Guide

Reading the signs of a level

How to use the plates a level hangs on its doors in R.E.P.O., given that the arctic station names its own rooms and its own departments.

Applies to

0.4.0, read from the copy of the game this site was built from (see the sources page)

Before you start

• A level with signs on its doors
• Enough light to read a plate
• A reason to choose a room

Steps

1. Read the plate on a door before committing to the room.
   the arctic station signs its own rooms, a cafeteria, a research lab and an infirmary among them
2. Use the working names to find where things are moved.
   the working side is signed too: a loading dock, a cargo processing area, a staging area and a vehicle maintenance bay
3. Learn the plant rooms as well.
   a cooling center and a ventilation chamber each have a plate
4. Read the departments rather than only the rooms.
   accounting, botanical research and an exotic materials division are named on plates
5. Do not skip the living side.
   living quarters, an observation platform, a recreation room and a testing lab are all signed
6. Expect other themes to ship other sign sheets.
   a robot company sign, a library sign and a museum no-smoking sign are carried beside the arctic plates

Common mistakes

• Opening signed doors at random because the plates look alike.
• Treating the plant rooms as part of the working side and skipping them.
• Assuming every level uses the same plates as the arctic one.
• Walking past a named room because it is small.

Related entries

Maps and levelsThe signs that name a station's roomsThe arctic level signs its own rooms: a cafeteria, a research lab and an infirmary each have a plate.Maps and levelsThe level themes and what they holdThe game ships separate level artwork per theme, including arctic, manor, museum and forest.Maps and levelsHow a level is put togetherA level is kept as its own description with a module count, a passage limit and a note about enemies.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; nothing here is estimated.