Bendy and the Dark Revival: The Archives

***"On the plus side, I got a new character I think people are going to love."***
- Henry Stein
This article may contain unmarked details of **spoilers**. If you wish not to read without spoiling yourself, play the game, watch the cartoon, or read the book first, depending on the article's topic.
*See Archives (disambiguation) for other related uses.*

## Information

### Also known as

Story Boarding (Pause menu}
Archives

## Interactions

### Items

Pipe Wrench (Piper)
Hook  (Fisher)
Knife  (Allison)
End Reel

### Objects

Ink Machine
Bendy cutout
Audrey's doughnut
Nathan Arch painting
The Illusion of Living
Trash can

## Inhabitants

### Characters

Audrey (cartoon)
Audrey
Bendy
Allison
Tom
Joey Drew (memory)
Henry Stein
Betty
Porter
Heidi
Lurker
Harold

### Enemies

Alice Angel
Beast Bendy
Ink Demon
Shipahoy Dudley
Piper
Striker
Fisher
Slicer
Keepers
Beast Bendy
Sammy Lawrence
Lord Amok
King Widow
Sinny
Lost Ones (Dead)

***Bendy and the Dark Revival: The Archives*** (can be shortened to just ***The Archives***, also referred to as ***Story Boarding*** in the pause menu) is an extra *Bendy and the Dark Revival* area, added in a patch on April 11th, 2023. The option to enter it is available on the main menu.

## Summary

*The Archives* is a location made out of a spacious hall in the middle, further branching out into four separate corridors. It has pedestals all around with characters on top, with one pedestal outside of the location.

## Trivia

* Despite most of the location sharing the art style with The Cycle, the game registers the location as a part of the real-life world instead.
* Wilson inside of Shipahoy does not have any textures. This is most likely a glitch.
* User controls in the area are limited - no jumping, sprinting or crouching is available to the player. The crosshair is also turned off, regardless of the settings.
* The pause function in the level, while supposed to be disabled, will become accessible to the player after interacting with the exit and choosing "No" to stay in the location.
	+ Saving the game in *The Archives* and loading it from the menu causes the stage load like a regular level. This changes the location's lighting to be more dim, makes Audrey's model visible and enables the crosshair.
* The player's view does not feature Audrey's model directly nor does the location feature any voice lines.
	+ If hacks are used to take damage, Audrey's damage sound effect can be heard.
	+ The player can also hear her when somehow using a weapon.
	+ Her real-life model can also be seen in both the pause menu and during the save-load glitch.
* When hacking behind the King Widow, the player will see two eggs, although they can't be seen normally.
* It is actually possible to see Sinny without hacks in the real-life area of *The Archives* via the shutters.
* The only characters that are not in *The Archives* are specific alternate versions of lost ones (Amok's Followers, The Ink Jets, etc.), Buddy Boris (However he is mentioned in Tom's description), the Projectionist's head, Bertrum Piedmont's head, The Dark Puddles, Borkis, Searchers, and Ink Widows (Although the eggs they emerge from are hidden in the map).

## Characters & Objects

Info about The Archives.Bendy in The Archives.Wilson (cartoon) in The Archives.Audrey (cartoon) in The Archives.The Ink Machine in The Archives.The Ink Demon in The Archives.Beast Bendy in The Archives.One of the Keepers in The Archives.Piper in The Archives.Fisher in The Archives.Striker in The Archives.Slicer in The Archives.Sammy Lawrence in The Archives.Alice Angel in The Archives.Lord Amok in The Archives.Shipahoy Dudley in The Archives.The King Widow in The Archives.The Lurker in The Archives.Porter in The Archives.Heidi in The Archives.Henry Stein in The Archives.Allison in The Archives.Tom in The Archives.The real life Audrey Drew in The Archives.The real life Wilson in The Archives.Betty in The Archives.Joey Drew (memory) in The Archives.A Bendy Cutout in The Archives.Nathan Arch in The Archives.Audrey's donut in The Archives.Harold in The Archives.Sinny outside The Archives.
## Gallery

The entrance to The Archives.Top view map of The Archives.The pause menu in The Archives.The Archives after the player does the save-load glitch.Wilson in Shipahoy's body without the texture.Eggs behind the King Widow that are never seen.Sinny seen without hacks.