Level 1 - Thistle and Weeds | Walkthrough Unravel Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Getting Started
The game will guide you through the first level. Here, you'll learn the basic rules of the game and the functions that you can perform. First, you must learn to use the lasso. It will allow you to get to higher places and jump over precipices. However, you can only hook your lasso string to red loops made of yarn. Since the character leaves behind yarn, you must replenish it to be able to go on. Such additional balls of wool can be found from time to time along the way. They are also checkpoints, to which you can return to at any time if you decide that something went wrong (using an appropriate key, not the "Restart" button in the menu).
Thanks to the fact that you leave the string behind, you can grab it to reach an earlier, upper position. You will get to test this option when you have to move two buckets to be able to use them to jump over a precipice. To push the object, simply go in its direction. To pull it, first use the grab key.
In a moment you will come across a tree. To go up, use the lasso the same way you do it to jump over precipices. If you don't succeed, grab the thread with your hand and go back to the previous ledge. The thread can also be used to build bridges and trampolines by hooking it (action key) on two nearby ends. To take off, use the "down" key.
Before you jump on the second trampoline next to the birdhouse, jump down behind the tree. In the corner on the right there is a thistle bush. Grab it with the lasso and pull to the left to break the stem. Then you will be able to collect the button located there - it's a collectible item.
Note - In this level, you can acquire an additional trophy - Gardener. To get it, destroy all the protruding thistles in your path. You must get rid of all of them in one go.
Ditch filled with water and apples
The second trampoline will get you to the top of a tree. To go lower, use the "down" key and jump. Be careful, however, not to get killed in the fall. Go down slowly or reduce the speed during the fall using the pull up key.
Connect two loops to form a bridge and push the apples into the hole at the end of the road. You don't have to do it with all of them, but it's best if you do; you can push them all at once. When the apples are in the hole, pull the lever using the lasso. Water will begin to pour, and you will be able to go on (the water can kill you!).
Next, pull the handle of the chair on the terrace to lower its support. Jump down and break the thistle to get to the yarn. Now you can go on to the top of the sunflowers. Before you do this, however, go through the grass towards a barrel. That's where you'll find the second button.
Next pick the thistle entwined with the children's bike and pull it all the way to the gate. Jump on it and then on the handle of the gate to slide down.
To get further you must use the lasso and swing, using the loops on the branches and grabbing onto them, one by one. First, however, walk to the right wall. If you look closely, you'll see a small cavity, and inside it a red button. To collect it, swing well on the branch to reach the hole once you jump out. You might not succeed the first time around, but keep trying.
Seesaw
By taking the upper route, you will again see a thistle. Pull it, and under it you will find a hole. Inside the hole there's yarn. Next, you'll see a block. Similarly, push it to the right to form a makeshift bridge made of thread. To continue, place it on the left side of the seesaw to be able to take off from it to reach the stone...
In order to be able to collect the button hanging above the seesaw, move the block to the right. You have to use the lasso, and the block must be placed on the very edge of the seesaw.
Now you have to jump into the greenhouse. You can do this in two ways. Jump on the tire swing with the use of lasso or swing the tire by hooking up to the loop beneath it.
Greenhouse
In this last stage, you have to do only one thing. Tie the thread in three points to make a double bridge and pull up the block which will help you go past the wall. However, the method is important here. You must connect the points one by one, and you can't start from the middle one.
There's still the button for you to gather. It is located in a flower pot hanging from the ceiling. Once you jump right behind the wall, you will finish this level and go back home. Completing the level will unlock a trophy: Missing piece.