The polite rabbit who calls you "friend" is a serial killer, an anomaly, and the source of the game's biggest moral choice — with a very practical reward on the line.
White rabbit-like creature — black slit eyes, mustache, brown hat, plaid pants
Shifts 2–7, up to 3 visits per shift
Yes — a neutral anomaly, and a serial killer with a kitchen knife
Tasers and guns — they do nothing to him
Refusing his early requests doesn't break the chain or cost you the reward. Shutting the window on him does — that cancels the questline entirely.
On Shift 8+, Officer Duckman shows up holding the photo you took, hunting "the infamous serial killer." You have two options:
Wait out Duckman's questions (~30 seconds) and he leaves peacefully. Barney re-emerges and rewards you with his briefcase: a second coffee machine (300s cooldown) — one of the best rewards in the game.
Duckman tries to arrest Barney and gets stabbed and knocked out. Barney destroys a CCTV camera and escapes; Duckman becomes a patient you have to treat. There is no reward for snitching.
The choice affects those scenes only — it does not change later shifts either way.
Deciding whether you should hide Barney is the famous part, but the chain has a running cost most guides skip. Across Shifts 2–7 he asks for four cups of coffee and one scalpel — and one of those items is not spare.
| What he asks for | How many | Why it can hurt |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee | 4, spread across the chain | Coffee is also the only correct answer to the Head Banger, which appears on Shifts 2–5 — squarely inside Barney's window. Shooing that one away without a coffee in hand is a −20 sanity jumpscare. |
| A scalpel | 1 | Surgical tool, handed over once. He is a serial killer, and you are giving him a blade — the game does not pretend otherwise. |
That overlap is the actual planning problem on Shifts 2–5: two different visitors want the same cup. It is also why the payout fits — the briefcase you get for hiding him is a second coffee machine, which is the game handing you back the resource the questline spent.
Miss the window, or shut the window on him, and he threatens you before leaving. The threat is theatre — there is no recorded retaliation for it. Do not panic-comply at the cost of a patient who is actually on a timer.
The chain survives a refusal and so does the reward. The one thing that does end it is shutting the window on him — that cancels the questline outright, briefcase included.
Tasers and guns have no effect on Barney, which makes him unlike every actual threat in the game. If you are on Security you start a run with five X-Taser charges, and one spent on Barney is one you do not have for a Mimic later in the same shift.
If you don't rat him out when Officer Duckman comes asking, Barney rewards you with his briefcase: a second coffee machine with a 300-second cooldown — one of the best rewards in the game.
Barney stabs Officer Duckman, knocks him out cold and escapes — destroying a CCTV camera on the way. Duckman becomes a patient you have to treat, and you get no reward.
No — tasers and guns don't work on Barney. His questline can only end through the Officer Duckman choice, or by shutting the window on him early, which cancels the chain and forfeits the reward.
Hide him, unless you are playing for the story rather than the reward. Hiding him is the only branch that pays anything — the second coffee machine — while turning him in gives you no reward and leaves you with an injured Officer Duckman to treat. Neither choice changes anything after those scenes.
Four cups of coffee and one scalpel, spread across Shifts 2–7. Worth planning around: coffee is also the only correct answer to the Head Banger, which turns up on Shifts 2–5 — the same window.
Nothing permanent. Refusing an individual request does not break the chain or cost you the briefcase, and the threat he makes after a missed coffee has no recorded follow-through. The one action that does end the questline is shutting the window on him.
Shifts 2 through 7, up to three visits in a single shift. Officer Duckman — and therefore the choice of whether you should hide Barney — arrives from Shift 8, and only if you agreed to hide him.
Storyline and both endings verified against community data. Last checked: July 26, 2026.