Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Welcome to nightmare difficulty. This difficulty unlocks after beating the game once. It isn't too hard if you take your time and have good knowledge of the game. This mode is permadeath though so mistakes are costly. I recommend getting 3-stars on creepy difficulty first so you have an idea of what you're doing. The difficulty achievements are not stackable and the game requires 3 playthroughs so you'll have to do it at some point anyways. A successful run takes 1.5-3 hours. Usually around 2.

Firstly, I will give an overview of the mode and requirements and then the rest of the guide is a night-by-night walkthrough.

The requirements for 3 stars are:

1. Grab Every Dad Item. There are 5.
2. Get the Secret Photo dropped by the last child you save after grabbing every dad item. Make sure to grab this before going in the vent to save dad. I'm not sure if it is there after you leave later.
3. Fix and then enter and exit every arcade game (Make sure to "Play each game" just enter each arcade game, then press B). I recommend dying in each game to be safe.
4. Play the Fetch Balloons secret mini-game by getting every voucher item and then in the past interact with the voucher machine (Do this before seeing dad in night 5, otherwise the voucher machine is broken).
5. Use the phone to call mom on the 5th night for another mini-game (Do this in the secret room with dad for it to 100% work). The number is 555-5683. Or you can use the contact list on the phone by pressing LB.
6. Click the gumball machine around 100 times for the last mini-game (should take 2-3 minutes of spamming A). This can be done during night 1 where you have to save the kid from the endo with the screwdriver, or after Spring Bonnie takes dad away from the secret room on night 5 for safety reasons.
7. Finish the game and enter the final cut-scene.

Stolen from this guide:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=33075...

Before beginning, I recommend changing your accessibility settings to turn hiding minigames to auto play. That way, you will never lose the minigame as it autocompletes for you. I also recommend turning on audio visualization as it tells you what animatronic is making which sound and which direction it's coming from.

In this mode, a lot of hiding spots are disabled and Spring Bonnie will destroy sound lures after you use them.

Here is a helpful map of active hiding spots. Scroll to the bottom to find the nightmare map:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=33054...

I recommend pausing and checking this map for the closest hiding spots whenever you are getting chased as Spring Bonnie is significantly faster in this mode than earlier difficulties. An interesting note is Spring Bonnie gets faster the longer the chase is. Using hiding spots to reset his speed is very necessary in some sections.

Since sound lures are limited, it may be helpful to create your own sound lures. If you force trip yourself 4 times in a row, it will create a red level sound lure. To do this, hold the run button and wiggle back and forth a few times quickly. This will lure Spring Bonnie to your location.

Here is a helpful map of items needed for getting 3 stars:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=33149...

Day/Night 1
The first bit is just a prologue. If you changed your accessibility settings then there is almost no risk in dying. Just make sure you hit to dodge Spring Bonnie's attack when you get to the party room.

Once at home, grab mom's phone number from the fridge and the rope from the garage. Then go to your parents room for a brief cutscene. Head back to your room, do a tripping sound lure and hide under the bed. Once Spring Bonnie is gone, go to your parents bedroom and pick up mom's phone. Follow the button prompts but don't call mom yet. Instead close out of the phone and head back to your room before calling as your call will lure Spring Bonnie to you. Hide under the bed again and then go find mom.

The rest of the night is impossible to die until the final chase as far as I can tell. There are no enemies around and most of the pizzeria is locked. Go through the ball pit. Talk to the trapped child. Go backstage and interact with the door. Go through the ball pit. Talk to Jeff, take the trash to the mill. Get the rat trap and puzzle matrix while you're there. Go back to Jeff and he'll give you the basement key. Make sure to interact with the gumball machine 100 times to get a secret minigame. It's near the trapped child in the endo. Grab the remaining night 1 items (see steam map above) and open the basement behind the curtain in the past to get the screwdriver. Use the screwdriver on the child and run away to the ball pit to end the night.

Day/Night 2
You only need to find 3/4 of the house escapes if you do a skip on night 4. Basically, just remember to get the firecrackers from the kid at the library before seeing the Freddy security room door cutscene to skip a fourth house escape. This means you don't need to bring the loud ladder from the attic to the garage to complete that escape. Instead the remaining 3 escapes are:

1. The front door.
2. Use rope from the garage in the attic.
3. Use the screwdriver on Oz's bedroom window.

Pick your favourite for night 2. Once in the pizzeria, go right behind the curtain and flip the fuse box on. Be ready to run to the left, as the vent on the right is blocked and Spring Bonnie will come running for you. If you run immediately after hitting the fuse box, you can make it to the second table in the dining area. All other tables are broken in this room so hide underneath this one.

