Big Walk: How to Start the Train (Big Ride)

The train in Big Walk never moves until you unlock it, and the game gives you no quest marker for the steps. This guide gives the full sequence in order, written so you can follow it in-game without pausing the video. The short version: go to the Blue Lighthouse, put your five pieces into the five dials on top of it, collect the key, follow the marks to the train, and insert the key — the train starts and loops the island.

The unlock at a glance

1. Orient at the map room. Open the island map so you can see the route.
2. Go to the Blue Lighthouse. It sits far from the starting area, on the far side of the map.
3. Insert the five pieces. The lighthouse has five dials on top; slot your collected pieces into them.
4. Take the key. The lighthouse gives you a key once the dials are filled.
5. Follow the marks. Walk along the ground marks they lead you along.
6. Insert the key. The train that has been parked there the entire time starts moving.
7. Ride it. Three trains run a continuous loop around the island.

Before you start

You do not need a specific party size — the lighthouse and the train are fixed world locations, so the unlock works the same whether you play with two people or a full group. Bring whatever light or gear you normally carry for the walk; the main requirement is simply that you have the pieces that go into the five dials, which the source video frames as rewards you accumulate from clearing the island's towers. The video shows the turn-in at the lighthouse rather than each piece's pickup, so expect to arrive with five pieces in hand.

00:20 — the towers unlock the island's systems, and the train is one of them.

Step 1 — Orient at the map room

If you are unsure where anything is, go to the map room and look at the island map. The narrator uses it as a shortcut so you can see the whole route at once: the starting area and tutorial area sit on one side, and the Blue Lighthouse sits on the far side, the direction you need to travel.

00:50 — the map room shows the island, the starting area, and the far lighthouse.

Success check: you can see the starting area and the lighthouse on the same map view, and you know which direction to walk.

Step 2 — Go to the Blue Lighthouse

From the starting area, head all the way across the island toward the Blue Lighthouse — the narrator's name for the far blue tower. This is the turn-in point for the train unlock. It is a long walk, so orient first and commit to the direction rather than wandering.

Common mistake: heading for the train first and searching around it. The train is parked and locked; the unlock happens at the lighthouse, not at the train. Recovery: go back to the lighthouse side of the map and complete the dial step there.

Step 3 — Insert the five pieces into the dials

On top of the lighthouse there is a series of five dials. Slot your five collected pieces into them. This is the gate: until all five are placed, the lighthouse will not give you the key.

01:16 — the lighthouse has five dials on top where the collected pieces go.

Success check: all five dials are filled and the lighthouse is ready to hand over the key.

Step 4 — Take the key and follow the marks

Once the dials are done, take the key, then walk along following the marks. The marks trace a path from the lighthouse to the train, so do not free-hand it — keep the marks underfoot until you reach the train.

01:22 — take the key and follow the marks until you reach the train.

Common mistake: grabbing the key and sprinting back toward the train by memory, losing the marked path. Recovery: return to the lighthouse and pick the marks back up from the start.

Step 5 — Insert the key to start the train

At the train, insert the key. The train has been stationed there the whole time; the moment the key goes in, it starts to move, and you are able to actually start riding it.

02:15 — once unlocked, the train runs a loop; there are three trains in total.

Success check: the train is moving and you can board it.

Riding the train

The train is a loop — there are three trains in total in rotation, and they keep cycling around the island. The narrator is honest that the train is slow and not the fastest way around, but it is the ride you unlock here, and it lets you cover ground without walking the whole way.

The stations and the chairlift alternative

The train calls at fixed points around the island, including the red station near the starting side and a blue location on the far side of the mountain. To reach that blue stop on foot, you climb up and over the mountain from the starting area — or, if you have not opened the shortcut yet, you go the long way around the red area. If you pass the green structure, you can also activate the chairlift to make the climb easier.

02:55 — the green chairlift is an alternative way up toward the far train stop.

Success check

The train is moving, and you can ride it around the island loop. If it is still parked, the missing step is almost always the lighthouse — go back and confirm all five dials are filled and the key is in hand.

Player-count and version notes

• The lighthouse, the key, and the train are fixed world locations, so player count does not change the unlock.
• The train is deliberately slow — three trains share one loop, so do not expect a fast-travel sprint. The chairlift is the other transport the narrator points out for the climb.
• The source video explains the route using the map room as a shortcut, then walks outside to show the train and stations; the steps themselves do not change in-game.

Source

This article is a single-source guide synthesized from one public video: How to start the Train in Big Walk | Big Ride Ride the train Achievement Guide by MonkeyKingHero (youtube.com/watch?v=7orbh7EezuM). Every section maps to a timestamped moment in that video, and the frames are temporary extracts used only to illustrate the steps, not final artwork. Facts were taken from the video's own captions and footage; this article does not claim cross-verification against other sources.