Level -188 is the -188th level of The Backrooms.
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Description
A picture taken by a Wanderer in Level -188. (Note: Found on Google. I will change/delete this if it violates any rules.)
Level -188 is an empty wooden cabin consisting of Almond Water and supplies for survival. This level is complete with furniture and different rooms such as a bathroom, kitchen, living room, and a second floor with two bedrooms and another bathroom. There is also an attic. The Cabin is taken care of by an unknown entity. It is advised not to attack or panic while this entity is present, as it is unknown what it will do.
The Entity
The Entity of Level -188 is a fully black male humanoid with winter clothing on. It is unknown if it owns the cabin or not. While the entity is present, it will dust and clean the cabin, as well as restock the food in the fridge. It will probably completely ignore any wanderer in the cabin, but will stop them from opening any doors or windows that lead to the outside and maybe make some hot chocolate for them. The reason for this is most likely because it considers humans as guests.
It is to be noted that if you attempt to attack the Entity out of curiosity or fear it will calmly stop you and lead you to the couch. However, if you attack it for fun it will fight back. Attempting to attack the Entity is not recommended because it has the capability of sending one to a level of its choice with a single punch. The Entity also wields weapons and will kill off any hostile entities it finds in the level. After it is done taking care of the cabin, it will either disappear into thin air or walk out the door. For some reason when the Entity uses the door it does not freeze to death, nor does the wanderer in the cabin.
Sometimes the Entity of Level -188 will bring back items and use them to decorate Level -188. These changes have stayed throughout every copy of Level -188, whether the entity appeared in those copies or not. The items that the entity brought back include the following: Blankets, a non hostile Washing Machine that has been in the new basement recently build by the entity, and the most notable item is the radio that seems to play somewhat comforting music. If it is interacted with by a wanderer, the music will switch to the wanderers choice of music by gathering information directly from the wanderer's mind. If the music is something that the entity finds disturbing, it will calmly turn it off.
4/7/2022 - The Radio has been documented as Entity 237. More can be found on other levels, but the one in Level -188 won't attack unless you did so first.
The Outside
The Outside is a snowy forest out in the middle of nowhere. Upon opening the door to the outside, you will instantly freeze to death. Opening Windows will do the same, making it impossible to leave via outside. If the doors and windows leading to the outside stays closed, this level is safe to be in. There has been a rumor of a wanderer following the entity outside and not freezing to death, as long as they were close. This eventually led said wanderer to another safe level of the Backrooms.
The Attic
Not much is known about the attic, other than going up there is a death sentence. It is devoid of any light, and a pack of extremely hostile Smilers reside up there, making it unsafe. It's not recommended to tap on the ceiling either, because they will likely notice and climb down the ladder to look for you. If this happens, hide. They will look for you until the Entity of Level -188 comes back and kills them off.
The Basement
The Basement consists of a lone non hostile Washing Machine and a bunch of old things presumably belonging to the entity of Level -188. There have been no reports of Smilers, and wanderers have found the entity's belongings to be "quite interesting".
Bases, Outposts, and Communities
Level -188 has multiple copies that different wanderers can end up on. As a result, it is impossible to make any Bases, Outposts, or Communities on this level. It is unknown if the Entity also has copies of itself or not.
Entities
Radio (Singular)
There is one on every copy on Level -188. It will usually play music that Entity -188 prefers, but will let you switch the music unless Entity -188 doesn't like it. It will release a Radio-Figure if it or Entity 293 is attacked. It won't release a Radio-figure if a Tele-figure is released first because of the Radio-figures having an irrational fear of the Tele-figures
Television (Singular)
There is also one of Entity 293 on every copy of Level -188. It will behave like a normal TV, and it also seems to like Entity -188. It will release a Tele-figure if it or Entity 237 is attacked. If a radio-figure is released beforehand, it will keep the Tele-figure in.
Entity -188
Native. It takes care of the level and the wanderer staying there.
Smilers
Native to the attic. Entity -188 will kill any Smiler that steps out of line, so it's not recommended to attract them when he's gone.
Washing Machine (Singular)
There is only one Entity 369 in every copy of the level. It appears in the basement. If a wanderer attempts to take it anywhere else, it will turn hostile. It will be docile if not attacked or taken out of the basement.
Cat (Singular)
Entity -188 found a cat on a level, took it here and named it Snowy. Isn't that neat? If this cat is attacked, Entity -188 will throw the wanderer into the snow with his bare hands. I repeat: DO NOT ATTACK THE CAT.
Entrances and Exits
Entrances
- Enter a cabin on The Barrier or The Red Zone.
- Enter a snowy forest on Level 11 and the wind will carry you here. This is not recommended, because there is an 80% chance of freezing to death.
- Imagine yourself in a cabin on Level 6 to end up here. However, this is also a dangerous method because it will lead to the Attic.
- Falling asleep and dreaming of being inside a cabin on any level has a chance of sending you here.
Finding a cabin with a TV on Level 188.1 and noclipping inside of it will result in you falling on your face in front of the TV here.
Exits
- Noclip into the TV while watching a show about the city and you'll be at Level 11.
- Noclip into the fridge to get to Level 6.1
- Politely ask the Entity to lead you to the exit and you'll find yourself at a random level.
- Rudely asking/demanding the Entity to lead you out of the level will anger it, resulting in a one-way ticket to Level !
- There is an extremely rare possibility that one day it will stop snowing and the forest will be green again. Exit the cabin through the doors at day when it does stop snowing to get into a random forest themed level. Exiting at night has a 5% chance of leading to The Barrier, but the other 95% will teleport you to another random forest themed level.
- Sing to the Entity and get it to fall asleep. The room will fill up with light and you'll find yourself on a safe level. The reason as to why this happens is likely because the Entity seems overworked and puts a lot of effort into taking care of this level without a break.
Interacting with a balloon will teleport you to a Very Safe Level =)- Ask Entity -188 to take you to his other place and he might take you to a copy of the Mansion of Spirits he owns. Other wanderers might be found on this copy. If there is 15 wanderers on one copy of the mansion, Entity -188 will take the wanderer to another copy he owns. It is unknown how many copies Entity -188 actually owns and how he owns them.
You know the drill. Feel free to edit if you want to make this level look better. - AA <3