Lost and Found Co Hidden Mandrake: Where to Find It in Runaway Foxes

Why the Hidden Mandrake Is Easy to Miss

The hidden mandrake in Lost and Found Co. is an optional objective in the Runaway Foxes level, and it does not look like an item at all — it looks like scenery. That is the whole trick. Hidden-object stages in this game routinely tuck targets inside props, shelf lips, drawers, and planters, so your eye slides right past them while you hunt for something more obviously "findable."

The short answer: the mandrake sits in the planting plots in the farm area, to the left of the house in the top right of the map. It renders as a small plant, not a creature. Click the plant itself and the mandrake pops out.

If you have already swept the fox-filled areas and come up empty, this guide covers what it looks like, how to trigger it, and how to avoid walking past it a second time.

Where to Find the Hidden Mandrake in Runaway Foxes

Two independent sources agree on the location, which makes this one of the more reliable answers in the game's optional-objective pool.

According to the Into Indie Games chapter walkthrough, published March 6, 2026, the mandrake is hidden in the plant pot in the farm, and you pull it out by clicking the odd-looking plant. A reply in a Steam Community discussion thread posted March 12 narrows it further: top right of the map, in the planting plots on the left side of the house.

Put the two together and you get a clean route:

• Travel to the top right corner of the Runaway Foxes map.
• Locate the farm plot / planting area.
• Look at the plots immediately left of the house.
• Click the plant that looks slightly off — it should be a small green sprout in a pot or plot.
• Watch for the jump animation: the mandrake leaps out of the soil once clicked.

That last detail matters. You are not clicking to "collect" a static object; you are clicking to disturb it. If nothing jumps, you clicked the wrong plant.

What the Mandrake Looks Like Before You Click It

Expect a plant first and a creature second. The Steam reply describes it as looking "like a plant" until the click triggers the reveal, and the walkthrough calls it a "weird plant" you pull out of the pot.

Practical takeaways:

• Do not scan for a face. Before interaction, the mandrake reads as foliage.
• Ignore the fox kids. Lovely Daisy, Cody, Playful Trix, Young Ash, and Cool Kyle are separate objectives scattered around the western flowers, the eastern firewood, the kite tree, and both sides of the entrance.
• The mountain yeti is not the mandrake. The same walkthrough places a green yeti figure among the trees on the left, which is a different optional target and a common mix-up.

If you are clearing Runaway Foxes completely, handle the foxes and the yeti first, then finish with the farm so you are not re-scanning the same zones.

How to Search Farm and Garden Areas Without Missing It

The mandrake is a textbook obscured objective — a target hidden inside or behind something clickable. The general rule for these, as outlined in the Casual Game Guides walkthrough, is to open or interact with the prop first rather than hunting for the item's silhouette.

A few habits that help in planted, cluttered areas:

• Scan in layers. Skyline and hanging props first, then shelves and counters, then ground-level clutter like pots and plots.
• Zoom before clicking. Tiny props reward a zoom pass rather than rapid blind clicking.
• Click the container. Planters, pots, crates, and boxes in this game often need one interaction before the real target appears.
• Save hints for the last item. Juju hints are most efficient once you have narrowed the problem to a single zone instead of a whole map.

If you have already burned hints sweeping the foxes, the farm plot is a strong candidate for where the remaining objective is hiding.

Does the Mandrake Count Toward Completion?

Yes — it is listed alongside the level's other named objectives, which means it falls into the optional-goal category rather than the main story chain. Players chasing full level completion on Runaway Foxes need it, and players pushing the story forward can skip it without blocking progression.

Worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Optional objectives are per-level extras. They sit outside the main case objective, so the level can be finished without them.
• Juju are separate. Those are the hidden helper collectibles that grant extra hints, and they are tracked differently from named objectives like the mandrake.
• Quest-type objectives chain. If a target unlocks further targets after being found, do not assume the zone is done after one pickup.

For the broader objective list and level structure, the official Lost and Found Co. Steam hub hosts community walkthroughs covering main and optional objectives map by map.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where exactly is the hidden mandrake in Lost and Found Co.? It is in the Runaway Foxes level, in the farm planting plots in the top right of the map, on the left side of the house. It appears as a small plant in a pot or plot.

What does the hidden mandrake look like before I click it? It looks like ordinary foliage — a slightly odd plant rather than a creature. Once you click it, the mandrake jumps out of the soil, which is how you know you found the right one.

Why does clicking the plant do nothing? You are most likely clicking the wrong plant. The mandrake only reacts when you hit the specific pot or plot left of the house in the top-right farm area, so zoom in and check each plot individually.

Is the hidden mandrake required to finish Runaway Foxes? No. It is an optional objective in the level, so it is needed for full completion but not for advancing the main story.