Tools & Items
Every scanning tool, weapon and utility item — what it does, when it unlocks and when to use it.
Anomaly Camera
Type: Scanning ToolUnlocks: Mid-gameNote: A fixed camera with a different quirk: Amelia Kramer's Doppelganger is invisible on it — absence of an image is itself the tell. Doesn't work on drivers; the Emotiscope does.
Anomaly Lens
Type: Scanning ToolUnlocks: Mid-gameNote: Point it at a customer to reveal supernatural traits directly: Aria's face distortion, Kevin's dancing, Net's levitation, Ren as a cat, Wade as a flesh parasite, Vivien's jump scare. Use it on every customer, not just suspicious ones.
Bandages
Type: HealingUnlocks: ShopNote: Usable while running — combat healing.
Emotiscope
Type: Scanning ToolUnlocks: Shift 6Note: Reads emotional states. The signature catch: Ramona Delgado, whose reading shows she is craving human flesh. Also your tool for drivers, whom the Anomaly screener can't read.
Flamethrower
Type: WeaponUnlocks: ShopNote: The Hunt meta — Flamethrower kiting works on the Marionette and Rakes, but fire can catch you too.
Generator
Type: UtilityUnlocks: —Note: Restores power when it fails. Restarting it triggers the Elongated Doppelganger — harmless, but brace yourself.
Medkit
Type: HealingUnlocks: TokensNote: Stand-still channel that resets when hit — barricade-only healing.
Melee Weapons
Type: WeaponUnlocks: EarlyNote: Brick, Baseball bat, Sledgehammer — cheap, fine for Shrieking Dolls. The sledgehammer one-shots humans too, so never swing it at the Robber.
Midnight News
Type: Notice BoardUnlocks: Night 1Note: The back-room board posts news relevant to that night's customers. Emilia Carter's library tell only exists because of a notice here. Read it every shift before serving anyone.
N.E.T. Database
Type: DatabaseUnlocks: Night 1Note: Search any name to pull up photo, date of birth, occupation and records. The backbone of identification — search everyone, including relatives and friends customers mention.
Pistol
Type: WeaponUnlocks: DefaultNote: The default ranged weapon. Reliable for confrontations and the final night.
Shotgun
Type: WeaponUnlocks: ShopNote: Heavy ranged weapon; a single blast clears a Shrieking Doll cluster. Purchased weapons spawn at set station locations (counter area and storage), not your hands.
SMG
Type: WeaponUnlocks: ShopNote: Automatic ranged weapon for Hunt defense.
Toilet Paper
Type: UtilityUnlocks: EarlyNote: The community's secret weapon. Humans tolerate about 9 hits. TP kills Doppelgangers and can kill robbers with no penalty.
Tokens
Type: CurrencyUnlocks: Every nightNote: Found around the store each night. Spend 5 on the prize wheel: possible $10 store revenue or hats. Once all hats are unlocked, hat results refund the 5 tokens.
Traps
Type: WeaponUnlocks: Shop tier 2Note: Bear traps and landmines — the best counter to the Demented. Bait them onto a trap line. Trap Kit unlocks Shop tier 2, around Night 6.