The Witch's Bakery Walkthrough: Days 1–12 and Puzzle Tips

Fresh dough keeps the bakery moving, but your opening days also lead to hidden shops and journeys inside troubled hearts. This The Witch's Bakery walkthrough covers Days 1–12, including Ghaldari’s secret entrance, your first emotional healing task, and Estelle’s water puzzles. Keep The Witch's Bakery walkthrough handy as you move between bakery shifts and evening visits, especially when a heart barrier sends you back into Paris.

Spoilers ahead for the opening days and Estelle’s early story. Follow the day headings to jump directly to your current objective.

Days 1–2: Open the Bakery and Find Ghaldari

Before following The Witch's Bakery walkthrough on Steam, check your installation if you played the demo. Demo saves are incompatible with the full game and can eventually leave your progress stuck, even though the menu offers a Continue button.

1. Right-click the game in your Steam library and open Properties.
2. Select Game Versions & Betas.
3. Check that you are using Default Public Version.
4. Start a new game instead of continuing your demo save.

The opening routine moves through three phases: bakery work during the day, exploration and relationships in the evening, and rest, magic improvement, or decorating at night.

Opening objective	Where to go	Item or task
Reach your bakery	Walk right past the old man	Prepare a baguette
Handle public opening	Bakery, Day 2	Maintain bread and viennoiserie dough
Find Ghaldari	Passage Verdeau	Reveal the hidden entrance
Complete the shop visit	Ghaldari’s shop	Purchase the bottomless bag

Day 1: Reach Your New Workplace

1. Walk right and speak with the old man.
2. Continue right until you reach the bakery.
3. Enter and follow the opening baking task.
4. Make the baguette requested by your first customer.

Use this introduction to get comfortable with preparing an order. Your responsibilities expand on Day 2, when the bakery opens to the public.

Day 2: Keep Dough Available

1. Prepare both bread dough and viennoiserie dough early.
2. Let Orio handle automatic bread preparation while you maintain supplies.
3. Prioritize dough for products customers are requesting.
4. Make more dough during quieter stretches.

Prepare dough before the rush. Once customers fill the bakery, fitting preparation between orders becomes harder.

Find the Secret Shop

After closing, visit Passage Verdeau:

1. Move right until you encounter the stars.
2. Interact with them and watch where they settle near the stand.
3. Examine the four photos.
4. Choose the photo containing those stars to reveal a secret door.
5. Enter, speak with Ghaldari, and buy the bottomless bag.

Afterward, speak with the woman near the decoration shop, then return to your bakery and rest.

Before moving on:

• Purchase the bottomless bag.
• Finish the conversation near the decoration shop.
• Return home for the night.

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Days 3–4: Manage Cleanliness and Help Mrs Tessier

Day 3 adds another responsibility to your shift: cleanliness. This part of The Witch's Bakery walkthrough connects bakery management with Lunne’s ability to help people through difficult emotions.

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Bakery concern	What happens	What to do
Dough supply	Orio needs dough for production	Prepare more during quiet periods
Cleanliness	Orio stops making bread if cleanliness is neglected	Keep an eye on the cleanliness counter
Customer patience	Waiting customers lose patience	Talk to them and prioritize impatient customers

Day 3: Complete the Regret Puzzle

1. Monitor cleanliness while keeping dough available.
2. Deliver bread to Mrs Tessier.
3. Help her address her regret.
4. Pick up the heart orb in the small maze.
5. Carry it out of the maze to complete the puzzle.

This introduces the connection between baking and emotional healing. Some problems require Lunne to enter a person’s Heart Palace, where thoughts and feelings take physical form. Within these spaces, her task involves guiding a personified Emotion toward the Heart’s Cradle and discovering an ingredient for healing bread.

After helping Mrs Tessier, you gain more freedom to explore town and develop relationships. Spend time with characters and use the available activities to improve Lunne’s magical capabilities.

Day 4: Watch for the Visitor

Complete your bakery shift. A mysterious woman arrives afterward, setting up the next day’s encounter.

Before moving on:

• Complete Mrs Tessier’s heart-orb puzzle.
• Explore the relationship activities now available.
• Finish the after-shift scene on Day 4.

Day 5: Explore the Heart Palace and Reach the Barrier

The visitor returns on Day 5, and your interaction takes you deeper into her heart. In this section of The Witch's Bakery walkthrough, the route introduces movable blocks, an anchor, and a strong current.

Work through each obstacle in order. The important stopping point is the heart barrier: reaching it leads to a conversation outside the palace.

Follow the Opening Route

1. Move right and cross the bridge.
2. Speak with the crying creature.
3. Move the block on the right into the space between the other two blocks.
4. Continue forward.
5. When the route leads down, turn left and interact with the anchor.

Pay attention to the direction change after the block arrangement. The anchor comes along the leftward route after you descend.

Block the Current

1. Head left toward the next block puzzle.
2. Complete that obstacle and continue.
3. When you reach the strong water current, place a block in its path.
4. Proceed until you encounter the heart barrier.
5. Leave the palace and speak with Ghaldari about the experience.

