Black Hole Core — Getting started in the facility
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OverviewBlack Hole Core puts you in charge of a secret Epsilon Research facility built around a powerful black hole core. You complete tasks around the station, react to dangerous events, and decide whether to keep the place running smoothly or let chaos take over. This guide walks you through the basics, the events you will face, and how to earn every badge.
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Getting started in the facility
Step
When you join, you land inside the Epsilon Research facility and take charge of the core. Tasks are scattered throughout the facility.
- Explore the facility walk every room so you know the layout.
- Find tasks tasks are spread across the whole station.
- Complete tasks follow whatever the task asks and finish it.
- Operate the core interact directly with the core when the situation calls for it.
- Choose your approach decide as you play whether you want to keep the facility stable or let things spiral into chaos.
Core events and how to survive them
Tips
The core can hit several dangerous states during a session.
- When a meltdown starts, shut it down before it explodes — success earns the Shutdown Success badge.
- If the core does explode, survive it to earn Bunker Down; dying from the exploding core earns Burnt to a Crisp instead.
- During a freezedown, avoid freezing to death — surviving earns the Freezedown badge.
- Stay well clear of any powerful laser in the facility; touching one disintegrates you.
- During a radiation leak, fix as many glass panels as you can — fixing the most panels in the session earns Radiation Repair.
- When core collapse begins, reach a rocket or helicopter: making it onto a rocket earns Rocket Escape, a helicopter earns Helicopter Escape, and getting caught by the black hole earns Spaghettified.
Alien invasion event
Table
The facility can come under alien invasion. The event has two possible outcomes, and each one gives a different badge.
| Repel the invasion | Alien Exterminator badge |
| Lose the invasion | Invaded! badge |
Badges that need public servers
WarnThree badges require a public server specifically.
Earning Amazing Employee
Check
Amazing Employee requires being present in the same public server from in-game day one noon to day three noon.
- Join a public server private servers block this badge completely.
- Be present from in-game day one noon joining late means you have already missed the starting point.
- Stay connected until in-game day three noon.
Order versus chaos
Summary
Running the facility well is only one option. The game gives you a genuine choice between maintaining order and letting chaos reign supreme, and both paths keep the session going.
- Order keep the facility stable.
- Chaos let chaos reign supreme.
Self-destruct ending
TipsThe facility has a self-destruct ending that hands out its own badges depending on whether you escape or not.
- If you are caught in the self-destruct blast you earn the Nuked badge.
- Reaching a helicopter before the self-destruct fires earns Helicopter Escape.
Glossary
Glossary- BH Core
- Short for Black Hole Core, the powerful energy source at the center of the Epsilon Research facility that players are responsible for managing.
- Epsilon Research
- The name of the secret facility where the entire game takes place.
- Meltdown
- A critical event where the core is on the verge of exploding, stoppable by performing a shutdown in time.
- Freezedown
- A core malfunction that turns the facility dangerously cold, with a risk of freezing to death.
- Core collapse
- An end-state where the core breaks down completely, triggering a race to escape by rocket or helicopter before the black hole catches you.
- Spaghettified
- The badge you earn when the black hole pulls you in and kills you during core collapse.
- Private server
- A server restricted to invited players; certain badges including Amazing Employee, Beat 90%, and Beat 99% cannot be earned here.
Common questions
FAQWhy can't I earn Amazing Employee, Beat 90%, or Beat 99%?
All three badges are disabled in private servers — only public servers count. For Amazing Employee specifically, you also need to have been present from in-game day one noon and stay until day three noon without leaving.
How do I get both the Alien Exterminator and Invaded! badges?
Each badge comes from a different outcome of the same event, so you cannot get both in one run. Play the alien invasion twice — win it once and lose it once — to collect both.
What happens if I miss the rocket or helicopter during core collapse?
If you are still in the facility when the black hole fully forms, it pulls you in and you earn the Spaghettified badge.
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