Friday Night Funkin Walkthrough: Weeks 1-7 Guide

Stuck on a tough Friday Night Funkin week? This complete FNF walkthrough covers every song in Weeks 1 through 7 with difficulty ratings, opponent strategies, and pro tips to keep your health bar green.

Friday Night Funkin (FNF) is the rhythm game that took the internet by storm: you play as Boyfriend, a blue-haired rapper trying to win the approval of Girlfriend's rockstar parents through rap battles. Each week introduces a new opponent with three songs of escalating difficulty.

How to Play: Controls and Scoring

The rules are simple but the execution is brutal. Calibrate your timing in the Options menu if notes feel early or late, and avoid Bluetooth keyboards and heavy background tabs: input lag is the silent killer of FNF runs.

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• Arrow keys (or WASD): hit the arrows scrolling up the screen when they overlap the receptor arrows at the top
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• Health bar: at the bottom of the screen. Hit notes to push it toward your side (green); miss notes and it drains toward red. If it empties, you lose
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• Rating: each note is scored Sick, Good, Bad, or Shit. Consecutive Sick hits build your combo and accuracy, which decides your rank
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• Opponent turns: during the rival's verse you just watch. Study their patterns because many return in your verse
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Week 1: Daddy Dearest

Your first opponent is Girlfriend's dad, a washed-up rockstar with a microphone and a grudge. This week teaches the fundamentals.

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• Bopeebo (Easy): slow scroll speed and simple patterns. Use this song to warm up your fingers and get comfortable with the timing window.
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• Fresh (Easy): slightly faster with the first double notes (two arrows at once). Keep your fingers on all four keys and do not lift them between notes.
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• Dadbattle (Medium): the first real test. The scroll speed jumps and Daddy Dearest throws rapid staircases. Stay calm during his verse and save your focus for your own.
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Week 1 strategy: prioritize accuracy over combo. Missing one note at this stage drains a huge chunk of health, so it is better to hit 90 percent of notes cleanly than to mash and miss.

Week 2: Skid and Pump

The spooky kids from the viral cartoon bring a Halloween vibe and the first genuinely tricky chart.

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• Spookeez (Medium): introduces off-beat rhythms. Listen to the beat, not just your eyes: the notes sync to the music, and feeling the rhythm beats reacting to the screen.
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• South (Medium): faster streams with tricky left-right alternations. Practice keeping a steady alternating hand motion instead of jabbing at keys.
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• Monster (Hard): the first wall for most players. Lemon Demon's section has dense bursts and awkward pauses. The pauses are the trap: do not rush back in and mash during the silence.
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Week 2 strategy: turn off any screen effects or distractions and focus on the center of the note highway. Monster punishes panic, so take a breath before the final song.

Week 3: Pico

Your old friend Pico from the playground days wants a rap battle on a rooftop at gunpoint. This week demands stamina.

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• Pico (Medium): fast but fair. The patterns are mostly straightforward streams, a good stamina builder.
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• Philly (Hard): the Philly Nice beat hides rapid-fire sections. Watch for the repeating three-note bursts and memorize them.
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• Blammed (Hard): long, dense, and relentless. Your arms will tire. Relax your shoulders and keep your wrists loose: tension slows you down.
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Week 3 strategy: take a short break between Pico and Philly. Fatigue is the real boss of this week, and fresh hands make Blammed dramatically easier.

Week 4: Mommy Mearest

Mommy Mearest performs from the top of a limo and she does not hold back. This is where casual players start to struggle.

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• Satin Panties (Medium): a groovy warm-up with syncopated rhythms. Count the beat in your head during the tricky sections.
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• High (Hard): the scroll speed increases and the patterns get denser. This is a good song to practice reading ahead: look at notes slightly above the receptors, not right at them.
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• MILF (Very Hard): one of the hardest songs in the base game. Rapid jackhammers (the same arrow repeated quickly) will destroy your combo if you tense up. Use two fingers on repeated notes if your keyboard allows it.
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Week 4 strategy: lower the scroll speed in the options if you are struggling. There is no shame in it: learning the patterns slowly first makes full speed much easier later.

Week 5: Christmas Week

A holiday special at the mall with Girlfriend's parents. Festive on the surface, painful underneath.

