Stranger Things 3: The Game: How to Find All 50 Hidden Gnomes

Stranger Things has captured the zeitgeist yet again. Though its time in the spotlight is more fleeting than other prestige TV series due to the Netflix binge model so many fans employ, this time we got a fun tie-in game to go with it, complete with 50 elusive hidden gnomes sprawled across Hawkins.

Below is every gnome in Stranger Things 3: The Game and where to find them, including their name, number as designated in-game, and which hub and specific location in which you can uncover their little red hats.

After this, you’ll unlock the Home a Gnome achievement/trophy on Xbox One, Steam, or PS4 (sorry, Switch players), not to mention your garden will look spectacular.

Before You Begin

One tip we definitely want to stress is that you need not worry about getting every gnome on your first run. Some areas hiding gnomes are blocked off until certain characters can access them with their unique skills, like Joyce’s boltcutters or Erica’s McClain-like ability to move through vents.

For that reason, we suggest getting whichever gnomes you can get as you play through, but go back and clear the streets only after you have all 12 characters unlocked. Because they’re numbered and named, it’s easy to see in the game’s menu which gnomes you’re still missing and which you’ll need to find once you can go anywhere you need.

Where to Find All 50 Gnomes in Stranger Things 3: The Game

Gnomes 1-10

Gnome #1: 

• Name: Johnny
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In Mike’s Basement near the stairs exit

Gnome #2: 

• Name: Christine
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: South outside of Mike’s house

Gnome #3: 

• Name: Doc
• Hub: Hawkins Mall
• Location: West outside of the mall near the loading area

Gnome #4: 

• Name: Indiana
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: East of the pool near the shed

Gnome #5: 

• Name: Chunk
• Hub: Weathertop
• Location: Near the exit of the underground lair by the door with the three large fluid tanks

Gnome #6: 

• Name: Elvis
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Tucked behind trees near the library

Gnome #7: 

• Name: Jack
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Inside the library starting area near the computer

Gnome #8: 

• Name: Flynn
• Hub: Starcourt Mall
• Location: In the parking lot near the green car

Gnome #9: 

• Name: David
• Hub: Weathertop
• Location: North of the antenna, enter the underground lair and follow it to the end

Gnome #10: 

• Name: Baskin
• Hub: Starcourt Mall
• Location: Behind the counter of “Scoops Ahoy!”

Gnomes 11-20

Gnome #11: 

• Name: Macdonald
• Hub: Driscoll Farm
• Location: Easternmost section of the outdoors

Gnome #12: 

• Name: Clint
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: In the Hardware Store behind a chained door which Joyce can open

Gnome #13: 

• Name: Marty
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: In the Hardware Store, eastern corner of the first room

Gnome #14: 

• Name: Mikhail
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: In front of Town Hall, tucked between two bushes

Gnome #15: 

• Name: Denver
• Hub: Driscoll Farm
• Location: Head inside the barn, leave via the opposite door, head left to find a secret passage which houses Denver

Gnome #16: 

• Name: Drago
• Hub: Hess Farm
• Location: Head into the secret lab, craft three mechanical cranks to use on doors lacking them, which opens a door to Drago

Gnome #17: 

• Name: Fletch
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In the Abandoned House, crawl into the vent with Erica and use the computer. Enter the following numbers when prompted: 57257, 73797, 77927, 87742, 14847 

Gnome #18: 

• Name: Norman
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Inside Granny Perkins’ house

Gnome #19: 

• Name: Herbert
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Granny’s house again, this time inside the basement behind some rocks which Lucas can destroy

Gnome #20: 

• Name: Burt
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Inside the pool area behind the chained door which Joyce can open

Gnomes 21-30

Gnome #21: 

• Name: Seth
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Visit the florist. Move the golden bear statue until it faces the flower pots, then crawl through the vents using Erica and move the rat to face the sink. This opens a door which houses Seth

Gnome #22: 

• Name: Rutger
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Inside the girl’s locker room beside the public pool

Gnome #23: 

• Name: Cruise
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Visit the store Circuit Shed and open the chained door with Joyce and solve the light puzzle

Gnome #24: 

• Name: Charles
• Hub: Hawkins Lab
• Location: Enter the vent with Erica and solve the puzzle

