FnaF's 3 Nightmare mode has springtrap much more aggresive and hes much more active, rarely does springtrap stand around in a spot for more then 6 seconds, springtrap will also move very quickly through the vents. This mode is more skill based then the previous games 20/20 modes, however there is still luck involved.

When night 6 begins the first thing you should do is beep freddy's nose for good luck

after you do this crucial (not really) step you need to find spring trap he will either start in...

Cam 10 [best possible]

Cam 9 [good enough]

Cam 8 [bad, but you can save it, becareful not to trigger the puppet]

Cam 7 [he rarely starts heres but he can, and its very difficult to stop]

your goal is to keep springtrap, well, trapped in cam 10, and never let him go beyond Cam 08, if he goes beyond cam 8 it is very difficult to get him back into your trap as he can moves faster then your audio recharges.

There are many don'ts in this mode, as if you ♥♥♥♥ up once you pretty much either out right lost, or springtrap has left your guantlet.

In order to have a chance you need to:

-never look in the cams of chica, mangle, puppet, or BB, if you trigger their jumpscare, ever, the alarm going off will cause springtrap to start marathon running towards the office unless he is sucking his thumb in a sealed vent

-never look at the camera for more then 3-5 seconds, doing so will spawn foxy, out of every hallucination, foxy is the biggest threat, as not only does triggering him sent off the alarm, him standing there while you need to reset the audio system can let springtrap, unless hes sitting in a sealed vent, leave your gauntlet.

-never EVER let springtrap go to cam 8, the reason is in cam 10, he has two choices, either head to cam 09 or into the vent [should be sealed] in cam 09 he gets 3 options, head to cam 08, head into the vent, or back to cam 10, which really just helps you, the problem is in cam 08, he gets far to many options, he can head to cam 07, cam 05 which has a vent he may take, cam 06 or take cam 8s vent.

-try not let more then 2 systems go offline, this may take up to much time and let springtrap leave the gauntlet, if hes in cam 10 and two of these are offline you may be able to pull it off, especially if hes sitting his ass in a sealed vent.

-let springtrap go through a vent and make it out, no matter what vent he takes, he will be out of the gauntlet or just pop into your office.

as you can see there is little room for error here, any of these rules being broken will likely result in your out right losing or springtrap making far to much progress.

The camera, and dealing with foxy:

-Foxy is the biggest threat to you besides springtrap, if we look to much at the camera, we trigger foxy, foxy acts as a barrier to reseting your system and buys springtrap, unless he is amazed at your sealed vent and decides to fall asleep in there, precious time.

to counter foxy we need to hold the camera up, look at it for a second to check for springtrap, and immediatly put it back down, this is ESSENTIAL for passing this night, as the camera system when down takes the longest to reboot, and it means foxy will barely show up.

if you flip the camera on and off, you can also completely ignore BB as you put it back down so fast BB will not enter the office, since BB jumping you sets off the alarm, this means you can not afford to have him trigger.

The Maintence system, there are a few changes you should be aware off:

Audio system:

-you have 2 charges before this needs to be reset, if you have used one charge, and springtrap decides to ♥♥♥♥ off into a sealed vent, reset the audio system asap unless you see foxy standing to your left.

-if springtrap appears to your left door and is peaking in, and you play an audio clip in cam 1, he will go check it out, if after this he appears in your door again and you try again, he will completely ignore it.

Camera system:

- i know you have a set time of how long you can look at the cam before it goes off but i don't know the exact number of seconds, what i do know is this one takes slightly longer to reset then the other two, try to reset this is audio isn't needed, and springtap is thinking about the reason for his existence in a sealed vent.

-if it goes offline and springtrap is not in a vent, give about 5 seconds, blindly play audio in that cam hoping he left, and will return to that cam, then reset it, if foxy jumps you at this point, well......your ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Ventailation system:

-this one is changed the most, it will never passively go off, it will only go off if you are never jumped by a hallcination this means for a successful nightmare completetion, this should never happen.

-now if it does an alarm will sound, in previous nights it will cause springtrap to make slightly quicker progress to you, in nightmare, he starts booking it towards you, he could be in cam 10, then suddenly in cam 4 by the time you reset it.


Combatting hallcinations:

Arranged in difficultly to trigger....

-chica

Never look in cam 7 for any reason in a succesful nightmare run you'll never see her.

-freddy

instead of flicking through the camer every 0.5-1 seconds, take an exta second to stare at the cam, freddy is much more dangerous if you find that foxy is in your office.

-Mangle

Never look in cam 4, if you do, no matter how fast you put the camera down he (she?) will trigger, i think the noise also cause springtrap to double time it to your office

-Puppet

never look in cam 8, can be dangerous when the night starts as you need to find springtrap, if he triggers you better hope to god springtrap is stopping to count cards in a sealed vent.

-BB

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ can be avoided unlike mangle and puppet if seen by lowering the camera, however the reason ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is an issue is that no matter what cam you are looking at, ballsboy can be there, you have about 1 second before wankboy tiggers and sets off the alarm.

-Foxy

Foxy can be the reason you make it past 4 am or not, foxy has the chance to spawn the most during the night out of any hallcination, including bitchboy, foxy, even if you avoid him he is still a threat as he is blocking you off of checking your maintence, make sure you don't stare at a camera for over about 3 secs, if your gut tells you that you may have done this, slowly look to your left, if you see his arm, look back to the right and check your cam, try not to trigger tosserboy.

unfortunatly there is still a luck element in here, less so in the previous games but its still here, lets see these factors so when you lose, at least you can blame the game right?

-puppet in cam 08 immediatly

its possible when the night just begins, and you need to check cam 8, 9 and 10 for springtrap, the puppet is waiting in cam 08 already, not much you can do to counter this....

-foxy within 10 sec of starting

its possible as you look through the cams looking for springtrap that you can trigger foxy, you really don't expect this so you can get jumped

-springtrap develops a phobia of vents

on somenights, springtrap will just never ♥♥♥♥ off into a vent, ever, he will stay and when your camera needs to be reset, you need him to starting pissing in a sealed vent to reset the camera, we need springtrap to fall in love with your seal vents and head into them almost constantly

-springtrap finally ♥♥♥♥♥ off into a vent, thats not sealed

sometimes as your reseting audio, the camera, or the vent but if you have to reseting the vent you probably lost anyway, and he leaves his sealed one, ♥♥♥♥♥ off to another camera, and you here him climb into one, you think "hes just in my sealed one" when what actually happened, is he uncovered knowledge of how to teleport, teleported to cam 5, took that vent, and popped into your office, killing you, and making freddy with his "short ranged teleports" look like a wanker

-you want to reset audio and you reset vent instead by mistake

butterfingers.

-you get jumped by ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, then turn to your left, and foxy is there

its times like this you find out the game hates you, if the game really hates you though,it will throw freddy in, if life also hates you after all that, you can get a really bad itch on your back.

Thats all i can give you to help you beat Nightmare mode, you will require focus, a sharp eye, fast reflexes, and alot of worshipping to our lord RNGesus and springtraps love of sealed vents



This was my first guide so please berate me on how horrible it was and leave no positive feedback

or you could do the opposite, but this is the internet, so you can't



good luck and i hope you beat nightmare mode



P.S Wankboy downvoted this guide so screw him