Research Outpost
StructureBuilding
Rarity
Guaranteed
Type
Conditional
Total Items
5
Inhabitants
0
Research Outpost is a Structure location in the Building subcategory.A two-story industrial fortress that serves as the origin point and activation trigger for the game's Hard Mode by housing the levers players must pull.
Location Details & Conditions
Prerequisites:
- •Requires Campfire Level 1-2
Mechanics:
- •This is the trigger location for Hard Mode. To activate it, all players on a server must pull their personal lever in the basement before Day 3.
- •Activating the levers is irreversible and triggers a cutscene on the night of Day 3, causing corruption to spread.
- •A monitor on the first floor allows players to view the global corruption status for free.
- •A blueprint for a craftable 'Research Monitor' can be found in a chest, allowing players to track corruption from their base.
Appearance:
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General:A two-story industrial fortress-like building supported on elevated pillars with two entrances.
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First floor:The main hall contains a research monitoring area with screens displaying real-time corruption stats. A steel vault door leads down to the basement.
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Second floor:A simple space accessed by a ladder from the first floor, containing loot chests.
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Basement:A lower level behind another vault door which houses the individual levers for each player to activate Hard Mode.
Items & Loot
Trivia
Fact 1
This location was introduced in 'The Forest is Angry' update on January 24, 2026.
Fact 2
Activating Hard Mode via this location doubles the diamond rewards for surviving 50 or 99 nights and adds players to a specific leaderboard.
Fact 3
On multiplayer servers, there is a known issue where only one player might receive loot from the chests on the second floor.
