#that's right that motherfucking genre had a name before the weeb invasion

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Locations of Secret Passage

Behind Waterfall

Behind grandfather clock

Behind office bookshelf that is full of leatherbound tomes (probably with unmarked or inscrutable spines that disguise the content entirely). This type of passage is opened by pulling a particular book or 3 out because it is secretly a lever. This probably involves gingerly hooking the top of the spine and tilting it out to a 45 degree angle.

Behind big painting

Through some random leafy foliage (outdoors only). You push the branches aside and this will reveal a dramatic vista.

in big walk-in wardrobe, behind clothes.

trapdoor in outdoor location concealed only by a thin layer of dirt and *maybe* also a rock

trapdoor under a rug

behind stone brick wall. Opened by tugging a candle wall sconce down to a 45 degree angle.

elevator goes to secret extra floor(s)

in ancient sandy tomb, behind wall, probably opened by solving a puzzle. Probably haunted by orientalist music and visual design choices that disregard all real context re. any particular culture and geography and art and musical traditions.

in your closet

behind or through mirror

in some random cave after solving a puzzle involving mysterious symbols or drawings and probably a map Honorary Mention: through shadows or puddles or portals or temporary not-usually-there door in wall or strange twisted liminal spaces/reality warping paths (only works with magic, often only for a particular ppractitioner and those they choose to bring with them, and therefore perhaps does not count as a secret passage. A true secret passage must be for all, if you can find it.)