Liz is the "new lore character" that Harlow's Favorite Update kept hidden behind a [REDACTED] tag until July 10, 2026. Here's everything the community has confirmed about her so far — and what's still being verified.
July 10, 2026 — Harlow's Favorite Update
Caracal-like creature: light-brown fur, dark downturned ears
Story NPC — the game's first interactive female character
Shifts 11–12; her questline runs through roughly Shift 21
Liz — full name Lizbeth — used to work for Animal Corp's news channel, and was fired for telling the truth about the anomaly infection. That makes her the second character with a direct Animal Corp connection: Ratthew's missing twin sister Rattina also worked for the Corporation before she disappeared.
A fired whistleblower journalist showing up at the one hospital where the infection is visible every night is unlikely to be a coincidence — the community reads her as the story finally moving from hints (Ron's briefcase, Ratthew's safe) toward someone actively collecting proof.
When Liz appears, she hands you her UV camera and asks you to photograph a specific visitor for her. One warning is already well documented: if you waste the photo, Liz takes the camera backand tells you she can't trust you — so don't fire it off at random patients.
The full chain is now community-documented: 4 photos in total, each capturing a different stage of the anomaly infection. The first three prints read "the photo captured something strange..." — the fourth reads "the photo shows a horrifying creature...". After the 3rd photo she rewards you with a Chocolate Bar (+60 sanity over three bites, the best sanity item in the game).
The 4th photo is a trap in disguise: once you take it, the photographed patient turns into a Mimic and attacks anyone nearby. Reject, tase or shoot that patient before you inspect the picture.
The fourth shot is the only step in the Liz UV camera quest that can end a run. The patient you photograph turns into a Mimic and attacks — and by then you are deep enough into the run (her questline runs to roughly Shift 21) that losing it is expensive. What answers a Mimic is a single gun round or a taser, so the preparation is simply: have one of those on you before you press the shutter, not after.
| If you are on… | You already have what photo 4 needs |
|---|---|
| Security | Starts with an X-Taser — 5 charges at level 1, 6 at level 2, one refunded per round at level 3. |
| Secret Agent | Starts with a gun — 20 rounds at level 1, 30 at level 2. One of them is the whole cost of the fight. |
| Anything else | The front-desk taser is your fallback. A Mimic is slower than you are, so you can outrun it to the desk — but that is a plan, not an accident, and it is worth deciding before the shot rather than during it. |
The photo-3 reward reads like a small thank-you and is anything but. With no class bought you start a shift on 61 sanity, and the Chocolate Bar restores +60 across three bites — close to a second full bar, handed to you in the back half of a run where the threats are stacked and nothing else refills you that fast. Bank it. The temptation is to eat it the moment a Stalker costs you 10, but a −20 jumpscare or a Mimic that reaches you is where that 60 actually earns its place.
The same update shipped a hidden "[REDACTED] interaction", which community reports identify as a new Stalkerbehavior: it now has a small chance to check in disguised as a patient, and photographing it makes it leave. Whether that photo is meant to be taken with Liz's UV camera — and whether that's the target of her request — is the leading theory, but it is not yet confirmed. Treat it as a theory, not a mechanic.
Now documented since launch week: her appearance window (Shifts 11–21), the 4-photo quest chain, and the Chocolate Bar reward. Still being mapped: her full dialogue tree and how the camera's target patient is chosen each time. We only publish what we can verify — this page is re-checked while the update is fresh.
Everything below is the character record: appearance, story role, what he or she knows, and where the open questions still sit — kept separate from the walkthrough above.
| Species | Caracal — light-brown fur, dark downturned ears, cream muzzle |
|---|---|
| Role in the story | Journalist fired from Animal Corp's news channel for telling the truth |
| Animal Corp link | Direct — she worked for them |
| Added | July 10, 2026, in Harlow's Favorite Update |
Liz is a caracal-like creature — light-brown fur, dark downturned ears with a gradient, a white ring around her eyes, and a cream muzzle. She wears a light blue cap, black shirt, navy jacket, and carries a white camera everywhere she goes.
Community descriptions consistently note she's "always exaggerative and energetic" — she lengthens words for emphasis ("Huuuuge") and talks in a register closer to a hyped-up streamer than a hospital patient. That energy is a deliberate contrast to what she's actually here to do.
Liz used to work for Animal Corp's own news channel — and was fired for reporting the truth about the anomaly infection. That makes her the second character in the story with a confirmed employment history at the company, after Rattina, who vanished after working there.
The parallel is hard to miss: one Animal Corp insider disappeared trying to expose something, and now the company's fired reporter has planted herself in the building where that same something keeps breaking through. Whether Liz is hunting for Rattina specifically, or just chasing the same story from a different angle, hasn't been confirmed — but it's the leading theory in the community.
