Keep the Door Locked Anomaly Checklist

Copy this checklist into your run notes

Use this checklist to record evidence rather than invent a mechanic from one rushed glance. Keep the Door Locked is built around cameras, rules, room anomalies, and door decisions, so each entry should say what you observed and what you verified.

1. Establish a baseline

• Camera check completed: yes / no
• Window state: normal-looking / suspicious / changed since last check
• Toilet state: normal-looking / suspicious / changed since last check
• Visible room spaces checked: yes / no
• Doorway checked: yes / no
• Current rule or warning noted: write the exact information available

A baseline is most useful before the room becomes busy. The window anomaly has confirmed stages, so write a brief description of the first view rather than assuming you will remember it later.

2. Log a suspected anomaly

• Suspected threat: window anomaly / toilet anomaly / room hider / door breaker / shadow figure / uncertain
• Visible evidence: describe the object, location, or change
• Earlier comparison available: yes / no
• Second check completed: yes / no
• Confidence: confirmed observation / possible observation / uncertain

Use the all anomalies guide to compare known names. If the observation concerns the room itself, review the room hider guide and shadow figure guide. If the doorway is the pressure point, review the door breaker guide. Do not turn a checklist box into a claim that you solved the encounter.

3. Record door context

• Visitor or event seen: describe only what appeared
• Room scan completed before decision: yes / no
• Camera information considered: yes / no
• Door action taken: record it
• Reason for action: current rules, observed threat, visitor context, or uncertainty

For known visitor context, use the visitors guide and visitor trust ranking. Strange grandma is connected to the Ending 3 key, kindness has a reward association, pizza rat is associated with a baseball bat, and Dream Room, Juan, and the dog are known special discoveries. None of those labels replaces the current evidence.

4. Close the run review

• Sanity state noted: yes / no
• Blood Money progress noted: yes / no
• Badge earned: list only if it appeared
• Ending milestone: list only if confirmed
• Next change to test: one observation goal, not a guess

Send verified badge names to the badge tracker and ending milestones to the ending tracker. Compare difficult moments using the threat ranking. For overall context, return to hotel survival basics.

The aim is consistency: observe, compare, decide, and write down what happened.