Story Area · Main Street
Hardware Store Story Area Guide
8 required · 1 optional
- Classical Mask
- Pick-Axe
- Pitchfork
Your Hardware Store Progress
- Area progress
- — / 8
Optional: Fully Stalk Eric
Main Street overall: — / 14
Current: Approach the Back Door·Next: Phase through the Door in Shape Jump
When You Visit the Hardware Store
Chapter: Main Street. The Hardware Store is the first major Story sequence in this chapter.
Hardware Store
Objectives 1–7 plus optional Fully Stalk Eric
Main Street targets
Tanya / Rachel
Graveyard
Judith gravestone
Hardware Store Story Route
Identification order for this area — not a floor plan.
- Approach the Back Door
- Phase through the Door in Shape Jump
- Find the Classical Mask
- Grab Eric Unseen
- Deal with Eric in the Stockroom
- Hide Eric's Body
- Leave the Hardware Store
- Find and Kill 2 Nearby Special Targets
◇ Optional ·Fully Stalk Eric
Hardware Store Objectives
01 · Required
Approach the Back Door
Required Story objective.
02 · Required
Phase through the Door in Shape Jump
Required Story objective.
03 · Required
Find the Classical Mask
Objective:Find the Mask
Required Story objective. The Classical Mask is the Story item for this step.
04 · Required
Grab Eric Unseen
Required Story objective. Detection fails it.
Fails if Eric dies before the objective is completed
05 · Required
Deal with Eric in the Stockroom
Objective:Execute Eric with the Kitchen Knife
Required Story objective. Canonical wording stays Execute Eric with the Kitchen Knife.
06 · Required
Hide Eric's Body
Objective:Pick up and Hide Eric’s Body
Required Story objective.
07 · Required
Leave the Hardware Store
Required Story objective.
08 · Required
Find and Kill 2 Nearby Special Targets
Required Story objective.
Optional
Fully Stalk Eric
Does not block leaving this area.
Where to Find the Classical Mask
Required Story Item
Classical Mask
- Chapter
- Main Street
- Area
- Hardware Store
- Used for
- Story progression
- Precision
- Hardware Store
Found in the Hardware Store while working through the store objectives.
Weapons in the Hardware Store
Confirmed pickups are not the same as a Story weapon used in this sequence.
Confirmed pickups
Confirmed pickup
Pick-Axe
Hardware Store interior
Pick-Axe Guide →
Confirmed pickup
Pitchfork
Hardware Store interior
Pitchfork Guide →
Story weapon used here
Exact source not confirmed
Kitchen Knife
The Story requires the Kitchen Knife during this Hardware Store sequence, but the exact acquisition source is not confirmed.
Kitchen Knife Guide →
Eric and the Stockroom
This is the Hardware Store sequence most likely to stall a run.
Grab Eric Unseen
Grab Eric Unseen
Fails if Eric dies before the objective is completed
Deal with Eric in the Stockroom
Execute Eric with the Kitchen Knife
Hide Eric's Body
Pick up and Hide Eric’s Body
Temple Stab Challenge
Main Street · Challenge 4
Temple Stab
- Target
- Eric
- Location
- Hardware Store stockroom
Temple Stab Eric in the hardware store stockroom
Temple Stab and the Kitchen Knife Story kill are different requirements. This page does not treat them as the same action.
Before You Leave the Hardware Store
Required store objectives
— / 8
Classical Mask obtained
Required Story item · —
Pick-Axe picked up
Confirmed interior pickup
Pitchfork picked up
Confirmed interior pickup
Fully Stalk Eric
Optional · —
Temple Stab / Challenge 4
Challenge attempt — check the guide before committing
Stuck in the Hardware Store?
What went wrong?
Main Street Recordings and Other Challenges
Recordings
Main Street has 2 Story Recordings: Loomis Log #3 (Haddonfield Town Center · Residential house); Loomis Log #9 (Haddonfield Town Center · Commercial store). Neither is confirmed inside the Hardware Store.
Open Recordings →Other Challenges
The remaining Main Street Challenges belong to other parts of the chapter, or do not have a confirmed Hardware Store tie.
All 6 Main Street Challenges →Hardware Store Story Area Reference
- Mode
- Story Area
- Chapter
- Main Street
- Required objectives
- 8
- Optional objectives
- 1
- Confirmed weapon pickups
- 2
- Story item
- Classical Mask
- Area Challenge
- Temple Stab / Challenge 4
Hardware Store FAQ
- What chapter is the Hardware Store in?
- Main Street. It is the opening Story sequence of that chapter.
- How many Story objectives happen here?
- Seven required objectives and one optional objective. Fully Stalk Eric is the optional one and does not block the main route.
- Where is the Pick-Axe?
- Hardware Store interior, during Main Street. Exact shelf or aisle is not listed.
- Where is the Pitchfork?
- Hardware Store interior, during Main Street. Exact shelf or aisle is not listed.
- Is the Kitchen Knife a confirmed Hardware Store pickup?
- No. The Story requires the Kitchen Knife during this sequence, but the exact acquisition source is not confirmed.
- Is the Classical Mask here?
- Yes. Find the Mask is a required Hardware Store objective. Current data places the Classical Mask in the Hardware Store, not a specific shelf.
- Which Challenge is directly tied to the Hardware Store?
- Main Street Challenge 4 — Temple Stab on Eric in the stockroom. Other Main Street Challenges are not listed as Hardware Store content.
- Are Main Street Recordings inside the Hardware Store?
- No. Both Main Street Recordings are confirmed in Haddonfield Town Center — one in a residential house, one in a commercial store — not inside the Hardware Store.