House of The Locust Tutorial & Onboarding
Earn Tutorial Completed and carry those lessons into real nest runs.
The tutorial is not a throwaway cutscene—it is your first contract with House of The Locust. NULLWORKS STUDIOS’ Pre-Alpha Roblox experience teaches enough to keep you moving, then drops you into a nest where Escaped sits near an 11% community-reported clear rate. Treat Tutorial Completed as proof you were paying attention, not as a participation sticker.
This page links onboarding to the rest of the wiki: Getting Started, Controls, How to Survive, and How to Escape.
Why the tutorial matters in Pre-Alpha
Pre-Alpha means systems still evolve. The next announced direction includes improved Locust intelligence and The Boiled One. Tutorial lessons that stick are the durable ones:
- How prompts appear
- How movement feels on R6
- How fear audio is supposed to be heard
- How the fantasy of escaping The Locust’s nest is framed
Brittle pixel-perfect steps may change. Attention habits should not.
Goals while onboarding
- Finish the tutorial flow without skipping mentally
- Unlock Tutorial Completed
- Write three takeaways before your first real run
- Decide Main Game versus later Lights Off practice
- Bookmark official launch paths via Official Links (place 86247128610772, universe 10530261598)
Transferable skills checklist
After the tutorial, you should be able to:
- Move without staring at the floor
- Recognize that sessions are short (~6 minutes average) so hesitation costs
- Accept that large servers (50 max) change noise and pathing
- Separate fan lore inspiration (Doctor Nowhere) from Roblox mechanics—see The Locust
- Ignore code scams—none confirmed on the Codes Hub
Common tutorial mistakes
- Mashing through text while watching something else
- Muting audio “for later”
- Jumping straight to Lights Off to look brave
- Installing a “tutorial skip script” — never; read Script Safety
- Assuming Tutorial Completed implies Escaped is easy
Post-tutorial route (recommended)
- One recon run for layout literacy
- One survival run using How to Survive
- One structured escape attempt with How to Escape and the Escape Checklist
- Habit ranking via Survival Tactics
- Update awareness via Next Update
Tutorial versus review expectations
If the onboarding feels rough, that may be Pre-Alpha texture rather than a permanent judgment. Read Review for visits (2.8M+), rating (~82%), and who should wait for later content. Popularity does not remove early jank; it does mean you have peers learning beside you.
Sibling guides
Mentorship tips for friends
Teaching a friend?
- Let them finish tutorial prompts themselves
- Coach with short callouts, not spoilers that invent props
- Celebrate Tutorial Completed, then set a learning goal before an Escaped goal
- Share this wiki’s Guides Hub instead of random stolen “codes” tables
Closing
Tutorial Completed is the first badge that proves you opted into the nest’s language. Carry its lessons into survival and escape loops, keep Pre-Alpha change in mind, and use the rest of this wiki as a calm second brain when the Locust fantasy gets loud.
Teaching the tutorial to a nervous friend
New players often freeze when The Locust fantasy hits. Coach them through onboarding without spoiling every later scare:
- Keep callouts short and kind
- Let them click prompts themselves so muscle memory sticks
- After Tutorial Completed, set a learning goal for the next two runs before chasing Escaped
- Share Controls and How to Survive instead of a random “guaranteed route” comment
- Remind them badges are earned, not redeemed via fake codes on the Codes Hub
A good coach turns Pre-Alpha friction into shared progress. A bad coach installs malware “to skip tutorial.” Stay in the first camp.
Tutorial lessons that survive patches
Even when NULLWORKS STUDIOS ships smarter Locust behavior, the tutorial’s durable gifts remain: listen, look, move with intent, and treat the nest as hostile space. Revisit this page after major drops listed on Next Update so you can map old lessons onto new pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
What badge does the tutorial give?
Tutorial Completed. It marks onboarding, not an escape clear.
Can I skip the tutorial?
Even if a skip exists in some builds, you should still learn its lessons—controls and survival depend on them.
What do I do right after the tutorial?
Follow Getting Started and play a recon run before forcing Escaped attempts.