Characters - Baldi’s Basics Plus

Who is in the school

Character	What they do	Threat
Baldi	Hunts you by sound and sight and gets faster with every notebook	Ends the attempt
Principal of the Thing	Sends you to detention when he sees you break a school rule	Costs time and draws Baldi
Playtime	Chases you and makes you play jump rope before you can move on	Stops you
It’s a Bully	Blocks a hallway and takes a random item to let you pass	Takes items
Gotta Sweep	Leaves his closet from time to time and sweeps everyone in his way down the halls	Pushes you around
1st Prize	A robot that turns to face you and pushes you down the hallway	Pushes you around
Arts and Crafters	Once all notebooks are collected, charges you if you hold eye contact and teleports you	Moves you away from the exit
Beans	Spits gum that sticks to whoever it hits and slows them down	Slows you
Chalkles	Appears on a classroom chalkboard; linger too long and he locks the room	Traps you
Cloudy Copter	Stops in a hallway and blows a strong wind along it	Slows or pushes you
Dr. Reflex	Gives you a reflex test; walk away mid-test and he hunts you with a hammer	Costs time
Mrs. Pomp	Calls you to her class and can drag you there; arrive quickly for YTPs	Costs time
The Test	Slows time while you look at it and speeds it up if you stare too long	Changes the pace of the level

Sound, sight and eye contact

Each character notices you in a different way, and that decides how you deal with them. Baldi reacts to both: every door, locker and wrong answer is a sound he goes to check, and if he sees you, he comes straight at you. The Principal only cares about what he sees, so a sprint where he can’t see you is safe. Arts and Crafters and The Test are about where you look: holding your gaze on them is exactly what triggers them, so glance, then look away.

Characters that can help

Not every encounter is bad news. Some characters can be turned against the others:

Gotta Sweep and 1st Prize push you fast along a hallway, which can carry you away from Baldi.
Cloudy Copter’s wind works in both directions: against you it slows you down, behind you it is a free speed boost.
Beans’ gum sticks to everyone, including Baldi and the Principal.
It’s a Bully blocks Baldi’s line of sight when he stands between you, and the Principal sends him to detention if he catches him taking an item.
Any character opening a door saves you a noisy door of your own.

Counters at a glance

Problem	What helps
Playtime’s jump rope	Safety Scissors cut the rope
1st Prize pushing you	Safety Scissors on his wires slow him down for a while
Beans’ gum	Safety Scissors cut it off
It’s a Bully in the way	The Faculty Nametag lets you pass without giving up an item
Wind and pushes	Techno Boots resist outside pushes
Baldi closing in	BSODA, Baldi’s Least Favorite Tape or An Apple for Baldi

Safety Scissors deal with three different characters, which makes them one of the most useful items to keep for the later levels.

Plus and Classic

If you played Baldi’s Basics Classic, you already know Baldi, the Principal, Playtime, It’s a Bully, Gotta Sweep, 1st Prize and Arts and Crafters. In Plus they live in a different school: levels are generated anew, the notebooks are guarded by classroom activities, and you leave through elevators instead of exits. Several of them also behave differently. Arts and Crafters, for example, teleports you to a random place instead of sending you and Baldi back to the start. Beans, Chalkles, Cloudy Copter, Dr. Reflex, Mrs. Pomp and The Test are not in Classic at all.

Start with the main threat: our Baldi guide explains how he finds you, what makes him faster and which items keep him away. New to the game? Read the Beginner Guide first.