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Escape Academy Under Pressure Walkthrough (Thresher Code)

Last checked 11/7/2026 4 min read

Under Pressure at The Thresher: five floor passwords (FEAR, WILL, SLOW, YOUR, MIND) and the exit phrase FEAR WILL SLOW YOUR MIND in Escape Academy.

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What is the answer to Under Pressure (Thresher code)?

Under Pressure is the Thresher escape in Escape Academy—five stacked rooms where rising water pushes you up one floor at a time. Each floor ends with a four-letter door password. At the top, enter the same five words in order. The Thresher code at the exit is FEAR WILL SLOW YOUR MIND.

  1. Floor 1 — FEAR: Open the briefcase for the Small Key, unlock the breaker box, turn the lights off, press the glowing handprint, take Clippers, Hammer, and Screwdriver, turn the lights on, hammer off the wooden board to reveal FEAR, enter it on the keypad, go up the ladder.
  2. Floor 2 — WILL: Clip the rope to get the Blue Valve Handle, mount it on the airlock, set Yellow 3 / Blue 4 / Red 6, crank up the Rusty Key, unlock and take the Handicam, lower the camera into the water, read WILL on the display, enter it, climb up.
  3. Floor 3 — SLOW: Place three Acrylic Sheets on the peg boards to form 510, use 510 on the breaker padlock, open the toilet for the Safe Manual, open the Mk.5 safe with Circle, Circle, Square, cross (spin), Square, install the Switch Handle, cut power to see W by the sheets (read with 510 as SLOW), restore power, enter SLOW.
  4. Floor 4 — YOUR: Take two Strange Devices and the Cipher Sheet, decode wall ciphers to UNDER PRESSURE and OVER WEIGHT, open Water Pressure / Water Weight panels, socket devices on UNDER (UR) and OVER (YO), enter YOUR.
  5. Floor 5 — MIND: Hammer the crate for the Old Map, switch power on, route current to wall grids with yellow triangle corners, use the map markers to pick one letter from each lit grid, enter MIND.
  6. Exit — Thresher code: At the exit terminal, enter the five floor words in order — FEAR WILL SLOW YOUR MIND.

Hints for Under Pressure (reveal one at a time)

Nudge: where to look first

Power cuts often hide the next clue. If the keypad will not accept letters, turn the breaker off, solve the glow-in-the-dark step, then turn the lights back on before typing. Keep each floor word; walkthroughs warn the exit needs all five passwords, not only the last one.

Clue: partial answer

Floor 2 signs: yellow is odd, red is double yellow, blue sits between red and yellow, and no valve reads 5 — 3 / 4 / 6. Floor 3 pairs acrylic digits 510 with a UV W. Floor 4 cipher lines name UNDER vs OVER sockets for pressure and weight. Floor 5: only triangle-marked powered grids feed the map.

Solution: how it works

FEAR needs lights off, then on, before the keypad works. WILL comes from underwater signage on the handicam feed. SLOW joins the acrylic 510 with the UV W. YOUR joins device letters UR + YO after the cipher labels which gauge is under vs over. MIND pulls one letter from each triangle-marked grid using the Old Map. The finale is those five door words in sequence.

Room notes

GamesRadar notes remaining time carries over between floors and extra minutes are added after each climb. GodisaGeek describes rising water on each floor as you ascend.

To start, select The Thresher on the academy map and talk to Jeb (Neoseeker; Gamepur places Jeb on Thresher maintenance). Several guides report the countdown begins when you open the briefcase on floor 1 (Gamepur; GGRecon).

More Escape Academy (original) answers live under Classic. For how co-op works in the base game, see Co-op. Players on Escape Academy 2 can use the walkthroughs index.

FAQ

What is the Thresher code in Escape Academy?
Guides use Thresher for the map area; the escape room is Under Pressure. At the exit, enter the five floor passwords in order—FEAR WILL SLOW YOUR MIND.
Is the Thresher room the same as Under Pressure?
Yes. Walkthroughs call the challenge the Thresher room or water room; the official escape room name is Under Pressure. Select The Thresher on the academy map and talk to Jeb to begin.
What are the five floor codes in Under Pressure?
FEAR on floor 1, WILL on floor 2, SLOW on floor 3, YOUR on floor 4, and MIND on floor 5. The last door needs the full phrase in that order.
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