First Night Guide: 12 AM to 6 AM

The safest first-night plan is a repeatable loop: read the board, start a nearby chore, pause at every knock, verify the visitor through the correct evidence channel, then return to the unfinished task. The goal is not speed by itself. It is avoiding rushed door decisions while still moving the allowance counter before 6 AM.

Learn the five control points

Before starting a long chore, locate the front door, the porch light switch, the living-room laptop, the chore board, and the kitchen. The switch is the reported reject control. The laptop is where normal CCTV and night vision become available. The board shows the current four chores.

Do one dry lap through the house. A short route is valuable because a visitor claim may send you to the oven, sink, bathroom, parents’ bedroom, backyard camera, or another camera view.

Use one loop for every knock

When someone arrives, stop treating their outfit or story as proof. Use this order:

1. Let the full dialogue play and identify the claim.
2. Check the named room state when the claim refers to an object.
3. Open the relevant normal camera view.
4. Toggle night vision when the reported tell depends on form, height, or posture.
5. Listen again for a voice change or artificial audio.
6. Open only when the evidence supports the ordinary version. Use the porch light when the reported warning is present.

If the evidence record is unknown or disputed, the field guide and tracker will show that limitation instead of inventing a safe verdict.

Keep chores interruption-friendly

The board presents four random chores and refreshes after the set is cleared. Early in a run, favor tasks you can stop without losing your place. Coffee, dishes, windows, and plant watering are easier to resume than a route you have not learned.

Keep a mental note of the current room and unfinished interaction before leaving for the door. After the decision, return directly instead of starting a second task.

Protect the Sanity buffer

Sanity is the failure resource. Gamezebo reports that both admitting an anomalous visitor and turning away a genuine visitor reduce it. The exact loss per mistake is not published in the checked official material, so this guide does not attach a fake number to a bad choice.

Use the visible effects as a warning state. Darker vision, auditory hallucinations, and a degrading house are reported signs that the buffer is shrinking. At that point, slow the decision loop down. A completed chore never compensates for a rushed unsupported door call.

Finish the shift cleanly

As 6 AM approaches, check both objectives. You need to keep Sanity above the failure point and continue moving the allowance goal. Do not assume surviving the clock alone completes the run.

The linked chore route keeps the observed task pool organized. The visitor field guide explains which evidence channel belongs to each reported visitor.