The Human

The Human is the main protagonist of Undertale, who is controlled by The Anomaly. Throughout the game, the human will either make friends or kill everything in their path deciding on what The Anomaly chooses. In-game they rarely speak, but they're capable of speaking on the phone with people and make various different actions depending on choices made.

The Human
Pansexual
Origin
Origin	Undertale
Creator	Toby Fox
First Appearance	Undertale
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Unknown
Pronouns	They/Them
Sexuality	Pansexual
Age	Unknown, likely Pre-Teens
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Unknown
Status	Alive
Alignment	True Neutral
Archetype	Everyman, Messiah, False Messiah
Occupation	Ambassador for Monsterkind (If the human says yes to Asgore Dreemurr in the true pacifist ending)
Time Period	201X
Language	English, Monster
Combat Style	Street Fighting
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Underground (Pacifist Route and Some of Neutral Route), Spiders, Humanity (In Pacifist and Neutral Routes)
Enemies	Humans & Underground (During genocide route), Asriel Dreemurr (During True Pacifist Boss Fight), Flowey (During pacifist and neutral routes)

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of The Human’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Neutral Route Flowey tries to kill the human after pretending to offer genuine advice. Toriel intervenes, strikes him with fire magic, and takes on the role of a guide through the Ruins. At the end of a long corridor, she asks the human to wait for her while she runs errands. To keep them safe, she gives them a cell phone. The human makes their way through the remaining puzzles and eventually reaches Toriel's house. They ask how to leave the Ruins, which prompts Toriel to destroy the exit. She then fights the human to test if they can survive outside. The human later meets Sans and Papyrus in Snowdin Forest. The brothers set up traps and puzzles in an attempt to catch them. After navigating through Snowdin, Papyrus battles the human. Undyne, the captain of the Royal Guard, chases the human through Waterfall. Monster Kid frequently gets in the way, unintentionally saving the human because they are too excited watching Undyne. During the chase, Undyne destroys a bridge beneath the human, causing them to fall into the Garbage Dump. Before getting up, they experience a flashback of the first human. In the dump, Mad Dummy challenges the human, accusing them of mistreating their cousin, Dummy, in the Ruins. At the end of Waterfall, Undyne confronts the human on a cliff and fights them. After entering Hotland, the human discovers Alphys's lab and meets both Alphys and Mettaton. Alphys insists she is not a villain, but Mettaton interrupts with a quiz show. Afterward, Alphys upgrades the human's phone and guides them through Hotland and the CORE, helping with puzzles and avoiding Mettaton. Before the final battle in the CORE, Mettaton reveals that Alphys created all the traps in Hotland to impress the human. He then transforms into Mettaton EX and fights them. As the human passes through New Home, they hear the story of Asgore and Toriel's children from the monsters living there. Sans then confronts the human in the Last Corridor, explaining LOVE and EXP while emphasizing the human's importance to the world's fate. In the Throne Room, the human meets Asgore, who tries to make small talk before acknowledging their inevitable battle. They walk to the Barrier, and Asgore gives the human a chance to leave before fighting. Just before the battle begins, Asgore shows the six human SOULs and destroys the MERCY button, making it impossible to spare or flee. At the end of the fight, the human can choose to spare or kill Asgore. Regardless of the decision, Flowey appears, destroys Asgore's SOUL, and takes the human SOULs. The game then closes abruptly. Upon reopening, the human finds that Flowey has overwritten their SAVE file using the stolen SOULs. Loading his game, the human faces a powered-up Flowey and enters a seemingly unwinnable battle. After calling for help multiple times, the stolen SOULs begin to rebel. They heal the human, weaken Flowey, and leave him vulnerable. Once his HP reaches zero, the SOULs strip him of his ability to SAVE or LOAD, then leave. The human can choose to kill or spare Flowey before leaving the Underground and returning to the surface. After leaving, Sans calls and leaves a message about what happened in the Underground following Asgore's death. The content varies depending on which monsters were killed and which friendships were formed. True Pacifist Route To reach the True Pacifist ending, the human must have completed at least one Neutral Route first. If the human