the archives (or the files)

If an entity attempts to attack a player holding the crucifix, the item will levitate from the player's hand and chain the entity to the ground. Bright blue cracks will form on the item, which will then shatter, leaving a glowing cross in the air before disappearing into fragments. The Moonlight crescent moon symbol will appear on the ground, and a rapidly swirling aura of blue mist will drag the chained entity to the ground as it screams. The banishment is accompanied by whispers and an organ melody. This prevents the entity from dealing damage, neutralizing it until it reappears or breaks free. Entities on which the crucifix has been used may still reappear later in the match.

The crucifix can even be used against bosses, such as Honcho, but it will only stun the entity temporarily. When the chains produced by the crucifix begin to glow red, it is a sign that the entity is breaking free.
Its appearance is that of a classic Latin church cross.

Dark, humanoid creatures that cover their faces with various types of sticky notes. These creatures come in many shapes and sizes.

Drones aren't inherently hostile, unless I bump into them. Just keep your distance and everything will be fine.

These guys act like empty shells. Although they look humanoid, they don't show any real signs of intelligence.

When the clocks around the Archives strike 5:00 or 9:00, a large group of drones rushes through the office. I have no idea where they're going.

The nature of Drones, creatures of ink that cover their faces with small pieces of paper, strongly reminds me of Scribbles. The connection is unknown, if any.

It seems these guys do what another entity called Honcho tells them to do. Apparently, Honcho keeps most of the Drones in the mailroom, where they're constantly organizing things. Very strange.

Unlike Rush, players only need to be in safe areas and can still remain within Bash's line of sight. Bash is a redesign of the A-60.
Bash always appears in the first room of the sector before quickly advancing. This means that players will have plenty of time to find a locker or safe place if he approaches the last doors, but will have little time to react to his attack on the first doors and will likely be hit.

Occasionally, when the player reaches the end of a sector, the elevator to the next sector is deactivated. This can happen as early as sector A-50 and up to Y-50. Taking the elevator leads the player to Honcho's executive office, where he resides. Upon approaching the desk, a cutscene plays showing Honcho ordering the player to organize boxes into their respective storage areas. The image fades, and he throws the player into a pit in the floor. He then jumps into the pit and chases the player as they organize the boxes into their corresponding areas. The player can disable the doors so that Honcho closes in while he chases them by holding down a key, which gives them enough time to play the minigame. If the player manages to finish the boss fight before Honcho catches them, a cutscene will play showing Honcho grabbing the player, stomping on them, and throwing them to the ground, allowing the player to continue their run.

Notes
If any player has a Star Bottle in their inventory, Honcho will take it from them during the first cutscene, giving him a bright yellow aura around him after landing in the triage room.
According to his records, Honcho is 213 years old. He hates the Archives and is desperate to get out, but can't. He also seems to have an obsession with Starlight, likely believing she can get him out of the Underground due to the Architect's presence on every floor, judging by the Starlight symbols on his arm, him taking the player's Starlight vial, and him praying to Starlight on Z-50 as a Star Employee.
A tall, extremely thin humanoid entity. Wears clothing typical of a traditional office environment. Has markings on its arms that appear to have been drawn with a pencil.

Honcho calls me into his "office," from where he sends me to the mailroom to "work." He keeps an eye on me until the end of what I presume is my shift or something like that.

Grampy

Starlight, also known as Curious Light and Yellow Light, is a mysterious yellow aura and death messenger entity in DOORS, appearing on almost all floors. It is one of The Three Architects and its motives and goals are largely unknown. Although it provides somewhat helpful messages after death, and highlights areas of progression, it is less helpful than the Moonlight in giving advice.
Appearance
After dying in any subfloor, Starlight appears as a four-pointed star at the top of the player's screen while emitting a bright yellow light in an otherwise pitch black room surrounded by water.

When lighting up an area of ​​progression, Starlight appears to be a simple glowing, yellow aura with small yellow sparkles emitting from it.

It can be further identified by its unique soundtracks, being a much quieter and more somber version of the Moonlight, hinting at a possible affiliation between the entities.

It is associated with a white or yellow 4-point star, which is seen on the "Spacetime" painting, Starlight Vial, Starlight Bottle, Starlight Jug, and the Stardust icon.

