Vault 8166 - Classic

This version is a rewrite of the classic Vault 8166.Vault 8166 is rumored to be a hidden server on ROBLOX where un-explainable things beyond usual are occurring. It is allegedly a secret map ran by unknown hackers, which have the ability to watch or monitor activity going on between users. It doesn't appear to be a literal vault itself, but it's believed to be a metaphor meaning "Vault/containment of hackers". It is said anyone who goes there can gain access to certain information on ROBLOX and use the Installations, GUIs, and programs. It is then used to create new software, bots, or viruses that are placed and hidden into ROBLOX models or plugins. When inserted into a place, they obtain the ability to interfere with gameplay, local scripts, and even computer monitors. Vault 8166 is described as "the reason behind the ROBLOX website's sudden maintenances". However, it is still unknown whether this server exists, and no solid evidence of its existence has ever been found yet.

= The Leaked User Story = On November 15, 2016, an anonymous user created a new thread on the ROBLOX Talk sub-forum. This user was claiming to had accidentally gotten into this "unknown place" while testing out a teleporter for a game. The thread was a brief summary of how "evil is operating behind our eyes", and that there is a place where dangerous people are gaining access to user profiles and other information as we speak. This secret place was referred to as "Vault 8166". A few hours after the thread was posted, word went out. Mysteriously, the thread was nowhere to be found, along with the user who posted it. The thread may have been taken off by moderators. If not, something else was work, and it wanted it gone.

People have thought that this forum post was the final message sent by one of the users above before they got "captured" after one of the users found out that the footage was taken 2 minutes after the forum post was posted, this was proven by using the Wayback Machine. Recently, a user submitted footage of what seems to be a hallway of Vault 8166. The time and date this was recorded is unknown. It starts off with a hallway full of computers and switching screens that resemble codes. It also contains red flashing lights, a strange white room at the end, and a poster containing a skeleton saying "Warning, we are watching you". Two ROBLOXians, both of which resemble a common exploiter avatar, walk into the middle of the hallway. One of them is fully the color black, has a particle emitter and has red fire and the user is SolarSanic (not confirmed even now). The other is just colored red on the head, and black on the torso and the user is BoomBlox555. He survived the attack. Neither of the nametags are visible. They stop and take a look around, and out of nowhere a strange skinny figure with large legs comes out from behind and starts running at them while waving its arms. Both characters start panicking. Right when the figure reached them, the video suddenly blacks out. While the figure in the video can't be easily identified, we can see the face was blurred out.

There's a guy with 4 letters name who owns the vault. It is mysterious but, it is said that the owner's name starts with W and ends with T. It is confirmed by a helper. The player could possibly be W0AT. (mixed opinions on that dude) A screenshot of Vault 8166 was released in RT before the forum merge, which shows a screen and a stack of servers. The user explained it as the "core" of Vault 8166 he managed to view through CCTV. He also mentioned that there is no possible means of entering the core without getting caught by a "Patroller". The forum post was deleted by an administrator and the user was terminated.



= Vault System = Vault 8166 is thought to be connected to other vaults via an entity called "The Train". The Train is a train, hence the name. It seems like a normal train from the outside, but once you enter, it's much bigger on the inside. It could easily be done with scripts, but it wouldn't be possible back then. Inside the train, there are multiple portals where you can access other vaults such as, Vault 1226, Vault Omega, Vault 6770, Vault 1, Vault 0, Vault 7, Vault X, Vault Z, Vault 849, Vault 5, Vault 20, and possibly even more. Vault 8166 is not the only vault, like already mentioned before. Vault 8166 is only one of hundreds or even thousands of vaults. Vault Omega is one of the more popular vaults, therefore, lots of information is known about it. The Train tends to be stationed in one of Vault Omega 's tunnels. If somebody enters Vault Omega via the train, they must find a way to glitch out or use exploits as you cannot reset your character in Vault Omega. The reason for this is The Train is stuck in the tunnel. Sometimes though, The Train can bust through the gate that cover the tunnel. If someone else is in the vault, they can open the gate and The Train can pass through. The Train acts like an NPC, if it goes through the other tunnel, it will end up in the starting tunnel.

= Entities = The entities inside of Vault 8166 consists of the Guardian, the Patrollers, and the Train. The Guardian being the most dangerous as once you enter the Vault, it spawns in wandering around the facility. While walking the Guardian is the same speed as a normal player. When it spots someone, its speed multiplies x2.5. If it catches them, it will -Data Wiped-. That only happens if you join the private version. BoomBlox555 has made 3 separate Vault 8166 games. One to the public, and two that is friends only. One of the friends only version seems to be a recreation of the actual Vault without the entities while the public version seems to be a mix of the real Vault and another recreation. The other friends only version is in the leaked footages below. Not much of it has been documented. Unlike the Guardian, Patrollers seem to only guard specific rooms. One guards the core, another guards the vaults and so on. The train has already been described in full detail. What makes it an entity is the fact it can travel faster than any over ROBLOX vehicle. ROBLOX puts a max speed on every vehicle but despite that, it can travel at -Data Wiped-. The Train has a mind of its own, too. It can kick players out and blow players up. The Train looks smaller on the outside but huge on the inside. It's so big inside that you can't see the ceiling without full graphics.

