Getting Started with House of The Locust

House of The Locust is a Roblox Pre-Alpha horror escape from NULLWORKS STUDIOS. You load into the nest, feel the pressure of The Locust, and try to leave alive. That sentence is the whole fantasy—and it is harder than it sounds. Community reports put the Escaped badge near an 11% win rate, while average sessions last about six minutes. This Getting Started guide prepares you for that pace without promising a magical route.

Confirmed identifiers for the live experience: place 86247128610772, universe 10530261598. Servers support up to 50 players, avatars use R6, visits sit at 2.9M+, and the rating hovers near 82%. Sub-places include Main Game and Lights Off variants. Official codes, Trello, and Discord are not confirmed on the Roblox page—see the Codes Hub and Official Links.

What you should do in your first ten minutes

1. Launch from the official Roblox listing (bookmark it via Links).
2. Complete the tutorial loop and aim for Tutorial Completed — details on Tutorial Guide.
3. Learn default movement and camera habits on Controls.
4. Play one calm reconnaissance run focused on listening and looking, not forcing Escaped.
5. On the second run, follow the mindset in How to Survive.
6. On the third run, attempt a structured escape using How to Escape and the Escape Checklist.

You will fail. That is expected. Pre-Alpha nest design teaches through repetition, not through a single perfect memo.

House of The Locust Roblox gameplay

Mindset before mechanics

Short sessions punish tilt. If you die in ninety seconds, take a breath, note what information you gained, and queue again. Useful notes look like:

• Where pressure spiked
• Which corners felt safe for a pause
• Whether teammates helped or created noise
• How Lights Off felt compared with Main Game if you tried both

Avoid writing “walkthrough truths” that this wiki cannot verify. If a community video shows items and objectives, treat those as visual evidence for that build—not as eternal gospel. Our escape page embeds a real items/jumpscares/ending video; this page embeds a broader gameplay look so you can hear the tone.

Badges that matter early

• Tutorial Completed — proof you absorbed onboarding lessons.
• Escaped — the rare clear. Roughly one in nine attempts in community chatter; treat that as a signal of difficulty, not a guarantee of exact math forever.

Badges are not codes. Redeemables are unconfirmed. Do not buy “badge boost” executors; read Script Safety.

How this wiki is organized

• Guides Hub — walkthroughs, survival, review
• Entities — The Locust, The Boiled One (upcoming framing)
• Tactics Hub — ranked survival habits
• Updates — next update direction
• Tools — checklist utility
• Scripts — safety only; no fake script lists
• Codes — none confirmed

Entity lore inspired by Doctor Nowhere (The Locust / T.O.E., The Boiled One) is labeled as unofficial fan inspiration and kept separate from what NULLWORKS STUDIOS implemented on Roblox. Read The Locust and The Boiled One with that disclaimer visible.

First-run survival rules of thumb

• Move with intent; idle sprinting draws attention and burns focus
• Use audio cues; horror nests often telegraph before they punish
• Do not tunnel on one doorway if the room has already gone wrong
• Communicate briefly if friends join—spam callouts help nobody
• Leave when the session goal is “learn,” not only when the session goal is “win”

Rank fuller habits later on Survival Tactics.

What Pre-Alpha will change

The next announced direction includes improved Locust intelligence and The Boiled One. That can invalidate brittle muscle memory. Prefer flexible habits from How to Survive over one viral clip’s exact footsteps. Track patch framing on Next Update.

Sibling guides to read next

• How to Escape
• How to Survive
• Controls
• Tutorial Guide
• Review

Closing

Getting started means accepting the nest’s odds, learning the UI of fear, and using this wiki as a calm checklist instead of a rumor mill. Play the official experience, finish the tutorial, survive long enough to learn, then chase Escaped with eyes open.