The Starlight Bottle, when used, heals the player's health by 50% of their maximum health, gives them a temporary speed boost, and creates a small radius of light around them. If a player uses the Starlight Bottle at above half their health, the extra health points granted will be turned into "over-health" or, as it is called in-game, "Star-Shield", which drains quickly. The speed boost and light will disappear approximately 10 seconds after use. The Starlight Bottle is consumed upon use.

If the Starlight Bottle is taken to The Hotel or The Mines, it can be used on the rift in The Reception, The Electrical Room, The Adit or The Woods to make Curious Light's Rift. This second rift is yellow in color, and can house 1 set of items, similarly to the guiding light rift. Unlike the Guiding Light rift, this rift will disappear if players take an item out of it - this includes attempts to swap items within it. Players can only have one additional rift - if a player places another Starlight Bottle within their original rift while they already have a second rift, the bottle will remain in the original rift as if it were any other item.

The water fountains have the typical appearance of office break room water fountains. Using combinations of the same two types of water, or any amount of purple poison, will cause damage. Mixing cold water and hot water will restore a small amount of health, about 20 to 30 points per fountain.

The Shakelight Vending Machine is an interactive object found in the Archives that allows players to obtain a Shakelight for the price of 10 Gold. Unlike the previous Shakelight Dispenser, located in The Rooms, each player needs to spend their own 10 Gold to obtain one.

Fih are passive entities in The Archives.
Overview
The Fih, like the Caws, are decorative entities. Supposedly, they are one of the most important entities in the game [4]. They appear in Fih Tanks throughout the Archive and are based on real fish. Through the Journal, the Fih are suggested to be (or similar to) real fish, rather than plastic toy fish. Several rooms in the Archive contain Fih Food, which can be given to them for an achievement that unlocks their journal entry.

Almost all rooms containing Fih will have food for Fih. In some cases, there will be an absence of food for Fih, but this is rare.

Fih also seems content to exist.

Portrait is an entity in The Archives that only appears under certain circumstances.
Appearance
Under the disguise, he looks exactly like the player's avatar.

The portrait's true appearance is that of a gray Roblox avatar with a concrete-like texture. Its eyes are two simple black dots, and it has a nose that protrudes from its face.

Behavior
The Portrait permeates the bathroom mirrors in the Archives. In this form, it appears identical to the player and mimics their behavior, including: moving, holding objects, looking around, etc., giving the illusion of a normal mirror. However, when the player stares at the mirror for about 20 seconds, it begins to crack, revealing its true appearance. After the animation ends, the Portrait disappears completely from the mirror and the crack vanishes.

From this point on, the Portrait will have a chance to appear outside of mirrors with its true appearance and mimic the player's actions. When holding an item, that item will also have the Marble Material applied to it. In this state, it is completely harmless, even if the player decides to bump into it or attempt to interact with it in any way. It has a chance to disappear if it leaves the player's field of vision.
While the Portrait is mimicking the player holding an item, pressing and holding the interaction button on the Portrait's item will cause it to manifest in reality, duplicating the player's item. This can be done twice before the Portrait shatters and is removed from the room. The Portrait will cease to appear after this.

Doing this 3 to 5 times before disappearing. If Alma reaches the player with an attack or if they enter a locker, a minigame similar to the Figure locker minigame will appear, where you need to tap the screen to keep an eye icon inside an eye icon that increases and decreases in size; after a while, it will disappear. If the eye icon goes outside the minigame boundaries, Alma will cause continuous damage that can be fatal.

Alma is an entity that appears in "The Archives".
Appearance
Alma presents herself as a dark humanoid figure who appears to be a young adult or teenager. She is entirely in shades of gray and surrounded by black shadows. She has pale skin, black hair, and covers her eyes with her hands.
When attacking the player, Alma uncovers her eyes and appears to be crying. Her arms extend towards the player and her mouth opens, emitting a high-pitched scream.
Behavior
Alma emerges from Sector J in the Archives.

