Save Your Friend hard mode introduces a revamped, higher-difficulty challenge track inside the Roblox puzzle escape game created by Maximise Games. According to the game's official Roblox description, the experience includes 220 Hard Mode levels designed for experienced players, testing logic, spatial reasoning, and platforming skills.
While the standard game guides players through linear room escapes and obby courses, Hard Mode significantly tightens the constraints on mechanical puzzles, water-jug math problems, and movement timing. Below is the breakdown of how the mode works, followed by step-by-step solutions for the first 20 stages documented by community guides and player walkthroughs.
What to Know About Hard Mode in Save Your Friend
In [330] Save Your Friend!, players solve room-based trials to rescue a captured avatar trapped by Evil Bacon. Progressing through the game unlocks badges such as "Save Your Difficult Friend 10 Times!", alongside standard milestone badges.
Hard Mode remixes familiar mechanics from the primary campaign into multi-step logic gates. Players face:
- Logic and deduction rooms: River crossings, symbol sequencing, water pouring, and sliding tile grids.
- Circuit and mechanical puzzles: Clock dial synchronization, light mirror alignments, pipe rotations, and tile-flipping grids.
- Action sequences: Precision obbies featuring moving lasers, vanishing floor platforms, and lava hazards.
Several levels feature fixed algorithmic solutions, while others (like Level 14's sliding tiles) randomize starting tiles and require basic puzzle-solving techniques rather than a single button sequence.
Hard Mode Levels 1 to 10 Walkthrough
The opening ten levels establish the core puzzle types. Third-party testing and player walkthroughs confirm the following input sequences:
| Level | Puzzle Type | Solution Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Mirror Puzzle | Rotate mirror 1 and mirror 3 once; rotate mirror 4 and mirror 6 once. |
| Level 2 | RC Car Crate Puzzle | Move crates to blue pads: Crate 1 (S, E); Crate 2 (N, E, N, N, W, W, W, S, S); Crate 3 (E, E, N, E, N, W). |
| Level 3 | Obby (Lava) | Platform across the lava course to touch your trapped friend at the top. |
| Level 4 | Symbol Arrangement | Arrange left to right: Key, Moon, Star, Sun, Crown. |
| Level 5 | Clock Dial Puzzle | Turn Clock A twice, Clock B once, Clock C twice, and Clock D once. |
| Level 6 | Tile Flip Puzzle | Click tiles 8, 10, 14, and 9 in exact sequence. |
| Level 7 | Obby (Vanishing Tiles) | Jump across the disappearing platforms before they vanish to reach the goal. |
| Level 8 | Crystal Maze | Follow the exact color route to collect all three crystals and exit. |
| Level 9 | Brewing Puzzle | Set 1 Moon, 4 Sun, 3 Leaf; then click Heat Brew, Filter, Cool, Unlock. |
| Level 10 | River Crossing | Follow the Fox, Chicken, Grain ferry sequence without leaving predators alone. |
Level 1: Mirror Puzzle
Your objective is to redirect the orange light beam using rotating mirrors so that both light receivers activate. Rotate mirror 1 and mirror 3 once each to illuminate the first receiver. Next, rotate mirror 4 and mirror 6 once each to hit the second receiver, opening the exit.
Level 2: RC Car Crate Puzzle
Steer the RC car to push three separate crates onto their designated blue floor pads. Follow these directional steps precisely:
- First crate: Drive South, then East to lock it in place.
- Second crate: Drive North, East, North, North, West, West, West, South, South.
- Third crate: Drive East, East, North, East, North, West to seat the final crate.
Level 4: Symbol Arrangement
Clue text in the room guides the order of the wall plates. The verified sequence from left to right is Key, Moon, Star, Sun, Crown. Place the symbols into those slots to clear the door.
Level 5: Clock Dial Puzzle
This puzzle catches many players because rotating one clock face causes the neighboring dial to shift. To align all four dials with their blue target marks, interact with each clock in order:
- Turn Clock A two times.
- Turn Clock B one time.
- Turn Clock C two times.
- Turn Clock D one time.
Level 8: Crystal Maze
You must navigate a grid marked by colored nodes (Blue, Amber, Violet) while retrieving three crystals before stepping onto the exit tile. The working route is:
- Start and move Left to Blue, then Left to Amber.
- Move Up to Violet, then Up to Blue.
- Move Right to Amber, then Right to Violet.
- Move Up to Blue, then Right to Amber.
- Move Down to Violet, then Right to Blue.
- Move Up to Amber, then Up to Violet.
- Move Left to Blue, then step directly to the Exit.
Level 9: Brewing Puzzle
To brew the cure, set the cauldrons to exact ingredient counts: 1 Moon, 4 Sun, and 3 Leaf. Once dialed in, press the interaction buttons in this precise order: Heat Brew, then Filter, then Cool, and finally Unlock.
