THRESHOLD Chase Mode Overview

What Chase Mode is

Chase Mode is THRESHOLD’s replayable horror loop. Where Story Episode 1 DESPAIR walks you through Blox Street 12 once, Chase throws you into pursuit maps with objectives, cash/XP payouts, perk progression, and leaderboards. The BETA currently highlights two headline maps: Eli and Scrow. Both share the signature rule—the entity can hear your microphone and your chat—but their win conditions differ hard.

This overview teaches shared systems. For step-by-step objectives use Eli keys, batteries & radar and Beat Scrow. New to the game? Start with Getting Started.

THRESHOLD entity replies to voice chat (Chase)

Shared rules that kill new lobbies

Hearing mechanic

If you speak, laugh, scream for content, or type loudly in chat, you are broadcasting a beacon. Competitive habits:

• Default to muted hardware during searches.
• Callouts only on push-to-talk in under one second (“two west”) then silence.
• Never argue in text chat mid-chase.
• Streamers should warn viewers that open-mic runs are intentionally harder.

Flashlight, batteries, and information tools

Darkness is a resource tax. Your flashlight eats power; batteries restore it; radar (especially on Eli) consumes a meaningful battery budget when players describe needing multiple cells to bring it online. Light management ranks as a meta skill on our tier list alongside mic discipline.

Hiding

Closets, corners, and broken line-of-sight windows work only if you are quiet. Hiding while Discord is open is cosplay. If the entity is near:

1. Kill sprint.
2. Kill mic.
3. Kill chat.
4. Kill flashlight if the beam is painting your hiding spot.
5. Wait for audio to leave before looting again.

Objectives beat sightseeing

Every second of tourist walking is a second the chase can collapse. Learn spawn logic from the map guides, then run purposeful routes.

Map comparison: Eli vs Scrow

	Eli	Scrow
Fantasy	Maintenance / large pursuit space	Mall chase with social bait
Main objective	Find 3 maintenance keys to open the exit gate	Collect pages → enter RNG keypad password
Key items	Keys, batteries, radar	Pages, keypad, movement perks
RNG feel	Key/battery locations vary; map feels large	Page count/order and password digits vary per run
Standout perk	Any survival QoL helps; radar matters	Godspeed (+50% walk/sprint) dominates times
Social hazard	Mic aggro in long corridors	Scrow lures the monster; friendly dialogue is a trap
Leaderboard vibe	Longer solos; duos help cover ground	Sub-minute solos possible with lucky pages + Godspeed

Pick Eli to learn batteries and quiet looting. Pick Scrow when you want RNG adrenaline and speed tech.

Eli Chase in brief

You are hunting three maintenance keys scattered through a large layout. Along the way, vacuum batteries so the flashlight and radar stay alive. Radar turns uncertain searches into directed ones once powered—players commonly reference a three-battery cost mindset. The exit gate does not care about Scrow-style digit codes; without all three keys you are not leaving.

Death patterns on Eli:

• Exploring on empty batteries
• Calling key locations over open mic
• Tunneling on radar pings without watching flanks
• Splitting so far in public lobbies that nobody can trade batteries

Full route notes: Eli keys guide. The mid-article video focuses on an Eli three-key chase if you want a visual pass.

Scrow Chase in brief

Scrow’s mall asks you to gather pages that expose password digits, then punch the code into a keypad. The password is per-run RNG—useless as a “THRESHOLD code” on the Codes Hub. Food court and shop loops hide pages; movement speed decides whether you finish before the lure-and-chase spiral ends you.

Godspeed is the defining perk: roughly +50% walk and +50% sprint. Speedrunners chain page paths with Godspeed to threaten sub-minute solos when RNG is kind. Scrow’s VO will insist the place is safe. It is not. Detailed bait callouts and keypad flow live in Beat Scrow.

Party sizes and roles

• Solo: Best for learning audio cues; Scrow solos are popular for time attacks.
• Duo: Best default for Eli’s large footprint—one looter, one watcher.
• Squad: Fun, but mic chaos multiplies. Enforce mute rules in lobby.

Role split that works:

1. Scout — movement + page/key hunting
2. Support — batteries, door holding, quiet radar checks
3. Anchor — keypad entry / gate ready, minimal talking

Progression loop

Successful escapes grant cash and XP. Spend early rewards on power that shortens future runs—especially Godspeed—before cosmetics. Leaderboards reward clean play; scripted speed from the Scripts Hub may work technically but risks bans and voids bragging rights.

There are still no known promo codes as of October 2026. Group like/join gifts are the social freebies; Chase skill is the real printer.

Practice plan (one evening)

1. Two muted Eli runs focused only on battery uptime.
2. One Eli run where you attempt radar after banking batteries.
3. Read the Eli guide and fix the spawn wings you keep skipping.
4. Two Scrow runs accepting RNG resets.
5. Equip Godspeed; attempt a serious Scrow time.
6. Review deaths: mic, light, or objective ignorance? Fix the top cause.

Related reading

• Tier list — ranks Godspeed, flashlight management, radar, hiding, mic discipline
• Updates — BETA / UPD 1.5 context and Episode 2 watchouts
• Players hub — why many players rate Chase above current Story polish
• Wiki links — Fe & Zy group, Linktree, badges

Chase Mode is THRESHOLD’s heart. Master silence and batteries first; map-specific RNG second; leaderboard ego last.