Mercy Hospital Rooftop —Violence District

Hospital Structure and Verticality

Mercy Hospital Rooftop combines indoor medical wards with an accessible roof section linked by stairwells, ramps, and maintenance ladders. Verticality is the map identity—survivors and killers change elevation mid-chase more here than on Bay Harbor or Valdelboros flat streets. Rooftop offers long sightlines across HVAC units; basement and ward floors create tight corridor chases.

Generators typically appear in patient wards, operating theater annex, rooftop solar array corner, ambulance bay, and pharmacy wing. Some spawns shift between floors across trials, so audio callouts must include elevation: "pharmacy gen second floor" not just "pharmacy gen."

Hooks cluster near ward rooms and rooftop edges. Rooftop hooks are lethal because rescuers must commit to open running paths unless they loop through stairwell tile first.

Loop Routes and Tiles

Strong loops exist around ward windows—vault out patient room into central hallway, reverse through second window back into adjacent room. Pallets in hallway intersections stun killers committing to straight-line ward chases. Rooftop loops circle HVAC blocks with one pallet and two window vaults; shorter than Valdelboros street loops but cleaner sightlines for juking.

Stairwell cutting is the killer tech: descend while survivor tries vault on roof access door. Survivors counter by breaking line of sight before committing to stairs—jump off roof maintenance path only when killer is committed elsewhere.

Eyes of Heaven shines on Mercy because identical ward corridors repeat visual patterns. Aura highlights distinguish which window is pallet-backed versus already spent.

Survivor Strategy

Split gens by floor when possible—rooftop pair plus ground floor trio prevents killer from defending all progress with one patrol circle. Motion Tracker while repairing ward gens catches stair approach before killer rounds corner.

Endgame gate strategy: identify which exit connects to rooftop versus ambulance bay ground exit. Gate on your current elevation avoids fatal stair race during open gate collapse.

Flashlight saves near ward hooks work when rescuer approaches from side corridor while looper holds killer on opposite floor. Coordinate in voice—Mercy rewards the most structured teams in Violence District.

Killer Patrol and Matchups

Killers should patrol elevator/stair hubs between gen floors rather than camping single ward. The Slasher benefits from long rooftop chases into dead vault if survivors misposition. The Cure flasks stairwell landings to infect rotators.

Survivor mistakes: everyone on same floor gen while three rooftop machines untouched; chasing unhook across roof without pallet backup; healing in stairwell mid-channel when killer audio echoes from below.

Mercy Hospital favors survivors with map reps slightly more than Woodview favors killers—vertical options extend chases if you know them. Drill custom lobbies jumping between roof and wards until navigation is automatic.

Ambulance bay hooks are deceptively open—approach from ward side using corridor tile rather than parking lot sprint. Pharmacy gen skill checks echo loudly; expect killer visits within fifteen seconds of first failed check noise if terror radius overlaps.

Intro Recon Checklist

First thirty seconds on Mercy: locate stair hub, confirm which ward gens spawned, note rooftop access from your spawn, and ping chest on your floor. Mark whether killer started ward or roof patrol from first terror swell direction.

If two gens spawn same floor, split only one survivor there while others take vertical opposite. Duplicate floor stacks invite double-hook snowballs when killer respects stairs.

Rooftop solar gen exposes repair line to ground-floor killer pathing—crouch-break line of sight behind HVAC when tracker beeps accelerate. Operating theater gen often sits between two stair hubs; finish it first or last, never mid-rotation when killer unknown.