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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince: The Nightmare Academy walkthrough

The Astral Academy twisted by nightmares: magnetic walls and light sensors.

  • About 31–37 min in the videos
  • 1 part · 5 steps

Compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 13 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • In this guide's split Player 1 plays Amadeus: he conjures boxes (and later planks and steel balls) and levitates objects into place.
P2 · Players 2–4
  • Player 2 swaps between Pontius (sword, and a shield that blocks shots and bounces light) and Zoya (a rope for swinging and tying things together, and a bow with fire and ice arrows).

If your skill levels differ: Classic mode allows one of each hero at a time; Unlimited mode lets both of you play the same hero, and puzzles are tailored to the number of players.Our suggestionPut the more experienced player on Amadeus, whose boxes press switches and build platforms. How to split the roles

Through the academy

Part 1 of 1. Climb the magnetic walls and work the light sensors.

  1. BothSet conjured boxes down by the steps and tie a rope from the top box to the ring above the door to climb in.
  2. Players 2–4Hook the ring above the door and pull to lift the door open.
  3. Player 1Inside the magnetic fields conjured objects float wherever you put them; stick planks or boxes to the magnetic wall and cross the gap on them.
  4. Player 1Climb the tall magnetic wall on floating boxes.
  5. Players 2–4Bounce the beams into the receivers above with dream shields (and Pontius's own shield) to open the gate.

Where people tend to fall

  • One guide calls the light puzzle with eight sensors near the end tricky.
Sources (15)

Steps compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 13 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.