Ambush

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"Coming back for seconds again!"
- Rebound Achievement description

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"You died to who you call Ambush... It is a tricky one. Use what you have learned from Rush!"
- Guiding Light

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</choose> Ambush is a supporting hostile entity in DOORS, appearing in the Hotel.

Appearance

Ambush's appearance is a pale, shocked face with a large, gaping mouth. filled with rows of teeth on each side and a set of large black eyes with bags under them. It is slightly pixelated and emits an immense greenish-red or magenta-green aura, depending on how high the player's graphics are. Ambush takes the appearence of a ghost.

Behavior

Ambush has a small chance to replace Rush when spawning in, with said chance getting higher the further the player progresses throughout the Hotel, usually past The Library, and can rarely spawn in the Greenhouse. Unlike Rush, however, Ambush will not flicker the lights, making players rely on sound to hear it.

Ambush plays a high-pitched, distorted sound before it speeds into the room, shattering lights along its path. However, it will backtrack through past rooms to catch any unsuspecting players who are not hiding. This cycle of going back and forth can vary from 1 to 6 times. Ambush is also significantly faster than Rush. Unlike Rush, the next door will not be opened, likely due to balancing purposes (so as to not spawn other entities by opening the door).

Notes

• Contrary to popular belief, Ambush's spawning isn't limited to later doors, as Ambush can rarely spawn as early as the second door (formerly the fifth door), with it's spawn chance increasing the further the player progresses.
  • In the majority of successful runs, it is almost guaranteed that Ambush will spawn at least once. However, it is possible to complete the game without encountering Ambush, but Halt would be guaranteed to spawn in that run.
  • However, it is possible Ambush and Halt spawn in the same run. This was experienced by KREW during a livestream.
  • Although Ambush will usually spawn once in each run, Ambush can sometimes spawn up to two or even three times. This video (WARNING: LANGUAGE) shows an example of Ambush spawning twice, as well as this video showing Ambush spawning three times.
• Ambush's hitbox operates off ray-casting, meaning that aside from closets and beds, players can hide anywhere that is outside of Ambush's line of sight, (i.e., There is a straight path between Ambush and the player with no obstructions) such as basements, air ducts, blocked stairwells, sub rooms in locked rooms, and behind objects.
  • This strategy can be applied to Rush as well, although Rush's ray-casting is smaller than Ambush's.
  • Because of Ambush's ray-casting, it is recommended for players to not hide in closets/beds that are facing the previous room.
  • It is also not recommended to watch Ambush approach when it is rooms away before hiding.
• Ambush will not attack in the following rooms:
  • Seek's Crescendos,
  • Seek's Chases,
  • The Library,
  • The Courtyard,
  • Dark Rooms (excluding The Greenhouse),
  • Halt's Corridor,
  • The Electrical Room (Room 99 and Room 100),
  • Any room lacking a hiding spot.
• Ambush will not rebound when encountering a blocked or locked door obstructing the exit door, it will just phase through it, unlike Rush.
• If a player dies from Ambush and it is still rebounding, the game will display a button reading: “Wait until it is safe” on top of the revive button until it despawns.
  • This also happens during the Seek chase, in Halt's corridor, and for any other approaching entities.
  • The 30-second timer only begins once the revive can be used.
• When Ambush is close to the player's room, the lighting will slightly dim to signal its arrival. The same goes for Rush.
• Ambush will also shake the screen slightly as it prepares to ambush the player.
• Post the Hotel+ update, the lights will no longer flicker before Ambush's arrival, leaving players -for the most part- only able to easily identify Ambush's spawning by it's sound cues.

Strategy

Because Ambush will likely return multiple times, if players linger in their hiding spot, Hide is also likely to kick the player out the space; and it is probable that that will result in death. This is made harder due to the fact that Ambush most often spawns after Room 50, where the time a player can hide is much shorter. To counter this, the player should get in a hiding spot when Ambush is approaching and leave it when Ambush retreats, and then return to the spot as it approaches again, repeating this process whenever they hear Ambush returning.

