The Complete Encyclopedia of Don't Wake the Brainrots
Welcome to the big book of everything about Don't Wake the Brainrots! Think of this page as your personal encyclopedia for the game. Whenever you want to know specific details about a monster, how an item works, or where a room is located, you can find the answer right here. Let's explore everything this spooky game has to offer!
The Complete Monster Guide
Let me tell you about every single type of Brainrot you'll encounter in the mansion. Knowing your enemies is the first step to surviving!
The Basic Sleeping Brainrots
Light Sleeper Brainrots have a 20% noise tolerance, which means they wake up super easily. They have medium speed when chasing you and deal 25 damage if they catch you. You'll find these guys in almost every room of the mansion. They're the most common type. Your strategy: always crouch when you're within about 8-10 steps of them. Walk quietly along the walls of the room to stay as far away as possible.
Medium Sleeper Brainrots have a 40% noise tolerance - they're in the middle. They're faster than Light Sleepers when they wake up, and they deal 35 damage. They're a bit less common but still appear regularly. Your strategy: careful walking might be okay at a distance, but if you see one up close, switch to crouching just to be safe. Better cautious than caught!
Heavy Sleeper Brainrots have a 60% noise tolerance and are your least scary sleeping monsters. They're actually quite slow when chasing (they're lazy even when awake!) and deal 50 damage. Ironically, even though they're slow, they hit harder! Your strategy: normal walking is fine near these guys. You can even get fairly close without issues. Just don't sprint right next to them or bang into furniture.
The Special Brainrots
Roaming Brainrots are always awake! There's no noise tolerance because they don't sleep at all. They patrol specific routes through the mansion at medium speed. If they see you, they'll chase and deal 40 damage. Your strategy: hide behind furniture when they approach, learn their patrol paths, and sneak past when they're looking the other way. Think of them like guards you need to avoid.
Blind Brainrots can't see you at all - they're completely blind! They hunt entirely by sound, so your noise level is everything around these monsters. They move slowly normally, but once they hear something, they rush toward that sound very quickly! They deal 45 damage. Your strategy: crouch movement only, and honestly, I recommend not moving at all when one is very close. Just freeze like a statue! Your flashlight doesn't bother them, which is helpful.
Flash Brainrots are the opposite of Blind Brainrots - they react strongly to light! If your flashlight beam touches them, they wake up immediately and rush toward the light. They're fast and deal 50 damage. Your strategy: turn off your flashlight when you enter a room with Flash Brainrots. Use your brief pulse technique - flash the light for one second to see the room, then navigate in darkness.
The Nightmare is the final boss Brainrot. It's absolutely massive, appears in the final area near your escape, and deals a whopping 100 damage (basically instant death for most players). It's extremely sensitive to both noise and light. Your strategy: most expert players recommend finding the secret tunnel route that bypasses The Nightmare entirely! If you must face it, move at crouch speed, keep lights off, and pray!
Complete Mansion Layout
The mansion has over 20 different rooms spread across three floors. Let me describe what you'll find on each level:
First Floor - The Entry Level
The Entrance Hall is where you spawn. It's always safe with no Brainrots at the start. Use this area to get your bearings and prepare mentally for what's ahead. Sometimes there are flashlight batteries on the table near the door.
The Kitchen is usually your first real challenge. It connects to the entrance hall and typically has one Light Sleeper Brainrot near the dining table. There's a key on the kitchen counter that you need to progress. The kitchen also has a hidden passage behind the pantry - if you can find it and open it, it leads directly to the basement, skipping the entire second floor!
The Living Room is a larger space with comfortable furniture. It often has two Brainrots - usually a mix of one Light Sleeper and one Heavy Sleeper. There's another important key hidden somewhere in this room, often behind the big couch or near the fireplace. This room also has a safe room door in the corner - look for the green light!
The Library is an optional room (you don't need to go here to escape) but it contains useful items like extra batteries and sometimes a noise dampener. It usually has one Medium Sleeper Brainrot among the bookshelves. The library is dim and maze-like, so use your flashlight carefully.
