Your first-night survival plan

First-night plan

Do these six things in order

1. 01

   Read the room before the first knock

   Locate the door check, the window curtain, the bed, and your route into the hall. The first-night briefing refers to both a peephole and a small camera, so use whichever interaction the current room presents.

2. 02

   Leave the door locked while you check

   A knock begins an inspection. Look first and listen to the visitor. The briefing specifically warns that strange speech is evidence the visitor is not a normal person.

3. 03

   Keep suspicious visitors outside

   If the visitor or their story fails your check, do not open. The briefing's instruction is to keep the door shut and wait the event out.

4. 04

   Treat window tapping as urgent

   Keep the curtain closed. If tapping begins, check the window quickly rather than continuing another task and hoping it clears on its own.

5. 05

   Reset a power cut from the hall

   When the lights trip, leave the room and turn left. A later front-desk call in the walkthrough identifies the breaker box in the hall. Reset it promptly, then return to your room routine.

6. 06

   Do not sleep by yourself

   The first-night briefing warns about something in the bathroom and tells players to wait for the others, then sleep together. Make sure the room is full before the group ends the night.

When two things happen

Use a simple priority order

After night one

Expect pressure to increase

A second-night front-desk call in the verified walkthrough says the same door rule continues and that the situation gets worse the longer you stay. Keep the routine unchanged even when new distractions arrive.

• Reconfirm the room layout at the start of each day.
• Use the same observe–check–decide order at every knock.
• Pick one later goal instead of chasing every badge at once.