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How to Play The Ditch Hotel
Knock the door, leave before it opens, hide if someone answers, and take the stairs once you have hit the door goal.
The four beats
- Knock. Standing in the doorway is the mistake the beginner guides repeat most often. Knock, then turn.
- Sprint before the door finishes opening. If the resident is bad news, you want a head start.
- Break line of sight and get into a linen locker. Hold your breath while they pass. Learn the locker spots before you start a greedy route.
- Hit the door goal, then leave down the stairs. Cash is the point of the run. Dying spends a Revive if you have one.
Difficulty names
| Name | What the guides say | Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Easy | Learn the layout and the lockers. The door goal is the small one. | Not published |
| Hard | The first difficulty that punishes greed. Most farming advice points here. | Not published |
| Difficult | Guides say you want Gift Shop upgrades, and that Revives stop being optional. | Not published |
| IMPOSSIBLE | Every threat, including armed residents, according to the wiki and theditchhotel.rest. | Not published |
Cash without guessing a rate
Normal knocks pay Cash. On the Neighborhood map, Party Houses pay five times Cash and the whole party chases you. On Ditchwood Middle School, rooms marked TEST IN PROGRESS pay double, and too much noise pulls the Principal out of the office. I am not printing a coins-per-hour figure. Nobody published one.
- Start on Easy until you can name two lockers without looking.
- Spend early Cash on stamina or speed. The wiki says that; the per-level price is blank on the upgrades page.
- Save Revives for Difficult and IMPOSSIBLE.
- Ride the elevator with friends. The wiki and Gamer Tweak describe four players total, while Den and GachaPocket use the different wording up to four friends. The server cap of 16 is a separate official number.
FAQ
Is The Ditch Hotel hard?
Four names show up on the wiki and on theditchhotel.rest: Easy, Hard, Difficult and IMPOSSIBLE. Nobody publishes the door counts or speed multipliers, so I am not inventing them.
Can I play with friends?
A server holds 16 people. The wiki and Gamer Tweak describe four players total; Den and GachaPocket say up to four friends, so the total is not uniformly phrased. The description says everyone gets a share of every knock.
What should I buy first?
The wiki’s beginner notes say early Cash should go to speed or stamina, and that Revives are worth saving for the higher difficulties. Costs per level are not published.
Sources
- Roblox experience page — The Ditch Hotel — checked 2026-11-09
- Jayqui studios community page — checked 2026-11-09
- Jayqui studios Discord invite — checked 2026-11-09
- Gamer Tweak — party size — checked 2026-11-09
- Roblox Den — party wording and loop — checked 2026-11-09
- GachaPocket — party wording — checked 2026-11-09
- The Ditch Hotel Wiki — beginner guide — checked 2026-11-09
- theditchhotel.rest — beginner guide — checked 2026-11-09
- theditchhotel.rest — difficulties — checked 2026-11-09