Beaten Clocky Guide

Beaten Clocky (also called Overclocked Clocky) is the combat gate for Stay / Ending C. After you arm the three area secrets and refuse the Chapter III Do Not Enter door, return to Mellow’s Room. Clocky crawls out of the air vent. Defeat him to continue to the Freelance Surgeon sequence and lock the Stay achievement.

This is not the Prologue hallway Clocky fight. Same motif, harder stamina rules, faster phase three. Route context: Ending C Walkthrough · checklist: Stay Secrets.

When the Rematch Spawns

1. Escape and Return already unlocked on prior files
2. Misery Town, Timesville, and Office secrets complete on this run
3. Chapters II–III finished; last toilet return done
4. You walked back to Mellow’s room instead of opening Do Not Enter
5. Room state changes → vent spawn → fight starts

If the room looks normal, stop. A secret did not register. Restore your PRE-BOSS backup rather than forcing the A door.

Stamina Rules (Read First)

Rule	Detail
Hit from Clocky	Removes one stamina segment
Stamina empty	Blocks stop working
Holding block forever	Burns bar before phase three
Genuine pause	Let stamina recover
Goal	Enter phase three with full health + full stamina

Only block strikes that are about to land. Panic-blocking is the most common wipe cause.

Reading Arm Tells

Clocky’s arm position telegraphs the hit side — same language as the Prologue fight, faster cadence:

Tell	Block
Left arm twitches / shifts	Left
Right arm twitches / shifts	Right
Arm rises near the head	Middle / center

Phase three speeds every tell. React to the pose, not to panic clicks. When an opening appears, strike once and reset — do not dump the whole bar on repeated swings.

Phase Plan

1. Open — learn the three tells; prioritize perfect blocks over greedy damage
2. Mid — chip damage only on clear openings; keep stamina above half
3. Late — cadence spikes; drop block during true idle frames to refill; finish on the first clean opening

Combat fundamentals: Combat · Mini-Games.

After the Win

• Follow the altered passage to the Freelance Surgeon terminal
• Ask lore questions if you want; no magic phrase is required to award Stay
• Choose the option that ends the questioning when ready
• Optional: save a C-FINALE copy after the fight for conversation retries (Save System)
• Title-screen load once if Stay did not pop (1.07 achievement sync)

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Entered Do Not Enter first	That file is on an Escape path — restore C backup
Held block through idle	Release during pauses to refill stamina
Treated this as Prologue Clocky	Rematch punishes stamina waste harder
Skipped Brain Scan / Behind Stairs	Rematch never spawns — finish Brain Scan and Behind Stairs

Connections

• Ending C · Stay Secrets · Endings
• Clocky · Mellow’s Room · Henry Boss (different fight)
• Optional Bosses · Achievements

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is Beaten Clocky required for Stay? A: Yes on the standard C route — the rematch confirms the secret branch before the Surgeon close.

Q: Can I skip the first Prologue Clocky and still fight Beaten Clocky? A: Yes. Some routes skip the early fight for a cleaner C file; the rematch is separate.

Q: Why do my blocks stop working? A: Stamina hit zero. Stop holding block, wait for a pause, refill, then resume.