Route focus
Route readingBattery movementStealth checks
Learn these focus points first. A map route is useful only when it helps the team finish objectives, reset pressure, or make the Killer waste time.
Round map
The Forest map guide
A darker, more open-feeling route map where line-of-sight and sound matter for both sides.
Still checking
Exit locations, battery spawns, and best Survivor loops.
Survivor plan
- Use line-of-sight breaks and sound awareness before committing to a long route.
- Move batteries with a plan for where to turn if the Killer appears.
- Avoid drifting too far from the team unless you are intentionally pulling pressure.
Killer plan
- Listen and watch for isolated Survivors moving between open routes.
- Force battery carriers into bad paths instead of chasing the nearest target by habit.
- Use darkness and distance to make Survivors second-guess whether a route is safe.
Common mistakes
- Treating open space as automatically safe.
- Carrying objectives without checking the next turn.
- Losing track of teammates because everyone rotates in different directions.
Read next
Map routes make more sense once you understand objectives and barricading timing.
Open objective guideCompare roles
Customer is safest for route learning, while support and stun classes ask for better timing.
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