Valley Prison on Roblox is a realistic prison role-play game where your core objective depends entirely on your chosen faction. Inmates work to survive prison routines or coordinate escapes, Corrections officers maintain security and contain riots, Escapees raid the facility to liberate other prisoners, and State Police enforce external boundaries.
Success requires learning facility layouts, managing stamina, and understanding the precise rules of engagement for your assigned team.
Core Controls and Keybinds
On PC, Valley Prison relies on dedicated hotkeys for movement, inventory interactions, and communication. If you play on a controller, running and reloading must be manually bound through the in-game settings under the compatibility tab before you spawn.
| Action | Default PC Keybind |
|---|---|
| Movement | W, A, S, D |
| Sprint | Left Shift |
| Shoot / Attack | Left Mouse Button |
| Aim Down Sights | Right Mouse Button or Q |
| Interact (Doors, Items) | E or F |
| Reload Weapon | R |
| Drop Weapon or Keycard | Z (Inmates and Escapees only) |
| Toggle Radio | T |
| Surrender Stance | Chat command /hands |
| View Team Members | U |
| Member Management Panel | P |
| Toggle Chat Visibility | Y |
How to Play as an Inmate
As an inmate, you spawn into either Minimum/Medium security or Maximum security cell blocks. You can participate in scheduled daily routines—such as meals, work shifts, free time, and sleep periods—or organize an escape.
Keycard Retrieval and Item Concealment
Escaping through secure checkpoints requires specific credentials:
- Employee Keycards: Search through garbage cans around the yard and cell blocks. Community testing notes roughly a 10% drop chance for an employee card from trash piles.
- Corrections Keycards: Higher-security doors require a standard Corrections card. In the Minimum/Medium cell block, you can find a Corrections keycard sitting on top of the desk inside the security office on the upper level.
- Stashing Contraband: Do not store contraband in shared public lockers, as any player can open them and steal your gear. Drop weapons or cards behind furniture, behind trash bins in low-traffic hallways, or behind doors in the kitchen.
Escape Paths
- Utility Vents: Access the vents located near common areas or the kitchen. Dropping through the ventilation system leads toward the underground utility tunnels and basement levels, bypassing several guarded surface checkpoints.
- Perimeter Fences and Ropes: Exterior fences can be scaled if you avoid watchtower sightlines. Escape routes on perimeter walls often feature one-way climbing ropes or drop-down points leading out toward the front gate or the barn.
- Stamina Recovery: Climbing and sprinting drain your stamina bar to zero. Purchasing or acquiring consumable items such as cookies at the commissary restores roughly 5 stamina points per bite, allowing you to sustain sprints when pursued by guards.
How to Play as Corrections and Law Enforcement
Corrections officers spawn inside the facility to monitor inmate behavior, escort prisoners, and prevent jailbreaks. Playing law enforcement requires restraint; shooting compliant inmates damages your standing and triggers anti-randomkill warnings.
Standard Duties and Solitary Confinement
- Patrol Hotspots: Regularly check high-risk zones, including utility vents, the kitchen, the basement tunnels, and perimeter gates.
- Handling Non-Compliant Inmates: If an inmate is out of their assigned cell block during lockdowns or sleep cycles, do not shoot immediately with lethal firearms. Use your taser or beanbag shotgun to subdue them, cuff them, and transport them to solitary confinement or return them to their cells.
- Radio Usage: Bureau of Corrections radios feature dedicated channels. Channel 1 is used for internal guard coordination, while Channel 2 is assigned for tracking escaped prisoners.
- Facility Alarms: The Warden or ranking staff can trigger two distinct alerts: a Riot alarm for internal prison disturbances, and a Lockdown alarm when the facility faces an external raid from Escapees.
How to Play as an Escapee
Once you successfully flee the compound, your faction switches to Escapee. Escapees spawn outside the prison walls near areas like the barn or gas station and can arm themselves to attack the prison.
- Life Management: As an Escapee, you operate with a limited reserve of 3 lives. If you lose all three lives, you are captured and returned to the prison under maximum security status.
- Equipping Armor: Always pick up and equip an armor vest immediately upon spawning at the base. Equipping a vest provides an immediate +25 bonus health, giving you an edge in firefights.
- Combat Perspectives: Switch between camera angles depending on your location. Third-person camera peeking is effective around external barriers, boulders, and watchtowers, while first-person view offers better crosshair accuracy when clearing interior hallways and armories.
- Watchtower Snipers: Avoid running across open fields near the front gate. CERT and SWAT officers frequently station snipers on watchtowers, which can eliminate you in one or two hits.
Team Unlocks and Experience Progression
Valley Prison rewards play time with experience points (XP). Accumulating XP increases your account level, unlocking higher-tier roles, specialized loadouts, and advanced sub-factions.
| Account Level | Unlocked Teams & Roles | Bonus Attributes / Gear Access |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2 | Medical Staff, Standard Guards | Medical equipment, standard sidearms |
| Level 5 | Maintenance Team | Repair tools for vents (+20 XP) and power outages (+30 XP) |
| Level 25 | Riot Control Team | +25 HP armor, specialized arrest gear, beanbag shotgun |
| Level 45 | CERT & Assistant Director | +20 HP, +10% sprint stamina, tactical rifles, sniper rifles |
| Level 70 | Prison Director / Warden | Broadcast controls, facility alarm toggles |
| Level 135 | Fremont State Police (FSP) | Outer perimeter authority, patrol vehicles, M4A1 Mod |
| Level 175 | State Police SWAT | Heavy armor (+25 HP), tactical loadouts, raid clearance |
Passive progression grants 15 XP every minute. Levels 0 through 24 require 120 XP per level (8 minutes of play). Levels 25 through 74 require 240 XP per level (16 minutes). Levels 75 and above require 480 XP per level (32 minutes).
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens if an Escapee dies 3 times?
When an Escapee exhausts all three lives, their escape status is revoked. The player is forcibly reset and respawned inside the facility under maximum security confinement.
Can you get keycards as a Civilian?
No. An earlier update removed the ability for the Civilian team to obtain or pick up facility keycards. Keycards are restricted to Inmates, Corrections staff, and authorized personnel.
How do you repair damaged vents or blackouts?
Switch to the Maintenance team (unlocked at Level 5). Interacting with damaged ventilation shafts rewards 20 XP, while repairing facility generators during power outages rewards 30 XP.
Why does my controller button not sprint in Valley Prison?
Controller compatibility requires manual button mapping. Open the in-game settings menu, navigate to the compatibility tab at the top left, and bind your preferred gamepad button to sprint.
