Basement

	I went further than I have ever dared to before. I can not say what drove me to venture upon this journey, but as I am back at the campfire I will try to depict what I saw today. Inside one of the houses, there was a staircase leading down to this room of torture. A basement with four hooks. But not like others that seem much more random. These four hooks are...arranged somehow. They must have a purpose. I do not know anything about this place. But it felt packed with memories of endless suffering and torture. The smell of dried blood and bowels still resides in my nostrils.
	~ Benedict Baker

		I shall not despair for my life is not yet forfeit!
		~ Mysterious Note

The Basement is a special location in every Map of Template:IconLink.

Overview

The Basement is the one place on the Map in which the presence of The Template:IconLink can be felt the most, which is underlined with eerie sounds coming from beyond the basement walls and red lights shining through cracks in them.

Layout

The Basement is a small underground room with a staircase leading upstairs.

The Basement contains only one entrance, which can be blocked by the Killer by standing in the middle of the stairs, trapping Survivors in the Basement.

Strategy

Sometimes it is beneficial to the Survivors to find out where the Basement is located on the map, to figure out if they can create a safe zone on the map by destroying the Hooks further away from it.

On Azarov's Resting Place for example, on which The Basement is either on one side of the Map or on the other, divided by a narrow passage, if they break all the Hooks on the side opposite to The Basement, they will wiggle free before the Killer can reach a Hook.

For Killers, it is also very important to locate their Basement early on, so that they know, where to take the Survivors if all their Hooks are destroyed and they don't want to wait out the Hook-respawn.

Change Log

Patch 2.6.0

Adjusted audio levels to attenuate or mute sounds coming from the Basement in most circumstances.

Patch 2.7.0

Reworked the Character collision on the Basement stairs to prevent hostage situations.

Trivia

The Basement is close to the source that created the pocket within which the Trial takes place, which explains the strange lights and sounds that can be heard down there.

Gallery

The Basement, with its centre Hook-post

Realms & Maps
MACMILLAN ESTATE	AUTOHAVEN WRECKERS	COLDWIND FARM	CROTUS PRENN ASYLUM	HADDONFIELD	BACKWATER SWAMP
Coal Tower	Azarov's Resting Place	Fractured Cowshed	Disturbed Ward	Lampkin Lane	The Pale Rose
Groaning Storehouse	Blood Lodge	Rancid Abattoir	Father Campbell's Chapel		Grim Pantry
Ironworks of Misery	Gas Heaven	Rotten Fields
Shelter Woods	Wreckers' Yard	The Thompson House
Suffocation Pit	Wretched Shop	Torment Creek

LÉRY'S MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	RED FOREST	SPRINGWOOD	GIDEON MEAT PLANT	YAMAOKA ESTATE	ORMOND
Treatment Theatre	Mother's Dwelling	Badham Preschool	The Game	Family Residence	Mount Ormond Resort
	The Temple of Purgation			Sanctum of Wrath

HAWKINS NATIONAL LABORATORY	GRAVE OF GLENVALE	SILENT HILL	RACCOON CITY	FORSAKEN BONEYARD	WITHERED ISLE
The Underground Complex	Dead Dawg Saloon	Midwich Elementary School	Raccoon City Police Station East Wing	Eyrie of Crows	Garden of Joy
			Raccoon City Police Station West Wing		Greenville Square

THE DECIMATED BORGO	DVARKA DEEPWOOD
The Shattered Square	Toba Landing
	Nostromo Wreckage
Sub-Realms
The Campfire	The Dream World	The Ethereal Plane	The Otherworld	The Overlaps	The Spirit World
The Upside Down	The Void
Recurring Locations
The Basement	The Killer Shack

Structures
MACMILLAN ESTATE	AUTOHAVEN WRECKERS	COLDWIND FARM	BACKWATER SWAMP	YAMAOKA ESTATE
Water Tower	Crane	Sacrificial Tree	Pier	Arbor
Lumber Pile	School Bus	Harvester		Shrine
	Car Crusher			Patio
Recurring Structures
Maze Tiles	Hills	The Killer Shack	The Basement