BACKROOMS
SURVIVAL GUIDE
- Find Almond Water: Drink it to stay sane and heal wounds.
- Stay quiet: Walk crouched and avoid making loud noises.
- Avoid the dark: Shadows hide dangerous entities like Smilers.
- Never look back: If you hear something behind you, run.
- Learn to noclip: Run into glitchy walls to escape to other levels.
- Join groups: Find friendly factions like the M.E.G. for safety.
- Keep moving: Never stay in one spot for too long
- Mark your path: Use a marker on walls so you do not walk in circles.
- Manage your sleep: Only sleep in bright, locked, or highly populated safe zones.
- Avoid windows: Most windows in the Backrooms are traps showing fake outside views.
- Ignore the voices: Entities mimic human cries for help to lure you into traps.
- Check your gear: Keep your backpack light so you can sprint at any moment.
- Trust your gut: If a room suddenly feels wrong, turn around immediately.
General Info
The Backrooms is a popular internet horror concept and creepypasta. It describes a seemingly infinite, alternate-dimensional maze of empty, nondescript rooms. The original aesthetic features faded yellow wallpaper, old musty carpet, and the continuous, unnerving hum of fluorescent lights.
The Origin
The concept began in May 2019 on the 4chan imageboard. An anonymous user posted a blurry photo of a completely empty office space (later discovered to be an abandoned furniture store in Wisconsin) with the caption warning others not to “no clip” out of reality, or they would end up in the Backrooms. The image sparked a massive creative movement, turning it into a collaborative fiction project similar to the SCP Foundation.
How To Survive
To survive in the Backrooms, you must prioritize sanity maintenance, resource management, and situational awareness above all else. Your most vital asset is Almond Water, a sweet substance found scattered across levels that heals physical wounds and repels the psychological madness caused by the endless buzzing lights. You must constantly listen for unnatural sounds, avoid dark unmapped corners where hostile entities like Smilers or Skin-Stealers hunt, and never stay in one area for too long. If you encounter danger, your best option is to run quietly or attempt to “noclip”—intentionally clipping through solid walls or floors—to glitch into a safer level. Finally, finding and joining established human factions, like the Major Explorer Group (M.E.G.), provides crucial shelter, accurate maps, and trade networks that drastically increase your chances of staying alive.
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