Foxy the Pirate Fox
- Species: Red fox, eyepatch, hook, torn suit
- First seen: Five Nights at Freddy's, 2014
- Lives in: Pirate Cove, behind the curtain
- Comes from: the West Hall, at a full sprint
- Costs you: extra power every time he bangs on a closed door
Every other animatronic in the first game punishes you for watching the cameras too little. Foxy punishes you for watching him too little specifically - and rewards you for doing the one thing that makes everyone else worse.
How Pirate Cove works
- Stage 1: the curtain is closed
- Stage 2: the curtain is open and he is looking out
- Stage 3: he is stepping out of the cove
- Stage 4: the cove is empty - he is already running
- Each stage advances while you are not looking at camera 1C
Stopping the sprint
Once the cove is empty you have a few seconds. Shut the left door and hold it - he will bang on it, and that bang costs you a chunk of power on top of the door itself. Miss the window and there is no second chance, because Foxy does not wait in the corridor like Bonnie does.The counter-intuitive part: glancing at Pirate Cove often is the cheapest insurance in the game. It costs the same as any camera, and it resets a threat that no light or door will warn you about.
Other versions
- Mangle - what the children did to the Toy Foxy, arrives across the ceiling
- Withered Foxy - the old suit, still in Pirate Cove, still running
- Phantom Foxy - shows up in the corner of the office itself
- Nightmare Foxy - the closet, and shining the torch at the wrong moment makes it worse
- Funtime Foxy - a whole room built around a light switch
Where you meet Foxy
- FNAF 1 — the original Pirate Cove and the west corridor sprint
- FNAF 2 — as Mangle on the ceiling, and the withered original in the hall
- FNAF 3 — the phantom version, which cannot kill but costs you a system
- FNAF 4 — Nightmare Foxy in the closet, where the torch is a trap
- Sister Location — Funtime Foxy, and a puzzle made entirely of one light switch
Foxy - quick answers
How do I stop Foxy?
Check Pirate Cove regularly on camera 1C. Every look resets his progress. If the cove is already empty, shut the left door immediately.
Why does Foxy drain my power?
Because banging on a closed door costs power on top of the door itself. Letting him reach the office repeatedly is how nights get lost on the meter.
Is Foxy the hardest animatronic?
He is the one that most often ends a first playthrough, because he is the only one whose rules run backwards compared to everyone else.