finished the Neutral Route without gaining any EXP or LV, they can backtrack in their current SAVE file to complete any remaining friendships and then proceed to the True Pacifist ending. If the human has gained any EXP or LV, they must reset the game entirely. Although the human befriends many monsters, only three friendships are required to achieve the True Pacifist ending: those with Undyne, Papyrus, and Alphys. Papyrus's friendship is obtained by visiting his house and hanging out or dating him. Undyne can be befriended if the human gave her water after being chased, provided they have not gained any EXP beforehand. Otherwise, a reset is needed. With Papyrus's help, the human visits Undyne, who tries to get "revenge" by befriending them. She accidentally sets her house on fire in the process, tries to fight the human to restore her honor, but ultimately acknowledges the human's kindness and decides to be friends. She later gives the human a love letter to deliver to Alphys, which leads to a date where the two realize their feelings for each other, and Alphys begins to confront her past mistakes. After befriending Alphys, Papyrus suggests visiting her lab. Inside, the human finds a letter on the floor that provides instructions and a monologue. Walking through the bathroom door leads to an elevator that descends to the True Lab after a malfunction. There, the human learns about Alphys's failed experiments with determination and the origin of Flowey. After exploring the True Lab and speaking with Alphys, she gains the confidence to reveal the truth about her experiments to the Underground. While leaving, the human receives a phone call from an unknown voice in the elevator, which forcibly takes them to New Home. Back in the throne room, the human confronts Asgore again, but Toriel interrupts before the fight begins. Other main characters follow, encouraging peace. Papyrus reveals it was a small flower that brought everyone together. Flowey appears, having stolen the six human SOULs again, and attacks. The other monsters protect the human, and all of the Underground's monsters arrive to encourage them. However, Flowey reveals that this was his plan all along, allowing him to absorb the SOULs of every monster along with the six human SOULs. With this power, he transforms into his true form, Asriel Dreemurr. During the fight, the human is invincible. Instead of dying, their heart breaks and reforms. After enough time passes, Asriel transforms again. The human can sense the SOULs of Toriel, Asgore, Alphys, Undyne, Papyrus, and Sans within Asriel. The ACT button changes to SAVE, and the human can free each soul by completing short sequences to restore their memories. After saving each monster, the human realizes there is one more soul to save. They choose to save "someone else," triggering a slideshow of Asriel's memories with the first human. This someone else is Asriel himself, and he begins to feel the love the monsters have for the human through the absorbed SOULs, losing his will to fight. Asriel reverts to his child form, learns the human's name, Frisk, and apologizes for his actions. Frisk can choose to forgive him or not. Regardless, Asriel uses the power of the SOULs to destroy the barrier and then releases them. Knowing he will return to being a flower without the SOULs, he says goodbye and leaves. Frisk wakes up in front of the main characters, who know Frisk's name but remember little about Flowey or Asriel. Frisk can explore the Underground and speak with other monsters before heading to the surface. If Frisk goes through the Ruins, they find Asriel tending to the Golden Flowers. He asks why Frisk climbed Mt. Ebott in the first place. Receiving no answer, he suggests foolishness or fate as possibilities but concludes that only Frisk truly knows. After passing through the final door, Frisk leaves the Underground with their friends. Asgore offers Frisk the role of ambassador to humans. Most of the main cast leaves, and Toriel asks about Frisk's plans. Frisk can choose to stay with Toriel or go elsewhere. If they stay, the ending shows Frisk sleeping while Toriel brings them pie. If they choose to go, Toriel says goodbye, and the game ends with a group photo of the main cast with Frisk in the center. Genocide Route Throughout the Genocide Route, numerous characters point out the protagonist's unsettling smile. Sans remarks that it would be nice if they kept up the act of being human, while Asgore wonders what kind of creature they really are. Near the end of the Ruins and again while traveling through New Home, Flowey notices that the protagonist is hollow inside, much like himself. He comes to the conclusion that the protagonist is Chara and mentions a plan to achieve ultimate power.