From here on out, I will only be detailing required encounters and strategies. I assume you have sound on and can check the steam map above for hiding spots yourself.

Enter the kitchen from the party hallway for a cutscene. Place the rat trap and leave the room and come back to collect it. This makes a noise so hide in the vent on the left of this hallway. Go to the ball pit.

Talk to Jeff. Place the rat trap by the lady. Go to the kitchen and steal a pizza slice. Go back to the ball pit. Place the pizza at the trash pile where you dropped your lunch bag in the party hallway. Enter the kitchen and interact with the cabinet on the right. You'll have to make your way to the front entrance without being caught to play a cutscene. Spam to escape from Spring Bonnie. I ran straight for the ball pit but I tripped twice and survived by a millisecond. It is safer to hide under the table in the dining area and then run to the ball pit to reset Spring Bonnie's speed.

Day/Night 3
Talk to the principal. Grab the keys and the arcade part. Talk to the principal. Grab the book and go back to class. Escape your house. Go to the ball pit.

Go right and do a trip sound lure by the now opened vent in the basement. Don't do the sound lure right over the vent or the prompt to enter the vent won't appear. If you do, just walk away a bit and walk towards the vent again and it should appear. Then travel through the vent. Go right and use your sticky hand on the vent up high and grab the key. This makes a noise so hide in the vent on your left.

Use the key on the door right next to you to enter the arcade. Get a cutscene by Bonnie. Now I recommend grabbing the 3 night 3 items and unlocking the vent by the front entrance in case you need to hide there at some point. You can use the same strategy as before to create a sound lure in the basement and travel through the vent to distract Spring Bonnie and help you keep track of where he is. For some reason, picking up items makes noise so keep that in mind.

Interact with the guitar backstage. Go to the ball pit. Go to the mill. Interact with the trash to obtain guitar strings.

Now, you can fix all of the arcade machines so I'd recommend doing that. Make sure to play each game once and then get 100 tickets to buy 5 prize vouchers. Use 4 in present day to get all the items and save 1 for the past to get a minigame.

Go to the ball pit. Fix the guitar backstage. Play the guitar on stage. Run right ASAP. Spam in the vent for a QTE.

Head to the arcade. Use your prize voucher on the machine to play a minigame. After the minigame is completed, save Chip. I ran straight to the ball pit and survived. Just watch out for Bonnie under the table in the dining area as he might try and grab your legs.

Day/Night 4
Go to class. Go to the library. Trade the handheld gaming device to the kid for firecrackers. Go to the ball pit.

Get to the security office. Grab the wedding ring by the child. Talk to the child. Press on the cameras. Go to the arcade and interact with the second arcade machine for a sound lure. Go to the security office. Press and follow Spring Bonnie with .

Go to the kitchen. Interact with the freezer door. Go to the arcade to grab the hammer. Go to kitchen and open the door with the hammer. Spam to escape the QTE and run to the ball pit (one door to the right).

Night 5
Go to Jeff's Pizza. Double check your 3 star requirements. Make sure you've done the Fetch secret minigame for using a prize voucher in the past and you have played every arcade machine. Also, make sure you have 4/5 dad items. If not, identify which ones you are missing.

Go to the security office and talk to Jeff. Run to the ball pit. Spam on the door to win the QTE. Go to the past. Run out of the ball pit room. Run left and hide under the table. If Spring Bonnie catches you under the table then keep running left to hide in the vent at the front entrance. I hope you unlocked it earlier when it was mentioned. Otherwise, you may want to run somewhere else.

Go through the vent. Grab dad's nametag. Go through the vent in the party hallway. Go left and grab the keycard from the pile of endos. Go back through the vent. This is the point of no return for arcade machines. Make sure you have all 5 dad items now too.

Open the party room with the keycard. Grab the dropped photo before going through the vent. Go through the vent. Call mom using the contact list. You'll get a final secret minigame. Save dad. Hide in the vent. Go through the vent. This is the point of no return for the gumball secret minigame if you didn't do it on night 1. You should be safe to do it. I'm pretty sure Spring Bonnie doesn't wander around at this point.

Go to the ball pit. Hit for the QTE. Hit for the next QTE.

Congrats. You are all done. Comment if you have any feedback for the guide or any tips you want to share.