A supernatural predator that hunts a player's mind rather than their body. Haunting Vecna progresses through multiple phases. Each successful victim brings him one step closer to collapsing the barrier between the normal world and the Upside-Down.

Each haunting follows the same sequence:

• The haunted player is transported into the Mindscape, becoming invisible to everyone else.
• An inactive clone of the player is left behind in the normal world.
• The player hears the Grandfather Clock chime, with the number of chimes matching their current haunting count.

Phase 1 - The Hunt

When Vecna spawns, he selects a player to haunt.

• A player must be haunted 4 times before Vecna can fully pull them into his lair

First & Second Hauntings

• A nearby Grandfather Clock appears.
• Once the haunting ends:
  • The player returns to the normal world.
  • The clone disappears.
  • The Grandfather Clock vanishes.

Third & Fourth Hauntings

• Instead of a Grandfather Clock, Vecna himself appears nearby.
• He watches the player but does not attack.
• If this is not yet the fourth haunting, the player safely returns as before.

Fourth Haunting

After the fourth chime:

• The player is pulled into Vecna's Lair, inspired by the dimension where Max is trapped in the series.
• The player's clone remains behind, floating in the air for everyone else to witness.

Phase 2 - Vecna's Lair

Inside the lair, the player must survive a two-minute challenge centered around the Grandfather Clocks.

Objective

Every 12 seconds:

• A Grandfather Clock appears somewhere in the lair.
• A little clock appears in the player's hands.
• The clock displays a target time in its tooltip.

The player must:

• Rotate both the hour and minute hands (primary and secondary keys).
• Match the displayed time.
• Interact with the spawned Grandfather Clock to validate the answer.

Failure

A failure is counted if:

• The player does not reach the Grandfather Clock in time.
• The displayed time is incorrect.

After 5 failures, the player is sacrificed.
These failures represent Vecna's ritual from the series : both arms, both legs, and the jaw.

Each failure:

• Permanently slows the player until the ship leaves.
• Causes the floating clone in the normal world to visibly suffer another broken limb, allowing teammates to track the player's condition.

Victory

If the player survives the full 2 minutes:

• They return to their original body.
• Vecna selects again a player to haunt.

TODO: During this phase, Vecna will actively attack the player.

Phase 3 - World Collapse

If Vecna successfully sacrifices 4 players (could be the same over multiple games), the final phase begins.

• The Grandfather Clock chimes four times, audible to every player.
• The barrier separating the Upside-Down from the normal world begins to collapse.
• Portals tear open across reality (TODO: animation).
• The Upside Down invades the normal world, permanently merging both dimensions.

TODO: Headphone (Running Up That Hill)

TODO: Max Figurine