The Box was a metallic elevator located in the centre of the Glade that brought weekly supplies to the Gladers, and a new Greenie every month. Every Glader's arrival was signalled by a loud alarm, usually a half-hour before the actual arrival of the Box and the Greenie.
No one knew anything about it or who controlled it. It came from a dark and deep hole, seemingly endless. The Box wouldn't move if a person was standing in it. Past attempts at escaping the Maze included sending a Glader down into the hole after the Box descended, jumping down and trying to land on the box. However, this proved a fatal result as the person would be cut in half by an unseen force after climbing ten feet down. The Box had been noted to occasionally take requests from the Gladers for specific items. This was done by writing the desired item(s) on a piece of paper and dropping it into the Box.
In The Death Cure, upon returning to the WICKED Headquarters, it was revealed that the Box was only a few floors beneath the Glade and the Gladers were manipulated into thinking the trip was much much longer.
Trivia[]
- They once sent a note down in the Box requesting a TV, but they never got one. Newt stated that the Creators (in this case, WICKED) did not want them seeing how beautiful life was when you did not live inside of a "freaking maze".
- They requested soft underwear for the Runners so they would be comfortable running for long periods of time.
- Frypan said that wax paper was one of the items he always requests.
- The Box had only one victim, Stephen. The Gladers began attempting to escape from the Maze through other methods, and one of those was by jumping down with The Box before it closed. The victim, Stephen, volunteered and went down. However, he was cut in half by an unknown object.