Obstacle	Required action	Next destination
Opening block arrangement	Move the right-hand block between the other two	Route down and left
Anchor interaction	Interact after descending and turning left	Further block puzzles
Strong current	Put a block in its path	Heart barrier
Heart barrier	Leave and learn more about the woman	Conversation with Ghaldari

The barrier requires you to understand her better. Once you reach it, follow the story back into Paris rather than repeatedly rearranging the earlier blocks.

Before moving on:

• Interact with the anchor.
• Reach the heart barrier.
• Speak with Ghaldari after leaving.

Days 6–11: Bake in the Atelier and Visit Estelle

The next stretch of The Witch's Bakery walkthrough alternates between scheduled story events and regular bakery days. Estelle replies the following day and gives you an appointment date, while Lunne also gets her introduction to atelier baking.

Day or period	Main event	What to do
Day 6	Estelle replies; atelier introduction	Note the appointment and prepare the braided bread
Day 7	Park becomes available	Complete the bakery day
Day 8	Sunday free time	Spend the day on available activities
Day 9	Estelle’s office visit	Travel to Grand Boulevards after work
Days 10–11	Time between story visits	Continue through the next two days

Complete the Atelier Baking Sequence

1. Add ingredients while watching the scales.
2. Aim for the marked area to measure the correct quantities.
3. Mix the ingredients.
4. Knead the dough.
5. Use Orio’s magic to prepare it for baking.
6. Stop the oven when it reaches the indicated temperature.

Watch each stage’s indicator before moving on. The scales and oven both ask you to react to a marked target, so focus on the current baking step.

Atelier preparation also connects with Lunne’s emotional magic. Heart Palaces contain key ingredients used to make bread that helps the person whose heart you entered.

Finish Day 7 and Use Sunday

Spend Day 7 working in the bakery; the park unlocks automatically during this part of the story. Day 8 is Sunday, giving you time to choose your activities.

Use the free day to spend time with characters or explore available districts. Paris has different shops and activities across its neighborhoods, and books can provide new recipes.

Reach Estelle’s Office

On Day 9:

1. Finish work and travel to Grand Boulevards.
2. Walk right until you reach the elegant office building.
3. Enter and follow Estelle to her office.
4. Finish the visit and end the day.
5. Continue through Days 10 and 11.

During regular shifts, talk to customers whose patience is dropping to restore it. Serve impatient customers first when several orders compete for your attention.

Before moving on:

• Complete the atelier baking sequence.
• Attend Estelle’s office visit.
• Continue through the two intervening days before the next meeting.

Day 12: Return to Estelle and Cross the Water Currents

Day 12 brings you back to Estelle and into another section of her Heart Palace. This stage of The Witch's Bakery walkthrough combines a dialogue answer with line puzzles and a block you must reuse across two currents.

Meet Estelle After Work

1. Finish your bakery shift.
2. Visit Estelle and speak with the man at the counter.
3. Invite Estelle to eat with you.
4. Continue into her heart.
5. Select “she doesn’t like her job.”

Estelle first appears in Chapter 2. Your choices can also develop a romance with her, making her conversations part of both the central story and Lunne’s personal relationships.

Solve the Line Puzzle and Stop the Current

1. Continue farther into the palace.
2. Complete the next line puzzle.
3. Move forward and stop the current.
4. Solve the following puzzle to reach the section containing two currents.

For sliding line puzzles, locate the starting point and endpoint before moving pieces. Work out the connection between them, then shift obstructing pieces to create room for the required sections.

Move pieces with that route in mind. Clearing space matters because the section you need cannot move into position while other pieces occupy its path.

Reuse the Block Across Both Currents

1. Place the block in the first current.
2. Cross that section.
3. Move the same block to the second current.
4. Cross again and continue to the next puzzle.

The key action is transferring the block after the first crossing. You use one block for both obstacles, moving it as your route advances.

Before moving on:

• Choose the dialogue answer about Estelle’s job.
• Complete the line-puzzle route.
• Transfer the block between both currents.

This The Witch's Bakery walkthrough covers the opening route through Day 12’s paired-current crossing. Keep using the same habits afterward: prepare dough during quiet periods, maintain cleanliness, and listen closely during character conversations.

FAQ

What does The Witch's Bakery walkthrough cover?

This The Witch's Bakery walkthrough follows Days 1–12, from your first baguette to Ghaldari’s hidden shop and Estelle’s early Heart Palace puzzles, including the paired-current crossing.

Can I continue my demo save in the full game?

Start a new game. Demo saves are incompatible with the full release and can cause progression to get stuck. On Steam, also check that Default Public Version is selected under Game Versions & Betas.

Why has Orio stopped making bread?

Check the cleanliness counter and your dough supply. From Day 3 onward, neglected cleanliness causes Orio to stop making bread. Keep both bread dough and viennoiserie dough available during service.

How long does The Witch's Bakery take to finish?

Plan for around 25–30 hours or more, depending on your reading speed and playstyle. It is a single-player narrative adventure, with approachable gameplay built around Lunne’s story, friendships, and emotional healing.