Mascot Mayhem | S-Rank, No Powers, No Map | Dark Deception v1.9.6

In this video, I show off my S-Rank playthrough of Dark Deception's Mascot Mayhem level without using the tablet. This includes not using the tablet's powers or using the tablet's map, with the only exceptions being at the start of the level where you need to use Vanish to get past the cameras, and also at the end of Zone 2 where Teleport is needed to get past a door which unintentionally stays locked due to a bug.
The Stun Orb was also used in Zone 2.
I played the v1.9.6 Steam edition of this game.
Footage recorded using NVIDIA ShadowPlay.
Video edited with VLC media player and Shotcut.
Here's the video without annotations (the video is also higher quality because it was compiled less times): • Mascot Mayhem | S-Rank...
Here's an older video where I attempt the challenge for Zone 1 only. I was using a worse PC so there are lots of problems with the recording: • Mascot Mayhem (Zone 1)...
UPDATE: What I say at 18:01 is wrong. The shard streak is preserved when you die, unless you get a shard streak of 50 after dying.
What I say at 36:57 is also wrong. The timer still runs during the story sequence.
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Zone 1
5:16 - Getting secrets
5:47 - Proceeding to Zone 2
7:50 - Zone 2
16:25 - Getting secret
16:48 - Proceeding to Zone 3
19:23 - Zone 3
25:41 - Boss Fight
32:59 - Returning to the Ring Altar
34:17 - Boss Encounter
36:23 - Escape Sequence
37:05 - Results
37:30 - Highlights

[@happycloud4789]

Hangry: "Hi-" Shark: *Starts Immediately*

[@ThisMrMister]

Waay before chapter 4 it was meant to be a meme that S ranking Mascot Mayhem no powers AND no tablet is straight up impossible. If you had no deaths that would have been the most perfect run however Hangry's mechanics were never supposed to let the player survive based on luck. Absolutely well done!

[@sharkfan2]

Much appreciated! 🙂 I came so close to getting a perfect run... and then I had to die not once but twice to Joy Kill. 😭 I wish I included this in the highlights, but I think I had a run which was deathless and fulfilled all S-Rank requirements... apart from the final bonus shard in zone 3! It's so easy to forget! I'm glad you checked out my video! I love your animations! 👍

[@wambufan608]

I’m genuinely impressed you made it past zone 1 without speed boost! Nice!

[@foxgangz5170]

Same !

[@user-wb7tc9cg2l]

I just sranked this level with only speedboost and teleportation.Hangry's random ambush is such a mental torture when passing by a breakable wall that I don't want to play this challeng the second time.Even without this point,finishing this challenge without any power is still very difficult. I can't imagine how much time you put in to finish this challenge even without using any power.Your patience and skills are amazing.You're definitely the most skilled person I've ever seen in this game.

[@sharkfan2]

Thanks very much! 🙂 If I had to guess, I would say I put in around 250 attempts before completing it. What kept me going was seeing myself slowly improve over-time which was very satisfying. But you're absolutely right about Hangry. He gave me anxiety every time I passed by a wall. 😆 Congrats for S-Ranking the level with only Speed Boost and Teleport! That's an incredible feat on its own!

[@solarflarenightcap3942]

@@sharkfan2 SIR

[@HansVinlin]

when just s ranking it isn't painful enough:

[@breadpanda8429]

15:07 I guess you could say the Hangrys almost prepared you into a nice 'ribwich'? This is honestly jaw dropping how much knowledge you have to beat this level with zero powers. I can see Malak facepalming with embarrassment right now.

[@delossantosdaviddaithon3593]

Imagine doing all of this and get a A rank because of being 1 second late 💀

[@goygaming8]

"An A rank"

[@kk_cats6072]

One of the most difficult levels in the game...and you're out here with this- Sorry Malak- this person doesn't need the ring pieces- just a pair of legs. (And hopefully, a working body)

[@scoober2l]

He is built different bro. HE CAN'T BE STOPPED

[@koopatendo3921]

I love how you took your time and wrote everything down, to show how you did the level. Thats nice

[@sharkfan2]

Thanks, I'm glad. 🙂 In the video, I think I wrote about 5,118 words! I still have the document containing the entire transcript, so I used the word count from that.

