Episode 1: Canvas | Walkthrough Layers of Fear Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

After leaving the room you will see a completely different painting. You will reach a short corridor that leads to a small room. Enter inside. After walking to the open window it will suddenly close.

You leave the room and once again find yourself in a completely new reality. Go through the short corridor until you reach the small room. Behind the glass, on the bookshelf you will find the first family memento.

Enter the next room and look at the three candles in the corner. Light them up and you will see three numbers: 5, 4 and 8.They appear in various configurations - you must memorize their order.

This combination will be used for opening the chest at the desk. Simply use the numbers in the right order and the lock will open.

Inside you will find a ring that will also activate the first whisper.

Now walk through the door between the two busts. Go through the corridor and reach the small room. Once you get close to the painting with the hanging child, the floor will collapse and you will fall to the basement.

Go towards the barrel with the candle lighted on it. Then turn to the left, go towards the stairs and turn the light switch on. Turn around and look at the painting that will start moving.

Go back - you will find the first rat drawing in the damaged wall. Nearby on the floor a family memento is lying.

Go upstairs and pull the lever. You will once again enter the room with the fireplace and then leave it to another corridor filled with paintings. Go along it until one of them falls.

Turn the fallen painting and pick up the whisper.

Enter another room and walk towards the painting. It will start shifting. Turn around and - after a short and surprising sequence - walk towards the furniture on the left side. Move the first drawer - you will find a rat drawing.

Leave using the same door and go back to another room. Leave using another door, go through the corridor to the left and through the door. Then walk through a room - you will reach another door.

On the windowsill you will find a brush that will trigger the whisper. Now walk through a short corridor and another door.

You will appear in a kitchen. Go towards the door. Suddenly, the light will go out and fruits will start falling from the painting.

Open the shelf next to the eaves - you will find another rat drawing. Now return through the same door. You will reach the room with the canvas.

Walk towards the canvas and read the note lying next to it. Then click on the canvas. It will start shifting. Episode 1 will end.