Endings

In HOUSE, the main goal of the game is to reach an ending, which, unsurprisingly, requires Tabby and/or Melody to not die of the many deaths that may befall either of them within the house.

## Chapter 1

There are six endings to Chapter 1. The first four must be completed in any order before the fifth one can be attempted. The sixth one can be attempted after the fifth is completed, but it is entirely optional.

**Kill your dad.**
In order to achieve this ending all one has to do is kill James when he comes home at 12am. While this may sound like a simple task, it is anything but simple, as when James is first attacked, he will continue to try to kill Tabby, even after he has been sliced in half. When he is attacked again, he will continue to try to kill her as just a head, bouncing and vomiting blood to melt her into a skeleton with his acidic fluids. In order to kill him Tabby must attack him three times with whatever weapon, the easiest method being the bear trap and two shotgun blasts.
After James dies Tabby will fall to her knees in exhaustion, relieved that she finally killed her dad. When the game is entered again, Tabby will get a new journal entry named "Father".

**Kill your family.**
In order to achieve this ending Tabby, must kill everyone in her family **with her own hands**. This includes Lisa, Melody, the Cat, Dolly, and the Rat. Environmental hazards can and will kill Lisa, Melody and Cat if not interfered with, but any deaths via environmental hazards will make you unable to complete this ending. It should be noted that after killing Melody and the Cat, they will appear in rooms in their undead form (see Possessed Melody and Demon Cat respectively); since Lisa will only turn into her undead form by slipping and falling to death by accident, killing her by hand whilst attempting this ending shouldn't be a concern.
In order to see the progress of how many family members are dead, one must talk to the Akaname. This can be done by flushing the toilet after 5pm, which will make her emerge and inform Tabby of her progress. Keep in mind that Tabby must explicitly kill (as opposed to them dying in other ways) at least one member of her family before attempting to speak to Akaname, otherwise she will be hostile and attack her instead. She will also become hostile if attacked at any point.

*For more information, see Akaname*
**Subdue your dad.**
In order to achieve this ending, Tabby must save Melody. Melody does not want to live, however, and the house does not want her to, either. She will try to perform several tasks that end with her being killed, including even trying to commit suicide. Tabby must break several items in order to save Melody including the piano, toilet, and stool in Melody's room. When Melody is saved, she will lie in her bed, to which she must be given Dolly.

*For more information, see Melody*
**Save your family.**
In order to achieve this ending, Tabby must save the entire family. This includes the Cat, Melody, Lisa, and the Rat. In order to do this Tabby must save Melody as in the previous ending, except she must not give her Dolly. Tabby must also prevent Lisa from slipping by placing the bucket below the leak in the kitchen, prevent the Cat from being burnt alive by pouring water on the fire in the music room and subdue the Rat by giving it a sandwich, or running past it. At 9pm the fridge will open and a bloody hand will reach out to grab Lisa, who is passed out from drinking. Tabby must attack the hand with the axe causing it to retreat, after which the Lankler emerges. If the Lankler catches Tabby it will eat her similar to how the Akaname behaves, only the Lankler is much slower. The Lankler cannot be killed but will become stunned if shot with the shotgun, stepping on a bear trap, or stepping on the fallen chandelier in the music room.