Appearance

General Description: Frisk is a yellow-skinned human child with medium-length straight red-brown hair, short and choppy bangs, and a blank expression. Though Frisk does not show much expression in the overworld, NPCs often describe Frisk's expressions. They have no stated gender and are solely referred to with "they/them" pronouns throughout the game or by generic terms such as "child," "human," or "kid."

Facial Features: They have medium-length straight red-brown hair with short and choppy bangs. Their expression is typically blank in the overworld.

Clothing/Outfit: A long-sleeve light blue shirt with two magenta stripes. Light blue pants, often depicted as shorts in official Undertale merchandise. Red-brown shoes, usually depicted as black or in a darker tone.

Personality

• Ambiguous and Player-Determined: The Human's personality is usually ambiguous, allowing The Anomaly to project any personality onto them. They are often speechless, but speak to NPCs throughout the game, especially when ACTing in encounters.

• Actions change dependent on LOVE: The narration describing The Human's actions occasionally changes depending on their LOVE.

• Can be either Kind or Violent: Depending on The Anomaly's actions, The Human can be interpreted as merciful and kind or merciless and violent. Some NPCs emphasize The Human's kindness, understanding, and grace in the epilogue.

• Obedient: The Human is obedient and only disallows The Anomaly's input when following someone else's instructions, such as hiding behind the lamp when Sans tells them to.

• Dislikes Soda: The Human has shown to dislike soda, their face not looking happy when choosing it in the Undyne house segment.

General Information

Name:

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The Human

Frisk

Nicknames: Human (By Papyrus, Undyne, Asgore, & Sans), My child (By Toriel), kid / buddy / pal / bucko (By Sans), Punk / Brat / Little nerd (By Undyne), Dude / Friend (By Monster Kid), Young one (By Asgore), Little buddy in Neutral or Pacifist / Little weirdo in Genocide (By Burgerpants), Idiot (By Flowey)

Origin: Undertale

First Appearance: Undertale

Latest Appearance: Undertale

Company: N/A

Creator: Toby Fox

Actor: N/A

Gender: Unknown (Their gender is left up to interpretation)

Sexuality: Pansexual (The Human flirts with women like Toriel and Undyne. The Human flirts with any monster of unconfirmed gender, monsters like Napstablook whose gender is unconfirmed, the tsundereplane. The Human also flirts with male monsters like Papyrus and Mettaton)

Pronouns: They/Them

Handedness: Unknown

Age: Unknown, likely Pre-Teens (Referred to as a kid by Toriel and Sans)

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: 201X

Timeline: Undertale Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Unknown, Toriel's Home if the Human decides to stay with Toriel

Story Role: Main Protagonist

Legacy: Country-wide Legacy (The Human is either the one that saves the entire underground and frees them from the barrier or destroys all of the undeground, or significantly affects the underground shifting monsters opinion on humans)

Influence: Cultural Influence

Language: English & Monster (Chara can translate monsters speech and the Human has Chara's SOUL sleeping within them)

Ethnicity: Unknown

Religion: N/A

Classification: Surface Dweller, Angel & Angel of Death (In Geron's story there's an angel noted in the prophecy, where an angel will descend from above and free the monsters, though this can be interpreted as either saving them or a harbinger of destruction waiting to 'free' them from the mortal realm, with pacifist and genocide route reflecting both)

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Ambassador for Monsterkind (If the human says yes to Asgore Dreemurr in the true pacifist ending)

Combat Style: Street Fighting

Affiliations: Underground (Pacifist Route and Some of Neutral Route), Spiders (In routes that they they donate to them), Humanity (In Pacifist and Neutral Routes)

