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Level -360: "Acid Showers"
Description
A close-up of one of the rooms in the "library." Which looks like The End. Photographer presumed dead.
Level -360 is the 361th negative level of the Backrooms.
Level -360 takes place in a cloudy rest area that has some buildings and roads. You may see that all the traffic lights are blinking red and the pedestrian signals counting down from 360. More on that later. The building's doors cannot be opened and it's almost impossible to shatter the glass doors in some buildings. Most of the building's reference levels such as the library references The End when looked through the glass doors, a restaurant named "Snackrooms," which references Level 6.1. If you try to run off to the distance, you'll hit a painted wall of the cloudy sky and the land surrounding the rest area meaning you cannot leave the area.
A photo of the clouds close up. Photographer presumed dead
Near the entrance of the Snackrooms restaurant, you may find a vending machine full of items such as umbrellas, Almond Water, Liquid Pain (obviously avoid), and some other snacks. Each of these items costs a dollar and you can find coins scattered around the level such as trash cans, sidewalks, or unlocked cars. This level has no day or night cycle and the weather is always cloudy which are nimbus clouds.
Back to the pedestrian lights, the timer will start at 360 seconds and countdown. At first, it may seem like an entity will spawn when the timer reaches zero, but the real threat of this level is the acid rain up above. When the timer reaches zero, acid rain will pour out from the clouds and will melt anything in its path which can melt you as well! Although there is a way to survive, some buildings have levers that will activate an awning than can last one rain shower. Another way to survive is to find coins scattered around the level until you have enough to purchase an umbrella. Once in the rain, the umbrellas will last one rain shower also.
The acid rain shower will last for 10 seconds and then stop and disintegrate fast, leaving melted roads, cars, lights, activated awnings, etc. Oddly enough, it doesn't affect the buildings or vending machines at all. Once the rain stops, the timer will reset again but this time, 30 seconds off the original time. Also, don't breathe the acid fumes! They can cause problems with your breathing, or even kill you! So try to cover your airway.
Repeat the survival process about another 10 times, although it's unlikely you will survive.
Once the timer resets to 30, this is the final stretch until you escape. You will need to run around the level to find an open manhole which will be somewhat hard to find. Don't waste any time doing something else other than looking for the manhole. Once you finally find the manhole, go down quickly before the timer hits 0. There is also another escape, but this is hard to do. Try to collect the acid that's coming from the rain, there may be a PTFE material bottle that can resist acid. Once you collect the acid, pour it on a sewer grate (which is covered by one of the buildings) and go down.
Although if you have an extra umbrella or awning, you still won't survive. It's mainly because at the final stretch if the timer hits 0, the rain will pour down for an unknown amount of time and you'll melt away. No one knows when the rain stops after this.
Once you escape this level, you'll be teleported to level Level -351, random Backrooms level, etc. whichever exit you choose.
Colonies and Outposts
Due to the nature of this level, it's impossible to set up colonies or outposts.
Do's and Don'ts
Don't
- Waste any time
- Activate every awning
- Touch anything that still has acid
Do
- Save the umbrellas or awnings
- Try to look and collect coins
- Try to protect your skin from touching acidic items
- Protect your airway
Entrances and Exits
Entrances
- Find a special hose in Level 11 and spray it upwards.
- Jumping into the river of acid in Level ▓ has a 0.25% chance of teleporting you here.
Exits
- Going through the manhole will take you to a random level
- Going down the sewer grate will take you to Level -351.
- Breaking the glass doors of the library and going through will take you to The End
- Breaking the glass doors of the Snackrooms and going through will take you to Level 6.1