Before you queue
Objects of Terror [BETA] puts up to seven Contestants against one Co-Host in an eight-player server. Fish Frontier labels the experience a work in progress. Open Info → Guide, select the character you will play, and read what each ability starts, cancels, and locks. Ability numbers changed in BETA 1.0.1 and can change again.
Pick a one-star Contestant for the first sessions: Leafy (stun and escape), Blocky (traps and stuns), or Dr. Fizz (healing and slowing puddles). Stars describe how demanding the kit is to play. They are not a power ranking.
What a round asks you to do
- Survive the Co-Host.
- Complete Contestant objectives and help teammates. The ranking system rewards team contributions, but published point values are not available.
- Revive eliminated teammates at Recovery Centers. Each survivor can be revived only once per round. Ask whether automatic recovery is already available before you cross the map.
- Reach an exit. Crossing a bridge is not the same as escaping. Leafy's BETA 1.0.1 hurtbox change lets her touch the exit door from the front.
There is no published fixed round timer. Length depends on chases, revives, and whether someone reaches an exit.
First-round habits
- Scout Recovery Centers, bridges, elevation, floor spikes, and void drops while the Co-Host is elsewhere.
- Call the center, who is attempting the revive, and where the Co-Host is. Do not stack the whole team on one revive.
- If you are the chase target, pull the Co-Host away from the person going for the revive.
- Jump cooldown rose from 0.25 to 0.4 seconds in BETA 1.0.1. Leave more time between jumps, especially near edges.
- Adrenaline grants Pitfall Resistance, which prevents pitfall deaths while the effect is active and lingers after it is applied. Lightbulb's Dive can give a teammate Adrenaline.
- Eight item types spawn around each map. Read the in-game descriptions. The public item names are not fully listed. Yo-yo metal reduces mobility, and food descriptions were corrected in 1.0.1.
Last Object Standing
When every Contestant except one is eliminated, that survivor receives a buff. Some characters also get a theme. In Public Beta, Candle, Leafy, Lightbulb, and Snowball do not have themes, but the buff still applies. The published guides do not list the buff's speed, health, or damage numbers. Use it to reach an exit you already know. The SEASON WINNER badge is for winning as the final Contestant, so being last alive is not itself the win.
Practice without a full lobby
Free private servers are the cleanest way to learn routes. BETA 1.0.1 keeps a player requirement and lets you disable it in the private-server panel. The same panel can spawn developer-exclusive classes. Those class names are not published.