Top 10 Lethal Company myths - busted or confirmed! (check description for any updates!) 

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I was playing solo and it was 2am last night. I loaded my save and the mask laughed immediately on startup and I dont think I've ever had such an irrational fear of the unknown in all my survival horror experience.

pretty fitting and perhaps predictable how the insanity noises made some people believe things that aren't real.

9:09 worth noting that breathing loudly in your ear is not an ambient or insanity noise, it is the ghost girl haunting you.

I kinda love how mysterious this game’s mechanics has been for everyone. These myths give the same vibes as playground rumors of mew being under the truck. You don’t really see this level of mystery in games online anymore.

I can see how some of the mask myths started started. "How did you get masked??" (guy who put it on to troll his team): "Uhhh well the bracken and spring guy double teamed me, so I guess you just turn masked if you die holding a mask?" "oh that makes sense"

I think zeekers should make the baboon hawks respond to sound, the interaction of yelling at them was funny and also kind of interacts with if the dogs attack them an roar in doing so. Surprised that the vent opening noise is a myth, huh - the width of ambient noises in this game that just exist to spook you is impressive. The actual audio queue you showcased though is kinda terrifying. The amount of myths this game has is mad tbh. Very surprised by some of these.

Damn, the baboon hawks being a myth is a missed opportunity for a cool game mechanic

12:56 Yes the apparatus being pulled out doesn't do anything to *existing* monsters but it does have a 70% chance of immediately spawning 2 more enemies (if more enemies can be spawned, it doesn't go past the indoor power of the moon)

I swear the worms are the bane of my existence. I always tried to follow the suggestion of retracing my steps and the worms had a 100% success rate in killing me. The only time I ever survived was when I just sprinted forwards. The problem is it literally tells you this in the terminal so maybe the worm is going to be reworked

so the bracken room thing was created because of an actual mechanic the game has where the bracken designates the farthest room from the entrance as its room, basically becoming where it will return to whenever it has nobody to hunt. however it can be any room, the yellow room can technically be said room, however its no more likely than any other room

do the mask laughing or making noise alert dogs?

Even as a disbeliever in the Brackrooms, seeing that room always leaves me feeling unsettled. Especially in the few times when I've gone in it, turned around to leave, and seen a Bracken trying to stalk me; which is more often than it feels like it should be, but that's probably due to it being a deadend that forces turning around leading to seeing a Bracken if one's there.

A myth that I would personally include is about shovels dealing less damage compared to stop signs and yield signs because of lesser weight. It’s a really widespread myth, despite recent buff that made shovels weight even less and still being able to kill monsters with the same amount of hits

so, the myth I heard about the shower and the ghost girl wasn't that it reduces insanity or despawns her in any way. But, i've heard that for some reason, she considers the glass not to be see-through, thus blocking her line of sight, meaning you could stare at her all you want (cuz she should still be able to spawn behind you) and she won't register it and thus, wont aggro

12:59 The apparatus does actually affect monster spawns, just not in a very noticeable way. It forces 2 to spawn if fewer than 2 already exist(so effectively does nothing unless you grab it at the beginning of the round)

Pretty sure the Baboonhawk myth came about because one of the lore logs in the game mentions the characters yelling at them to keep them away from the ship. That would make for fairly natural storytelling-to-gameplay integration, so idk why it's not a real mechanic

So many of these myths would actually make for amazing details to be added to the game

Timestamps for ease of access: 0:15 Saving Gift Boxes to manipulate price and contents 1:18 The Bracken Room 1:54 Putting on Masks (Bonus) 3:06 Mask sounds 3:23 Dodging Sandworms properly 4:23 Yelling at Baboon Hawks 5:25 Using Furniture to build a barricade on the ship (Bonus) 6:13 Easy way to get rid of dogs 7:14 Vent Noises and Ambient Sounds (plus some MLG Masked Survival Footage) 9:17 Snare Fleas letting you go voluntarily 9:51 What enemies can hear you? 10:45 Taking a Shower gets rid of the Ghost Girl (Bonus) 11:58 Staying sane by getting rich (Bonus) 12:18 Increasing your Insanity 12:39 Shotguns with their safety off 12:56 Effects of the Apparatus being pulled out 13:11 How the company vendor works

Yeah, my confidence in being able to scare the Baboons away by cursing them out got me killed once xd Very interesting trick with the presents

Interesting little tidbit about giants: they actually have code for detecting sound, but it is unused. It is called ReactToNoise, but the game only calls functions called DetectNoise (which is only present with in the dogs' code) when sound is played, so this code does nothing.

