Earn during the chase pressure window

Chase alert text A random killer is coming soon! Run! with ditch counter
Killer announce HUD — the earn window starts with the chase.
  1. Knock with a lane ready

    Place glue first so you can kite nearby instead of sprinting to the void.

  2. Hold mid-range

    Keep enough distance to survive, but stay where cash continues to climb.

  3. Watch the dollar HUD

    If cash freezes, assume a touch or range problem and adjust immediately.

  4. Shop before re-knocking

    Convert dollars into glue, bear traps, or cash upgrades while the timer is down.

Convert cash immediately

Glue inflation means idle cash loses value relative to what you need later. Convert into lane control every shop visit. Cash upgrade and cash faster purchases exist to keep this loop healthy once glue is no longer cheap.

Barricades and lights are fine after the earn engine works. Until then, every dollar should answer one question: does this purchase help me survive the next knock close enough to earn again?

Convert every funded timer into at least one survival purchase. Sitting on a large stack while still door-dying is a spend failure.

After three funded ditches, open the shop guide and lock glue → bear trap → cash upgrade. Money pages answer how cash appears; shop pages answer what cash becomes.

Treat unspent cash as unfinished work. The ditch counter does not spend for you. Every funded timer should leave the hotbar stronger than it entered.

Link out to traps when the question becomes placement, and to shop when the question becomes buy order. This page’s success is a moving dollar HUD plus a purchase before re-knocking.

Money problems and fixes

Symptom

Cash stays at $0

Likely cause

Hiding too far or dying instantly at the door

Next step

Re-knock with glue down; stay mid-range during chase

Symptom

Cash stops mid-chase

Likely cause

Touch penalty called out in sessions

Next step

Break contact, survive the timer, restock next round

Symptom

Have cash but still die

Likely cause

Not converting dollars into traps or revive

Next step

Open the shop guide buy order before the next ditch