Gnome #25: 

• Name: Kitt
• Hub: Hawkins Lab
• Location: Enter the lab and head up-screen to find Kitt behind some trees

Gnome #26: 

• Name: Huey
• Hub: Hawkins Lab
• Location: Find him in the room which features a timed pressure pad puzzle

Gnome #27: 

• Name: Falco
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Hiding in a bush near Dustin’s house. Get behind the fence to find Falco

Gnome #28: 

• Name: Glenn
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Crawl through the vent in the hardware store with Erica, fight off the pair of enemies inside and retrieve Glenn

Gnome #29:

• Name: Sonja
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In Max’s backyard

Gnome #30: 

• Name: Ripley
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Inside Town Hall in the aide’s office

Gnomes 31-40

Gnome #31: 

• Name: Tony
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Inside Town Hall, head to the gymnasium, hack the terminal 

Gnome #32: 

• Name: Charlene
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Inside the City Hall cellar behind the door that needs to be hacked. Clear the rocks with bombs and fight the rats. It’s at the end of the corridor.

Gnome #33: 

• Name: Willie
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Inside the Town Hall in the bathroom behind the sink 

Gnome #34: 

• Name: Arnold
• Hub: Murray’s Warehouse
• Location: Stay outside and follow the fence until you see Arnold’s red pointy hat

Gnome #35: 

• Name: Falken
• Hub: Murray’s Warehouse
• Location: Head into the second area and activate switches 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 to open a new area to find Falken

Gnome #36: 

• Name: Bastion
• Hub: Starcourt Mall
• Location: Beside the bottom of the escalator

Gnome #37: 

• Name: Magnum
• Hub: Hawkins Square
• Location: Head into the newspaper office, the Hawkins Post, and find Magnum on the east side of the office

Gnome #38: 

• Name: Clara
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: Inside Mike’s House, find Clara beside the fridge

Gnome #39: 

• Name: Deckard
• Hub: Hospital
• Location: Go to the second floor and use Erica to bypass a vent and find Deckard

Gnome #40: 

• Name: Tommy Lee
• Hub: Starcourt Mall
• Location: In the docking bay dungeon area, you’ll eventually pass several vents. Crawl into the first vent that stands alone with Erica again.

Gnomes 41-50

Gnome #41: 

• Name: Adora
• Hub: Hess Farm
• Location: In the middle of the shed

Gnome #42: 

• Name: Samantha
• Hub: Hess Farm
• Location: In the basement, use Erica to get behind the vent on the left

Gnome #43: 

• Name: Alexandre
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In Dustin’s House behind the pressure pad puzzle door, there’s a vent, so you know, use Erica

Gnome #44: 

• Name: Papa Gnome
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In the pool area and inside the women’s locker room there is yet another vent, so yes, use Erica

Gnome #45: 

• Name: Gunther
• Hub: Hawkins Fair
• Location: In the woods behind the house of mirrors

Gnome #46: 

• Name: Tubbs
• Hub: Hawkins Suburbs
• Location: In Max’s House and in the bathroom, use Erica to get into the vent 

Gnome #47: 

• Name: Coleman
• Hub: Hawkins Fair
• Location: Play Whack-a-Mole to win an additional 10 tickets (two wins at five tickets per win) besides those you need for the story. With ten tickets, speak to the fairground worker on the right willing to reveal the World’s Smallest Person, which is actually Coleman here

Gnome #48: 

• Name: Slash
• Hub: Hawkins Fair
• Location: In the Funhouse from the first floor, use the following exits southeast, northeast, southeast, northeast, and southeast. You’ll come to a room with Slash inside

Gnome #49: 

• Name: Freddy
• Hub: Hawkins Fair
• Location: In the Funhouse and on the fifth floor where you can check your answers with the clown painting on the wall, Freddy is in the green room to your right

Gnome #50: 

• Name: Jareth
• Hub: Weathertop
• Location: In the shed, crawl into the vent with Erica yet again and exit via the right door to find your last Gnome, Jareth.

Now that you’ve found all 50 hidden gnomes, it’s time to count up how many puns and ’80s pop culture references those little statues featured. No help for you there, I’m afraid. This author was born in 1989.