Forsaken Totem Spawns: All Maps Complete Location Guide

Folders (the John Doe unlock object)

Folders are the closest thing Forsaken has to "hidden collectibles on the map." They are stacks of paperwork that spawn in a small pool of fixed candidate positions on every map. Picking them up across multiple matches contributes to the unlock for John Doe and a couple of other character-related interactions. Folders behave the most like a "totem spawn" in the sense that they are scattered, partially hidden, and reward map knowledge. If you typed "forsaken totem spawns" because you were following an unlock guide and a TikTok said "go to the totems," what they almost certainly meant is folders.

Generators

Forsaken runs a power-the-exits objective shaped like every asymmetric horror game since the genre invented itself. Generators have a per-map count (more on this in the table below) and spawn from a candidate-position pool that is partly fixed and partly rotated. Knowing where the spawn anchors are on each map lets you fan out within the first ten seconds of the match instead of running in a circle looking for one.

Exit gate switches

Exit gate switches are the panels you interact with once the generators are done to actually leave. Their positions are fully fixed per map -- they do not roll between matches -- which is the cleanest of the five systems. The only thing that varies is which gate opens faster based on which survivor reached it first.

Chests and lockers

Chests (item containers) and lockers (hide-inside objects) follow per-map placement rules. Lockers are fixed; chests can have a small pool of positions that roll in or out per match. Both are worth memorizing because both are decision-relevant during chase -- a locker you forgot about is a chase you should have survived.

Map-specific interactables

A few maps have unique interactable spawn points that do not fall into the categories above. The Castle has a portcullis interaction, Crossroads has a phone, Glass Houses has the breakable greenhouse glass, Happy Home has the basement hatch entry. These are not exactly "spawns" in the random-position sense -- they are fixed map features -- but players asking about totem spawns are sometimes really asking about these, so I am including them.

Asylum folder pool

Asylum has the densest folder pool of any map and is the one most guides recommend grinding folder pickups on:

• •Reception desk drawer on the first floor lobby -- a fixed candidate that appears in roughly 1 out of every 3 of my Asylum runs.
• •Medical wing filing cabinets, second corridor from the cafeteria -- this one is the most consistent of the second-floor pool.
• •Therapy room paperwork tray on the upper floor.
• •Administrative office desk on the first floor west wing.

Crossroads folder pool

Crossroads is mostly outdoor, so folders cluster in the few enclosed structures:

• •Gas station counter behind the register.
• •Gas station back office, on the desk -- the highest-frequency Crossroads candidate.
• •Diner kitchen counter.
• •Trailer interior, on the bed.
• •Phone booth shelf -- the most easily missed because most players walk past the phone without looking down.

Glass Houses folder pool

Glass Houses is the smallest map in the rotation, which makes folder runs fast but visible:

• •Master bedroom dresser on the upper floor.
• •Kitchen counter near the breakfast bar.
• •Greenhouse potting table -- a fixed candidate that almost always appears.
• •Living room coffee table.

Castle folder pool

Castle is the largest map, so folders are spread the thinnest and a "folder run" usually only finds one:

• •Great hall throne side table.
• •Armory weapon rack shelf.
• •Library bookshelf -- the highest-frequency Castle candidate.
• •Dungeon torture-chamber bench.
• •Northwest tower second-floor desk.

Happy Home folder pool

Happy Home is suburban-themed, so folder positions cluster in domestic furniture:

• •Home office desk on the upper floor.
• •Kitchen island drawer.
• •Master bedroom nightstand.
• •Garage workbench -- the highest-frequency Happy Home candidate.

School folder pool

School has the most "obvious" folder placement because the props themselves are filing-cabinet-shaped:

• •Principal's office desk -- the highest-frequency School candidate.
• •Teacher's lounge table.
• •Library reference desk.
• •Janitor closet shelf, ground floor.

Hospital and Abandoned Factory pools

These two rotate in and out of the official map rotation depending on event cycles. When they are live, folders cluster around the reception desk and surgery prep on Hospital, and around the foreman office and conveyor control booth on Abandoned Factory. Both pools are smaller (3 candidates each) than the core five maps.

Why this matters in your first ten seconds

If you know the anchor pool, you can sprint from the survivor spawn straight toward the nearest two or three anchor positions and check them in sequence. On Asylum that is reception, then cafeteria, then medical wing. On Crossroads it is gas station, diner, then barn. You will hit an actual generator within the first 10-12 seconds of nearly every match, which is the difference between starting a chase on a generator and getting caught in the open mid-rotation.

When anchors lie to you

Once or twice per session I will run to an anchor and the generator is not there -- that is the per-match roll skipping that anchor. Do not stand there confused, just rotate to the next anchor in your route. The map will reuse the anchor next match. The anchors that "almost always" have a generator are the ones in central positions on each map (cafeteria on Asylum, gas station on Crossroads, kitchen on Glass Houses), and the ones that "sometimes have it" are the perimeter anchors (basement on Asylum, barn on Crossroads, greenhouse on Glass Houses).

Exit gate switches

Every map has two exit gate switches, one at each gate. Their positions are fixed and do not roll between matches. The strategic detail worth knowing is that on most maps the two gates are not equidistant from the most common generator-cluster zones -- one gate is closer to where the survivors will be when the last generator pops, and that is the gate the smart survivor opens. On Asylum the basement-side gate is closer to the medical wing cluster; on Crossroads the diner-side gate is closer to the gas station cluster; on Castle the drawbridge gate is closer to the great hall cluster. Pre-plan which gate you intend to run for before the last gen pops, not after.