[@koopatendo3921]

And how do you put the document into the video? Just asking

[@sharkfan2]

@@koopatendo3921 Oops, I only just saw this... well, better late than never! I used VLC media player to add the subtitles, and for that to work, I had to provide a ".srt" file, which is basically just a long list of all the text in the video and their respective timestamps. I don't do this anymore for my current videos though. Instead, I use text boxes within the editor itself.

[@Gaiacrusher9fan2]

Considering that was a progress softlocking bug, I'm down for giving that teleport a pass.

[@findingalife4044]

It is still remarkable how you put so much practice and use the trial and error method to achieve the almost impossible. You deserve my respect and support(sub).

[@luchocontreras6531]

Respect earned!!! Even with powers i die once or twice at least

[@sharkfan2]

Much appreciated! 🙂 It is indeed a brutal level with or without powers, but it’s a lot of fun either way!

[@williammin8340]

@@sharkfan2 Yeah. Have all of them, then it's a bit tricky. Take Vanish and Tekekinesis out, then it jumps high in difficulty. And don't even get me started on having only speed and teleport...

[@shnagashnaga3831]

Hoh! I can’t believe you did this! It’s already really hard with powers.

[@michaelber]

This is honestly really impressive! I can't imagine how many times this took. i also appreciate how you wrote everything while doing this too. this makes me wanna do this myself now. Subscriber earned! respect.

[@Elitee_]

clap it up for this guy, ladies and gentlemen

[@ryanmcintire910]

1:29 “Lucky, have an egg!”

[@Fernandodsm18]

Man, This is awesome!

[@xuanucho3483]

*Doug got blocked by joy kill and got caught Me: What the hell? This is a stunable boss, A STUNABLE BOSS. Remember what you did when the nurses got in your way, Doug

[@zraiyanisgaming5444]

Wow I cant believe u did it! Impressive! Congrats man! If it was me… I would’ve died already on zone one cuz if lucky spots u once, its over but u somehow avoided it with ur brain, good job!

[@nersesbrawl7111]

I can safely give you the achievement "A True FNAF Fan"

[@sunnyd6519]

Honestly while I’m still waiting for the game to get the full release before buying it, watching this was honestly a big sign of relief and waaay more enjoyable then other gameplay videos. Since at this entire chapter was stupidly easy to just brute force with telekinesis and primal fear. Kinda made it hard to actually appreciate the unique aspects of the level when….yeah. Heck, I didn’t even know Penny *HAD* an egg toss pre-joy kill!

[@sharkfan2]

I honestly have a similar sort of opinion. I express a bit about my thoughts in the video here 30:50. It's obvious that Dark Deception has been trying to cater towards lower skilled players as of the most recent updates, but I can understand this choice because Dark Deception needs to appeal to those sorts of audiences if it wishes to thrive, and a part of that involves removing the amounts of frustration to actually beating and finishing the game. I think this may be why certain powers have been made OP. But yeah, it leaves many experienced players like myself bored and unsatisfied, and as a viewer myself, I don't particularly enjoy watching people _cheese_ a level with fully upgraded Telekinesis, unless they're doing a speedrun. So I kinda made the video that I wanted to see. 🙂 In my opinion, they should keep Primal Fear, Telekinesis, and Vanish as they are in Easy mode and nerf them in Normal mode. I think that would balance things out a bit. Sorry for that mini-rant. Thanks for watching! I highly appreciate it! 🙂

[@EmojixOfficial]

Mad lad. Cool video!

[@D4RK2.]

If you have 350 shards without the tablet, on zone 2 it means u have 1 more shard left bc i got 500 shard streak when i played this and i lost 1 life bc i got stuck in wall by malak escaping zone 3 and then he killed me. Anyways nice video and playthrough!

[@sharkfan2]

I actually did talk about this in the video here 23:58. 🙂 I think that's what you're referring to right?

[@D4RK2.]

Yes, just wanted to say so it will be easier for people to know.

