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title: 30 Floors Up Roblox Beginner Guide: The First Day in Order
description: Every tutorial objective of the first evening in 30 Floors Up in the order the game gives them: TV, lock, fill buckets, store food, read the guide, answer the door and sleep.
url: https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/beginner-guide/
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Floor 30 · Survival

# 30 Floors Up Roblox beginner guide: the first day
Day 0 objectives in order

- 1 **Check the TV**News from outside Bellwether Heights, then the emergency alert

- 2 **Lock the entrance**Front door: Lock; close the blinds

- 3 **Fill the bucket**Cleaning bucket in the bathtub, tap on, fill to the top

- 4 **Store the bucket**Pull the plug, place it on the metal water rack

- 5 **Gather the food**Cabinets and fridge to the pantry

- 6 **Find a screwdriver**Drawers and surfaces

- 7 **Lock up for the night**Answer Daniel on the chain, eat, sleep

_The tutorial objectives as they appear at the top right on the first evening (recordings of 2–7 November)._

**Short answer:** the first evening is a tutorial. Do the objectives shown at the top right of the screen in order: watch the TV, lock the front door, fill the cleaning bucket in the bathtub, put it on the metal water rack, gather the apartment’s food into the pantry, find a screwdriver, then lock up and pick a place to sleep. Someone will knock before you sleep; open on the chain, not wide.

You start on the **30th floor of Bellwether Heights** on the last normal evening before the outbreak. The game does not move on until each objective is done, so the fastest first day is simply the objective list in order, with a few habits added that pay off from day 2.

## The day 0 objectives, in order

| # | Objective (as the game words it) | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Check the TV | A news report from the intersection outside Bellwether Heights shows the first attack. An emergency alert follows: remain indoors, lock all doors and windows. |
| 2 | Lock the entrance | Walk to the front door and choose **Lock**. Close the curtains or blinds while you are there. |
| 3 | Fill the bucket | Take the **cleaning bucket** from under the sink, place it in the bathtub, turn the tap on and let it fill to the top. |
| 4 | Store the filled bucket | Pull the bathtub plug to free the bucket, then place it on the **metal water rack**. |
| 5 | Gather the apartment’s food | Check the kitchen cabinets and the fridge: crackers, eggs, leftovers, rice and canned food. Carry each item to the **pantry** shelf. |
| 6 | Find a screwdriver | It is somewhere in the apartment; players found it in drawers and on surfaces, not in a fixed spot. |
| 7 | Lock up for the night | Double-check the door, choose a sleeping place, eat a portion and sleep. |

Recordings from 2 to 7 November show the same order; the screwdriver step sometimes appears earlier.

## Habits that save the run later

- **Fill more than the objective asks.** The bucket objective only needs one bucket, but the taps stop within the first days. Every extra bucket and bottle filled on day 0 is water you do not have to find later. See the [water guide](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/water/).

- **Read the survival book.** The building emergency guide on the shelf lists the house rules: store water before the taps stop, count tomorrow’s food before eating extra, listen before opening a door, and keep noise down (running, dropped metal and dragged furniture all carry).

- **Pick up a weapon now.** A baseball bat, frying pan, hammer, knife and rolling pin are all in or around the starting apartment. The bat is the one most guides keep ([weapons](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/items/weapons/)).

- **Think before emptying the fridge.** One guide maker leaves fridge food in the fridge so it stays cold. Food does spoil in this game (players have found crackers marked “not safe to eat”), but whether the fridge slows it after the power cut has not been shown.

## Who knocks on the first night?

Before you sleep, **Daniel from next door** knocks: his own door will not catch. Look through the peephole, then **hook the chain** before opening so the door only opens a crack. Whether to let him in is the first real choice of the game; the [Daniel page](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/neighbors/daniel/) lists what each answer leads to.

## What happens after day 0?

The tutorial ends, but the building keeps sending objectives:

- **Day 1:** neighbors leave while the lift still runs. Ruth tells you the box on her dining table is yours; another group asks you to carry a blue gym bag to the pile by the lift. Doing these gets you their leftovers.

- **Day 2:** the objective “fill all containers before the taps run dry” appears, followed by a building notice that water and power will be cut.

- **Days 2 to 4:** the power goes (one co-op group saw it on day 3), the lifts stop and nights turn pitch black. See [power cut and breaker](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/building/power-and-breaker/).

