Behavior Interactive has taken a closer look at SpringTrap, the new murderer. He also revealed how his creative abilities felt that Freddie’s five nights in fans were dead in the sunlight when the release arrived on June 17, 2025.
Action shared new information about the latest horror crossover with Passthecontroller ahead of the upcoming chapter Public Test Build (PTB). This deep dive includes Freddie’s first details on the classic five nights released earlier this month, along with the first details of the power that followed his release earlier this month, and how wood animatronics utilize the scary mechanics of Jump, unlike what you’ve seen in previous behavioral asymmetric horror games.
The studio says it positions the highly anticipated crossover chapter as “one of the biggest games ever.” It is primarily a yellow rabbit wielding SpringTrap, Stalking and Axe, and is known to die as animatronics during the day. The horrifying villain has a long and complicated place for five nights in Freddie’s lore, but has never actually appeared as a playable character.
SpringTrap uses a giant pizza knife as his main weapon, and a fire x for his powers. The latter is what players find most useful, as they can be used as an AOE tool to reveal survivors to killers. If the throw is timed well, it can stay on another player’s back, offering the opportunity to trigger five nights with a Springdy style jump skaa.
In addition to a special sauce for the action, Freddie’s movie star Matthew Lillard includes five nights. Other outfits from SpringTrap include the legendary glitch trap outfits and the extremely rare clown spring trap and toxic spring trap outfits, as well as Freddie Fazvia T-shirts for survivors.
Freddie Fazvia’s pizzeria dies in the daytime
SpringTrap is Killer Dead, which daytime fans have been wanting to introduce for years, but he really only represents half of what a new chapter brings to the table. There are no new survivors, but players can enjoy running for the rest of their lives on the new Freddie Faz Bear Pizzeria Map.
Highlights from the new location include the front door, kitchen, Johnny’s Room, and dining hall, and yes, Freddie’s band, including Bonnie and Chica, also showed up at the party. Freddie’s Fasbear Pizzeria is another unforgettable map for daylight players to run and hide, but also comes with Easter eggs and their own scared jumps. We need to wait for the secret it hides until the player reaches out for himself.
Thankfully, you don’t need to lock on a new map to get the familiar 5 night taste of Freddie’s gameplay. Anyone who finds himself escaping SpringTrap on any map will see that new security doors, cameras and special offices have been born. These elements are more than a genuine callback to the classic experience, as long as there is sufficient battery power, these elements can be used by survivors to track SpringTrap.
If you’re looking to try SpringTrap yourself and don’t want to wait, there’s the good news. Five nights at Freddie’s Chapter PTB will begin today at 9am Pt/12pm ET. If you want to wait for the full chapter that brings about life improvements and more, we look forward to the full release next month. For more information about the 5 nights at Freddy’s and Dead By Daylight, we learned more about what it takes to create your first playable version of SpringTrap and what the team hopes to tackle in the future.
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