*For more information, see Lankler*
**Break free.**
This is the true ending of Chapter 1, and completing this ending will allow Chapter 2 to be played. In order to attempt this ending all other endings must be achieved. As each ending is achieved the clock in the hallway becomes cracked with blood, forming a kind of four-pointed star. When all four endings are achieved the clock can be destroyed with the axe, causing the game to enter the state of Frozen Time.
Body parts will appear around the house, including the parent's room, music room, and storage room. Tabby must destroy the Eyes by shooting them with the slingshot, destroy the Fingers by chopping five of them off with an axe, and destroy the Mouth by feeding it an item then dropping the bowling ball on its teeth while they are exposed. After destroying all three the Heart can then be destroyed using the shotgun or axe. During all of this, Husks will spawn around the house, which can easily be killed using the axe.
Once the Heart is destroyed, Tabby will fall into a pit and end up in a large void underneath the house. The bodies of Lisa, Tabby, the Rat, and the Cat can be found in this void. Eventually Tabby will find the Puppetmaster. Once he has been found a cutscene will trigger in which he will ask Tabby to approach him. However once Tabby approaches him he will grab her and insist she doesn't leave. Tabby will then rip her arm off in order to escape, and destroy the Puppetmaster with her axe. Afterward a cutscene plays showing Dolly. She begins as normal mocking the player (presumably Tabby) until the camera moves closer, along with the sound of footsteps. She begins to beg for forgiveness until the screen becomes black, and the sound of an axe can be heard.
**Make a new friend.**
This ending can only be attempted after the True Ending, and completing it is not required at all. To perform it, Tabby must kill 8 frogs before midnight. Only one frog will be in the house at one time, and they will spawn in random rooms, excluding the parents' room. They can be killed either with the axe or the bowling ball.
If this is done successfully, instead of James appearing at the door at midnight, the Frog Lord will appear. The Frog Lord is a much tougher boss than James; it takes six hits to defeat it, and it can only be damaged with the axe, although other items can stun it momentarily.
Once the Frog Lord is defeated, Tabby will meet Froggy, and gain the "Nightmares" entry in her journal.

## Chapter 2

There is currently only one ending to this chapter.

**Help Melody escape the house.**
For this ending, Melody must defeat Jizo, which requires the help of three other characters: Lisa, James and Toby.
To get Lisa on your side, Melody must wait until 3:00am, when she begins drinking wine. She then must use the flute and play the "song" located in the "Screams" entry in her journal. This will cause the wine bottle to shatter, meaning Lisa can no longer drink and is snapped out of her trance, a bird exploding as she snaps out of it.
To get Toby on your side, Melody must obtain the brass key by giving the Rat a cup of toilet water. She can then unlock the parents' room, and access the basement through it. Inside the basement, Melody must use the flute again to play the song located in the "Father" entry in her journal. This will awaken Toby's corpse earlier than usual, and prevent him from ever killing James. Toby's corpse will begin chasing her (and pointing at her when it first sees or finds her and tries to kill you). Leading him to Toby's ghost, he will possess the corpse and he will be able to fight Jizo.

*For more information, see Toby*
As long as Toby does not kill James, and Melody cuts the noose trap in the main room with the scissors that were awarded by seamstress before James gets to it, James will arrive in the main room before Jizo appears.
Once Jizo arrives, Melody must lure him to all three previously mentioned characters, who will all attack him before having their faces stomped through. It is recommended to lure him to James first, then to Lisa, then finally to Toby. Once all three have attacked him, he will become stunned, at which point Melody can cut him with her scissors, causing him to fall backwards and through the floor. When Melody is ready, she can jump into the hole, bringing her to the void underneath the house once again, where she can find Tabby's body and escape the house with her.
Completing this ending will unlock the chapter selection menu, where the player can replay any of the two chapters.

## Trivia

* After every ending of Chapter 1, Dolly will appear, giving threats to the player. This will stop happening once the True Ending is achieved.
* The endings "Patricide" and "Good Girl" are often incorrectly referred to as "Father" and "Bloodshed", as those are the names of the journal entries unlocked after the respective endings are completed. However, the names of the achievements unlocked after these endings are achieved are "Patricide" and "Good Girl".
* "Patricide" is the killing of one's father, coming from the Latin word *Pater*, meaning "father", and the suffix -cide, meaning "kill".
* "Good Girl" comes from what James says when he comes home during the "Good Girl" ending, where he says "Tabby, I'm home. You've been a very good girl."
* "The Song" specifically references the True Ending in its ending words.
* In the "Family" ending, if the fire is not put out and the cat is lit aflame, the poor kitty can still be saved if water is splashed onto it while it's still on fire running around.
* In the "Moving On" ending for Chapter 2, if the Cat kills the Piano Demon by luring a mouse into the room while the piano is being played before the ending is achieved, the Cat will jump down with Melody, garnering the player an achievement. The Cat will thereafter appear on the chapter selection screen.