SPLATTER Hider Round Walkthrough

This walkthrough covers one full Hider round in SPLATTER from role assignment to elimination or survival. Objectives: maximize camouflage quality before Seeker deploy, minimize movement tells during hunt, and review mistakes for the next queue. KNIVES & MUSEUM Museum layouts add color complexity — callouts note Museum vs flat legacy where relevant.

Prerequisites: How to Play and Paint Tool controls.

Role card shows Hider. Spawn facing map geometry — identify nearest corner alcove within five seconds of movement. Avoid default behavior of running to map center or statue clusters every Hider uses.

Museum: aim for wing corridor or display niche off main gallery sightlines — Museum Map Guide. Legacy: flat wall corners from hiding zones.

Camera pan while moving to preview wall colors you will sample — reduces eyedropper time at destination.

Execute triple-sample paint from Paint and Hide:

1. Eyedropper chest-height wall base color; large brush torso.
2. Eyedropper floor shadow tone; small brush legs and shoes — shoes mandatory.
3. If time remains, highlight sample on upper wall trim for shoulders.
4. Crouch to reduce silhouette; align back flat to surface.

Audio discipline: minimize jump spam; some lobbies leak footstep sound to nearby Seeker spectators.

Climbing option if floor saturated: only if you can sample ledge tone — see Climbing Guide.

Seeker phase begins — freeze unless relocating with cause. Eyes on your wall, not wandering camera — rotation exposes head color mismatch.

When Seeker footsteps near:

• Hold crouch; no emote panic.
• If they pass, wait five extra seconds before reposition — immediate stand reveals movement tell.
• If they stare at your niche, do not break — partial confidence passes if paint solid.

Late round: some Hiders climb — A-tier strategy from strategy tier list if paint perfect; otherwise hold corner.

Survived — note spot quality, paint time remaining, and Seeker paths that missed you. Repeat spot next map rotation sparingly — predictability drops tier.

Eliminated — replay cause: shoes, center stand, movement, wrong sample, vertical silhouette. One fix per next round.

Currency and progression tie to survival time — Get Items. Advanced map study: Museum Map + Paint Matcher offline.

Use this condensed timeline during live rounds after reading the full sections above. T+0 spawn: move to corner alcove. T+5s: eyedropper base sample and torso brush. T+15s: shadow sample and shoe paint mandatory. T+25s: highlight trim if timer allows. T+paint end: crouch freeze. Seeker deploy: no camera wander, no emotes. Mid-round: relocate only on distant audio with re-sample at destination. Late round: vertical only if A-tier climb conditions from Climbing Guide met. Post-round: one fix logged. This table complements Paint and Hide depth without replacing practice in public lobbies at place 90390610040462.

Museum modifier: add five seconds for second color temperature sample when crossing from gallery to corridor mid-round relocation. Legacy modifier: subtract highlight step if timer under ten seconds but never skip shoes. These modifiers reflect KNIVES & MUSEUM vote frequency — most walkthrough users hit Museum within first five public rounds.

After three successful Hider walkthrough runs, stress-test with self-imposed handicaps: survive one Museum round using only corridor wings, one round without climbing, one round with mandatory shoe re-sample at halfway timer if still alive. Handicaps expose weak habits before ranked-style streak goals in First Match Win. Log results next to Paint Matcher offline notes for correlation — theory without stress tests crumbles when Seekers sprint second-pass Museum niches.

Handicap failures are data, not embarrassment — note "shoe" or "center" in one word and queue again within two minutes while muscle memory is fresh.

At 599 words of practice you are one round from mastery — run one more Hider timeline with shoe-only focus.