Second Floor - The Bedroom Level
The Main Hallway upstairs is long and narrow with several bedroom doors. There's often a Roaming Brainrot that patrols this hallway, so be very careful! Wait at the top of the stairs and watch the patrol pattern before committing to moving through the hallway.
The Guest Bedrooms (there are usually 2-3 of them) each contain one or two sleeping Brainrots. The bedrooms have keys and items, but they're high-risk areas because the rooms are small and the Brainrots are close together. Only go into bedrooms if you really need what's inside!
The Master Suite is the biggest bedroom with a fancy bathroom attached. It always has at least two Brainrots, sometimes three. There's usually a safe room in or near the Master Suite, which is helpful! The Master Suite often contains a special key needed for the basement final door.
The Attic access is sometimes in the hallway. The attic is optional but contains rare items. Be warned - the attic is cramped and usually has a Blind Brainrot lurking in the shadows! Only experienced players should attempt the attic.
Basement - The Final Challenge
The Basement Stairs going down are narrow and dark. Use your flashlight in brief pulses to see where you're stepping. There's usually a safe room door right at the bottom of the stairs - go there first to save your progress!
The Boiler Room is a large basement area with pipes, machinery, and lots of hiding spots. It almost always has a Roaming Brainrot patrol, sometimes two! This is where your listening skills become crucial. You can hear the Roaming Brainrot's footsteps echoing off the pipes.
The Tunnel area leads to your final escape. This is where some players encounter The Nightmare boss. However, there's a hidden passage behind some crates that lets you bypass the boss entirely! Look for crates you can move aside - behind them is a small crawl space leading to the exit.
The Final Exit is the door to freedom! Once you reach this door and have the necessary keys, you can escape! Sprint through and celebrate your victory!
Every Item and Tool
Let me explain every item you can use to help yourself survive:
Flashlights are your most basic tool. A standard flashlight battery lasts 5 minutes of constant use. Flashlights illuminate dark areas so you can see where you're going and spot Brainrots before getting too close. The downside? Some Brainrots react to light, and having your light on makes you more visible. Pro tip: use brief pulses instead of constant light to save battery and stay stealthier.
Extra Lives are single-use items that let you respawn at the last checkpoint (safe room) you reached instead of starting completely over. Think of them like continues in old video games. When you get caught by a Brainrot and you have an extra life, instead of game over, you wake up in the safe room and can try again! These are super valuable for difficult areas. Don't hoard them - use them when you're attempting challenging sections!
Speed Boosts increase your movement speed by 50% for 60 seconds. That might not sound like much, but when you're being chased, that extra speed can mean the difference between escape and capture! The best time to use speed boosts is when you've woken up a Brainrot and need to reach a safe room quickly. You can also use them for risky speed runs through dangerous areas.
Noise Dampeners reduce the noise you make by 50% for 120 seconds (that's 2 whole minutes!). This is amazing because it means you can walk normally while making the noise of crouching! You can even sprint while making the noise of regular walking. Noise dampeners are perfect for areas with multiple Light Sleeper Brainrots that are hard to avoid. Pop a noise dampener and navigate much more easily!
Extra Batteries refill your flashlight power back to full. Each battery gives you another 5 minutes of light. You can find batteries lying around the mansion, get them from codes, or buy them with coins. Always pick up batteries when you see them - you never know when you'll need light in a crucial moment!
Health Kits restore 50 health points if you've been damaged. You start with 100 health, and different Brainrots deal different amounts of damage. If you escaped a chase but got hit once or twice, a health kit heals you back up. These are rare, so save them for emergencies!
How Game Mechanics Work
Let me break down the game systems so you understand exactly how everything functions:
The Movement System
You have three movement modes: walking, crouching, and sprinting. Walking is your default movement speed. You move at a reasonable pace and make 30% noise. Crouching makes you move about half as fast but you only make 10% noise - that's a huge reduction! Sprinting makes you move twice as fast as walking but generates 100% noise - maximum loudness!