Alma will certainly appear somewhere in each sector after the player's first encounter with her. She will always appear in a special room in the twenty-fifth room of the sector. Several rooms before her room, it is possible to hear a cry/lament. The sound starts low and increases as the player approaches Alma's room. Upon reaching her room, the cry will change to a different sound.
Alma's room is very dark. Players enter the room and reach a small mezzanine that encircles half of the room. Alma can be seen sitting in the center of the room, surrounded by what appear to be dead Drones, under a single light. When a player descends the stairs and reaches the floor where Alma is, she looks at the player before disappearing.
Alma will almost always appear at least once per sector. She can also appear at any time during the sector. When Alma appears, she will be out of the player's field of vision. Crying sounds can be heard coming from Alma while she is active. Alma will circle around the player, trying to be seen. A good way to avoid looking at her is to look at the ground and move away from Alma when she tries to come into focus. If the player looks at Alma for more than a second, she will become enraged. If the player manages to avoid looking at Alma for long enough, she will eventually disappear.
When Alma becomes enraged, she becomes aggressive and attempts to attack the player, doing so 3 to 5 times before disappearing. If Alma catches up with the player

Scribbles is an entity in The Archives. It is a reformulation of A-120. [3]
Appearance
In the preview of the April 1st presentation, the image of the object is cropped, but a piece of paper with an eye is hanging on the wall, while effects of flying paper can be seen in the room.

They appear to be made from a collection of sheets of paper. Furthermore, several papers with scribbled eyes or faces were found scattered throughout parts of the Archives. These are likely indicators of the entity(ies), and possibly parts of it/them, or are simply papers drawn by the entity(ies).

Behavior
It is not known in which sector this entity first appeared, but the first record indicates that it was in Sector B.

Scribbles will appear after opening a door leading to a special room. This room is always covered in papers on which Scribbles has drawn. After opening the door, all players' screens will begin to shake for a few seconds before Scribbles exits through the front doors, as the A-120.

As Scribbles moves by, he throws papers all over the room. If a player is in his line of sight, they will take damage quickly, likely from paper cuts. However, Scribbles' papers have a limited range. Therefore, if you come across a very long hallway, you can avoid Scribbles by walking to the end of the hallway.

Hiding behind a wall, a large enough pillar, or hiding in a closet are viable options for avoiding this entity. Attempting to open the door behind which Scribbles is hiding will cause the game to explain that it is locked (Something is blocking the door).

Bash is an entity present in The Archives and is a reworking of A-60.
Appearance
Bash appears as a frowning, angry face, scarlet-red in color, with flaming red eyes. He has sharp teeth and seems to be inhaling the fire emanating from his eyes. He also has sparks and particles of fire around his face, as well as a red glow around his circumference.

Before the entity appears, a distant roar is heard that increases in volume as the entity approaches the room the player is in. Upon arriving from previous rooms, Bash runs down the main corridor, disappearing at the end of the next room, which will be unoccupied. The entity is also significantly fast, moving almost twice as fast as Rush.
While the entity is present, players will need to find a safe place to hide. This includes closets, inside the walls of closed desks, or in separate side rooms. However, if they fail to do so, Bash will set them on fire, dealing 35 damage in the process. If a player is standing on carpet or grass (botanical sections), Bash can still deal fire damage even if they are not in its direct line of sight.
Using exploits, it's possible to see that Bash can be crucified, however there's no animation for it.

The player can hide in a locker to avoid the Cashiers if they are in chase mode. If the player is in a locker, the Cashiers will approach, grab the ticket, and shut down without causing any damage. The player can try to dodge the Cashiers in chase mode, eventually allowing the door to open. However, the Cashiers will eventually catch up to the player anyway, and it will be faster.

Multiple cash registers can appear in a department, but not when there is already an active register.

Accountants are entities present in the Archives.
Appearance
These entities appear to be humanoids with heads shaped like TV monitors. On top of their heads, there are electrical outlets connected by dangling wires, resembling hair. They wear dark overcoats and have a right hand shaped like a punch card holder. Apparently, they have a base with casters instead of legs, possibly similar to an office chair.

They appear completely still and idle in front of a door. At the top, there is a number with the inscription "Now serving" above it.

Behavior
The Cashiers will always appear in a single room with a long, winding, but empty, queue. The Cashiers will be positioned at the next door in this room, blocking the passage. When the player enters this room for the first time, the Cashier activates its powers.