[@czerwonenagorze]

i can't believe that you beat that without any single amenities, congratulations

[@user-cs7ik1ij9c]

I think that your playing skills amazes me!

[@Soniosuperstar]

Now y’all can’t complain that chapter 4 is impossible because even without powers you can still beat it.

[@sharkfan2]

That's exactly what I thought while I was playing. 😆

[@Spicyboirger]

How did you outrun lucky and his speed boost tho

[@Spicyboirger]

Thats impossible

[@DwayneTheSquidJohnson]

@@SpicyboirgerHe didn’t, he just avoided Lucky like the plague

[@HardcoreChel83]

​@@Spicyboirger hangry bodyslam lucky

[@TearLilly_wacaismylife_22]

I didnt know that there are 3 Hangrys xd but you did it very well!

[@ilikehamburger7517]

This is very impressive!

[@saravjeet2246]

Getting trampled by the joy joy gang after completing zone 1 is just brutal

[@typervader]

You have to be SO perfect with this, dodging everfything and avoiding lucky (who normally isnt ev en a threat)

[@puppetplayz2455]

So you have chosen........a joyful experience?

[@sharkfan2]

Yes, I was really feeling the joy in this challenge. 😆

[@puppetplayz2455]

@@sharkfan2 good to know man

[@razvansialtele2official]

This needs more attention

[@user-sj6co1bt1y]

Totally INSANE challenge!!! I'm deeply impressed.. - from korea

[@nightcatyoshi]

That's so impressive, great respect 🙏 but I would like to ask how the timer counts, because during my playthrough on speedboost teleport S rank on mascot mayhem, it seems that part of the cutscenes are calculated towards the time, any idea how that happens?

[@sharkfan2]

Thanks very much, I appreciate it. 🙂 I'm pretty sure that it's a bug which is causing the timer to still be running during cutscenes. It happened to me too in this video.

[@terribletony9341]

You are so good! 👍😮

[@sabrinawegotthis2325]

He might be the God of dark deception also keep up the great work

[@spel5428]

You are the king!

[@ferencfritz6303]

Oh my god so pro and so underrated

[@aldrin2519]

ohh sos un maestro, buena campeón :d

[@vincentl5132]

This is impossible, they all have the ability to teleport in front of you, speed boost, stun you, and detect you with cameras. Imagine this was the first ring piece and not monkey business?

[@sharkfan2]

If this level was the first, that would be incredibly unfair. 😆

[@replacableVessel]

Any level but monkey business and Deadly decadence are impossible without powers. I pity the souls that were sent there first, they did not had a chance at all

[@saravjeet2246]

33:31 these are conveyor clamps

[@sharkfan2]

Yep, that's right. At the time I made this video, I didn't know what they were called. There are even more things I've learned since making this video.

[@Ronanimations6]

i respect you

[@DrafNajman]

37:54 is that mean that the player still can move a round while getting jumpscare?

[@sharkfan2]

Yep, that's right! It's a pretty weird bug that isn't helpful very often, but in that attempt I managed to beat zone 1 because of it.

[@sabrinanevitt9166]

I cant even do that with all powers and map. insane

[@AlanTulp]

Im just amazed just like the CC video without powers, mostly 'cause when collecting shards, you have to make sharp corners or to say go around faster and think how much shards in what tike you can get by addditionally making to the portal. Now i have some questions: 1. How manny hours have you put in playing the game to rely on the map? 2. When playing, do you have near yourself the three maps just incase if you forget? 3. What are your opinions on the chapter 4? 4. Any idea what's next planned or need help? That's all the questions i have for now, so i hope your doing fine rn and hope to get an answer. Respectfully VytisT

[@sharkfan2]

