37. Get firewood underneath the same table
  38. Get a hat and a bag from the left side of the room
  39. Add a stepladder to your inventory from the middle of the room resting on the conveyor belt
  40. Find pliers on the yellow present at the front
  41. Go outside and put the stepladder by the tree
  42. Click on the blue box - it will turn, click again to get nuts in your inventory
  43. Go to the stables and use the pliers on the plank of wood on the door to open it
  44. Get a key and a harness from the opened door
  45. Use the wrench on the handle in the front of the room to unscrew it and add it to your inventory
  46. Go back to Santa's workshop and add the handle to the meat grinder on the table
  47. Add the nuts to the grinder and click on the handle to get ground nuts
  48. In the back of the room, there is a white box on the wall - add the key to unlock it
  49. Click again to play the mini-game - solve by using chips to jump over each other so that only one chip remains on the battlefield
  50. Once completed, the medicine cabinet opens - add a knife and coin from the top shelf to your inventory
  51. Now you have acquired two coins - go back to the stables and add the coins to the chest at the top
  52. This mini-game requires you to connect blue chips with lines - the number of lines crossing a chip must equal the number written on the chip
  53. Once completed, get berries and thread from the chest
  54. Put the berries in the grinder found in the workshop to get ground berries
  55. Going outside, go back on the ladder and use the knife on the red resin in the branch to add it to your inventory
  56. Now you have all ingredients for the medicine - open the recipe page from your inventory
  57. Add the berries, nuts, and resin to the recipe
  58. Go back to the cabin and use the cauldron on the barrel on the left to add water to it
  59. Add the cauldron to the fireplace, along with hay, firewood, and matches to light it
  60. Add the ingredients to the cauldron and use the bowl to get the medicine
  61. Give the medicine to the reindeer in the stables - it will attach itself to the sleigh
  62. Get a reindeer figurine from where the reindeer was
  63. There is a red cloth with red symbols stitched onto it - this is the combination to the symbols on the bow on the desk
  64. Remember the color combination pattern (e.g., yellow, red, light green, green, blue, yellow, red)
  65. Go back to the cabin desk and use the combination on the bow puzzle
  66. Once the drawer has opened, get a sheave, sweater, and the last reindeer figurine
  67. In your inventory, you have an empty picture - add the sweater, hat, pants, boots, and beard to it
  68. This creates a painting - hang it up where it was found
  69. This reveals some symbols underneath - the answer can be found in the chest in the middle of the room
  70. Change the symbols under the painting to match the pattern
  71. Once completed, add Santa clothes to your inventory
  72. Use the knife on the harness and the thread to make a belt
  73. Go into Santa's workshop and click on the panel on the machine for the conveyor belt
  74. Add the sheave to it, along with the belt to fix it
  75. Click the green button on the side to get the conveyor belt working
  76. The gifts will come out - use your bag to collect them
  77. Click on the filled bag to add it to your inventory
  78. Go back to the sleigh
  79. Add Santa's clothes and the bag full of gifts to the sleigh
  80. Add the reindeer figurines to the door - this starts the last mini-game
  81. Solve the final rotation puzzle by rotating circles so that all images in each circle match the center image
  82. Once completed, the doors open and you have completed Level 14 - Santa's House

💡 Tips & Tricks

  • Keep track of how many figurines, coins, firewood pieces, and reindeer figurines you've collected - you need specific amounts
  • The color matching puzzle in the chest requires moving colored pieces to corresponding colored locations
  • The postbox chip puzzle requires filling all cells on the right - plan your moves carefully
  • The chip arrangement puzzle matches chips by color and pattern - examine the lines carefully
  • The rotation puzzle requires placing all red triangles in the center - rotate elements strategically
  • The book arrangement puzzle creates a symbol pattern - rearrange books to match
  • The peg solitaire puzzle requires jumping chips until only one remains - plan your jumps
  • The line connection puzzle requires connecting chips so crossing lines match numbers on chips
  • Remember the color combination from the red cloth for the bow puzzle
  • The symbol combination puzzle matches symbols under the painting to the chest pattern
  • Make sure to collect all medicine ingredients (berries, nuts, resin) before crafting
  • The final rotation puzzle requires matching images in circles to center images

