Assembling Analog TVs and Playing VHS Tapes in The Box Of Horrors
Constructing an Analog TV from tinted glass, cobbled deepslate, and timber logs enables players to play haunted videotapes in The Box Of Horrors. This retro media network brings vintage horror broadcasts, atmospheric audio tracks, and paranormal camera equipment into survival worlds.
Assembling the Analog TV
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Analog TV is the central viewing apparatus for vintage tapes. To craft 1 Analog TV, arrange the following items in a 3x3 crafting grid:
- 3 wooden logs across the top row
- 1 wooden log in the middle-left slot
- 1 Tinted Glass in the center slot
- 1 wooden log in the middle-right slot
- 2 Cobbled Deepslate blocks in the bottom-left and bottom-center slots
- 1 Stone Button in the bottom-right slot
Any vanilla wooden log variety satisfies the wooden casing requirements. Once assembled, the Analog TV can be placed on top of tables, desks, or shelves. In its idle state, the screen remains dark and quiet.
Playing Broadcasts and VHS Tapes
Interacting with the television allows players to switch on broadcasts or play physical videotapes:
- Right-clicking the television while holding a VHS tape inserts the cartridge into the player deck.
- The screen illuminates with custom animated static and plays localized audio broadcasts corresponding to the tape channel.
- Channels include Bill, Billy, Boiled One, Courage, Cove, Fleshpit, Gemini, Local Broadcast, Max, Needle, No More, Operator, Sadako, Shamrock, Six, Static, and Wyoming.
Each channel features distinct audio tracks and visual animations reminiscent of analog television broadcasts, emergency alert broadcasts, and found-footage horror.
Salvaging the Damp VHS from Plains and Swamps
While static broadcasts can be tuned manually, physical videotapes must be salvaged from occult landmarks in the world.
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Damp VHS tape is a waterlogged cassette that generates inside Sadako Chests located within stone well structures across plains and swamp biomes. The item carries ominous tooltips:
- "The tape inside moves on its own."
- "1- In case of ghosts, throw tape back in the well."
Carrying the tape into dark locations can attract restless spirits. If paranormal entities manifest around the player, returning the cassette to a deep water well pacifies the disturbance.
Crafting Paranormal Cameras
To survive encounters with hostile spirits, players can fabricate specialized photographic devices:
Broken Camera: Crafted by placing 1 Glowstone, 2 Ectoplasm, 5 Iron Ingots, and 1 Glass block into a crafting grid. The recipe requires Glowstone and 2 Ectoplasm in the top row, 2 Iron Ingots flanking Glass in the middle row, and 3 Iron Ingots across the bottom row.
Camera Obscura: This upgraded camera emits an intense, disorienting flash of bright light upon right-clicking. The flash stuns and flashbangs nearby spectral entities, temporarily halting aggressive monsters and giving players precious seconds to escape dark corridors.
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