I honestly wish some of the Mask myths were true. It would make it much riskier to grab a mask as loot, and maintain the danger of them after you’ve already learned not to put them on.

Yeah the sand worm thing... i tried to introduce a friend to the game. We went into the facility, got some loot. Having a great time. Walk outside heard nothing and saw ONE particle from the attack and the worm INSTANTLY killed both of us

I think the mask possessing you if you die with it in your inventory would be a good mechanic to make it more risky, but the mask should be more valuable in that case to compensate for the fact that carrying it is risky.

When being targeted by a worm, I've found that retracing your steps only works if you're running and if your weight is fairly low. Continuing to walk forward is more reliable, though. Also, I'm inclined to believe that the mask myths came about from mods. There is a mod that will cause masks to be basically sentient and do whatever they want.

What a great video idea especially since there is so many myths about how to survive certain enemies, probably because of the nature of the game itself.

You also have to remember that there are a tone of mods out there and people watching others play without knowing that they have mods on may think that it’s part of the game. A specific example is the mask forcing itself on you and possessing dead bodies if it was in their inventory are both mods I’ve seen people play with on RU-vid.

Btw, there is a couple of mods where masks can possess the dead or swap your inventory slot to try and possess you. Not in vanilla though.

I wanted to say that while walking backwards will kill you when the worm is attacking, if you turn around and run it works almost 100% of the time. I use this pretty much every time a worm attacks me and it has only failed once. I do know that running forward works better but from what I have seen backwards is less distance. I could be totally wrong on this but it has worked for me so far. I also only do it when the particles show and not before it’s gotten to me.

8:07 I'd love to hear more about the sanity mechanic in this game tbh, and how much it actually affects.

baboon hawks have a threat value yes, but it's threat level maxes out when stealing his item when it is sleeping on it and it will always follow you after that as it will not lose aggression like bees. Cornering it also maxes out their agression, it's not random, like on the bridge on vow that has a hidden number that counts down. It will count down faster when more baboon hawks are fleeing the same target and max out entirely when spotted stealing an item from them.

Also another reason baboon hawks don't attack is because when you're equal (or outnumbering them) they hesitate to try and attack, both staring and being equal makes them hesitant, while not looking and/or being outnumbered makes them more likely to attack (and skewer you like a kabob)

9:52 This is just not true. I don't know what exactly do you mean by "can hear," but there's a sizable list of enemies that has a "DetectNoise" function in their AI. Here's the list of them: Company Monster Hydrogere Eyeless Dog Hoarder Bug Spore Lizard Masked Manticoil Baboon Hawk But not only that, ForestGiantsAI have ReactToNoise and DetectPlayerVoiceServerRpc functions, so they can technically hear sounds too. Obviously, they see much better than they hear, but they can react to noise that is no farther than 15 units from them (for comparison, their seeing range is 70 units).

7:36 "we have cod zombies at home"

4:25 i refuse to believe you simply because its fun to yell at them

Masked enemies actually can hear you I once was messing with enemies, and noticed that the mimics will go to the last place a player made noise before going back to spinning and wandering around

I fell for the yelling at baboon hawks myth (and the bracken room but that’s unrelated to the story) and told a new player to scream at them to make them go away. my man grabbed a flashlight, charged at them while yelling at the top of his lungs, and then blamed me when it attacked.

The amount of myths around the game is so cool. My friends play essentially in an information bubble and hearing the ideas that pop up about enemies is hilarious when you know otherwise

I really appreciate this video in general (sorely needed), as well as all of your Lethal Company content! I just found myself questioning myself after you summarized the ambient sounds at 9:00, and I had to go back to 7:30 to verify that the vent does make a sound when the creature plops out of it.

This was one of the highest quality videos I have seen about Lethal Company.

wouldn't the "bracken" noise be the one similar to rustling of leaves and a growl? the one you hear when he enters your FoV before he can close enough to kill you? that one feels a bit too consistent to be nothing, and it's what i assumed to be the bracken noise all this time.

with all the sounds that don't mean anything, it could be interesting to make a video of sounds to specifically listen out for. Like for example my friend seems to know all the bracken sound cues and can pick one out immediately, but I only know coilhead noises.

