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The mode selection screen in Baldi's Basics Plus.

There are various modes that the player can choose to play. There are currently total of 5 game modes in Baldi's Basics Plus and 2 in Baldi's Basics Classic and Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash. However, there is no option to choose the game modes in demos, except for the Kickstarter Exclusive Demo.

While Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered also has 2 modes at the beginning, there are 5 more hidden modes that are accessible by entering the respective codes in the You Can Think Pad or progressing the game.

List

General

Story Mode

Main article: Story Mode

Story Mode is the main mode in Baldi's Basics Classic, Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash and Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered. The object is to collect 7 notebooks and then escape the school by reaching all four exits.

Endless Mode

Main article: Endless Mode

Endless Mode is the secondary mode in the Baldi's Basics series. The goal is to collect as many notebooks as possible before Baldi catches the player.

Baldi's Basics Plus exclusive

Hide-and-Seek

Main article: Hide-and-Seek

Hide-and-Seek is the main mode in Baldi's Basics Plus. The object is to complete all floors before running out of power tubes.

Completing the Hide-and-Seek mode for the first time will allow to put a custom seed before playing Hide-and-Seek/Explorer Mode.

Explorer Mode

Main article: Explorer Mode

Explorer Mode is same as Hide-and-Seek, but Baldi will disappear after the countdown, making the player freely explore the Super Schoolhouse.

Challenge Mode

Main article: Challenge Mode

Challenge Mode shows the list of challenges to play.

Field Trips

Main article: Field Trips (mode)

Field Trips mode shows available field trips to play endlessly, set high scores or just practice.

Hidden modes

These modes are only available in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered.

• Authentic Mode
• Chaos Mode
• Debug Mode
• NULL Style
• Glitch Style (unlocked after completing NULL Style)

Trivia

Baldi's Basics Plus

• mystman12 considered adding a mode that will allow the player to set custom parameters.
  • There will be also a mode which serves infinite floors, however, it is unknown what this mode should be called.

Baldi's Basics Classic

• Prior to V1.3, there was no game mode selection, but only Story Mode is available.
• Since V1.4, the Endless Mode button and the BACK button have switched positions.
• On mobile, "Wear headphones for the best experience!" text is added in the middle.

Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered

• In the Subtitles_En.json file, there is an unused description. It reads:

“

Select a style! There's THREE ways to play, and YOU get to choose!

”

Demos

• In Baldi's Basics Full Game Early Demo, Hide-and-Seek was first introduced and is the only mode available.
• In Baldi's Basics Kickstarter Exclusive Demo, only Hide-and-Seek and Explorer Mode are available.
  • Additionally, the names in the mode selection screen are different. Hide-and-Seek is named as "Main Mode" and Explorer Mode is named as "Free Run Mode."
• In Baldi's Basics - Challenges Demo, only Challenges mode is available.