Liz first appears around Shifts 11–12, and she arrives with a job for you: her UV camera and a four-photo assignment, each shot capturing a different stage of the anomaly infection. Point it at the wrong patient and the deal is off — she reclaims the camera with a flat "I can't trust you."
A camera lent by a journalist, used to document something the hospital would rather stay hidden — it's the most direct piece of "gathering evidence" gameplay in the story so far, mirroring what got her fired in the first place.
Liz is one of the 2 characters the game says actually worked for the Corporation. That is the strongest link anyone in this cast has — everyone else is connected through a person, an object, or not at all.
| Character | Link | What the game actually shows |
|---|---|---|
| 🐈 Liz ← this page | Worked for the Corporation | Worked for Animal Corp's news channel and was fired for telling the truth about the infection. |
| 🐁 Rattina | Worked for the Corporation | Worked for the Corporation, then vanished before the game begins. Her photo is filed in the Room 5 safe. |
| 🐭 Ratthew | Connected by family | No link of his own — his twin sister Rattina is the connection, and finding her is what his whole storyline is about. |
| 🦌 Dr. Harlow | Carries Corporation material | Carries a black suitcase stamped TOP SECRET in red — the same object that turns up in the Room 5 safe. |
| 🐰 Barney | No documented link | Nothing ties him to the Corporation. What he proves is separate and arguably worse: the screening scanner reads him green across all five visits. |
| 🦆 Officer Duckman | No documented link | The only character doing ordinary work for an ordinary reason. He is not investigating the Corporation — he is looking for one specific criminal. |
One object shows up three separate times, and it is the same object each time: a black suitcase stamped TOP SECRET in red. It is never opened on screen.
Three carriers, no contents. Treat any account of what is inside as invention — the game has not shown it, and neither have we.
Sorted by what each of them does with what they have, the cast falls into four positions — and Liz is in the one labelled knows and tells you. Only Ratthew does the same. Both of the characters who tell you things are outsiders to the hospital itself — nobody on staff volunteers anything.
| Character | What they know | What they do with it |
|---|---|---|
| 🐈 Liz Knows and tells you | That the infection is real, and that Animal Corp buried the story. | Tells you, and hands you a camera so you can gather the proof she was fired for trying to publish. |
| 🐭 Ratthew Knows and tells you | That a government is hunting him for what he uncovered, and that his sister disappeared into the same organisation. | Warns you to trust nobody in the building, then leaves you the key rather than the answer. |
| 🐁 Rattina Knew, and is gone | Unknown — whatever it was, it was worth disappearing over. | Nothing. She is gone before the game starts, and the only thing she leaves is a photograph in someone else's safe. |
| 🦌 Dr. Harlow Knows and does not say | Unclear, and that is the point. He carries Corporation material and has been seen outside the hospital talking to an animal in a hazmat suit. | Runs your tutorial, grades your shifts, and explains none of it. |
| 🐰 Barney Knows and does not say | What he is. He is the only character who knows he is an anomaly and behaves accordingly. | Asks you for coffee, a scalpel, and finally to hide him — never once explaining why any of it is necessary. |
| 🦆 Officer Duckman Does not know | Less than you do, by the time he arrives. He has a photograph and a name. | Asks his questions and acts on your answer — which is why the choice lands on you rather than him. |
The full Animal Corp conspiracy, chronologically — Liz's arrival is the most recent entry.
View the Timeline →Liz hands you a UV camera and asks you to photograph specific visitors — four photos in all, each catching a later stage of the anomaly infection. Photo 3 pays out a Chocolate Bar (+60 sanity over three bites). Photo 4 turns the photographed patient into a Mimic that attacks, so have a taser or gun in hand before you take it.
She takes the camera back and tells you she cannot trust you, which ends the quest. Do not fire it at random patients — every shot in Liz's UV camera quest is meant for the visitor she names.
Liz (Lizbeth) is a caracal-like NPC added in the July 10, 2026 update. She used to work for Animal Corp's news channel and was fired for telling the truth about the anomaly infection. She is the game's first interactive female character.
She debuts around Shifts 11–12 and stays part of your run through roughly Shift 21 — you hold her UV camera for the next 8–10 shifts after she first shows up.
After the 3rd photo she rewards you with a Chocolate Bar (+60 sanity over three bites). Watch out after the 4th: the photographed patient turns into a Mimic and attacks — reject, tase or shoot it before inspecting the picture.
For telling the truth about the anomaly infection on Animal Corp's own news channel. She's the second character (after Rattina) confirmed to have worked directly for the company.
A caracal-like creature with light-brown fur, dark brown downturned ears with a gradient, a white ring around her eyes and eyelashes, and a cream-colored muzzle. She wears a light blue cap, black shirt, navy jacket, gray pants, and carries a white camera.
Details verified against community documentation of the July 10 update. Last checked: August 31, 2026.