Chests

Chest positions roll within a small per-map pool. Each map spawns 2 to 3 chests per match, drawn from a candidate pool of about 5 to 6 fixed positions. Chests reward search time with item drops (medkits, toolboxes, situational consumables). The placement habit worth building is to clear one chest in your spawn quadrant during the lull right after the second generator pops -- you have momentum, the killer is committed elsewhere, and a free medkit changes the value of every chase that follows.

Lockers

Lockers are fully fixed per map and do not roll at all. Memorizing the locker positions on your top three maps is the single most underrated survivor skill -- a locker you forgot about is a chase you should have survived. The locker-dense maps in the rotation are Asylum (more than a dozen lockers, including the locker clusters in the medical wing) and School (locker hallways by design). The locker-sparse maps are Crossroads and Castle, where you need to know exact positions because there are fewer fallback options.

Myth: There are exactly five totems on every map

This is a direct DBD import. There are not five totems on any Forsaken map because the totem object does not exist in the build. People making this claim are either describing DBD from memory or generating content with an AI that conflated the two games.

Myth: Folders ARE totems and they "cleanse"

Folders are unlock collectibles. Picking up a folder does not cleanse anything, does not weaken the killer, and does not trigger any in-match effect beyond the pickup itself contributing to your unlock progression. The "cleanse" framing is a DBD habit; in Forsaken folders are passive collectibles.

Myth: There is a hidden totem you have to find to escape

There is no hidden escape-totem. The escape objective is: repair the generators, open an exit gate, leave through it. There is no totem step, no key step, no hatch shortcut conditional on a totem. (The hatch on certain maps is a separate fixed mechanic that does not involve totems.)

Myth: The killer can place new totems mid-match

No killer in the current Forsaken roster places "totems." John Doe places corruption traps, 1x1x1x1 places entanglements, and Noli has hallucination drops -- none of these are totem-shaped, and they are placement mechanics not collectibles. If you want a real guide to those trap-like abilities, see /blog/forsaken-trapper-trap-locations-all-maps.

The first-ten-seconds route

The single most valuable use of anchor knowledge is the opening route. From the survivor spawn on each map there is a 2-3 generator chain you can run that hits the highest-frequency anchors in sequence. On Asylum that route is reception, cafeteria, medical wing. On Crossroads it is diner, gas station, barn. Run the route at sprint, start repairing whichever anchor actually has a generator, and you are already 10 seconds into a repair before the killer is finished doing their opening sweep.

• •Asylum: reception, cafeteria, medical wing (north loop).
• •Crossroads: diner, gas station, barn (south loop).
• •Glass Houses: kitchen, greenhouse, master bedroom (figure-eight).
• •Castle: great hall, armory, dungeon (vertical sweep).
• •Happy Home: kitchen, garage, master bedroom (clockwise from front door).
• •School: principal's office, library, gym (long-hallway sprint).

Folder grind efficiency

If you are grinding folder pickups for the John Doe unlock, knowing the candidate pool turns a 30-minute grind into a 12-minute grind. Run the highest-frequency candidate first on each map (the one I named first in each pool list above), then sweep the second and third if you survive long enough. Do not bother with the low-frequency candidates unless you are bored or trying to complete a "find every folder location" personal challenge.

Mid-chase locker knowledge

Lockers are not on the spawn-pool list because they are fully fixed, but they belong in the same headspace -- they are objects you should know the position of before you need them. The chases I lose are almost always chases where I ran past a locker I forgot existed.

Are there totems in Forsaken like in Dead by Daylight?

No. Forsaken does not have hex totems, boon totems, or any totem-shaped object that you snap to cleanse. The closest analog in the current build is the folder, which is a hidden collectible that contributes to character unlocks rather than a curse-cleansing objective. If a guide tells you otherwise, it is either describing DBD or fabricating a mechanic. As of May 12, 2026, the totem system does not ship in Forsaken.

What are folders in Forsaken and where do they spawn?

Folders are stacks of paperwork that spawn from a small candidate pool on each map. Picking them up across multiple matches contributes to unlocks (most notably John Doe). The candidate pools are documented in the section above -- Asylum has the largest pool (5 candidates), Hospital and Abandoned Factory have the smallest (3 each). Per match, expect 1 to 3 folders from each map's pool to actually appear, not the full pool.

How many generators are on each Forsaken map?

Most maps have 5 generators per match. Castle is the exception at 6, which is one of the reasons it feels like the hardest map to escape -- you are repairing one more objective than the killer expects. Glass Houses runs at 4 because the map is the smallest in the rotation. The exact counts are in the table above and they have not changed in any patch I have logged since November 2025.

Do generator locations change every match?

Yes and no. The anchor positions are baked into the level and do not move. Which subset of anchors gets a generator placed at it each match is rolled at match start, which is why it feels like positions change. If you memorize the anchor pool for each map you will hit a real generator on your first or second anchor check, every match, with very rare exceptions where the per-match roll skipped your nearest anchors.

How do I find spawn points faster in Forsaken?

Three things, in order of impact. First, memorize the opening route for each map (the 2-3 highest-frequency anchors from the survivor spawn). Second, do not chase a single anchor -- if it is empty, rotate to the next without losing momentum. Third, watch teammates with map knowledge in lobby replays and copy their first-ten-seconds path. Anchor memory is the highest-leverage map skill in the game and the one nobody talks about.