Every animatronic, matched to a counter

Showing 38 of 38 indexed threats

• Freddy Frickbear

  Door pressure · either side

  Threat

  Approaches from the left or the right with no silhouette in the doorway, so a quick glance at the office tells you nothing.

  Counter

  Track him on the cameras, then close the correct door on the laugh that precedes his move. Closing both doors works but burns power you will want at 4 AM.

  Tell

  A laugh each time he changes camera. The laugh is the map.

  On later nights he can bait a door close and immediately swap sides.

• Bonnie

  Left door · starter threat

  Threat

  Walks the left hallway and waits at the door until you shut it. Fast on Lunatic, patient on Easy.

  Counter

  Close the left door the moment the droning hum starts and hold it until the hum stops.

  Tell

  A low mechanical hum at the door, not a footstep.

• Chica

  Right door · starter threat

  Threat

  Mirrors Bonnie on the right side. On some nights she moves first, which is the usual cause of a Night 1 death.

  Counter

  Close the right door on the hum. Do not wait to see her.

  Tell

  The same drone as Bonnie, panned to the right.

• Foxy

  Hallway sprint · camera gated

  Threat

  Builds up behind the curtain in Pirate Cove, then sprints the hall. He is the only core animatronic whose timer you can actively reset.

  Counter

  Keep a camera on Pirate Cove to stall him, or look directly at him: since 2.0 a direct look freezes his timer for 3-5 seconds. Close the left door on the sprint.

  Tell

  The curtain stages are a countdown. The run itself is audible from the office.

  2.0 nerfed passive camera stall from 50% to 25% but added the direct-look freeze.

• Balloon Boy

  Vent intruder · mask check

  Threat

  Crawls the vents and takes your flashlight batteries when he reaches the office. On Lunatic, and when no flashlight threat is on your roster, he kills instead.

  Counter

  Put the Freddy mask on as soon as the vent audio starts, and keep it on until he leaves.

  Tell

  Vent crawling, then a laugh. The laugh means he is already in the room.

  He activates on Night 2 below Lunatic, and Night 1 on Lunatic.

• The Marionette

  Music box · hard timer

  Threat

  Ignores doors and mask entirely. If the music box empties, the night ends instantly, no matter what else you were doing.

  Counter

  Wind the box with a single click; since this game does not require a hold, the check costs one second instead of five.

  Tell

  The box visibly unwinds and the melody slows before it stops.

  The single most common cause of a lost Lunatic run.

• Withered Freddy

  Front hall patrol

  Threat

  Instead of hiding on a camera he walks the front hallway between both doors, so he keeps re-testing whichever side you are not watching.

  Counter

  Watch the hall, close the door he is actually at, and reopen immediately. He leaves fast.

  Tell

  Heavy footsteps that cross the room rather than approach it.

• Withered Bonnie

  Left door · aggression

  Threat

  Presses the left door harder and more often than classic Bonnie and recovers faster.

  Counter

  Prioritise him over Bonnie when both are at the door. The withered version will not wait.

  Tell

  A denser, lower drone than classic Bonnie.

• Withered Chica

  Right door · aggression

  Threat

  The right-side counterpart to Withered Bonnie, with the same shortened patience.

  Counter

  Close early instead of closing on reaction. Her window is narrower than it sounds.

  Tell

  Right-side drone with a heavier rattle underneath.

• Withered Foxy

  Hallway sprint

  Threat

  Runs the hall like classic Foxy but arrives with less warning and does not tolerate a half-open door.

  Counter

  Close on the audio cue, not on the visual. He is already inside by the time you see him.

  Tell

  Running steps that get louder faster than classic Foxy's.

• Golden Freddy

  Office apparition · mask only

  Threat

  Appears in the office after you lower the monitor. Pulling the monitor back up does nothing; only the mask clears him.

  Counter

  Mask immediately on sight, every time. His kill timer is generous, so do not panic-flail.

  Tell

  No audio cue. He is simply sitting there when the monitor comes down.

