Vault 8166 rumor

Vault 8166 is a hidden server on Roblox where unexplainable things are occurring. It is allegedly a secret map run by unknown hackers who can watch or monitor activity between users.

What Is Vault 8166?

Vault 8166 was rumored to be a remote server on Roblox where unexplainable things beyond usual are occurring. It is allegedly a secret map run by unknown hackers who can watch or monitor activity between users. It is said that anyone who goes there can gain access to certain information on Roblox and obtain access to an entire database of installations, GUIs, and programs. This facility is believed to be the birthplace of the most dangerous exploits in the games. Software, bots, or viruses are also stored here that have been placed and hidden into Roblox models or plugins. The intentions and history of this place have yet to be known.

On 9/14/2020, the public version of the facility was released. The UI panels within the facility cannot be accessed, and it is implied that some connections to a hidden API network have been disabled, although it is possible to execute some scripts by chatting leaked codes. The facility is divided into multiple "levels," As of date, levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 have been found.

The First Mention of Vault 8166

On November 15th, 2016, an anonymous user created a thread on the Roblox talk sub-forum. This user claimed to have accidentally gotten onto this "unknown place" while testing out a teleporter for a game. The thread summarizes 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 forum was nowhere to be found, along with the user who posted it. Moderators may have taken off the thread. If not, something else was at work, and it wanted the forum thread gone.

First Leaked Incident Footage

*RECOVERED* Leaked ROBLOX Vault 8166 incident

The original leaked footage.

The first footage of the facility (first leaked in January 2017) was infamous for its mysterious footage. For years there has been speculation and debate about what this entity is. It is usually spotted near the entrance to level 3, and most believe it to be a "guardian" of the facility.

The new footage gives us a better look at the entity from another angle. After one user dodges the entity's attack, while the other unfortunately doesn't, the guardian comes back but freezes. The reason is unknown on why the guardian freezes, but it does give us a better look at it. It's around the same size as a Roblox character and moves very rapidly.

Second Leaked Incident Footage

Recovered Footage from 2016 - Vault 8166

Other angle of the original leaked footage.

New footage surfaced on 7/8/2022 revealing a whole new perspective to the infamous leaked Roblox incident footage, this new footage also gave a more detailed look into the players seen in the footage, although their names are still not visible the previously 'red head' user was shown to have dark red head and arms, a dark green torso, and black legs. While the user colored black is shown to have red fire, and a particle emitter resembling a cross-bone skull. The footage also disproves a theory of there being 3 users, as seen in the footage the red head user walks off screen and then returns a second later, jumps, and the guardian is seen attacking the user with red fire. For a few frames, the red fire user is seen flying off-screen as the guardian appears behind the user. Afterwards, the video ends.

The "Guardian"

Guardian Private Version

As previously mentioned, Vault 8166 has a guard entity (often misinterpreted as "Vault 8166" the name of the facility). Not a lot is known about it's private version variant, since very little is known about the private version as of now.

There have been mentions of Vault 8166's private versions guardian from insiders, one mention reads that the guardian will be more dangerous and will contain "godlike abilities" and is near impossible to catch. More efforts to uncover more information about the original private version of the guardian are underway.

One of the users from this video has been identified as esaelP_Tnod, this was discovered by an unknown Roblox user (presumably multiple). The other has been theorized to be Awrp.

Guardian Public Version

The Guardian as seen in multiple footages on YouTube (Notably the original attack footage) is portrayed as a fast skinny black figure with a black particle emitter on its head and upper torso.

Close-up image of The Guardian

The model name of the Guardian found by using :dex in game through exploiting is labeled as: OP@111########ll#

Level 5 Guardian

The Level 5 Guardian, more widely known as the 'Golden Guardian' for its unique golden stripes on the side of its limbs (excluding the head) can be found in Level 5 and it is the most dangerous entity in the demo due to its unique ability to ban players from re-entering Vault 8166 for one whole day.

The model name of the Golden Guardian found by using :dex in game through exploiting is labeled as: OP30417h

Facility

Although not much is known about the facility, anyone who enters the game will spawn at Level 1. To get anywhere else in the facility can only be done through secret passages or BTools.

Level 1 - Most visible area of the game. Does not contain much but Guardian sightings are most frequent. It is to be noted that this area contains the hallway from the original footage.

Level 2 - A large and dark room with two high floors on both sides with computers.

Level 3 - Entrance is past the big white room and smoke detector trap in Level 1. Theorized to be what the guardian entity is trying to protect.

Level 4 - Next to the entrance of Level 2, contains a floating skull and hall of strange data blocks alongside some computer systems which do not appear to be functional.

Level 5 - Entrance can be found through Level 4. It is the most dangerous area in the facility and contains the Golden Guardian entity.

Level 7 - Easy entrance through Level 1, does not seem to hold much, there is a place past a code door, past that is an empty room and an active Smoke Detector.

Handbook 8166

A public document has surfaced with insider info on Vault 8166. It contains brief history and information about the facility. A vital code is revealed on page 8, which gives any user the ability to bypass some security measures in Vault 8166. The author is anonymous.

Many pages are blurred or contain redacted information. It can only be speculated what these pages truly say.

Smoke Detectors

The Smoke Detector model.

A detailed inspection of the Smoke Detector model reveals five scripts labeled Alarm, Flash, Masterscript, Normal, and Watching. Each is contained in a single value labeled 'Brain.'

It is believed that the Smoke Detectors are controlled via GUI or another method such as one of the monitors scattered across the facility, or are being controlled by some other entity. In recent times they have began to explode people passing nearby or freeze them. It is unknown who is controlling them but these remain dangerous entities in the facility to this day.

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 itself will not show up on recently played games.
• The Golden Guardian's song is the Barney theme song pitched at 0.15.
• 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 mostly inactive in the public version of the facility.