⚠️ Common Mistakes

  • Not collecting all required items before attempting puzzles (2 figurines, 2 coins, reindeer figurines)
  • Trying to solve the color matching puzzle without understanding color correspondence
  • Not solving the postbox chip puzzle correctly - chips must fill all cells
  • Trying to solve the chip arrangement puzzle without matching both color and pattern
  • Not rotating elements correctly in the drawer puzzle - red triangles must be in center
  • Not rearranging books correctly to create the symbol pattern
  • Trying to solve the peg solitaire puzzle without planning jumps
  • Not connecting chips correctly in the line puzzle - crossing lines must match numbers
  • Forgetting to remember the color combination from the red cloth for the bow puzzle
  • Not matching symbols correctly under the painting
  • Not collecting all medicine ingredients before trying to craft medicine
  • Forgetting to add water to the cauldron before placing it on the fireplace
  • Not fixing the conveyor belt before trying to collect gifts
  • Trying to solve the final rotation puzzle without matching all circles to center images

Additional Notes

Level 14 - Santa's House is the fourteenth episode in Tricky Doors, taking place in a festive winter setting where you must collect items, solve puzzles, craft medicine for a sick reindeer, create Santa's outfit, operate workshop machinery, and escape from the cozy cabin. This level introduces holiday-themed gameplay mechanics and multi-step crafting sequences.

What You'll Learn

  • Multi-Area Navigation: Moving between the cabin, outside area, shed/stables, and Santa's workshop
  • Item Collection Tracking: Collecting multiple items of the same type (figurines, coins, firewood pieces, reindeer figurines)
  • Puzzle Variety: Solving different types of puzzles including color matching, chip arrangement, rotation, book arrangement, peg solitaire, line connection, and symbol matching puzzles
  • Multi-Step Crafting: Creating medicine through grinding ingredients, mixing, and cooking
  • Outfit Creation: Assembling Santa's complete outfit from individual pieces
  • Mechanism Operation: Operating conveyor belts and workshop machinery

Core Mechanics Introduced

  • Color Matching Puzzles: Moving colored pieces to corresponding colored locations
  • Chip Arrangement Puzzles: Arranging chips according to color and pattern on lines
  • Rotation Puzzles: Rotating elements to achieve target arrangements
  • Book Arrangement Puzzles: Rearranging books to create symbol patterns
  • Peg Solitaire Puzzles: Jumping chips over each other until one remains
  • Line Connection Puzzles: Connecting chips with lines where crossing lines match numbers
  • Symbol Matching Puzzles: Matching symbols to patterns
  • Multi-Step Crafting: Grinding ingredients, mixing, and cooking medicine
  • Outfit Assembly: Combining clothing items to create complete outfits
  • Conveyor Belt Operation: Fixing and operating machinery to produce items

Level Structure

This level consists of four main areas:

  1. The Cabin: The starting area with chest, desk, fireplace, and various items
  2. The Outside Area: Contains postbox, snowman, electrical box, tree, and workshop entrance
  3. The Shed/Stables: Contains sick reindeer, sleigh, haystacks, and various items
  4. Santa's Workshop: Contains conveyor belt, meat grinder, medicine cabinet, and gift production

Key Puzzles

  • Color Matching Puzzle: Moving colored pieces to corresponding colors in chest
  • Postbox Chip Puzzle: Moving chips to fill all cells on the right
  • Chip Arrangement Puzzle: Arranging chips by color and pattern on lines
  • Rotation Puzzle: Rotating elements to place red triangles in center (drawer)
  • Book Arrangement Puzzle: Rearranging books to create symbol pattern
  • Peg Solitaire Puzzle: Jumping chips until only one remains
  • Line Connection Puzzle: Connecting chips so crossing lines match numbers
  • Bow Combination Puzzle: Using color combination from red cloth
  • Symbol Combination Puzzle: Matching symbols under painting to chest pattern
  • Final Rotation Puzzle: Rotating circles to match center images

Difficulty

Medium to Hard - This level is complex, requiring careful item collection, multiple puzzle types, multi-step crafting, and precise item management. The main challenges are tracking all items, solving various puzzle types, crafting medicine correctly, and assembling Santa's outfit. Most players can complete it in 35-45 minutes on their first attempt.

Estimated Completion Time

35-45 minutes for first-time players, 25-30 minutes once you understand the puzzle mechanics, item locations, and crafting sequences.