Hotline Miami Secret Ending: All 16 Letters, the Password and Hidden Masks
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Short answer: Hotline Miami hides one letter in each of 16 of Jacket’s levels. Together they spell IWASBORNINTHEUSA. Enter it on the janitors’ computer in the Biker’s last level, Resolution, to unlock the secret ending. The game also has 26 masks; most are earned with top scores, and some are hidden on bodies in specific levels.
The secret letters
Each letter is hidden somewhere in one level. You do not have to find them yourself: the password is the same in every copy.
| Level | Letter |
|---|---|
| The Metro | U |
| No Talk | T |
| Overdose | A |
| Decadence | O |
| Tension | A |
| Full House | E |
| Clean Hit | I |
| Neighbors | N |
| Push It | R |
| Crackdown | S |
| Hot & Heavy | I |
| Deadline | N |
| Trauma | W |
| Assault | S |
| Vengeance | B |
| Showdown | H |
How to unlock the secret ending
- Finish the story, then play the bonus chapters as the Biker.
- In his final level, Resolution, follow the janitor to the computer.
- Type
IWASBORNINTHEUSA, then continue to the sewer.
With the password, the janitors reveal that they work for 50 Blessings, a nationalist group that ordered the killings to wreck an alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States. Without it, they claim they did it out of boredom and mock the Biker.
Hidden masks
Richard, the rooster, is the default. Most of the other 25 masks unlock when you get the top grade on a chapter, and each gives a small perk, such as faster movement or a starting weapon. A few are found on bodies:
| Mask | Where |
|---|---|
| Earl | Chapter 2, second floor: search the torso next to the record player in the south room |
| Carl | Chapter 8: search the body in the middle room of the first floor |
| Jake | Chapter 10, second floor: the body in the far north room of the north-west section |
| Richter | Chapter 13: the north-east room on the police station’s top floor |
| Phil | Chapter 19: the box in the sewer section |
More guides: all Hotline Miami guides.
Sources
- Gameplay.tips: Hotline Miami, how to find all the secret letters
- MagicGameWorld: Hotline Miami puzzle solution
- Wikipedia: Hotline Miami
- Ludo Guide: Hotline Miami masks
Last checked against sources: 10 November 2026.