• Endoskeleton

  Window watcher · flashlight trap

  Threat

  Stands at the window and is harmless until you shine the flashlight at it. Lighting it up triggers an instant jumpscare.

  Counter

  Do not use the flashlight while it is at the window. If you need the light for another threat, wait for the endo to move.

  Tell

  A silhouette at the window, not a camera movement.

  It synergises against you with every other flashlight-based animatronic.

• Springtrap

  Flashlight check · safe room

  Threat

  Stalks from the sealed safe room and closes in whenever the light is not on him. One of the few salvage threats that kills on its own.

  Counter

  Flash him at each stage of his approach, then stop. Holding the light wastes battery without slowing him further.

  Tell

  A metallic drag between camera positions.

• Shadow Bonnie

  Flashlight pressure

  Threat

  Forces flashlight use in a room where the endoskeleton also punishes flashlight use.

  Counter

  Clear it in a short burst, then kill the light. Never leave the beam on while you check cameras.

  Tell

  A dark shape that only resolves when the beam touches it.

  Do not salvage it in the same run as the endoskeleton unless you enjoy losing.

• Plushtrap

  Flashlight timing

  Threat

  Punishes a slow or early beam the same way the endoskeleton does, but from the floor.

  Counter

  Treat Plushtrap and the endoskeleton as one shared flashlight budget and sequence your checks.

  Tell

  Small movement at floor level.

• Nightmare

  Plush boss

  Threat

  A giant plush with button eyes that closes the distance during any long interaction, including the music box.

  Counter

  Shorten every interaction. Wind, check, close the monitor; never stand still to think.

  Tell

  Cotton-stuffing rustle, then breathing.

• Nightmare Fredbear

  Plush boss · two doors

  Threat

  Alternates sides like Freddy but hits the office faster and gives a shorter window.

  Counter

  Keep one camera parked on the hallway and accept the extra power cost.

  Tell

  A deeper version of the Freddy laugh.

• Nightmare Bonnie

  Left door · plush

  Threat

  Left-side pressure that stacks badly with Bonnie and Withered Bonnie on the same night.

  Counter

  If you are running three left-door threats, drop one at the next salvage instead of upgrading.

  Tell

  Ragged breathing at the left doorway.

• Nightmare Chica

  Right door · plush

  Threat

  Right-side pressure with a longer stall than classic Chica.

  Counter

  Hold the door a beat longer than feels necessary before reopening.

  Tell

  A wet clicking sound at the right door.

• Nightmarionne

  Gaze trap

  Threat

  Appears at one side of the office and kills if you look at it for more than about a second.

  Counter

  Look away immediately. Dreadbear will never demand candy from the side Nightmarionne occupies, so the safe side is readable.

  Tell

  A dark organic shape at the edge of the frame.

  Deliberately designed so the two candy checks never become unwinnable.

• Dreadbear

  Candy demand · side check

  Threat

  Appears at the window and demands one of two candy types; the wrong bowl is a death.

  Counter

  Read the demand, grab from the matching bowl on the opposite side, and ignore the other bowl.

  Tell

  A specific candy name, spoken once.

• Circus Baby

  Rental boss

  Threat

  The anchor of the Circus Baby's rental line and the reason the Money route is expensive. High token payout, high nightly cost.

  Counter

  Bring her in only when you have already solved your door and music-box loadout for that night.

  Tell

  Varies by stage; listen for the rental-line audio bed changing.

  Salvaging the rentals is mandatory for the Money ending.

• Ballora

  Rental boss · audio

  Threat

  Audio-driven pressure that punishes players who mute the game or play on speakers at low volume.

  Counter

  Headphones. This is not a difficulty preference, it is the mechanic.

  Tell

  Ballet cue that gets faster as she closes.

• Funtime Freddy

  Door trap

  Threat

  Withholds his attack until at least one door is open, so double-door turtling does not save you.

  Counter

  Open one door deliberately, watch which side reacts, then close it. Do not idle with both doors shut.

  Tell

  A cheerful line of dialogue before the move.

  The one animatronic that specifically defeats the close-both-doors shortcut.

