Five Nights at Freddy's First Night: Cameras, Doors and Power

This walkthrough uses the original Windows game and its mouse interface. You remain in the office from 12 AM until the shift ends at 6 AM. The upper-right clock tells you how far you have progressed. At bottom left, Power left is the remaining electricity and Usage is the number of active power bars. The image shows the left half of the office with the DOOR and LIGHT buttons; move the pointer toward the other edge to pan to the right side.

This office screenshot was captured during a different shift at 3 AM. Its controls have the same labels you need on Night 1, but its 35% power figure is an example, not a target. Console and mobile versions use different input methods.

On PC, move the pointer to the bottom-center monitor handle marked by double chevrons. The panel rises into the camera map; move the pointer to the bottom edge again to lower it. In the office example, the handle is directly below the desk. The right-side DOOR and LIGHT buttons are also visible, but do not press either just to check a camera.

Raising the monitor uses power. Look at a camera, take the information you need and lower it; keeping it raised is not a free way to wait.

With the monitor up, find the small map on the right and click CAM 1A at the top. The feed is labeled Show Stage. Use it as a baseline for Freddy, Bonnie and Chica; if someone is missing on a later glance, use the map to check nearby rooms rather than assuming they reached a door. The green highlighted camera box tells you which feed is active.

The camera examples in this guide come from separate official screenshots. They teach the interface and are not a claim that these exact character positions occur in one Night 1 run.

The map is a set of clickable room labels, not a live arrow to a moving character. If Chica is no longer on CAM 1A, click another labeled feed and read the location name. The example below has CAM 7 selected and says Restrooms while Chica appears in the feed. Do not memorize that as her required Night 1 route; movement varies.

After a quick check, lower the monitor and return to the office. If the map shows nobody at an immediate threat point, leave both doors open and save electricity.

From the office, move the pointer to the side you want to inspect. Click LIGHT under that side’s DOOR button to illuminate the blind spot; click it again to turn the light off. The left panel is pictured here. If an animatronic is visibly at that doorway, click the DOOR button above that same LIGHT button, confirm that side closes, and keep watching power. Do not close both doors just because the cameras look unsettling.

The right side works the same way. The second screenshot shows Chica beside the right doorway and the matching LIGHT and DOOR labels. It is a Night 5 interface example, not an event that must happen on Night 1. Once a threat has moved away, reopen a closed door rather than paying its power cost indefinitely.

On the map, click CAM 1C to view Pirate Cove, the curtained area associated with Foxy. The capture below is from a later night and shows Foxy behind the curtain; it identifies the camera, not a fixed Night 1 timetable. If the area changes, use short checks and return to the office to manage the left door rather than camping on the feed.

If you need to inspect the approach, CAM 2A is labeled West Hall in the separate example below. The map places it on the left route toward the office. No camera can replace a quick office-light check of the blind spot immediately outside a door.

Use a repeatable loop: read Power left and Usage → check only the needed camera → lower the monitor → tap a door light → close that side only if the doorway demands it → reopen when clear. Watch the upper-right clock between loops. Every active camera, light or closed door raises consumption, so the point is to get useful information with the fewest powered actions.

Do not copy the percentages or character positions in these screenshots as a required route: they come from different shifts. If power reaches zero before 6 AM, the lights and doors stop working. Your goal is to preserve enough power to keep responding to real threats until the clock completes the night.