• Alternatively, the player can hide in a basement, a room with a blocked stairwell, or generally behind any objects that block the line of sight between Ambush and the player.
• It is not recommended to hide from Ambush under a bed (and to instead opt for a closet), as the exiting and entering animations are slower than the closet animations.
• When a door is opened and Ambush is spawned, a unique ambient sound is played. The player will then have around 2 to 3 seconds before Ambush begins to attack them.
• As an alternative to all the items listed above, the player could use a Crucifix against Ambush, preventing it from attacking.
  • This is extremely helpful, as Ambush is a difficult entity to survive. However, if the player is experienced at surviving Ambush whilst playing solo (or they have teammates who are experienced in multiplayer) it's best for the players to not use a Crucifix with that motive, as it may be put to better use in The Greenhouse, against Rush or Ambush if it spawns there.
    • When doing the above in a solo run, the player should consider trying to hide while holding the Crucifix. If the player is caught while doing this the Crucifix will automatically be used, protecting the player. If the player successfully avoids Ambush while doing this the Crucifix would be kept and could be used for later.
      • Note that there is a small period lasting a few frames where the player is forced to put away the Crucifix, but can still be killed when entering and exiting the hiding spot. Therefore, it is better to hide early than late.

Trivia

• Ambush was originally going to be classified as a "Mobble" entity, and an alternate version of Jack.
• Ambush is the fastest entity in the game, followed by Rush (excluding joke entities).
• Ambush is the only entity to have multiple attack sounds (in which the pitch is always randomly generated, equaling to infinite tones).
• Ambush's scream comes from this audio.
• Ambush's scream is in the form of a Shepard's tone.
• There were reports of a bug where, if the player dies to Ambush, its jumpscare sound will loop infinitely.
  • This was due to EchoSoundEffects being applied to Ambush's jumpscare even after the sound stopped.
• The image file for Ambush is called “scarywormface”, referencing its 2nd original design.
• Rarely, Ambush may spawn after the lights have flickered slightly. It is unknown if this is a bug or not.
• Ambush's jumpscare appears for players that try to exploit the game.
  • It serves as an anti-cheat entity when attempting to exploit.
  • Prior to the Hotel+ update, A unique Guiding Light message would be shown, reading that Ambush has killed them infinite times, along with "bruh" repeated multiple times. After the Hotel+ Update, the message will display as if Ambush have killed the player regularly.
• Ambush is named after the event that it "ambushes" the player.
• It is possible that a UGC item may be based off of Ambush.
• Should Ambush bleed, it can be killed, although it is unknown if it can bleed.
• Ambush's design was created by Ghostly Wowzers combining facial features that make images scary, with what resembles a front-facing Jack, and was edited.
• Ambush's design wasn't difficult to draw, being mostly drawn in under a day.
• Ambush's magenta-green glow appears if a players graphics are set under 3.^{[citation needed]}
  • The red aura of Ambush is only seen if the players graphics are nearly maxed.
• Prior to the addition of The Greenhouse in the Hotel+ Update, Ambush could spawn in doors 90-98. In fact, it was very likely for it to spawn there.
• Prior to the Hotel+ Update, Ambush's sequence would begin immediately when the next room's door is opened. As of now, there is a significant delay before it spawns. The same applies to Rush
• After the Hotel+ Update, Ambush usually spawns between Doors 80-88 after players complete Seek's 2nd chase, if it even spawns.
• In a tweet by LSPLASH, it is said that Ambush tastes like "green".
• Ambush can rarely spawn while the player is in the Large Basement.

Related Achievements

		Rebound "Coming back for seconds!" Survive Ambush.

Unbound		Unbound "Shut up, thanks." Use a Crucifix against Ambush.

		In Plain Sight "Quick, behind that conveniently shaped lamp!" Hide from an entity by staying out of sight.

History

January 28th, 2023

Ambush no longer flickers the lights upon arrival, and Ambush has a small chance to appear from the upcoming door instead of the previous rooms. Players can now only rely on sound to prepare for Ambush. Ambush's earliest possible spawn is now Door 2, used to be Door 5.

August 10th, 2022

Introduced.

Gallery

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  Ambush's animation.

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  Ambush's jumpscare.

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  The Crucifix being used on Ambush.

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  Ambush in a doorway.

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  Ambush along with Screech.

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  The old image in the Roblox marketplace named: “ScaryWormFace”. (Note: This image is private)

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  Ambush without the glow effect.

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  Ambush infront of the player.

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  Mobble, what Ambush was originally intended to be.

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