• Funtime Foxy

  Rental boss

  Threat

  Fast lateral movement that punishes camera dwell time.

  Counter

  Cap every camera check at a second and a half. Move, do not browse.

  Tell

  Curtain rustle off-camera.

• Funtime Chica

  Rental boss

  Threat

  High-value salvage with a mechanic that overlaps whichever rental you already brought in.

  Counter

  Sequence rentals rather than stacking them; the payout per token of risk drops fast.

  Tell

  Party-horn cue.

• Scrap Baby

  Power drain

  Threat

  Waits in Parts and Service, draining power and making noise. At Fazbear's Fright she is the only animatronic who can kill you directly.

  Counter

  Clear Parts and Service early in the night, before the drain compounds into a blackout.

  Tell

  A loud scrapyard rattle from the service room.

• Molten Freddy

  Support disruption

  Threat

  Cannot kill on his own; instead he masks the audio cues you need for the threats that can.

  Counter

  Identify his audio signature and mentally subtract it. Do not close doors on his cue.

  Tell

  A tangled, overlapping voice line.

• Lefty

  Support disruption

  Threat

  Adds visual noise to the camera feed so you misread which door is occupied.

  Counter

  Verify door threats by audio, not by camera silhouette.

  Tell

  Feed static on the camera you are watching.

• Lolbit

  Economy attack

  Threat

  Does not chase you at all. Raises shop prices, which quietly breaks a planned purchase night.

  Counter

  Buy before Lolbit's inflation bites, or simply do not salvage it on a shopping night.

  Tell

  Shop prices change mid-run.

  The only threat in the game that attacks your token budget instead of your health.

• Vanny

  Route handler

  Threat

  Hands you the salvage list that unlocks the Evil route, then becomes one of the actors in the Night 6 finale.

  Counter

  Follow the list exactly. Partial compliance is what produces an ending you did not plan.

  Tell

  Her request appears in the route dialogue, not in the office.

• Mr. Hippo

  Harmless monologue

  Threat

  Long, rambling stories. Genuinely safe, genuinely long.

  Counter

  Let him finish, or use the Death Coin and enjoy being scolded for interrupting.

  Tell

  He starts talking and does not stop.

• Happy Frog

  Harmless

  Threat

  One of the few animatronics that is not out for blood.

  Counter

  Nothing. Free salvage.

  Tell

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• Rockstar Foxy

  2.0

  Shopkeeper · 2.0

  Threat

  Does not attack. Offers a luck-based transaction instead, which is either the best or worst deal of the night.

  Counter

  Decide before you approach whether you can afford the variance; do not gamble your route budget.

  Tell

  Shop dialogue changes to his voice line.

  Added as a shopkeeper in Four Layers Down.

• Bonnet

  2.0

  2.0 addition

  Threat

  Part of the Four Layers Down door pressure rotation.

  Counter

  Treat it as a slot-based door threat: it cannot act at the same time as another reaction threat, so wait your turn instead of double-closing.

  Tell

  Distinct audio cue; see the 2.0 slot-system note.

  Mechanic notes are being verified against 2.0.2.

• Daycare Attendant

  2.0

  2.0 addition

  Threat

  Switches between passive and aggressive states instead of using a fixed approach pattern.

  Counter

  Read the state before spending power; closing on the passive state is wasted battery.

  Tell

  Lighting in the room changes with the state.

  Mechanic notes are being verified against 2.0.2.

• Yenndo

  2.0

  2.0 addition

  Threat

  Appears inside the Circus Baby's rental line in the expansion roster.

  Counter

  Budget it as a rental-line threat: high payout, high nightly cost.

  Tell

  Endoskeleton audio inside the rental rooms.

  Mechanic notes are being verified against 2.0.2.

• Deedee

  2.0

  2.0 addition · roster modifier

  Threat

  Changes which animatronics are active rather than attacking you directly.

  Counter

  Re-check your roster after she appears; the night you planned is not the night you are playing.

  Tell

  A short jingle and a roster change.

  Mechanic notes are being verified against 2.0.2.