The mask myth with the tragedy automatically being worn is 100% accurate from my experience. They may have removed the feature but 100% day 1 of the update, I picked one up, and after holding a few seconds I could not drop it. Kept pressing G, not dropping, then it auto held up to my face, was not touching my mouse it lifted on it own. And then took over shortly after. It may have been something that’s been removed but it was at least on launch of the update very true.

Well, even though Baboon Hawks don't get scared by sound, they do react to it. For example, if a player makes a sound (footsteps, dropping items, gunshots), nearby Baboon Hawk can react to it by checking the position to the noise relative to the hawk and loudness, which causes their interestLevel to rise and notify other baboon hawks about a potential threat. Player's proximity to Baboon Hawk definitely rises the threat level. But also, attacking the baboon hawk (obviously) and getting closer to their 'baboon camp' (this is where they steal all of your loot.) Or if there's more players in a group, it also causes the threatLevel to rise. The bigger the baboon hawk, the more threatLevel from specific threat should be to prompt their attack. This is also true if, for example, there's a silent player and an eyeless dog nearby. Baboon Hawks would likely focus all of their attention on a dog, since it's more threatening to them than a player. So, that means, it's harder for Baboons to divert their attention to another threat if there's more dangerous subject in focus. Baboon Hawks are actually quite more complex and i could make like an entire documentary just talking about their AI, but i don't won't think comment to get even bigger than it is. Just to finish my thoughts, they also have such parameters as threatLevel, interestLevel and focusLevel. threatLevel - An overall rating of how dangerous the threat is based on factors like distance, actions, etc. Calculated per threat. interestLevel - How interested the baboon is in a particular threat. Increases if the threat does certain actions. Stored per threat. focusLevel - The priority level the baboon is currently assigning to a threat. Ranges from 0 to 3. - threatLevel is an objective danger rating for a threat. - interestLevel is a modifier that increases if a threat does certain things. - focusLevel determines which threat the baboon currently cares about most. It looks at threatLevels but also other factors. For example: - Player 1 has threatLevel 5, interestLevel 1, not focused on. - Player 2 has threatLevel 4, interestLevel 2, focusLevel 3. So Player 2 has higher interest and is being focused on even though Player 1 is a higher threat overall.

Really appreciate the dedication and thought put into a video like this, nice work my dood

I was so shocked about the baboon hawks one, I've been lied to my whole life

13:00 about the apparatus not affecting monsters, it actually increases the monster count to 2 if there are less than 2 monsters when it is pulled (according to the wiki)

I really love your channel man, I look forward to every new video :)

Can you make another creature guide going more in depth on certain enemies? I personally haven't had very many encounters with Nutcrackers and Masked and still don't know what to do with them, and with this and your previous video debunking the Baboon Hawk myth me and my friends are confused on what you can and cannot do to fend them off. And even beyond those three, there are other enemies that I think lots of people would enjoy some more tips and tricks if you have anymore up your sleeve.

12:31 EDP445's nightmare

Always seem to learn something new from you when I think I know it all, great video!

