Napstablook is the first miniboss in Undertale. In the Ruins, Napstablook feigns sleep near the "Mouse Hole" SAVE Point and the Spider Bake Sale. However, they block the pathway, thus the protagonist forces an encounter. If the Ruins kill counter has been exhausted before encountering Napstablook, the fight is skipped as they disappear from the pathway upon entering the room where they sleep.
Napstablook attacks with tears. They introduce the Gray text Attack Type.
Attacks[]
- Note: All damages assume no armor and LV 1.
- Napstablook starts crying magic tears that fall at a curved trajectory before falling straight. This attack does 3 damage per hit.
- Napstablook starts crying long, wiggly tears that change direction upon approaching the walls, eventually falling once they are above the protagonist's SOUL. This attack does 3 damage per hit.
- Napstablook displays harmless gray text that says "REALLY NOT FEELIN UP TO IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY." This always appears on the second turn and does not appear afterward in the battle.
Strategy[]
- After selecting the "Cheer" ACT three times, Napstablook shows the protagonist their "dapper blook" trick; they start crying again, but the tears move upwards to form a top hat on their head. Napstablook then stops attacking, awaiting the protagonist's response. Cheering or Flirting with Napstablook after this ends the encounter.
- Any other action makes Napstablook morose. In this state, Napstablook's attacks begin to involve an extreme amount of tears. After six turns of cheering up, the attacks lower in intensity. After eight turns of cheering up, Napstablook returns to their normal state. It is then possible to cheer them up some more and end the encounter peacefully.
- FIGHTing Napstablook causes them to remind the protagonist that they are a ghost and therefore unable to be killed; they were only lowering their HP to be nice. They then vanish, and the protagonist suffers a loss of one "experience point". This action does not abort the True Pacifist Route since it does not accrue any EXP, and "experience points" do not exist as a statistic in-game.
Quotes[]
Pre-Battle[]
- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
- zzzzzzzzzz... (are they gone yet) zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
- [Narrator] (This ghost keeps saying 'z' out loud repeatedly, pretending to sleep.)
In-Battle[]
- oh, i'm REAL funny. [Check]
- nnnnnnggghhh. [Neutral]
- just pluggin along... [Neutral]
- i'm fine, thanks. [Neutral]
- i'd just weigh you down. [Flirt]
- go ahead, do it. [Threat]
- heh... [Cheer]
- heh heh... [Cheer #2]
- [Cheer #3]
- let me try...
- i call it "dapper blook"
- do you like it...
- i knew it... [Threat after "dapper blook"]
- oh no... [Flirt after "dapper blook"]
- oh gee... [Cheer after "dapper blook"]
- [Defeat]
- umm... you do know you cant kill ghosts, right?
- we're sorta incorporeal and all
- i was just lowering my hp because i didnt want to be rude
- sorry... i just made this more awkward...
- pretend you beat me...
- oooooooooo
Post-Battle[]
- i usually come to the RUINS because there's nobody around...
- but today i met somebody nice...
- ...
- oh, i'm rambling again
- i'll get out of your way
Flavor Text[]
- Any encounter
- Napstablook is wishing they weren't here. [Neutral]
- Napstablook is staring into the distance. [Neutral]
- Napstablook is pretending to sleep. [Neutral]
- The faint odor of ectoplasm permeates the vicinity. [Neutral]
- You gave Napstablook a patient smile. [Cheer]
- Napstablook looks just a little bit better. [Turn after Cheer]
- You told Napstablook a little joke. [Cheer #2]
- Cheering seems to have improved Napstablook's mood again. [Turn after Cheer #2]
- Napstablook wants to show you something. [Cheer #3]
- Napstablook eagerly awaits your response. [Turn after Cheer #3]
- You try to console Napstablook... [Cheer after upsetting Napstablook]
- You give Napstablook a cruel look. [Threat]
- Normal
- This monster doesn't seem to have a sense of humor... [Check]
- Here comes Napstablook. [Encounter]
- Hard Mode
- Missed the memo and is the same difficulty as normal. [Check]
- Here comes Napstablook. Same as usual. [Encounter]
Trivia[]
- Napstablook is the only miniboss that does not abort the True Pacifist Route or the Genocide Route regardless of how the encounter ends. The Genocide Route can still progress regardless of whether the Ruins kill counter has been exhausted before or after encountering Napstablook with the former causing the fight with them to be skipped.
- Checking Napstablook in Hard Mode prompts them to say the same thing that they would in normal mode, even though the Check description is different.