SCP Facility Experience SCP-096 — Do Not Look

Overview

SCP-096 (the Shy Guy) appears on the official contained roster for SCP Facility Experience together with 173, 106, 035, 049, 008, 009, and others. The fantasy is familiar: seeing the face triggers a relentless pursuit. In a Roblox co-op facility, that fantasy becomes a camera and callout problem as much as a movement problem.

This threat guide teaches survivors how to not feed 096—and how to recover when someone inevitably does. Cross-check rankings on the SCP Tier List and keep controls handy if you need to close menus fast (X / B on console for menus per the game description).

Core survivor discipline

Treat “looking” as a mechanic

• Angle cameras down or away in marked 096 spaces.
• Do not shoulder-surf a teammate’s screen if they are checking the chamber.
• When someone yells “face,” assume the chase clock started—even if you personally saw nothing.

Callouts beat heroics

A single looker can doom a silent squad. Agree on short language:

• “096 hot” — pursuit active
• “eyes down” — camera hygiene now
• “reset hub” — fall back using facility map landmarks

Voice is ideal; text works if everyone actually reads.

Doors, corners, and verticality

Once 096 is enraged in the fantasy sense, your job is delay and regroup—not a fair duel in an atrium. Use:

• Door breaks to interrupt straight-line paths
• Stair turns to break camera accidents for late joiners
• Pre-named hubs so the squad reforms instead of scattering into dark spurs

Reload (R) only in cover. Empty magazines help no one mid-chase.

Breach & blackout overlap

096 becomes cruel when layered with other systems:

• Blackouts tempt players to sweep cameras wildly while hunting for NV angles—enable N first, then move with intent (survive guide).
• Playable SCPs like 035 or 049-2 can force survivors to look the wrong way at the wrong time.
• Halloween candy routes pull traffic past glass they are not ready to respect (Halloween event).

If multiple crises fire, prioritize not creating a 096 trigger while you solve the louder alarm.

Recontainment notes

When the objective is to recontain:

1. Assign who is allowed near the chamber camera cone.
2. Keep non-essential players on exit watch.
3. Complete interacts with deliberate camera angles.
4. After success, leave—do not linger for screenshots that re-trigger disaster.
5. Convert the win into cash via the earn cash loop instead of immediate victory laps through unknown wings.

Compared with 173 and 106

Threat	Fail habit	Primary counter habit
173	Missed blink	Cadence blink + eyes-on rotate
096	Accidental face view	Camera hygiene + instant callout
106	Lingering / bad corners	Keep moving, avoid pocket-feeling traps

New players should learn 173 blink before 096 gaze, then 106 positioning—see Getting Started.

Mistakes that feed the Shy Guy

• Recording clips with wide FOV while “just peeking.”
• Debating lore in front of the glass.
• Following a panicked teammate’s camera blindly.
• Opening the codes UI mid-chamber (redeem guide belongs at a hub).
• Assuming 096 is “someone else’s problem” because you personally looked away.

Practice without feeding the chase

• Walk past non-096 glass first to rehearse “camera down” as a default.
• Agree that screenshots happen at hubs, never at shy-guy chambers.
• If you stream, add a delay and a verbal “eyes check” before any peek clip.
• New friends joining mid-breach get a one-line brief: “096 = no face.”

Ten seconds of briefing prevents ten minutes of corpse runs—and protects your cash multipliers.

If the chase already started

1. Stop debating who looked.
2. Sprint as a group toward a multi-exit hub.
3. Do not peel for loot or candy.
4. Re-establish NV if lights are down.
5. Re-clear only after cameras are calm and roles are reassigned.

Hero peeks “to confirm” are how second triggers happen.

Related pages

• SCP-173 · SCP-106
• Players Hub · Play as SCP (for when you are the hunter instead)
• Survive a Containment Breach
• Facility Map · Updates · Tier List

Look at the floor. Look at your squad. Look at the exit. Do not look at the face.