That's right! I did talk about turning corners sharply and getting shards before heading to the portals in the CC video. Well recalled! 🙂 Here are my answers to your questions: 1. If I had to guess, I have probably put in around 150 hours of playing the game normally and relying on the map. I have put in a lot more time than this without using the map and powers by now. 2. No, it's all just from memory. Because of this, I forgot lots of times about where the shards were and even where I was sometimes. When I was taking too long wandering around, I would give up and open the map in-game. Once I figure out where I went wrong, I will start all over again and remember on the next attempt. 3. I love chapter 4! Best chapter by far in my opinion! I like the animations and cutscenes, the lore, the mechanics and A.I of the enemies, the design of the levels, the bosses, it's all really cool! Some lingering bugs and issues are holding it back though. 4. I am working on a video showcasing all bugs that I'm aware of in Dark Deception. This will hopefully raise awareness and get the bugs resolved. I'm hoping it will help players to avoid them as well. Also, I am now attempting to S-Rank Bearly Buried without using the map and powers, and it is much harder than anything I have ever seen! It seemed impossible at first, but I have discovered new tactics and this changed everything! I will still need to use Primal Fear at least 6 times to defeat the boss and get the ring pieces from the teddies, Teleport 4 times to get the last secret and proceed to the exit of the cave, and Speed Boost 1 time to get past the speed barrier at the end. So technically it's not really powerless, but it's as powerless as can be.

[@AlanTulp]

@@sharkfan2 verry nice to hear and looking forward on how Bearly buried will be completed + i have to mention that you will have primal for teddies with ring pieces, the traps in zone 2 that hold a single shard in it and yes the boss fight, as im a bit unsure how in zone 3 with teddies you can get one each or maybe you go to a corner, wait for two to go near and use primal to only get two teddies.

[@sharkfan2]

@@AlanTulp I'm glad that you're looking forward to it. 🙂 About the traps in zone 2, I discovered a way to trigger them without getting killed, but it is extremely precise and hard to do. For zone 3, my plan is to get 2 teddies holding the fake ring pieces and Primal Fear them both at once just like you said. I wish I could do all 3 of them, but a bug causes the ring piece not to appear if I were to do that.

[@saravjeet2246]

Hey sharkfan when you did bearly buried I wish they never changed mama bears spinning counter clockwise after her pause because having her rotate in both directions would surprise new players also I wish joy kill stays stunned for longer because the bossfight is just as terrible as the Agatha bossfight because when you die during the chase sequence it makes you do the bossfight again which is unfair but normal also I hate how they got rid of the original version because the jump scares used to look so much better than this new version

[@blsc]

legend

[@saravjeet2246]

You can’t s-rank a level without collecting the bonus shards

[@sabrinanevitt9166]

mascot mayhem but its the first stage and you didnt listen to bierce so you don''t know you have a map

[@bibicchiS]

as for the game audio, i wish there was separate categories. like genshin, i can put the voices on low or mute em while the sound effects are maxed out. but in DD the picking shards noise it is louder than the voices, the steps n than the ost, its very inconvenient

[@sharkfan2]

I agree, sound categories would be very nice to have. DD used to have them, but when the settings menu got revamped, the sound categories were remove, which is unfortunate.

[@LoneWolfDaniel23]

Just a quick question, which out of all the levels would you say was the hardest to do without the powers?

[@sharkfan2]

Bearly Buried.

[@LoneWolfDaniel23]

@@sharkfan2 That makes sense, also which Chapter 5 level are you looking forward to the most so far?

[@sharkfan2]

@@LoneWolfDaniel23 I'm looking forward to all of them, but if I had to choose just 1, I'd go with Holiday Horror.

[@mister_manaplay]

It's so sad that this freaking terminator made your "deathless no tablet and powers S run" to "no tablet and powers S run" 😞....but still it was really jOyFul video to watch!

[@sharkfan2]

I know! I'm still super annoyed about this! 😆 I think I actually did complete this challenge deathless once, but I forgot to get the bonus shard in Zone 3, so the whole thing went to waste! I'm glad you enjoyed the video nonetheless. I really felt the joy in this one!

[@elitemax4048]

The Bonus Shard is that the Eneme Reveald stone ?

[@sharkfan2]

Yes. They are both the same. 🙂

[@LuckyTheRabbit.]

Can't Believe it.....

[@animal5085]

Can you try this for more levels (Such as Torment Therapy or Stranger Sewers)?