Enemies: Humans & Underground (During genocide route. Directly noted by Undyne the Undying during a genocide route that the human is the enemy of both humans and monsters), Asriel Dreemurr (During True Pacifist Boss Fight), Flowey (During pacifist and neutral routes)

Status: Alive, Other after genocide route (After completing the genocide route, every ending shows that the human has been fully possessed by Chara)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: True Neutral (The Human will choose any path that they want to see how the outcomes may go, regardless of their choices they will keep going because they are determined to)

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector in True Pacifist

Threat Level: Cosmic Threat in Genocide

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Limitless Potential
• Level of Potential: Limitless
• Description: A user of determination, gaining the resolve to change fate itself, effectively giving a user limitless potential.
• Limitations: The only limit is how determined a user is.

Archetype: Everyman / Messiah / False Messiah

Codex Statistics

Key: Physical Form | SOUL Form | Full of Determination

Key Information

• Physical Form: This key covers the human's physical form, the state that monsters tend to not fight humans in.
• SOUL Form: This key covers the human's SOUL form, the state monsters put humans into in order to fight against them.
• Full of Determination: This key covers Frisk when they are in a state where they're full of determination.

Grade

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

A

A

S

Tier

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

10-B, Higher with Weapons, Far Higher with Chip Damage

10-B, Higher with Weapons, Far Higher with Chip Damage

10-B, Higher with Weapons, Far Higher with Chip Damage

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Determination

Attack Potency

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

Average Human level, Higher with Weapons (Can use weapons such as the real knife, different weapons greatly increase the strength of the user), Far Higher with Chip Damage (The HP bar is an acknowledged mechanic where the Human is canonically chipping away at the HP)

Average Human level, Higher with Weapons, Far Higher with Chip Damage

Average Human level, Higher with Weapons, Far Higher with Chip Damage

Durability

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

Average Human level, Higher with Armor (Armor increases the human's defense stat allowing them to reduce damage done on hits). Their Determination and Resilience makes them incredibly difficult to kill (As long as a determination user has the most determination and wants to live they will keep restoring back to the point where he died)

Average Human level (A human's SOUL form is made specifically for a way for monsters to fight humans outside of their physical forms), Higher with Armor. Their Determination and Resilience makes them incredibly difficult to kill

Average Human level, Higher with Armor. Their Determination and Resilience makes them incredibly difficult to kill (Despite the immense difference in power, the human is able to survive attacks Asriel throws at him, something not logically possible but due to their determination, they refuse to die to Asriel)

Striking Strength

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

Below Average Human Class during True Pacifist Route (Even punching at full force, the human only knocks over a tomato, along with attacking Undyne seriously only dealing 1 damage, this is due to Pacifist Route human having no capacity to harm people), Average Human level normally

Below Average Human Class during True Pacifist Route, Average Human level normally

Average Human level normally

Lifting Strength

Physical FormSOUL FormFull of Determination

Average Human Class

Average Human Class

Average Human Class

Travel Speed: Average Human (Could somewhat outrun Undyne for a bit) | Average Human, Higher with Sea Tea (Sea Tea increases the human's SPEED for the entire battle) | Average Human

Attack Speed: Transonic | Transonic | Transonic

Reaction Speed: Transonic (Shouldn't be any slower then their SOUL form) | Transonic (Can maneuver and dodge around the Greater Dog's barks, a sound based attack) | Transonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Can repeatedly create dreams from nothing and withstand even the most powerful attacks. Can get a full night rest in 2 minutes)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with other weapons, likely Hundreds of Meters with Empty Gun, Universal with Reset (Resets fully reset the game back to the beginning)

Intelligence: Likely Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level (Can solve many puzzles to progress within the Underground)

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWith ItemsWith Determination

