NPCs

Introduction

The NPCs category covers every memorable character that appears in Regretevator, from the elevator passengers who ride beside you to the floor residents who run shops, guard basements or just stand in the corner being iconic. Fans treat these characters like a cast: Pest the quiet bug who boards on The Subway, Poob the fan-favorite with an enormous lore and meme following, Split and Bive the inseparable companions, Lampert the artificial lamp humanoid, Prototype the experimental robot, Reddy, Melanie, Scag the loud merchant, and Gregoriah the newly-reworked business owner. Each character profile explains how the NPC behaves, when and where you can meet them, what interactions or dialogue they offer, and how they fit into the game's growing lore. Because the community loves drawing and animating these characters, the category also touches on popularity and fan culture without ever treating it as official fact. Whether you are chasing a specific NPC for a badge or just want to understand the cast before your next ride, this category is your roster.

NPC Roster Snapshot

Elevator Roster Highlight

Core Mechanics

NPCs in Regretevator are not static decorations; they interact with the world and with players in ways that shape both gameplay and the community's identity. Several characters can board the elevator alongside you, most famously Pest, who has a 50% chance to join on The Subway and greets riders in Japanese, and Poob, whose dialogue and lore have made him the face of the community. Other NPCs run the floors: Scag is the demanding merchant of Floppy Shoppy, Gregoriah owns a business floor and received a new model, reanimation and voice lines in December 2025, and characters like Lampert and Prototype have scripted interactions that reveal bits of the game's strange meta-story. Interactions can matter mechanically too: giving Floppies to Lampert, Prototype, Reddy, Melanie or Scag grants a +100 max health bonus, so knowing where each NPC appears is a real progression tool. The lore is deliberately fragmented, and players piece it together through dialogue lines, floor props and secret rooms.

Advantages

The NPC profiles bring together everything the community knows about these characters in one place: where they appear, what they do, what they say and how they relate to each other and to the game's lore. The roster covers all the fan-favorite passengers and floor residents, including the famous Pest meeting on The Subway and Poob's deep fan culture, while also covering interactive characters like Lampert and Prototype whose actions matter mechanically. The category respects the boundaries of documentation: it marks community theories as theories and keeps developer-confirmed facts separate, which keeps the articles trustworthy. Because NPC popularity drives fan art, pins and memes, the profiles also give context for why certain characters are beloved, without claiming official status for community creations. For players hunting badges or missing item interactions, the location and interaction notes are the quickest path to a complete roster.

Challenges

Character documentation in Regretevator is complicated by the developer's habit of leaving lore deliberately vague. Much of the meta-story is communicated through short dialogue lines and hidden props, so articles that try to build a full timeline rely on player interpretation rather than official confirmation. NPC appearances can also change with updates: reworks, new floors and event appearances mean an NPC you always met on one floor might move or disappear after a patch. Some popular characters, like Honcho, Boogie Bot and Gnarpy, primarily exist in official merchandise and fan content, so community guides must be careful not to claim they appear in gameplay. Finally, fan popularity is not a fact; it shifts with every viral video, so roster pages keep their tone descriptive rather than definitive.

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