The Last Goblin Walkthrough

Playing Through the Goblin Wastes Without Losing Your Mind

I've spent about forty hours with this game across two playthroughs, and the basic loop is deceptively simple. You control a goblin in a dark fantasy RPG where most creatures would eat you on sight. The trick isn't combat — it's knowing when to run, when to pickpocket, and when to pretend you're part of the furniture. Most walkthroughs I've read gloss over the stealth sections or assume you can tank every fight. That's why I'm writing this one. The core mechanic most people miss is the goblin disguise system. You can wear captured armor from fallen adventurers, but each piece has a visibility rating. A full plate helmet makes you nearly invisible to guards in low light, but your movement speed drops to 40%. A leather cloak leaves you visible at range but keeps you mobile. I learned this the hard way in the second chapter when I tried to waltz through the merchant district in knight armor and got mobilized within thirty seconds. Now I stick to mid-tier gear — cloak plus one armor piece — and adjust based on the crowd density in each zone.

The Last Goblin Walkthrough: Chapter-by-Chapter Breakdown

Chapter 1 — The Burrow. This is tutorial territory but don't skimp. The game teaches you three mechanics here: crouch-walking (hold shift to reduce detection radius), item scavenging (press E near corpses to salvage), and NPC path prediction (watch the colored dots above heads — red means hostile, yellow means neutral, green means tradeable). There's a hidden skill called "Scavenger's Eye" that upgrades loot quality. You unlock it by finding all five scattered bones in the burrow. I missed the fifth bone on my first run and had to reload from checkpoint. It's behind the waterfall in the northeast corner, under a rock you can push. Chapter 2 — The Merchant District. This is where most players die. The guards have 360-degree vision cones that overlap in patterns. The trick is to move during the 2-second gap between cone sweeps. Stand still when a cone passes over you — the detection timer pauses. Keep moving only during the gap. I found the sweet spot by marking frames on a screenshot: cones sweep left to right, and the gap between any two adjacent cones is roughly 2.3 seconds at normal speed. If you slow the game to 0.8x during this section, the gaps become easier to time and you can walk straight through without combat. Chapter 3 — The Undercity. Dark environment, minimal lighting. This chapter rewards the helmet strategy from Chapter 1. I've seen walkthroughs tell you to fight the boss here. Don't. The Undercity boss, the Tunnel King, has a move that instantly detects disguised units regardless of visibility rating. You can't fight him fairly. The actual workaround I used took me three attempts to figure out: lure him into the collapsed tunnel segment on the eastern wall, then drop a chandelier weight on him. He takes 80% damage from environmental kills and the game classifies it as "accidental," which means no bounty. This is the single most important tip in any The Last Goblin Walkthrough because fighting him head-on has a win rate below 12% even at max level.

Chapter 4 — The Surface. Open world section. You can roam freely but the detection system scales with daylight. Noon is death — guards have triple detection range. Dawn and dusk are optimal. I spent about six hours here trying to find the hidden goblin tribe. They're not on the map and don't appear in any guide I've read. The trigger is talking to the beggar in the eastern market while carrying exactly 7 goblin teeth. He gives you a key to a locked gate that leads to the tribe camp. Inside, you learn the ending condition: the game ends when you choose to lead the surface dwellers to the goblin city or destroy the bridge between them. My playthrough ended with the bridge destroyed, and the credits roll over a scene of the surface burning. Chapter 5 — The Endgame. This chapter only unlocks after you've completed the tribe quest. The final boss is the Goblin Queen, and she's immune to all direct damage. The fight is a puzzle disguised as combat. You have to drain her health by destroying the four mana crystals around the arena, but each crystal spawns waves of enemies when hit. I spent about 45 minutes on this fight across two attempts. The efficient order is: southeast crystal first (spawns weakest enemies), then northwest (medium), then northeast (hard), then southwest (hardest). Between each crystal, retreat to the center pillar for cover and let the enemies pass. When all four crystals are down, the Queen becomes vulnerable for exactly 8 seconds. Use that window for your highest-damage ability. The rest is cleanup.

Common Pitfalls and How I Fixed Them

The biggest issue players face is inventory management. You start with 20 slots and the game fills them fast with junk. I solved this by selling everything that isn't a quest item or a disguise piece. The game has a bulk-sell function — press F2 and hold X to sell all non-essential items at once. Saved me hours of tedious micro-managing. Another problem is skill point allocation. There are 50 skill points total and the game gives you roughly 35 by the endgame. Most walkthroughs recommend the stealth tree. I disagree. The combat tree gives you options for when stealth fails, which is often. I put my points into the "Retreat" skill first — it reduces detection radius by 30% for 10 seconds on cooldown. Then "Pickpocket" for loot generation. Finally "Toughness" for survivability. This build lets you fail repeatedly and keep playing instead of reloading saves. The third issue is side quest priority. There are 14 side quests but only enough time to complete 8 before the ending locks. The ones I'd skip: the blacksmith's revenge (low reward, 20 minutes of grinding), the lost pet quest (no meaningful item). The ones worth doing: the beggar's key (unlocks tribe), the tunnel maps (reveals shortcuts), and the armor schematics (unlocks better disguise pieces). Each of these directly impacts your ability to progress without combat.

Download and Accessibility

The game is available on Steam and itch.io. The Steam version costs $12.99 and includes the soundtrack. The itch.io version is $8.00 and is the same game without DRM. There are no microtransactions or DLC. The developer, Darkroot Games, has confirmed no expansion is planned. If you're on a low-end machine, the minimum requirements are modest — Intel i3 or equivalent, 4GB RAM, integrated graphics will run it at 30fps on low settings. I ran it on a 2015 laptop without issues. One thing I wish every walkthrough mentioned: the game has no difficulty setting. It's designed to be punishing. You will die. You will reload. The satisfaction comes from learning the patterns, not from easy wins. If that doesn't sound fun, maybe this isn't the game for you. But if you like figuring out systems and exploiting them, the Goblin Wastes are worth your time. I'll stop here. There's more to say about the hidden endings and the speedrun category but that's material for another day. Good luck down there.