Human AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Weapon Usage (Can use a huge assortment of weapons)
  • Knife Usage: Can wield and slash a knife in combat.
  • Firearm Usage: Can use the empty gun for combat.
  • Unique Weaponry: Can utilize ballet shoes in combat. Can use a torn notebook for combat. Can use a burnt pan for combat.
• Fighter's Intuition (Can use a glove to punch the enemy with)
• Immortality
  • Immortal Metaphysical Aspect: When a human dies, its soul remains stable outside the body.
• Chip Damage (The HP bar is an acknowledged mechanic where the Human is canonically chipping away at the HP)
• Absorption (Monsters and humans can absorb the SOUL as long as the person isn’t the same species as them)
• Invincibility Frames (It is stated that taking damage to one's SOUL causes the human to become invulnerable where attacks pass through them)
• Limited Dimensional Travel (Can forcibly enter into a FIGHT and can simply walk out of FIGHTs)
• Limited Spatial Manipulation (Humans in their SOUL forms are able to visibly interact with the fight box. Such as moving it upwards and moving it over to the FIGHT command).

• Resistance to
  • Soul Manipulation (Can survive attacks to their SOUL)

• Information Analysis (By using the act Check, Chara will give them the enemy's stats)
• Statistics Amplification (By using the act Flex they boost their strength, while using the act Clear Mind will boost their defense)
• Statistics Reduction (By using the act Stare the human can weaken magical orbs)
• Creation (By using the act Draw the human can create objects by drawing)
• Heat Manipulation (By using the act Heat Up, the human can greatly heat up the entire room, making even the text melt)
  • Text Manipulation
• Sleep Manipulation (By using the act Sing, the human can put targets to sleep).

Limited Resistance to Power Nullification (When Asriel was knocking away all of the human other item commands the SAVE prompt still remained) Extreme Heats (Unaffected by heat from the MTT-Brand Oven that burned down Undyne's house)

• Healing (Various kinds of healing items allow the human to restore their health. Stained apron heals every turn)
• Unlimited Ammo (Can fire bullets out of the empty gun, which has no ammo)
• Statistics Amplification (Items like sea tea increase the human’s speed, Torn Notebook, Cloudy Glasses, & Temmie Armor increases invincibility, Cowboy Hat & Punch Card increases strength, armors and weapons naturally increase both strength and defense)
• Limited Nullification
  • Magic Nullification: With the hush puppy, will stop a dog from casting magic.
• With Phone (Alphys upgrades the Human's phone with further features)
  • Hammerspace (The phone can store items into a dimensional box and take them out)
  • Transformation (The Phone can do different transformations)
    • Transformative Arsenal
      • Flight (The phone can transform into a jetpack)
      • Soul Manipulation and Energy Projection (By using the yellow button on their phone their soul turns yellow which allows them to shot energy based projectiles)

The Human's desires overrides Flowey's desires for the world, making Flowey unable to do things like SAVE. Giving them, Standard Determination & Filled With Determination:

Standard DeterminationFilled With Determination

These are the natural applications of determination users that they pertain even when one with greater determination exists.

• Sheer Will (Determination is the extraction from the human SOULs that give them the strength to persist after death, the will to keep living, the resolve to change fate The act of sparing in Undertale is defined as an aura of peaceful determination exuding from one's body and causing any enemy questioning the desire to fight to give up though this can only be done after an enemy is fully convinced)
• Existence Continuity
  • Reset Awareness: Determination users can remember resets.
• Limited Nullification
  • Power Nullification: A determination user can have their desires override other determination users desires for the world making them unable to do things like SAVE. However, this is only in reference to abilities that require a strong desire over the world to work.

These are determination users filled with determination, having the greatest amount compared to anyone else being at their strongest mentally and physically during this, where their desires for the world override other determination users.