[@sharkfan2]

I will eventually. 👍 I have already been attempting Bearly Buried and it's been quite rough. It's even harder than Mascot Mayhem in my opinion! But I think I will give Deadly Decadence a try instead because it's still very hard but not as much as the others. I suppose Elementary Evil would be possible... except for the boss fight at the end. 😥

[@foidmeister]

@@sharkfan2 EE used to be possible but the boss fight at the end made it impossible

[@sharkfan2]

@@foidmeister The boss sequence is actually still possible without powers. Due to a bug, if you press "P" during the sequence, you will teleport to the center of the auditorium which can be used to evade Agatha.

[@foidmeister]

@@sharkfan2 oh lol

[@clashroyaleboy3506]

seems like I can't find the torture therapy video. You haven't done it or...?

[@sharkfan2]

I haven't done it yet. Maybe later on this year I will get more time to do it.

[@saravjeet2246]

15:49 why did you use the stun orb when you avoid it when doing the other levels

[@sharkfan2]

There are a few reasons, but the main reason is because I didn't care about not using the Stun Orb back when I recorded this.

[@ThingyMajig]

WOW!

[@sharkfan2]

Thanks for checking out my video! When I get the chance, I will also try the challenge for the new level that you're working on in Dark Disillusion. 🙂 Well... I guess it depends on how much of a role the new power will have, but I can always just try mapless. 👍

[@ThingyMajig]

@@sharkfan2 there will be certain features in upcoming levels that will be very difficult to go without

[@sharkfan2]

@@ThingyMajig As to be expected. I’m looking forward to it. 🙂

[@sharkfan2]

@@ThingyMajig 2 years later, and I finally did it.

[@Carlthenpc241]

OMG run

[@BattlerTran]

Let’s see how “lucky” you are once chapter 5 is released 😈

[@sabrinanevitt9166]

10:31 One broke through the wall and came after me and then another did the same so I think 2 or 3 can

[@sharkfan2]

Only 1 Hangry can break through walls, although I wasn't 100% sure back when I recorded this video. Sometimes it can feel like multiple Hangrys break through the walls because the 1 that does teleports around rapidly and it creates the illusion that it's multiple.

[@geo_m2333]

Amazing!!You are the first person to complete this challenge!But why the final time has a little glitch?

[@sharkfan2]

It's because I cut-out the story sequence at the end here: 36:58 In the video I said it doesn't mean anything for S-Rank, but I guess I was wrong. 😅

[@geo_m2333]

@@sharkfan2 okay

[@bobo-qd7gf]

You LEGGEND

[@juliebarrette8585]

What's going on with the audio crackling?

[@sharkfan2]

The lag messed with my recording.

[@user-ll6bt6jz8e]

А это хороший вызов

[@ZeeroGuy]

I’m struggling to s rank monkey business with all powers so don’t make fun of me and I really want to s rank all levels before chapter 5 :( I’m going to try s rank and practice so hard with tutorials and everything in august

[@sharkfan2]

Good luck with it! 👍 I'm sure you'll be able to do it in the end.

[@elitemax4048]

Yo du know the Game Minecraft Mascots ? I love this its a fan game from Mascot Mayhem could u maybe play it 😂

[@sharkfan2]

Maybe. 🤔 I heard it's getting updated, so I may check it out then.

[@elitemax4048]

@@sharkfan2 yes but yk whats annoying me Lucky is after a little time Chasing u Faster as u with Speedboost and why is Hengry so fast xD

[@sharkfan2]

@@elitemax4048 I haven't played the game yet, so don't ask me. 😆

[@elitemax4048]

@@sharkfan2 then u know it i say u 3 Things if u played it 1.Watch out for Lucky and Hengry 2.Try to dont get see by them And 3.Dont get Cought from a Kamera Lucky is fast af…

[@elitemax4048]

Can you say wich Room Lucky is Camping would Try this self 😅

[@sharkfan2]

He camps in the room straight ahead of here 14:43. One of the Hangry clones might also be with him. If you do to try this challenge for yourself, I wish you good luck! 🙂

