Solo removes the revive safety net. A fatal hit resets you to floor zero unless you pay the Robux respawn. Play slower than a squad, not faster.
Rules that pay off
- Close every wing gate after you loot it. Nothing else will close it for you.
- Sprint only on a path you have already checked for pits and Stingers.
- Use headphones. You will not get a callout.
- Sell every Reviver for 25 coins. It cannot save you.
- Take Bigger Bag early so you stop revisiting the same hall.
Classes that fit solo
Chef is the safe first unlock: campfire, ham, carrot, and a larger health pool. Cook before you push a wing.
Hoarder is the fast clear if you already know the entities. Extra slots, starting money, and a Gold Ore shrink the number of trips.
Builder starts with a hammer and two Storage Pots. Pipe barricades are documented to stop every entity except Blob and Thorns. The hammer also moves a Kiwi nest.
Teleporter gets you out of a dead-end wing after an 8-second charge. Canceling the charge still spends the roughly 2-minute cooldown, so start it from behind a door.
Doctor and Nurse are poor solo kits. Their syringes are sell fodder.
Threat order when you are alone
- Blob: rib jump. Do not brush the body in a narrow hall.
- Weatherman: if it beeps, you are in the scan. Vent, corner, or shut the door. It does not enter vents.
- Cave-Crawler: use the three-second stare to leave, or shut a door on it so it drops into the idle pose.
- Giant Kiwi: do not take a solo egg unless the nest is already in the elevator and the floor is about to end. One peck is 30 HP and it outruns you.
- Bone Hound: when the warning appears, shut gates. Move only during the snore, about 20 seconds. Do not try to outrun a chase in a straight hall.
Pits and thorns
Facility pits are instant death. Thorns are not. They slow you, cut jump height, and tick damage. After the Hazard Update, thorn hallways are documented from Floor 15. Older Kiwi-era runs saw them as early as Floor 2. If you see green bushes early, assume an older build or a leftover branch and still delete them with a hammer if you have one.
Bank Amethyst and Gold. Skip extra Iron once Jade and above are on the floor. Amber is the practical mid-floor ore. Its exact price is unconfirmed, with run notes around 35 coins.