Figure in DOORS

Crouching is the key here. Since The Mines Update, Figure reacts to whether you’re crouched, and your speed doesn’t matter as much anymore. I crouch through all of The Library, even when it’s at the other end. And don’t get too close: it can sense your heartbeat, too.

1. Crouch as soon as the cutscene ends and get off its route. It walks in a loop: from the left side of the balcony to the middle of the hallway, then to the entrance and the bookshelves. 2. Collect Books, but remember the cost. Figure’s base speed is 10, and each Book adds 0.8, while the range at which it catches you grows. 3. Enter the code carefully. Figure often walks right past the keypad and can catch you while you’re opening it. 4. Noise around the corner is your friend. A ringing Alarm Clock lures it over, but don’t stand between it and the clock. 5. Door 51 opens—leave right away. It almost always kills anyone who lingers by the door.

If you’re cornered, hide. In a closet, beat the minigame: tap the side of the screen or press Q and E when the half-heart lines up with the picture. If you leave while it’s checking the closet, you’ll die. Once it’s done, it’ll leave on its own. And let go of the movement keys: since The Great Outdoors Update, it can kill you if you’re hiding but still holding them.

Figure appears in The Hotel and The Mines. It appears twice in The Hotel: in The Library, where the first encounter starts at Door 50, and in The Electrical Room at Door 100, with the Circuit Breaker and the elevator. You can’t skip it in The Hotel—it appears in every run.

You’ll encounter it three times in The Mines, all three in The Shafts. The first room is guaranteed to be at doors 110–114, the second at 120–124, and the third shortly before or after the second Seek chase.

The Crucifix only stuns Figure for a short time. It can’t banish it. The chains turn red, and it breaks them and growls. But while it’s stunned, touching it won’t kill you, so you have time to reach a hiding spot.

A stunned Figure can block your way out in a corner. In The Hotel and SUPER HARD MODE, you can crawl under its arm.

Once free, it won’t chase you until it hears a sound. So after using the Crucifix, I sneak to a hiding spot and only run if I need to make noise. Don’t waste it in The Library just in case: you need it when you’re trapped and can’t outrun it.

In SUPER HARD MODE at Door 100 and in Alpha Release at Door 50, Figure can hear the heartbeat of anyone who’s moving. In SUPER HARD MODE, it speeds up sharply once you’ve collected at least 9 Books. In Alpha Release, it can hear you if you’re moving faster than 15, and it kills anyone who hasn’t left by the time Door 51 opens.

The Come Back Here Modifier makes it noticeably faster, especially at Door 100. With the I’m Everywhere Modifier, Screech can attack nearby, and with Stop Right There or Room For More, A-90 can. In the 2024 April Fools Event, it’s made of blocks and even helps out in The Library and The Electrical Room.

• Opening Containers one after another. You can usually get away with one, but open two quickly and it’ll go looking near the second one.
• Shining a Flashlight in The Electrical Room. It can hear the click and the shake of a Shakelight, but not a Lighter or a Candle.
• Climbing onto low objects in The Library. That can attract it.
• Jumping out of a closet before it finishes checking. That means instant death.
• Expecting the Crucifix to make it leave. It only stuns it.
• Running across its path while it’s searching. It grabs anyone who crosses its path.

Figure is completely animal-like, as developer RediblesQW and The Journal confirmed. It will never be able to see. According to The Journal, it crawled after the player through the vents and smells really bad.

El Goblino says it didn’t used to follow players into The Mines. This time, it did. There’s also the mystery of Door 51: its lock is on the inside of The Library, and it’s unlikely that blind Figure locked itself in. One theory is that Moonlight or El Goblino locked it in unconfirmed.