[@elitemax4048]

@@sharkfan2 Thanks i like Hangry cause of his Voice lines like Hangry Punsh oder RIIIIIIBBSS 😂 you know what i mean but Lucky is Annoying with his Speedboost i stand im Zone 3 so close to the Win and then he sees me thru a Wall a WALL and then i Died

[@elitemax4048]

@@sharkfan2 and i got this Challange 1 Try 🙂 and thanks for the Lucky Tipp it helps me really 🤚

[@sharkfan2]

@@elitemax4048 I like Hangry's voice lines as well. I also like his gameplay mechanic where he smashes out of walls. It always scares me. 😆 I didn't know Lucky could see through walls. It hasn't happened to me yet. Maybe he has Telepathy...

[@elitemax4048]

@@sharkfan2 Great Lucky uses Telepathy too wich one Next ? Hengry: I just wanna eat you Mortal: lets play tag ur it Hengry : leavs and go to Lucky 🌝

[@bibicchiS]

no dishes?

[@saravjeet2246]

37:55 when did that happen

[@sharkfan2]

It happened during one of my attempts at beating the challenge. The same applies for all the other clips shown at the end of the video. I can't provide an exact date or anything because I deleted the recordings a long time ago.

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

Oof

[@czerwonenagorze]

8:13 what happened to the sound

[@sharkfan2]

That's because of a performance issue, sorry about that. 😥 You could hear it all the way through Zone 2 as well as the boss sequence at the end with Joy Kill. It's quite irritating, and I don't know how to stop it or remove it.

[@czerwonenagorze]

@@sharkfan2 ok

[@Gyhhctyhhjtg]

Htf?

[@Hola-gp2xe]

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[@arron3410]

How can u afford dark deception complete while i can only play chapter 1 :(

[@sharkfan2]

I used my birthday money. lol I also waited for a discount. I got Dark Deception Complete at 30% off.

[@arron3410]

@@sharkfan2 good for u i guess. Here is another spoiler for today for chapter 5. At the end of the last portal. You will see bierce and you will be in a dialog of you and bierce. Bierce will say to u to hand the last ring piece until malak comes and says other things. While bierce is saying to not trust him. You get a timer of 30 seconds (guessing) and then the little blue orb will come aswell after 10 seconds passed. And you will have 4 choices. 1. Give the last ring piece to bierce 2. Give the last ring piece to malak 3. Give the last ring piece to tammy (the blue orb) 4. Give it to yourself. You will unlock 1 of the 4 endings. And once you did a ending, everything will start over and your progress will be deleted. Even the S rank levels you did will be erased which means you will start over.

[@sharkfan2]

@@arron3410 That's weird, because I recall the developer of the game saying the final level would require all S-Ranks to unlock, which then leads into the true ending. if you don't have all S-Ranks, you'll get one of the bad endings and the final portal will not be playable.

[@arron3410]

@@sharkfan2 well then can you explain the no room for doubt music made by glowstick entertainment?

[@sharkfan2]

​@@arron3410 I think it's as you said, we'll need to make a choice in Chapter 5, and that's where No Room For Doubt will play, but I don't think it happens at the end of the last portal. It makes more sense for it to happen at the end of the 2nd to last portal (for the reason I explained earlier).

[@user-ny411mq9s]

No level 6

[@sharkfan2]

I will give level 6 some tries when I get the chance again. But yeah, that one could be impossible by the looks of it.

[@czerwonenagorze]

turn on motion blur

[@sharkfan2]

You can't do that in the current version of the game without hacks unfortunately. 😥

[@czerwonenagorze]

@@sharkfan2 but you can do that bo modifying game files

[@sharkfan2]

@@czerwonenagorze Oh, that's true actually. But still, when I do these challenge videos, I want to play just the regular, unmodified, base-game. That way, my video aligns with how everyone else plays the game, whether that's new players, dedicated players, or anywhere in between. 🙂 I don't know though, honestly. Perhaps I'm overthinking it... 😆

[@czerwonenagorze]

@@sharkfan2 ok i understand it

[@bibicchiS]

THIS is try hard