Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 Walkthrough Guide

Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 is packed with hidden lore, environmental puzzles, and optional collectibles that are easy to miss during a first playthrough. This walkthrough is written for players who want to complete the chapter while collecting every Cassette Tape and VHS Tape without unnecessary backtracking. The guide follows the story in the same order you naturally progress through the chapter and explains where to go, which puzzles must be completed first, and where every collectible is hidden.

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Cassette Tape 1: Sisters

After obtaining the Star Nightlight, continue through the dark maintenance corridors until you reach a room with a wooden board covering a broken window. Climb through the opening, turn right, and open the first door on the left. The cassette is sitting in the corner of the room. This tape contains an emotional conversation between survivors after an ambush and establishes the desperate situation inside the factory.

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Cassette Tape 2: Security Log

When you reach the Boiler Room and drop into the lower chamber, turn right instead of following the main objective. Climb into the broken ventilation duct, crawl into the locked office, drop through the opening, then turn around to find the tape on the floor. The recording reveals disagreements among security personnel as events inside Playtime Co. spiral out of control.

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Cassette Tape 3: The Case

Remain in the Boiler Room after receiving the GrabPack. Push the movable crate toward the elevated walkway on the left until you can safely jump across. Walk to the far side of the platform to collect the tape. The recording focuses on a tense exchange involving Poppy and the Prototype, providing important story context.

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Cassette Tape 4: Focus Test: The Wrongside Outimals

Inside Research and Development, continue until you enter the room filled with plants. Walk to the rear-left corner beside the pillar to find the cassette. The humorous recording captures a disastrous focus test where participants react negatively to the Wrongside Outimals toy line.

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Cassette Tape 5: Pierre/Ritterman, August '95

After collecting the Negation Compound notes, cross the magnet walkway. Look left for a broken railing, carefully drop into the hidden office below, and collect the cassette. The tape discusses corporate decisions and Playtime Co.’s long-term plans.

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VHS Tape 1: Executive Showcase

After restoring power to the Testing Area, enter the Blue Hand Scanner door and take the first left. Open the emotion keypad door using Happy, Happy, Disgust, Sad, Scared, Happy. The VHS lies on the floor. Continue into the damaged room nearby to watch it.

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Cassette Tape 6: Field Test: Chum Chompkins

From the central laboratory hub, unlock the blue scanner door, head upstairs, turn right, then left. The floor ahead collapses if stepped on, so use the GrabPack to retrieve the cassette safely from across the gap.

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VHS Tape 2: Three P's of Diorama Safety

After reaching Sweet Street, explore the first playground. Walk around the left side, climb the ramp, and collect the yellow VHS. Continue to the nearby television to watch the recording.

If you’re interested in everything we know so far, including the expected release window, possible story direction, and answers to the most common community questions, be sure to read our Poppy Playtime Chapter 6 Release Date Guide.

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Cassette Tape 7: '96 Isolation Day 122

Continue through Sweet Street until reaching the colorful area with oversized ice cream decorations and greenery. The cassette rests on top of a toy chest and is easy to spot if you search the environment.

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Cassette Tape 8: A Just End

Inside the Dollhouse, climb into the attic using the Magnet Hands. Open the chest waiting in the attic to obtain the cassette, which documents the terrifying fate of employees during the outbreak.

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Cassette Tape 9: Elliot & The Prototype

Immediately after speaking with Poppy, Kissy Missy, and Gibblet, break the nearby vent and crawl through. Drop into the Reanimation section and check behind the giant crate where the cassette is hidden.

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Cassette Tape 10: Interrogation

Continue through Reanimation until dropping into the next room. Turn right, enter the nearby office, and walk straight across to collect the final cassette from the desk area.

VHS Tape 3: How to Maintain Your – (Illegible)

In Reanimation, use the UV Light to reveal the wall code 231. Open the white security door, solve the hot-and-cold gel puzzle by freezing the gel and burning the ropes, break both cracked windows with the Pressure Hand, power the receiver, then enter the laboratory. The locker code is 728, revealing the final VHS tape. Watch it using the nearby television.

Emotion Keypad: Happy → Happy → Disgust → Sad → Scared → Happy
UV Wall Code: 231
Locker Code: 728

Collecting every cassette and VHS tape in Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 provides valuable lore that expands the story surrounding the Prototype, Poppy, Playtime Co., and the factory’s final days. If you follow the route above, you can finish the chapter with every collectible while avoiding unnecessary backtracking. This guide is designed as a quick-reference walkthrough for players seeking 100% completion.