Level 188

**SURVIVAL DIFFICULTY:** *Class 5*
**⯁ Unsafe**
**⯁ Partially Stable**
**⯁ Bizzare Geometry**
**⯁ Environmental Hazard**

**Level 188** is the 188th level of the Backrooms.

## Description

**Level 188** appears to be similar to Level 29, in which both contain a Hotel architecture, and various windows. However, there are various features that makes **Level 188** different from Level 29. One key difference is that **Level 188** looks a bit more “abandoned” in the exterior; a few bits of dust are on the Windows. Despite the exterior’s appearance, this does not carry over to the interior.

A second, and such notable, example of a difference is that any wanderer who enters **Level 188** will be completely isolated; no wanderers will be able to meet up in **Level 188**. If a community or group enters **Level 188**, they will be separated until all members successfully exit **Level 188**. Surprisingly, this isolation does not result in insanity.

The interior of **Level 188** appears to be a network of hallways, whose geometry does not line up with the positions of **Level 188**’s Windows. These hallways all have openings on their walls, simply leading to more hallways. Bedrooms in **Level 188** only contain 1 window; as such, if one plans to stay in **Level 188**, staying in the bedrooms is the only reliable option to do so.

The main hazard **Level 188** comes from the Windows. Simply laying a finger on one will cause said window to shatter. Whatever you do, **do not, under any circumstances, look out of the Windows once their glass is broken**. Doing so will result in being sucked out of the window, and falling into a deep abyss; this abyss is infinite. Once you fall, you will be doomed to fall forever until you die of exhaustion, starvation, or dehydration, whatever comes first.

Wanderers who find themselves in **Level 188** for far too long will be subject to an intense, painful transformation cycle, where they become a “Hotel Cryptid”. If wanderers notice the symptoms of this transformation, it is already too late, and it is better to be quarantined rather than to try to find a cure; as of now, the cure to this transformation is unknown. The process of this transformation is listed below.

 Phase #2
 Phase #3
 Phase #4

Despite becoming an entity, wanderers who have been turned into a Hotel Cryptid will still be isolated from life; similarly, falling into **Level 188**’s abyss will simply teleport them back to the interior.

## Entrances

Windows are capable of manifesting in any level of the Backrooms. Similarly to **Level 188**’s Windows, touching these Windows will result in them breaking, before wanderers get sucked into the window. After 5 seconds, they will end up inside a bedroom in **Level 188**.

Breaking a window in Level 5 and jumping through it will send you to **Level 188**.

It is speculated that wanderers can access **Level 188** from Level 29, as **Level 188** bears general resemblance to Level 29.

## Exits

Emergency exit doors may appear replacing a window; entering these doors leads to Level 17. These doors are hard to enter, since wanderers will have to jump to them, and doing so has a good chance of resulting in falling to your untimely demise.

No-clipping through a door will transport one into Level 4, being launched out of a wall within the level. This exit can be easily achieved by slamming the door with your foot in the doorway, and approaching another door; upon doing so, you will trip over an unknown substance, and no-clip through the door.

Sometimes, various rooms with architecture resembling that of The Poolrooms can be found. One key difference, however, is that these rooms are blue instead of white. Entering these rooms leads to The Poolrooms.

Any other exits include **Level 188**’s sub-Levels.

## Events

Very rarely, **Level 188** will witness an event known as “The Windowpocalypse”. During this event, Windows will appear particularly everywhere; on the floor, on the ceiling, and randomly suspended in mid-air.

This event, in turn, will make **Level 188** far more dangerous. Simply stepping on a window on the floor will cause it to shatter, causing you to fall through all the floors before falling into **Level 188**’s abyss. This event is the sole reason why **Level 188** is classified as a survival difficulty of 5; had this event never occur, **Level 188** would instead be marked as a Class 2.

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Author: NightmareFreddybear

Original Author: Fandom user Nick6978, then rewritten for the Wikidot by 1000dumplings.

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