Leaving a comment for the algorithm boost! Also i will say that this video has helped alot, including the updates in the description, before i had the lights off when giants were near, and always sold light sources like lamps and apparatuses because i thought giants liked to 'investigate' sources of light, explaining why it was always in lit up areas like the ship or along the light path on the snow moons, however now i know the light switch is only useful for storms causing power outages. I also have been attempting to explain to people how sound actually works in the game, like how theres only 4 (i think?) Mobs that respond to sounds, those being the dogs, the slime, the baboons and mimics (kind of, because of the hive mind mechanic). I also like to carry a clown horn with me so i can alert people to my position or help people who are lost, as i know there is no real danger to doing so unless youre outside. Generally the system i use is 1 honk every 10ish seconds to indicate my position, 2 honks if i hear someone nearby, 3 honks for loot at my position, and spamming the honks if im in danger or i can see that there is danger near. I know that the air horn is louder and maybe has a longer range (not sure on that) but the clown horn has a much shorter cooldown, making it much more useful for communication. Another interesting and possibly useful tool ive seen is the laser pointer. If you manage to find one in an earlier moon they can be very useful for communicating with the terminal person, as the beam is visible on the cameras, and has seemingly infinite range, allowing the person holding it to point out things the terminal person should be aware of or to indicate where they are planning to go, or anything like that. I imagine someone on your skill level could use it to indicate wether a vent is making noise to the terminal person, or wether or not a door is locked, stuff like that that the terminal person couldnt know otherwise. Something ive seen in game is how dangerous and useful whoopie cushions can be for dogs. It is basically an infinite charge free alternative to the boombox in terms of trapping dogs, as when they activate it they will get in a cycle of charging at it and activating it again repeatedly, making it exceptionally useful if you place it in a good spot, and manage to get them stuck on it. Speaking of dogs, another use of the clown horn ive found is in the ship corner that is technically outside that you use for the terminal is actually great for dealing with dogs, as using the clown horn facing directly into the corner as close as you can be will get the dogs stuck a distance away from the ship on some maps (i forget which map i got it to work consistently on, but its likely either rend or titan) however the strategy doesnt work if the door is open and the dogs are in the doorway, or inside the ship, as instead of going around back they will just go straight to you. Its a fairly effective way to nullify dogs as a threat entirely, as long as its done correctly. Also if you read this and get this far, i have a question regarding lootbugs, as well as some loot items. Do lootbugs see keys or flashlights as loot they want? And do keys, clipboards, and the stickynote have any value at all? I seem to recall these items having a very cheap sell value, however in game they dont seem to sell for anything if i recall correctly. The keys being the biggest issue, as they show up in the scan as a value of i believe 3-5 (or maybe just 5) but dont give any money on sell. Am i just plain wrong about this, or is it a bug of some kind, or is the key technically a tool like the flashlight and thus has no value? Its strange, and kind of annoying if they do have no value, because most players tend to keep a large stockpile of them, resulting in scans showing more money than they actually have, in some cases almost 100 more dollars than they have. Idk, but thats all for my lethal company comment, have a nice day, i love your videos!

My friendgroup had similar theories about the Mask. I think it comes from people seeing the Masked Enemy naturally spawn, at the same time as when someone died when carrying a mask, thinking its them. That's how we came to that conclusion, but we never tested it because why would we, it was day 1 patch day

Could you elaborate on how camera movement increases your insanity? From how I've heard of it before it sounded like it had to do with looking behind you briefly, but from the way you said it here I wonder if I could rapidly inflate my insanity by rapidly spinning or shaking my camera around. Also, does insanity reset between days, or does it accumulate throughout the run?

You cant stop me from screaming at baboon hawks still. Channels underrated tbh

i’m sorry that oops on the snare flee was HILARIOUS because i definitely died thinking that a few times with friends before realizing it wasn’t real, that’s sooo funny! also thank you so much for dedicating so much to this game. it’s such an interesting game and you know more about it than almost anyone alive while also being SO GOOD at communicating your knowledge!

I heard someone say that the bracken room is supposed to be the furthest from the entrance. (meaning the braken takes people there) Which could have spawned the rumor.

About the apparatus: when pulled out, it actually does have 70% chance to spawn 2 random enemies if moon's indoor power has not yet reached max

Great video! Actually never heard mask laughing on the ground, or either i was talking to a friend while it laughed, so good to now :)

this was a great video good job dude

Babon hawks dont react to screaming! I thought it was true and they were my favorite enemies becouse of this mechanic that doesnt exist! I think i will just keep believing that it makes them go away edit: giants dont hear you?! Broooo that's impossible edit 2: i dont believe you that the aparatus doesnt increase monster spawns!

Honestly I’m really surprised giants don’t hear stuff. I could’ve sworn they have locked on to me in the past because of the fact I’m carrying back a robot or something that makes noise and exposes my location. Guess I just get unlucky and it somehow sees me when I hide behind trees.

you definitely made me think that snare fleas would let you go, got pissed off so many times from that one haha. great video as always man

Great video, keep up the awesome work. Subbed!

Ahhh I asked my friend and he said the reason he turned into a masked when he died with a mask is because it’s added by one of the mods we use that changes masks. That’s probably where that rumor stemmed from.

I don't know if you already thought about it and this isn't the case, but the first thing you say in the video might be related to the new update that made objects in maps deterministic. So maybe the code used to link seed to item generation is also affecting the content of gift boxes, therefore same setup results in same gift box content.

