Little Nightmares III Guide | How to Counter Kin and Mini Kin (Chapter 3)

Here's a guide on how to counter Kin and Mini Kin in chapter 3 of Little Nightmares III.

Game Guide by Ragib Rawnak on Oct 15, 2025

You will encounter Kin and Mini Kin in chapter 3 of Little Nightmares III, who serve as the main bosses of this level. Your objective is to move through their area quietly, avoiding detection while retrieving a Crank needed to progress. Stealth is essential throughout this sequence, as making noise will alert the enemies and force a restart in Little Nightmares III.

Finding The Geisha Statues

After the ride ends, you will arrive in an area where you must climb onto a roof to continue forward. Before proceeding upward, head down the nearby staircase to locate a Geisha Statue that needs to be destroyed.

Once it’s broken, keep advancing until you reach a long, dark hallway. Inside the room to the right, you will find another Geisha Statue to break before continuing in Little Nightmares III.

Little Nightmares III, Guide, How to Counter Kin and Mini Kin, Chapter 3

Entering The Room With Kin And Mini Kin

Shortly after, you will reach a room where a Puppeteer and his Puppet are asleep in front of a television. This marks your introduction to Kin and Mini Kin. Mini Kin is very sensitive to sound, so it's best to move slowly to avoid waking them.

When you pull the planks from the opposite side of the room, the noise will wake Mini Kin. Quickly run into the next room and hide inside the box before being seen. Wait until Mini Kin exits and begins moving boxes under a shelf before emerging from hiding.

Little Nightmares III, Guide, How to Counter Kin and Mini Kin, Chapter 3

Locating The Crank

Your next goal is to open the hatch in this room, but you will need a Crank to do so. Follow Mini Kin as they move beneath the shelf to the next room in Little Nightmares III.

Inside, Mini Kin will start banging a food bowl on the counter, prompting Kin to enter, extract organs from the body on the table, and feed Mini Kin. During this sequence, sneak toward the far-right section of the room where a small chamber with a saw is located. Remain crouched and out of sight the entire time.

Little Nightmares III, Guide, How to Counter Kin and Mini Kin, Chapter 3

Activating The Saw

Once you reach the saw room, pull the lever to activate it. The noise will cause both Kin and Mini Kin to rush in and inspect the source. They will eventually turn the saw off. While they are occupied, crawl through the hole in the wall to return to the main room.

Move quickly to climb onto the table and grab the Crank before retreating to a hiding spot. If you are spotted and caught, the sequence will reset in Little Nightmares III.

Little Nightmares III, Guide, How to Counter Kin and Mini Kin, Chapter 3

Escaping The Room

After obtaining the Crank, return to the room with the locked door. Insert the Crank into the mechanism and begin turning it to open the passage. This action will alert Mini Kin, so you must be ready to slip through as soon as the gap is wide enough.

If you are captured, the checkpoint will restart with the Crank already in your possession, allowing you to attempt the escape again in Little Nightmares III.

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