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• Cocoa (Easy-Medium): a gentle opener. Enjoy the breather.
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• Eggnog (Medium): picks up with Mommy Mearest's return. The duet sections switch rhythm styles quickly, so stay adaptable.
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• Winter Horrorland (Hard): the Monster returns with a vengeance. The chart is chaotic with sudden speed changes. Expect to fail this one a few times: every attempt teaches you the next section.
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Week 5 strategy: Winter Horrorland is a memorization song. Play it on repeat in Free Play mode until the weird sections feel familiar, then take on the full week.

Week 6: Senpai

A dating-sim villain in a pixel-art world. Cute visuals, absolutely not cute charts.

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• Senpai (Medium): bouncy and fun. The pixel notes look different but behave the same: do not let the art style psych you out.
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• Roses (Hard): the difficulty spike of the week. Fast streams with very little recovery time between them.
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• Thorns (Very Hard): Spirit's song is a stamina and accuracy nightmare. The ending section is one of the densest in the game. Save your mental energy for it.
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Week 6 strategy: play Thorns in Free Play first and learn the ending by heart. In the full week run, treat Senpai and Roses as warm-ups and go all-out on Thorns.

Week 7: Tankman

The final boss: Captain John Captain of the Tankmen, with a full military assault behind him. This week is the ultimate test.

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• Ugh (Medium-Hard): a solid opener with marching-band energy. The patterns are readable but fast.
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• Guns (Hard): the stress starts here. Dense sections with tricky crossovers between arrow columns.
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• Stress (Very Hard): the hardest song in the base game, full stop. It is long, the patterns are brutal, and the final stretch is a gauntlet. Most players need dozens of attempts.
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Week 7 strategy: break Stress into sections in Free Play and master each one separately. On the full run, play Ugh and Guns conservatively to save focus, then give Stress everything you have.

10 Pro Tips That Work in Every Week

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1. Read ahead, not at the receptors. Focus your eyes slightly above the hit zone so you see notes coming.
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2. Keep all four fingers on the keys. Assign one finger per arrow and never lift your hands.
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3. Feel the beat. Notes are charted to the music. If you are lost visually, close your eyes for a second and listen.
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4. Lower scroll speed to learn. Master patterns slow, then speed up.
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5. Use Free Play mode. Grind hard songs individually instead of replaying whole weeks.
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6. Stay loose. Tense shoulders and wrists slow your fingers and tire you out.
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7. Do not mash. Random key presses count as misses and drain health faster than doing nothing.
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8. Take breaks. Fifteen minutes of rest resets your timing better than an hour of tilted grinding.
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9. Calibrate your setup. Check the input offset in Options and close laggy background tabs.
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10. Watch the opponent's verse. Many patterns repeat in your verse: free preview.
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Play FNF Free on Playvizo

Ready to put this walkthrough to the test? Jump into these free FNF games on Playvizo, all playable in your browser with no download:

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• Friday Night Funkin Online - the classic rap-battle experience with all the iconic weeks
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• Friday Night Funkin Battle - a battle-focused take on the FNF formula
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• Friday Night Funkin VS Garcello - face the smoke-loving mod character in a full week
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• Friday Night Funkin First Date - a story-driven FNF spin with fresh charts
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FAQ

How many weeks are in Friday Night Funkin?

The base game has 7 weeks plus a tutorial: Week 1 (Daddy Dearest), Week 2 (Skid and Pump), Week 3 (Pico), Week 4 (Mommy Mearest), Week 5 (Christmas), Week 6 (Senpai), and Week 7 (Tankman). Fan-made mods add many more.

What is the hardest FNF song?

In the base game, most players agree it is Stress from Week 7, followed closely by MILF (Week 4) and Thorns (Week 6). Mod songs can be far harder.

Can I play Friday Night Funkin unblocked at school?

Yes. Browser versions like the ones on Playvizo run on school Chromebooks without downloads or installs.

How do I get better at hitting notes accurately?

Lower the scroll speed to learn patterns, keep one finger per arrow key, read notes slightly ahead of the receptors, and practice hard songs in Free Play mode instead of full weeks.

Is Friday Night Funkin free?

Yes. The original game is free on the web, and browser versions on sites like Playvizo are completely free with no signup required.