When a player approaches the cashier, the cashier prints a ticket on the player's mouth, removes it, and offers it to the player. The player must accept this ticket. If there is more than one person present, the cashier will print a ticket for each player individually. Each ticket printed will always have a higher number than the previous one.

Once all players have a ticket, the attendants will move out of the way and stand beside the door. Each time a new numbered door opens, the attendants will pass through it and stand beside the next numbered door, incrementing the number on their screen. Each monitor on the ceiling or wall will also show the number the attendants have.
As soon as the attendants reach a number that matches a player's ticket, the next door will be locked. The attendant's screen will begin to turn red over 7 seconds. The player with the same ticket number as the attendant must hand it over. If the ticket is not handed over before the screens are completely red, the attendants will chase the player.

So never believe what your friends say about the differences on their side, because it will rarely be true on yours (the anomalies are on the client's side).

Each player must look around the room and try to identify any differences from the room they are in. If something is different from the actual room, the player must go back. If nothing has changed, the player must move forward. If the player tries to go back when nothing has changed, or move forward when something has changed, the Forget-Me-Not will use its flowers to bite them, causing considerable damage to their health. The total number of rooms you need to go through is unknown, but it is assumed to be between 3 and 4.

Inside Forget-Me-Not, the timer continues to count down, but the horde of drones does not cross the subway station and does not attack the player.
Alma manages to show up at the subway station.

Forget-Me-Nots appears in The Archives as a hostile entity.
Appearance
They appear as clusters of blue vines that completely cover and block the entrance, displaying light blue flowers with yellowish centers, the main, larger flower located in the center of the doorway. Blue vegetation, similar to grass or thorns, is visible on the ground in front of them.

Its flowers can also sprout from the walls or ceiling around the door it covers, and they can grow and shrink.

Behavior
The <i>Forget-Me-Not</i> plant can appear in any sector starting from Sector B. It cannot appear in Sector A.

Forget-Me-Not is an entity that features a minigame similar to Exit-8, where the player must memorize a completely normal room and then go through several rooms, checking if anything has changed in them or not.

When the Forget-Me-Not appears, the room before its main room will always be a small room with two escalators: the one on the left leads down, towards the next numbered door, and the one on the right leads up.

When the player enters Forget-Me-Not's room, it will resemble a subway station. Forget-Me-Not will be blocking the passage to the next door. To pass, it will be necessary to observe 6 of Forget-Me-Not's small flowers scattered around the room. Once this is done, the large flower that Forget-Me-Not is blocking the door with will disappear.

Before entering the next room, all players should take a minute or two to familiarize themselves with the environment. While everyone is in this room, the timer will not count down, even if no one is looking at it.

When a player interacts with the Forget-Me-Not, they pass through it as if walking through very tall, dense bushes, and end up inside the Forget-Me-Not minigame. Each player has their own space within the Forget-Me-Not, and one player's space will almost never be the same as another player's, so never believe what your friends tell you.

If the player manages to collect all 500 gold coins, all pop-up windows will disappear and a single large window will display the word "THANK YOU" with a green thumbs-up icon in an octagonal shape.
However, if the player fails to collect the 500 gold coins before time runs out, "Rescue" will yell at the player, deal 75 damage, and confiscate all of their items.

Ransom is an entity that has a chance of appearing in the Archives starting from Sector A. It is a reformulation of A-90.
Appearance
Ransom's initial appearance is a pixelated, monochromatic face, quite distorted. His eyes are completely black, and he appears to be looking slightly upwards. However, when attacking, he can contort his face into a horrifying, open expression, staring directly at the player.

Another notable feature is a red, octagonal stop sign with a similar pixelated and static style.

The soundtrack features a vibrant red theme, as can be seen on computer screens, in pop-ups, and in the sudden jump scare shown in the trailers.

Behavior
If encountered, Ransom will appear on the attacked player's screen in a passive state, flashing the screen with red static and playing a distorted sound. To survive, the player cannot perform any actions such as walking, turning, crouching, or item switching in the game. If the player succeeds, Ransom disappears from the screen. Otherwise, Ransom yells at the player, followed by a download bar that quickly downloads the Ransom "malware," which hijacks the affected player's user interface. Several pop-ups fill the player's screen, the most notable being an image of Ransom crying. The text next to it reads "YOUR ITEMS HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED" and "IF YOU DO NOT PAY THIS RANSOM BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT, YOUR ITEMS WILL BE UNRECOVERABLE BY ANY MEANS." The items in the player's quick access bar are overlaid with the same red octagonal stop signs, and they cannot pick up or use any items while under the effect of the ransom. While a player is under rescue, all computer and television monitors will display red static with the word "Rescue". The affected player will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to collect 500 gold coins, as indicated in the most visible pop-up window.

