Spectral Rats

### Locations

Everywhere except for tunnels and the Spider Cellar) in Granny's House in Nightmare Mode.

## Background Information

### Added in

Version 1.6.1

**Spectral Rats** are a hazard that serve as the quaternary antagonists of the game. They were added to Granny in Version 1.6.1, and they are only exclusive to Nightmare Mode.

## Description

They are one of the newer pets that were added. They only appear in Nightmare Mode, so you do not have to worry about them at all on the normal mode. They randomly appear, so beware on where you step. Sometimes, stepping on a rat is inevitable, as they may block a narrow way. Just be sure to know Granny's position before intentionally stepping on it. They are just like the Creaking Floors, but even if you don't move, a rat can still run into you and alert Granny.

## Risks

The rats is one of the most dangerous characters in the House. As they temporarily hinder your vision, and in that process alert Granny, to the location where they stunned/bit you.

### Stun

Upon getting bitten by a rat, you will receive a short stun, similar to the Jail Ventilator, but much shorter.

### Hindrance Of Vision

During the stun (bite) from a rat, the screen will shake violently, the borders will get splattered with blood, and the edges of the screen will be drastically darkened, and a lens distortion effect will be applied to the entire view, although it only lasts for a couple of seconds.

### Alerting Granny

During the bite of these rats, the rat will hiss. This hiss will result in **Granny** coming to the location of the hiss, and if she sees you, she will follow you, as normal, thus can kill you if you're playing on Extreme Mode, due to her incredible speed.

## Spawning

An unknown amount of rats appear in the house at the beginning of Day 1, and their exact locations at the beginning of the day is currently unknown. The rats seem to have the ability to "teleport" between rooms, and there appears to be at least 3 or more **rats** at a time in the house at once, but it is widely assumed that the rats retire at their own will. The "3 or more" statement is supported by the fact that upon leaving a room with a rat already in it, there may be 2 rats in the next room.

## Behavior

The rats will commonly walk for a short period of time, and then they will stop and rest. During the "resting", the rats will lay there, but nothing much else will occur. They may leave a small "cloud" while resting, but it doesn't do anything. The "resting" can also take place on Stairs and in hallways, which will block the path from the staircase or hallway. This will result in time being wasted and your frustration, as a rat that is on a staircase will block the path, and it is only very rare to walk past one and not get bitten (check out the end of this paragraph). You would have to risk a bite in that situation, which would alert **Granny**. The rats will completely ignore the player’s presence and will not chase them, but if they wander into the **Player** or the **Player** steps on them, they will bite and begin running away. In some very rare instances (most commonly on the staircases and in hallways), you can get extremely close to a rat, but it won't bite. It is still unknown why this occurs.

## Killing

The **Spectral Rats** **CANNOT** be stunned or killed by any weapon such as the Crossbow, the Shotgun, the Pepper Spray, the Sauna, the Car and the Freeze Trap. This rule also applies to the Unstable Flooring and **Granny** herself, as those things that knockout and kill you cannot influence the **Spectral Rats** either. The Bear Traps (and the flesh variants) also apply, as **Spectral Rats** cannot interact with them.

## Traveling

The Spectral Rats cannot access the Secret Area Tunnel, the Shed Tunnel, the Vent Tunnel the Spider Cellar, or any other places that is inaccessible to Granny, such as the Hidden Closet. Those are total safe zones. Most of these examples are due to the size of the structure, but logically, the Spectral Rats should be able to access those areas. (Except the Spider Cellar due to the area's great height.) They will mainly wander around the Ground Floor, while sometimes going to the Upper Floor and Attic. They will never go into the Secret Area Bottom Floor. Maybe due to the floor of the room.

**WARNING: They can teleport, go through walls, and even through Doors.**

## Trivia

* These **Spectral Rats** appear as ghosts.
	+ That is why they are dubbed "Spectral Rats", since the meaning of spectral is "of or like a ghost".
* These **Spectral Rats** are really strange additions to Granny, except one of the rats (back when they were alive) were in Slendrina 2D, except they died from the deadly gas.
* Unlike the Spider and the Crow, the Player can't kill these **Spectral Rats** and the Spider Mom.
	+ However, if the player shoots one of the rats with the crossbow, it will make the same sound as when it bites the Player.
* The **Spectral Rats** are the only pets that are free to roam the house.
* There was a glitch in Version 1.7.1 where you were able to remove the blood on day four by getting bit by a spectral rat. This was fixed in V1.7.2.
* The Spectral Rats and Granny can't enter the Spider Cellar area due to the height of the Entrance's Hole and the Vent Grilles.
* If you throw the Engine Part (or any big item for that matter), the rat will get stuck.
* In the PC Port, the Spectral Rats were added with the release Nightmare Mode, unlike the mobile version, which added it a version after Nightmare Mode was added.
* There model can be found here.
* These are VERY ANNOYING especially on extreme mode and/or darker, thankfully DVloper put them on nightmare mode only.
* The rat model can be found here.

## Gallery

A brief time after "**Spectral Rat Attack**", you can see blood covering the edges of the screen, and the **Spectral Rat** is running away.The head of one of the **Spectral Rats**.The cloud left behind by the **Spectral Rats**.Two **Spectral Rats**, as seen from the Kitchen.RestingThe Rat stuck with the Engine Part.The texture used for Spectral Rats.

 **Deadly** | Chest Puzzle • Gasoline Can • Rear Bumper • Granny • Spider • Spider Mom • Unstable Flooring