South Hell Lobby: How to Join Groups and Catch the Bus

What Is the Lobby in South Hell?

Your escape attempt starts before you reach the school. The South Hell lobby is the gathering area where you find a group, access character and upgrade options, and catch the bus into a match. Use that time to get your teammates together and settle the difficulty before the host sends everyone into the basement.

The lobby also has a mailbox for bug reports and suggestions. Keep that separate from the school basement: the basement is where the survival round begins, while the lobby handles the setup between attempts.

You can play South Hell on Roblox to join the experience.

How to Join a Group and Catch the Bus

Head to the bus stop when you're ready to play. The group interface displays occupied slots, and the host picks the difficulty before the round begins.

Follow this sequence:

1. Gather your teammates in the same server. Check that everyone has arrived before joining a departure group.
2. Head to the bus stop and join a group. Watch its occupied slots so you know how many players are coming.
3. Wait for the host's difficulty selection. Easy and Medium are available choices.
4. Take the bus into the round. After loading, your team starts in the school basement.

Choose Easy for an introductory run, and tell the host your preference before departure. Once inside, you'll need to search lockers, collect keys, and work toward opening the exit while avoiding Cartman.

Server Capacity vs. Group Size

A server holds up to 24 players, while a departure group has six slots. Joining a busy server doesn't automatically put you in a full team.

Check the group count itself before leaving. If you want six players traveling together, wait until the group reaches six occupied slots. A crowded lobby can still produce a smaller departure when other players are browsing menus or waiting elsewhere.

What to Do Before Leaving

Character options, stats, upgrades, and daily tasks give you things to inspect between attempts. Browse those menus before joining a departure group so you're ready when the host starts.

For a smoother school run:

• Agree on communication. South Hell recommends headphones and voice chat. Use the lobby to decide how you'll call out keys and objectives.
• Plan to share the search. Keys are found in school lockers, so ask everyone to help search instead of staying at the basement spawn.
• Discuss difficulty before boarding. The host makes the selection; speak up while the group is still forming.

The school’s objectives include ringing three school bells and finding a rubber duck, alongside the key search. Decide who will watch those tasks while others search lockers. Listen for jingling to locate a locker holding a key, and call out discoveries to the group.

Removing boards requires a crowbar, and a power outage sends you back to the basement to restore power. Flashlights also use battery charge; spare batteries appear during the search. Discuss those jobs before departure so teammates know what to call out once the school gets noisy.

NightVisionGoggles costs 99 Robux and grants permanent night vision goggles. The Boombox pass costs 199 Robux. Keep those purchases separate from choosing a group and its difficulty.

Where to Report Lobby Bugs

Use the mailbox in the lobby to submit bugs or ideas. South Hell is a newly released experience, and bugs are part of its current release.

Make your report specific: describe what you were doing, which interaction failed, and what happened afterward. For a departure problem, include whether you were joining a group, waiting for the host, or loading into the school. Those details make the issue easier to understand than a message that only says the bus is broken.