= History = Vault 8166's creation date is unknown but, we can safely assume it was created prior to 2012 thanks to the Wayback machine. Many people claim Vault 8166 was involved in the 2012 April Fools incident, but that is not confirmed yet. There is strong evidence holding it up but there is also strong evidence it's false. I would personally say it had a small part in the 2012 April Fools incident. A user has recently came forward and shared this screenshot showed on the right. The player claims it was taken all the way back in 2014 which fits perfectly. Vault 8166 was almost destroyed in a Data Leak which destroyed Vault Omega and Vault 6770. While Vault Omega had a backup version, Vault 6770 did not. This happened in 2014. Nothing really happened in 2015 except a player caught on CCTV. The player was later caught by the Guardian and the footage ends there. The footage has not been leaked and is only accessible by certain people. 2016 was much more eventful. On November 15, 2016, the most famous incident occurred. It has already been described in detail above. On the same day, the Robux bank was robbed. It has already been described in detail above.

= Server Room Footage = On March 18, 2018, a video on what appears to be a server room located inside of Vault 8166. It lasts around 6 seconds, the server ranks inside this room are beeping noises, along with a rotating fan inside the vent shaft. It is still unknown how this footage has surfaced. The room has a blue tint to it, there are around 6 server ranks seen in this short clip, and there is a light above the ceiling.

On further inspection, the clip was uploaded by BoomBlox555, the very same person who was in the other footage. It was likely that he took this footage while inside the vault. It is still unknown how BoomBlox555 and an unknown player got there in the first place. It was likely a hacker's teleporter that sent both of them to the vault.

= Corrupted Cave Footage = On May 18, 2018, a video has surfaced again by the same channel who uploaded the server room footage back in March. It is a video on what appears to be an underground area of the vault. There seems to be a broken window leading into an area of the vault. The video footage has been recorded by a security camera due to the footage moving left and right. After a few seconds, the camera gets corrupted, and the video gets fuzzier. The camera is now pointing at the ground.

After a few seconds, the camera goes back up, then, the footage gets corrupted again, causing the video to end. Some people say that there was a player found in this footage, proven with screenshots.

= The Two Live Streams = On December 2, 2018, 2 Livestreams has been broadcasted in a small time frame showing what appears to be Security Camera feed from Vault 8166. The livestreams are both one hour long, and they are both set in the same place. The livestreams are published by the very same channel who uploaded the Server Room footage along with the corrupted Underground Area footage.

There is way too much information to cover so you have to check them out yourself, but beware because the livestreams can be boring at times. Some say that there was one more Livestream months back before the two livestreams surfaced.

= Recovered leaked footage #2-#6 = On October 9 to November 15, 2018, more recovered leaked footage was uploaded onto YouTube. Not much is known about these other leaked camera feeds. The videos were posted by the same channel, BoomBlox555.

= Footage #2 =

Footage #2 shows a user walking down the hallway from the first leaked footage. He's the one recording. He's colored red on the head, and black on the torso and legs. His arms are both red. Walking down the hall he meets 3 other users. The 2nd user is fully black and has a particle emitter and red fire. The 3rd user is fully black except his head which is red. The 4th is fully black with a dark green torso. The users chat for most of the video. It is unknown what they're saying since the video quality is very low. Player #1 is seen exploring deeper parts of the facility while his friends are still at the hallway. The video shows what is behind the camera in Footage #1. It's a hallway with white walls and neon red on the bottom and top. The hallway turns and leads to a door. It is unknown what is behind that door. The footage stops before we get to see what makes this an incident. It is thought that the guardian captured them in the uncut version.

= Footage #3 = The footage starts off with the camera recording a room with 2 windows. The windows show other hallways. Next to one of the windows, is a monitor. It shows computers flickering red morse code. Infront of one of the windows is a white couch made out of the sand material. Next to it is a table and chair. Through one of the windows, you can see a fully black player running. This presumably takes place after the 2nd incident as the ROBLOXian shares a resemblance to the 4th player. As the player walks down the hallway, he walks through a door and into another room. Then right behind him, we see the Guardian. The Guardian catches up to him and kills him and blood is splashed onto the window. The player does not respawn.

= Footage #4 = On an unknown date in 2018, footage from a player was leaked. It shows them walking in the hallway with red neon parts and then into the hallway from the first footage. Suddenly, if you look closely, you can see the guardian running towards them. When the guardian reaches them, the video suddenly cuts to blue. This could take place on the same day as footage #3 and #2. Who knows?

= Footage #5 = unknown at this time.

= Footage #6 = Footage #6 shows the hallway from the first video. The only difference that can be seen is one of the computer monitors on the wall is broken. Nothing happens for a few seconds. After a bit, a light goes out down the hallway. The video cuts to black for a second. After we can see the hall again, a pair of glowing eyes appear down the hallway then the footage cuts to black. It is assumed these are the BloxWatch eyes although, it cannot be confirmed.

= Trivia = The numbers in the title are the first four numbers of 1x1x1x1's user-id. But, it is unknown whether 1x1x1x1 is affiliated with Vault 8166 or not.

The server doesn't have a game profile page, which makes it harder to locate.

Vault 8166 is believed to have existed since 2012, although this has never been confirmed.

Users caught by the guardian are logged on a Trello board which is found here. It seems however that the Trello board is no longer active, most likely due to the Guardian being inactive in the facility.

There is a user named Vault_6618, It is also unknown whether this person is associated with Vault 8166 or not.

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