Thank you for testing out the safety feature on the shotgun. I had a scenario where the first time I held it, it went off in my hand and killed a teammate (vid is on my channel) and I went CRAZY afterwards thinking whether I just shot and not realize or it really did went off randomly. I feel better now! XD

I would really appreciate a full video on the present item manipulation, love your content

This channel is amazing. You have singlehandedly shaped the way me and my friends play lmao

I'm curious as to what effect the "Radiation" has from the apparatus, because I swear the last time I played I was having issues communicating over the walkies when I was next to the person holding the apparatus. I don't know if it was a coincidence where I just had little internet hiccups at the right time or not, as I did have some internet issues. I assume the radiation has no effect on anything at all in reality, even if you had several at once.

I like the tip about the selling window! I usually ring the bell feverishly until the window opens and I feel a rumble!

Yesss! This will make a fantastic series!

Lethal Company Dev: I’m going to take all of this… andddd make them true 😂😂

Wurps is my lord and savior

12:39 as a firearms enthusiast I really enjoy the safety mechanic on the shotgun, forcing you to use actual safety precautions to prevent accidental discharge.

@wurps So, Mistakes made in the video: 2:36 The tragedy mask ALWAYS gets instantly stuck to the face WITHOUT exception. This "Stuck" I am talking about is not being taken over, but being unable to remove the mask from the face until it does. A player in this state can be safed by teleporting them to remove the mask. 10:04 The masked can hear. Nothing to add atm.

I've heard people say that if you are using a laser pointer and the Giant cannot see you, then the giant will go after the red dot from the laser but if it can also see you, it will prioritize the player over the laser. Do you know if that is true ?

Which mods are u using for the commands? Like spawning a enemy etc.

Thanks for making this video it will clear up a lot of confusions and untrue information and helping a lot of people

Good tips and content, so you got a new sub!

How are there so many myths for such a new game? I can't think of any other game with so much misinformation

can you go into more detail about the gift manipulation? what exact setup did you use, which moon did you get the gifts on, how exactly the setup works in general, ect. also, what mod do you use for the console commands? can it spawn items?

Thanks for the video wurps!

This video helps quite a lot! would love to see you cover the myth of sisyphus next.

I can't really believe that no monsters beside the Mouth dog interact/react to sounds. Mask (enemies) definetly turn towards sounds from the voice chat, maybe other sounds too. Those "Co-Workers" (Couldn't find a name in the Bestiary) also seem to *sometimes* react to the In-Game-Voicechat.

Found a way to go faster with the jetpack, apparently. The tech is called crouch flying. Its simple. Crouch then use the thrusters until you fly. The momentum and maneuvarabillity is much better? Might have the down side of using more fuel. Also. It looks really funny because it visually stays until you land.

Loved it - looking forward to more vids :D

Fun fact about that last part... I found that out accidentally by holding the toy robot in front of the sell window. Every couple seconds it would do the tentacle reachy thing, it was hilarious.

she confirm on my myth til i bust

Im not confident that giants don't respond to noise. Haven't confirmed in-game but there's still code to detect and react to noises for like a bunch of enemies including giants

Nice, I was waiting to see a video like this. Lethal has a ton of misinformation about its game mechanics due to incorrect wikis sadly. So don't be to surprised if you can make another top 10 myth video before version 50 even comes out haha.

the vent opening noise plays as the thumper leaves the vent though if that noise is just ambience then it is incredibly well timed in the video and personal experience

I'm actually pretty sure the operator at the shop is not triggered by voice chat. I've been trying to get his attention by calling it bad words, but it only started reacting to me once I started sprinting and stuff. There seems to be a weird exception, unless I'm missing something.

except I've literally had the mask activate while holding it and not clicking, so I know for a fact that you missed something with the masks. And it has happened multiple times. At some point while holding it without clicking, it prevents you from switching to other items in your inventory, by this point you are already dead. After that it will attach itself.

Thanks for considering my suggestion, really helpful vid.

Yelling and threatening the baboonhawk to go away just feels right. I can't help it.

I was spooked by a Nutcracker coming out of a vent right in front of me, thankfully I was right next to the fire exit but I screamed because it immediately saw me and went aggro

hi wurps

Good stuff, now I have a reference for when people don't believe me when I say the bracken room is a myth! Also learned a few things I didn't know or wasn't sure about, thanks for the breakdown.

Nice video, thanks for busting these myths