Getting Started in That Is NOT My Mom

This Getting Started guide is the first-hour plan for That Is NOT My Mom on Roblox by TerrifyingTony. You are a little kid lost in a giant store at night. Mom is somewhere inside, but a mimic copies her voice perfectly. Your goals are simple on paper and stressful in practice: collect everything on Mom’s shopping list, stay quiet enough that the mimic never tracks you by sound, hide under tables when danger closes in, and locate the real Mom. You can play solo or online with up to four friends and revive each other when someone goes down.

Use this page before you grind specialized tactics. After you clear one calm run, move on to Survive the Mimic, Shopping List Walkthrough, and Find the Real Mom. If the lobby event is pointing at the Airport update, keep Chapter 3: The Airport open beside this guide.

Join the game and pick a chapter

1. Open the official Roblox place for That Is NOT My Mom (creator group TerrifyingTony).
2. Wait for the lobby to load, then choose how many players you want — solo is fine for learning, two to four friends is better once you understand revive timing.
3. Select a chapter. New players should start on the classic night-store chapter so the shopping-list loop and table hides feel familiar before Airport pressure.
4. Confirm your camera and movement feel responsive. The mimic cares about noise, not about fancy loadouts, so comfort with walk, sprint, and interact matters more than cosmetics.

If friends are joining, decide before the round who watches the list and who watches audio. Random four-stacks without roles wipe to stacked footsteps. See Co-op Tips for role ideas.

Video guide

Read Mom’s shopping list first

The list is your primary objective tracker. Before you sprint into the first aisle:

• Open or glance at Mom’s shopping list so you know every target item.
• Mentally group items by department (produce, meat, pantry, cold cases) instead of chasing one SKU at a time across the whole store.
• Accept that the list can include everyday groceries — chicken, carrots, apples, and similar staples show up in early runs — and that wandering without a route wastes quiet time.

Do not treat the list as optional flavor text. Finishing it is the structured progress loop of the store chapter. When the last checkbox clears, your focus shifts to surviving long enough to identify and reach the real Mom. Details on routing and priorities live in the Shopping List Walkthrough.

Sound stealth is the core skill

Official rules are blunt: the mimic cannot see you, but it hears everything. That single sentence should change how you move.

• Prefer walking when the mimic is nearby or when you do not know where it is.
• Sprint only for short escapes toward a known table or around a corner that breaks line of pursuit based on sound.
• Avoid stacking noise with friends — four people sprinting the same aisle is an invitation.
• Treat dropped items, slammed interactions, and panic jumps as audio events. If something loud happens, freeze or slide under cover instead of adding more footsteps.

Crouch or slow movement helps you stay quiet; it is not a magic invisibility cloak against a hearing predator. If you hear Mom’s voice calling from an odd direction while shelves rattle nearby, assume the mimic is hunting by sound and reset to silent movement. Full audio tells and baiting patterns are covered in Survive the Mimic.

Hide under tables when pressure spikes

Tables are your panic button. When footsteps surge or a fake Mom voice gets too close:

1. Break sprint into a controlled slide toward the nearest usable table.
2. Hide underneath and stop making input noise.
3. Wait out the pass. Do not peek-spam if that causes extra movement sound.
4. Leave only when audio fades, then resume list routing at a walk.

New players die by running past tables looking for a “better” hide. The first solid table that breaks the chase is usually correct. Memorize dense table clusters near high-traffic aisles so you always have a bailout path.

Find the real Mom — win condition basics

Surviving and clearing the list is not enough if you hug the wrong Mom. The mimic sounds exactly like her, so voice alone is a trap. After the list is done — or when the run pushes you toward the reunion moment — slow down and verify behavior before you commit. Safe approach habits, voice-versus-behavior checks, and common false-Mom mistakes are spelled out in Find the Real Mom.

Rule of thumb for hour one: if something about the encounter feels rushed, aggressive, or oddly placed relative to your list progress, back off, hide, and reassess. The real Mom is the win condition; the mimic is the fail state dressed as comfort.

Co-op revive basics

In multiplayer (up to four friends):

• Someone will go down. Plan who peels for the revive versus who keeps eyes (ears) on the mimic path.
• Revives are not free — approaching a downed teammate often means crossing noisy ground. Clear a quiet window first.
• Do not stack three people on one revive while the fourth screams callouts. One reviver, one spotter, others stay still.
• After a revive, regroup under cover before returning to the list.

Solo players should still learn revive paths so they are ready when friends join. Party-specific callout language and split strategies are in Co-op Tips.

First-hour checklist

• Joined the TerrifyingTony place and selected a chapter
• Read the full shopping list before leaving the start area
• Practiced walking quietly and sprinting only to tables
• Hid under at least one table during a real pressure moment
• Finished or nearly finished a list without panic sprinting every aisle
• Approached Mom carefully instead of rushing the first voice
• (Co-op) Completed one revive without wiping the whole squad

What to read next

Goal	Guide
Stop dying to audio	Survive the Mimic
Clear the list faster	Shopping List Walkthrough
Confirm the ending reunion	Find the Real Mom
Play the Airport update	Chapter 3: The Airport
Party roles and callouts	Co-op Tips
All walkthroughs	Guides Hub

Stay quiet, trust the tables, finish the list, and only celebrate when the Mom you found is the real one.