Level 10: River Crossing
This puzzle presents the classic riddle involving a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain. You cannot leave the fox alone with the chicken, nor the chicken alone with the grain:
- Ferry the chicken across to the far bank and return alone.
- Ferry the grain across, leave it, and bring the chicken back to the starting bank.
- Leave the chicken, ferry the fox across, and deposit it with the grain.
- Return alone to the starting bank and bring the chicken across a final time.
Hard Mode Levels 11 to 20 Walkthrough
Levels 11 through 20 escalate into mathematical transfers, multi-ring peg puzzles, and combined obby-puzzle rooms.
| Level | Puzzle Type | Solution Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Level 11 | Water Pouring | Pour 8 into 5, 5 into 3, 3 into 8, 5 into 3, 8 into 5, 5 into 3, 3 into 8. |
| Level 12 | Tower of Hanoi | Transfer 4 colored disks (Green, Cyan, Pink, Yellow) across 3 pegs in 15 steps. |
| Level 13 | Obby (Lasers) | Time your sprints between sweeping laser beams to reach the cage. |
| Level 14 | Sliding Tile Puzzle | Slide tiles into numerical order (1-3 top row, 4-6 middle row, 7-8 bottom row). |
| Level 15 | Delivery Route | Drive from depot through nodes A, D, G, H, F, C, and back to the depot on 10 fuel. |
| Level 16 | Nonogram Puzzle | Fill the grid squares according to row and column numerical clues. |
| Level 17 | Obby (Lava Again) | Traverse elevated platforms over lava to touch your friend. |
| Level 18 | Pipe Connection | Rotate pipe tiles starting from the water source continuously down to the drain. |
| Level 19 | Code Keypad | Enter code 7412 collected from clue plaques. |
| Level 20 | Levers & Final Obby | Set Red to 4, Green to 1, Blue to 2, then complete the platforming course. |
Level 11: Water Pouring Puzzle
You are given an 8-liter tank, a 5-liter tank, and a 3-liter tank. The target is to isolate exactly 4 liters in the 8L tank, 4 liters in the 5L tank, and leave 0 liters in the 3L tank. Execute these transfers in order:
- Pour from the 8L tank into the 5L tank.
- Pour from the 5L tank into the 3L tank.
- Pour all 3 liters from the 3L tank back into the 8L tank.
- Pour the remaining 2 liters from the 5L tank into the 3L tank.
- Pour from the 8L tank into the 5L tank.
- Pour from the 5L tank into the 3L tank (topping it off with 1 liter).
- Pour all 3 liters from the 3L tank back into the 8L tank.
Level 12: Tower of Hanoi
Transfer the full four-tier stack from the starting peg to the destination peg without ever placing a larger disk on top of a smaller one. The disks, from smallest to largest, are Green, Cyan, Pink, and Yellow:
- Move Green to Middle.
- Move Cyan to Right.
- Move Green to Right (on Cyan).
- Move Pink to Middle.
- Move Green to Left.
- Move Cyan to Middle (on Pink).
- Move Green to Middle (on Cyan).
- Move Yellow to Right.
- Move Green to Left.
- Move Cyan to Right (on Yellow).
- Move Green to Middle.
- Move Cyan to Left.
- Move Green to Left (over Cyan).
- Move Pink to Right (on Yellow).
- Move Green to Middle, Cyan to Right, and Green to Right to finish the stack.
Level 15: Delivery Route Puzzle
You must collect all cargo pickups across lettered stops and return to the starting depot without exceeding your 10-unit fuel limit. Bypass nodes B and E entirely. The verified path is:
- Depot to A
- A to D (pick up cargo)
- D to G (pick up cargo)
- G to H
- H to F (pick up cargo)
- F to C
- C back to the starting depot with 1 fuel remaining.
Level 19: Code Keypad
Searching the walls and plaques inside Level 19 reveals digits corresponding to the room's locked vault. Enter 7412 on the keypad to open the exit.
Level 20: Lever Puzzle and Obby
Level 20 combines an initial switch lock with a parkour segment:
- Interact with the three wall levers to adjust their positions: set the Red lever to 4, the Green lever to 1, and the Blue lever to 2.
- Complete the platforming path across the room to rescue your friend and complete the stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many levels are in Save Your Friend Hard Mode?
The official Roblox game description states that Hard Mode contains 220 levels designed for advanced players.
What happens if I make a mistake on the Tower of Hanoi or Clock puzzles?
Making an incorrect move on Level 5 (Clocks) or Level 12 (Tower of Hanoi) does not immediately fail the stage, but it desynchronizes the required steps.
Can you use gamepasses or skips in Hard Mode?
The developer offers optional paid gamepasses on Roblox, including VIP (199 Robux for hints and skip reductions), Unlimited Hints (249 Robux), and Skip All (499 Robux). However, every level can be cleared manually using the logic solutions above without purchasing extra tools.