- **From then on:** objectives come from neighbors who tap on pipes or ask for help, and from the doors and vents you can open with the tools you find.

A full day-by-day table would be guesswork: when things happen depends on your choices, and the recordings disagree by a day here and there. The order above is what every recording shared.

## What is in your starting apartment?

Before the first knock, it pays to know what the apartment already holds, because you will not get a calmer moment to search it:

| Where | What players found |
| --- | --- |
| Living room | The TV, a building intercom, a desk and couch you can push, the building map guide (hold E for the floor 30 map) |
| Main room toolbox | A screwdriver, a hammer and nails (no wrench); one walkthrough also takes the triangular key from it |
| Kitchen | Crackers, eggs, rice, canned food, fridge leftovers; a knife and other utensils in the drawers |
| Bathroom | The bathtub (hot or cold water) and the cleaning bucket under the sink |
| Around the flat | A jerry can, empty bottles, a flashlight, a box of medical supplies, the survival book |

One player’s tip: lay all your food out in one place before storing it, so you can see what you actually have.

## Day 0 mistakes we saw in recordings

- **Blocking your own door.** A co-op group pushed a table into the doorway on the first night and could not move it again, which cost them the run a few days later.

- **One bucket only.** Players who stopped after the objective’s single bucket were drinking from empty containers by the time the taps ran dry.

- **Opening without the chain.** The chain exists for the first knock; guides open on the chain and talk first.

- **Forgetting to eat.** The game reminds you to eat a portion before bed. A co-op player who skipped food and water started losing health.

## Watch it in 30 Floors Up Roblox

- [30 Floors Up GUIDE! (How To WIN Fast, Tips & Tricks)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9vIQCjZqmg) CHALLS · recorded 4 November 2026 jump to [01:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9vIQCjZqmg&t=63s), [02:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9vIQCjZqmg&t=125s), [05:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9vIQCjZqmg&t=355s), [06:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9vIQCjZqmg&t=396s)

- [BEGINNER GUIDE (Zombie Survival, Weapons, Food & Water) in 30 Floors Up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4fZWjk0Dc) Radex Tips · recorded 5 November 2026 jump to [00:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4fZWjk0Dc&t=21s), [01:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4fZWjk0Dc&t=83s), [02:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4fZWjk0Dc&t=123s), [03:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4fZWjk0Dc&t=185s)

- [30 Floors Up Guide! (How To ESCAPE, Tips & Tricks, Walkthrough)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM4NxmpHKI) ItzVexo · recorded 6 November 2026 jump to [00:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM4NxmpHKI&t=41s), [02:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM4NxmpHKI&t=164s), [03:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnM4NxmpHKI&t=185s)

- [ROBLOX 30 FLOORS UP!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkgY6Wv8duM) Sandoosky · recorded 3 November 2026 jump to [00:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkgY6Wv8duM&t=41s), [02:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkgY6Wv8duM&t=125s)

Checked 8 November 2026 against recordings from 2–8 November 2026 (Update 1.0) and the official Roblox page. [How this guide checks facts](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/about/#how).

## More Survival guides

- [Water How water works in 30 Floors Up: filling 10 L buckets and the 50 L bathtub before the taps stop, treating rain water, the water heater, and the floor 27 valve that brings water back.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/water/)

- [Food & rations Where to find food in 30 Floors Up, storing it in the pantry, the full, reduced and emergency ration settings, the survival guide day count and why you need a knife or can opener.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/food-and-rations/)

- [Health, sleep & fatigue The hunger, thirst, fatigue and stamina bars in 30 Floors Up, why health does not regenerate, where bandages are, and what happens if you stay out after dark or fall asleep in the hall.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/health-sleep-and-fatigue/)

- [Zombies & combat How to kill zombies in 30 Floors Up with the hit-and-step-back rhythm, what noise draws them, runners, the nights the crowd comes, and why cleared hallways fill up again.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/zombies-and-combat/)

- [Barricades & doors How to secure your apartment in 30 Floors Up: the lock, the chain and the peephole, pushing furniture against the door, repairing it after a break-in, and not sealing yourself in.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/barricades-and-doors/)

- [How to escape The two ways to finish 30 Floors Up, surviving 100 days or escaping, what the radio broadcast and neighbors point to, the routes players have opened so far and what is still unconfirmed.](https://30floorsupguide.wiki/survival/how-to-escape/)