Description: Developer-backed routes for Prisoner, The Best Outcome, Freedom, Prisoner of Survival, Disqualified, Prisoner of Fate and Trust.
Prisoners has seven endings. Xor's trust, time spent studying, the day-two tablet and the final exam determine your route. One counterintuitive rule changes everything: confessing love to Xor guarantees he fails. These are developer-documented paths, not a claimed playthrough of version 1.2.3. Full spoilers ahead.
All seven ending routes (spoilers)
| Ending | Actions in order | Outcome | Evidence URL | Build | Spoilers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Prisoner | Reject the offer to leave on night one→prepare no more than five hours before day two→avoid Xor's panic→never betray him at the end | Stay together without betrayal | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 2. The Best Outcome | Study more than eight hours→hand over the tablet on day two | Tablet-surrender outcome | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 3. Freedom | Lower Xor's trust to paranoid→keep the tablet, avoid comforting or confessing→fail your exam | Low-trust exam failure | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 4. Prisoner of Survival | Minimize studying on day one and spend time with Xor→reject leaving→refuse to lock your tablet→pass | Pass after lowering his guard | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 5. Disqualified | Non-competitor: ask Xor to enter his pod first; competitor: speak to him before the exam→miss your own entry deadline | Miss pod deadline | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 6. Prisoner of Fate | Accept the offer or study over eight hours before day-two lunch→compete, keep tablet, build trust, confess love→pass | You pass | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
| 7. Trust | Use the same high-trust competitive confession route as Prisoner of Fate→fail your own exam | You fail | Developer guide | 1.2.3* | ⚠ |
Five hours versus eight hours
The developer says preparation must not exceed five hours to avoid Xor's day-two panic. Studying more than eight hours before lunch on day two can open the competitor route; The Best Outcome additionally requires surrendering the tablet. Exact equality at five or eight hours is not documented. Keep separate saves before spending study time.
The love-confession trap
A confession guarantees Xor fails his exam. The developer also warns against hugging him when you need him to pass. For Prisoner of Fate and Trust, however, you deliberately build trust on the competitive route, confess, and then split the endings according to your own exam result. Romantic closeness is not the same as mutual academic success.
Disqualified: why waiting alone fails
Xor may intervene and put you into the exam pod. The developer clarified that non-competitors should ask him to enter first; competitors should speak to him immediately before the exam. Only then let your own entry deadline pass. Saving before this conversation makes the ending easier to collect.
Version and verification
The July 7 guide predates the extra day-three events in 1.1 and later polish in 1.2. Version 1.2.3 was announced September 28 with minor bug and graphics fixes. The official page offers a browser build and lists seven endings. Internal trust scores, exact passing marks, second-by-second pod timing and all-route compatibility with 1.2.3 have not been independently tested.
Sources and verification
[1] Developer guide（2026-07-07） · [2] 2026-06-30 · [3] 2026-09-28 · [4] Prisoners. 1.2.3* = developer route guide predates current build; direct replay unverified.
Conclusion
Save before the first-night offer, day-two study and tablet choices, the pre-exam trust check and the final result. The biggest surprise is that saying 'I love you' guarantees Xor's failure.