Honcho is an important entity that appears in The Archives.

Appearance
Honcho appears as a flat humanoid entity seemingly made of paper wearing a light blue casual outfit with a white collar and sleeves seemingly rolled up, a blue tie, dark blue pants held up by brown straps, and brown shoes. It also has visible staples on its arms, likely resembling cartoonish arm hair. The limbs and torso can also bend and lightly fold in defining angles and are able to express flexible movements. Its legs are notably either folded horizontally inward, or have a piece attached behind it by the middle, likely for the entity to maintain balance. It also has black 'tattoos' on its arms, resembling many Starlight symbols.
Its most prominent feature is its face and/or head, being a distinctive black square with choppy edges, giving it a foggy-like appearance, mainly resembling the redaction bars seen in documents. They are likely to be always facing the screen of the player and may appear animated. This could be covering its actual face and/or head, or that it is its head and is actually otherwise a physical manifestation of redaction, suggesting Honcho's role akin to reviewing and redacting documents.
In its old design, which was discovered through an accidental leak in October 2025, it only bared small changes with its outfit, having brown pants without straps but instead tied with a black belt. It also had visible pockets on the left side of its shirt and both sides of its pants. Its head is a black square formed by smaller ones which fade around it. Its outfit was likely adjusted to fit more with the cooler tone of The Archives.
Behavior
Occasionally, when the player reaches the end of a sector, the elevator to the next sector will be overridden. This can happen as early as A-50, and as late as Y-50. Taking the elevator will lead the player to Honcho's executive office where he resides. Walking up to the desk will play a cutscene, displaying a graphic whereby Honcho orders the play

The Archive is an office-themed basement [1] that functions as a faithful reimagining and replacement for the Bedrooms. Its environments feature a more refined and atmospheric design with predominantly red tones, as well as spaces, storage areas, water, desks and various documents and objects scattered around.

and proceed to interact with the entity. He can also use gold to skip sectors, with the cost increasing for each sector skipped.

With the expansion of the staircase, the Archives gained a pre-race shop, which offers Pizza for 50 knobs (with the option to upgrade using stardust), Coin Rolls (x4) for 150 knobs (each giving 50 gold), Flashlights for 100 knobs, and Vitamins for 100 knobs. The pre-race shop in the Archives only appears when using the shortcut in the lobby.

Overview
In the Archives, you will find a vast amount of knowledge scattered across books throughout the floor. The sections are distinct and marked by door numbers with different letters, such as "A-09" or "C-38," giving the area the appearance of a facility dedicated to preserving forgotten information and memories. Each sector seems to have different variations, such as the Botanical Wing, Structural Anomaly, and others. Many new and unique entities await players. The soft lighting and unusual environment create a mysterious and isolated atmosphere, befitting its role as the place where forgotten memories are kept. The location was inspired by the song "911 / Mr. Lonely" by Tyler, The Creator, also known as jasper_creations, as stated on Discord [2]
This basement level also introduces new features such as water fountains, computer keyboards, escalators, vending machines, and a waiting area. There are also many lockers that serve as hiding places, some damaged and presumably unusable, similar to those in The Rooms. However, all lockers may contain shelves and items, such as filing cabinets, which need to be removed for players to hide in them. A cart with a CRT television and a disc player underneath, as well as some discs, can also be seen in the trailer that showed the video previews. Given that The Archives was officially presented for the first time through the television, it is possible that it will be possible to interact with them and that they will play an important role on the floor, possibly with the discs containing images of "forgotten memories".
The floor also appears to have different sections throughout the rooms. The player can use certain elevators that appear every 50 rooms in each sector (e.g., Sector A, Sector B, Sector C, etc.). These sectors are divided by the waiting rooms shown, where the player needs to get a ticket from the attendant.