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By: The Curious Composter

Let’s be honest. We’ve all done it. You spot a magnificent beetle scuttling across the patio, or a caterpillar munching on your prize dill, and you think: I need to watch you up close.

Cue the mason jar. Cue the air holes poked in a lid.

Welcome to the Insect Prison Walkthrough. Today, we aren’t talking about maximum security. We’re talking about a temporary, five-star (but inescapable) bug resort.

Here is your step-by-step guide to building, managing, and eventually pardoning your six-legged inmates.

Boss: The Warden – a giant, brain-parasitized Praying Mantis named General Scythe.

The room is a hollow log. Scythe is blindfolded but has 360-degree hearing. You cannot fight him; you must make him molt prematurely.

Introduction: What is "Insect Prison"?

If you’ve stumbled upon this guide, you’ve likely downloaded Insect Prison, the indie horror-puzzle game that has taken the steam community by storm. Developed by Nightlight Studios, the game traps you as a human shrunken to the size of an ant, thrown into a maximum-security terrarium ruled by sentient, militaristic arthropods.

This Insect Prison walkthrough is designed to get you from the Soil Blocking Cells to the final Helicopter Escape without getting devoured by the Mantis Warden. We will cover every keycard location, puzzle solution, and boss fight strategy.

Objective: Complete metamorphosis.

The exit is a crack of light leading to the outside garden. But a force field of Static Electricity blocks it. The only way to ground yourself is to become something the field ignores.

  • Step 11: Combine the shards in the central Weaving Loom. Craft the Imago Cocoon.
  • Step 12: Step into the cocoon. Wait 30 seconds. Your limbs will dissolve and reform. Your HUD will change—you now have wings and compound vision.

    • Final Action: Walk through the static field. It will not harm you. You emerge into the rain, transformed.

    Running a bug prison is a full-time job. You are the Warden, the Chef, and the Janitor.

    This is the game’s first real combat encounter. The Warden is a Giant Asian Mantis. It has three attacks: a scythe swipe (horizontal), a hammer punch (vertical), and a tongue grab (medium range).

  • Result: Spore Mask. Equip it. You now have 5 minutes of safe exploration.