Aberrant Daemon Manka - Multi-Stage Objective
A questline involving the Aberrant Daemon Mother (Manka) and her legion of transformed wanderers. Your choices determine whether she rises to full power or is purged from this domain forever.
Discover the head of a baby doll somewhere in the Backrooms. Upon picking it up, a thunderous female voice speaks to you, commanding you to collect all pieces.
Search for the remaining 5 pieces scattered throughout the levels. Assemble the complete baby doll.
Travel to Level 23: The Playgrounds. At the center stands a steep hill with a castle atop it. Climb the stairs to reach the entrance.
Tip: Your compass will point toward the castle in this level.
Without the assembled doll, you'll find only a wall. With the complete doll, a window appears that you can crawl through into Mother's Castle interior.
Inside is a stone chamber with a large fire pit at the center. A staircase on the far wall leads to a black wicker crib. Standing on the stairs are Mother's baby dolls - 49 transformed wanderers who came before you, now enslaved to anchor her to this dimension.
Give Mother her 50th doll, granting her full power.
Mother immediately ejects you from the Backrooms. You appear high in the sky above the real world and fall to your death - the last witness to Mother's rise to power.
→ Ending: Mother's Witness
Destroy the doll and defy Mother.
Mother is enraged. She sends her legion of baby dolls to destroy you and summons Mother's Fingers - black tornadoes descending into the arena to swallow you.
Avoid Mother's Fingers while shooting all animated baby dolls with the Phase Emitter. Once destroyed, Victor announces that Mother is vulnerable.
Shoot the black tornado fingers with the Phase Emitter. They will dissolve.
Black smoke fills the chamber. A giant aging head with glowing yellow eyes descends from the ceiling - Mother's true form. Shoot it with the Phase Emitter to defeat her.
The stained glass explodes inward. A giant yellow beam expands from the center of the room. Do not let it touch you - it sends you to Level Deleted.
Run to the edges of the chamber. The windows are barricaded. Use the Hammer to pull off the boards and escape back to The Playgrounds.
You emerge atop the hill outside the castle, but the beam is still expanding. Sprint down the stairs and leap away from the hill before it's consumed.
→ Quest completion: Childhood's End