The Courtyard

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The Courtyard is an outdoor area in The Hotel. The area consists of a stone walkway under a covered area with lanterns, two garden areas with bushes, shrubs, and small trees, and a large ophanim-like angel stone statue. The statue has a small pedestal underneath with text in Wingdings (●︎♓︎❍︎♌︎□︎), which, upon translation, the decoded text comes out as "limbo." There are also 6 closets located around the gardening areas, and a gardening closet that contains Shears. This is a finding quest for a gardening closet. 
The Courtyard spawns after the second Seek chase and is considered a safe zone. However, Eyes is capable of spawning in the center of the room.
===Notes===
* There is a secret entrance to a Basement that is blocked off by vines which can be cut by Shears and is guarded by two Snares.
** This room contains several Snares that are unable to kill you and Drawers, which contain plenty of Gold.
* The Courtyard can be utilized for as a resting zone, because it is almost completely peaceful.
** This is especially useful, as the following rooms The Greenhouse and The Electrical Room are considered to be the most challenging in The Hotel.
** Other rest zones in The Hotel are The Reception, the Jeff Shop, and The Infirmary.
* If Rush or Ambush is triggered by a player entering the next room, when either entity passes through The Courtyard, they will not shatter any of its lights, but they will appear to be illuminated without casting any light.
* Players will always enter The Greenhouse after leaving The Courtyard.
== Trivia==
* Currently, The Courtyard is one of the three rooms (the others being the Lobby and The Woods) that allows the player step foot in an outside setting.
* During the release of the Hotel+ Update, a bug would sometimes occur where The Courtyard would not spawn. Since it leads to The Greenhouse, this would lead to a softlock where players couldn't progress. This bug has since been patched.
* Prior to the Hotel+ update, there was a chance that Seek's eyes could appear on The Courtyard's walls. After the Hotel+ update, The Courtyard can only spawn after the second Seek Chase, meaning Seek's eyes can no longer appear in it.
* Shadow and Jack can spawn here.
* The Courtyard is the second largest "room" in The Hotel, the largest being The Electrical Room.
* Although Eyes can spawn in The Courtyard, it won't deal damage to players through The Courtyard's door.
* Upon being asked what the statue in The Courtyard means, RediblesQW replied with a shushing emoji, possibly implying a secret."🤫" – RediblesQW, Twitter
** It is speculated by some that the statue is of Guiding Light, however this has not been confirmed.
* The Courtyard was revamped twice, first when the Hotel+ Update released, and again when The Mines floor was introduced.
* After the Hotel+ Update, The Courtyard's sky is significantly darker. The cause of this is unknown.
*The storm in The Courtyard is noticeably calmer than in The Hotel.
*In the Floor 2 Update, the statue in The Courtyard was noticeably modified, and there is a newly added pedestal, with the word "limbo" in the Wingdings font.
*In The Mines update, you can now find the Shears which can be used to do many things such as open a secret room in The Courtyard, open chests covered in vines in The Mines, and open up shortcuts in The Nest. All of them can have goods such as coins and items.
*If you press tightly against the statue you can see a passage.
*A secret was added to The Courtyard in The Mines update: a picture of a dog repeated all over the roof of the walkway. It's only visible with exploits with a Terminal Velocity candy. This is also visible with the new “Admin Panel” gamepass, using the FLY/NOCLIP option.
== Gallery==
New Green house.png|View of the garden after The Mines update
Courtyard Path v2.jpg|An image of the walk way through The Courtyard after The Mines update
Hotel Update Courtyard.png|Ditto, but after the Hotel+ update.
Extended Courtyard.webp|Ditto, but before the Hotel+ update
Courtyard Statue v2.jpg|Image of the statue in The Courtyard.
Hqdefault (11).webp|Ditto, but before The Mines update
Courtyard Opened Statue.png|The Statue but it is open (Scrapped Feature)
Mustvebeenthewind-ong.png|The Courtyard in Retro Mode.
Courtyard basement.jpg|The entrance to the Courtyard Basement.
Basement.webp|View of the Courtyard Basement inside the gated-off area
AnnoyingEyes.png|Eyes in the Courtyard.
Nightmarecourtyard.webp|Jack's Blood Room in the Courtyard.
Jack-courtyard.png|Ditto.
Seek's eyes in Courtyard.webp|Seek's Crescendo in the Courtyard before the Hotel+ update.
Courtyard roof 1.png|The secret picture of a dog on the roof of the walkway.
== References==
Category:Locations
Category:Locations (The Hotel)
Category:Hotel
Category:Miscellaneous