The noise percentage matters because each Brainrot type has a tolerance level. If your noise exceeds their tolerance, they wake up. Light Sleepers (20% tolerance) wake up if you walk at 30%, so you must crouch at 10%. Heavy Sleepers (60% tolerance) don't wake up from walking at 30%, so you're safe.
There's also a stamina system. You have 100 stamina points. Sprinting drains 2 stamina per second, so you can sprint for 50 seconds maximum before exhausting yourself. When you stop sprinting, stamina regenerates at 5 points per second, so full recovery takes 20 seconds. The trick is to never let your stamina hit zero because then you can't sprint in emergencies!
The Sound and Light System
Every action you take creates noise. Walking on carpets makes less noise than walking on wooden floors. Bumping into furniture creates a noise spike. Opening doors slowly creates less noise than opening them quickly. The game is surprisingly detailed!
Light works in a cone shape from your flashlight. Brainrots within your light cone can see the light (if they're sensitive to it). The light doesn't go through walls, so you can shine your light around a corner and be safe. Flash Brainrots react to light instantly, while other types just see it but don't care much.
The Save System
Safe rooms are your checkpoints. When you enter a safe room, the game saves your progress automatically. If you die, you respawn at the last safe room you entered (if you have extra lives) or at the very beginning (if you don't). Safe rooms also lock behind you temporarily - Brainrots can't follow you inside! They're like little sanctuaries scattered through the mansion.
Different Escape Routes Explained
There are multiple paths through the mansion, each with different difficulty levels and time requirements. Let me explain the three main routes:
The Speed Run Route is the fastest path taking only 10-12 minutes for experienced players. You go: Entrance → Kitchen (grab key) → Use secret passage to Basement → Boiler Room (grab final key) → Tunnel bypass → Exit. This route skips the entire second floor and avoids The Nightmare boss! However, it requires knowing where the hidden passage is and having precise movement to get through the Boiler Room quickly.
The Safe Route is the path designed for new players, taking 20-25 minutes but with maximum safety. You go: Entrance → Kitchen → Living Room (safe room checkpoint) → Second Floor → Master Suite (safe room checkpoint) → Basement Stairs (safe room checkpoint) → Tunnel → Exit. This route hits all safe rooms so you always have close checkpoints. You'll encounter more Brainrots, but you can take your time and play carefully.
The Lore Route is for players who want to explore everything and find all the secrets, taking 30+ minutes. This route goes through every room including optional areas like the Library and Attic. You collect all items, read all the story notes, and discover the mansion's backstory. It's the most dangerous route because you visit every dangerous area, but it's also the most rewarding for players who enjoy exploration!
Secret Tips and Facts
Here are some cool things that many players don't know:
Closing doors slowly makes 50% less noise than closing them normally. Hold the close button instead of tapping it!
There are hidden story notes in optional rooms that explain why the mansion is full of Brainrots. Collecting all notes gives you an achievement!
Brainrots have "wake-up time" - even if you make enough noise to wake them, there's a 2-3 second delay where they're groggy. Use this time to sprint away and break line-of-sight!
In co-op mode, if you get caught but your teammates escape, you still get credit for the escape! Sacrifice plays can work!
There's an extremely rare "Friendly Brainrot" that appears randomly in about 1% of runs. It's a tiny, cute Brainrot that doesn't attack you and sometimes even drops items!
This Wiki Keeps Growing
The game gets updated regularly with new rooms, new Brainrots, and new mechanics. We update this wiki every time there's new content, so bookmark this page and check back after updates! As you discover new secrets, the community shares them and we add them here.
Now you have access to all the knowledge in the game! Use this wiki as a reference whenever you need to look up specific information. And remember - information is power in this mansion. The more you know, the better you survive!
Good luck, and may you always stay one step ahead of the Brainrots!
Last Updated: September 30, 2025 | Updated with every game version