• Sheer Will
• Reality Warping (Determination is described as the power to re-shape the world purely by their own determination and the ability to play God. Flowey attempting to take his own life instead wanted to live and due to this he kept reviving back to his previous "save point")
  • Time Travel & Timeline Hopping (Travels back to a specific point in time while hopping through timelines)
  • Temporal Reload (Determination users have the ability to "SAVE")
  • Resurrection
    • Self-Resurrection
      • Resurrection of the Deceased: Determination users of this scale have it where even if they meet someone that makes them unable to use their SAVE File they will still refuse death itself getting all of their health back.
  • Subjective Reality & Creation (SAVE points are the manifestation of one's own determination. The Human can create “last dream” to heal themself)
  • Possible Fate Manipulation (Determination gives the user the ability to change fate itself, and events to allow them to live even outside of merely time traveling. Examples include Papyrus' special attack suddenly taken over by the dog, and Papyrus states that if special attack was used the human would've of died, Undyne's failure to capture The Human on multiple occasions due to Monster Kid bothering her or she uses random tactics such as letting a bridge's fall kill the human and not check to see if they died herself, and Napstablook showing up out of nowhere to save The Human during Mad Dummy)
  • Statistics Amplification (The Human used determination to continuously amplify themselves to have damage reduced from attacks)
• Users of this level of Determination can perform a True Reset which can do the following:
  • Reality Warping (The True Reset is a power allowing one to set everything back to a blank and neutral state where no one remembers anything even characters that can remember regular resets)
    • Erasure
      • Existence Erasure: Flowey notes that the True Reset has the power to erase EVERYTHING, to the point that it even erases the memories of those that could remember standard resets like Flowey.
    • Time Manipulation (The true reset rips everyone from the timeline and sends them back before any of the events of Undertale ever happened)
    • Information Manipulation & Data Manipulation (A true reset thoroughly erases all information in one’s file, resetting it back to 0. Chara with the true reset set a permanent flag that cannot be removed without non-canon hacking)

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Equipment

ConsumablesEquippable ItemsMiscellaneous

Item	Description	Effects	Location and Cost
Bandage	It has already been used several times.	10 HP	Starting item, Free. Becomes consumable once a different piece of Armor is equipped. One of a kind.
Monster Candy	Has a distinct, non-licorice flavor.	10 HP	The Ruins, Free. Four of a kind. Three in Hard Mode.
Spider Donut	A donut made with Spider Cider in the batter.	12 HP	Spider Bake Sale in the Ruins, 7G. Spider Bake Sale in Hotland, 9999G.
Spider Cider	Made with whole spiders, not just the juice.	24 HP	Spider Bake Sale in the Ruins, 18G. Spider Bake Sale in Hotland, 9999G.
Butterscotch Pie	Butterscotch-cinnamon pie, one slice.	ALL HP	Toriel's Home, Free. One of a kind. Not in Hard Mode.
Snail Pie	Heals Some HP. An acquired taste.	Restores HP up to one less than maximum HP	Toriel's Home, Free. One of a kind. Hard Mode only.
Snowman Piece	Please take this to the ends of the earth.	45 HP	Snowman in Snowdin Forest, Free. Two of a kind; the second one replaces the first if lost. Three in the Genocide Route.
Nice Cream	Instead of a joke, the wrapper says something nice.	15 HP	Cart in Snowdin Forest, 15G. Cart in Waterfall, 25G (15G while carrying an umbrella). Free (in exchange for three Punch Cards). Cart in Hotland, 12G (if Royal Guards were killed). Unavailable in the Genocide Route or after exhausting the Snowdin kill counter in the Neutral Route.
Bisicle	It's a two-pronged popsicle, so you can eat it twice.	11 HP	Snowdin Shopkeeper 15G (initial) 30G (after Papyrus) 45G (after Undyne) 70G (after completing CORE) Free (Genocide Route)
Unisicle	It's a SINGLE-pronged popsicle. Wait, that's just normal...	11 HP	Bisicle Consumption, Free.
Cinnamon Bunny	A cinnamon roll in the shape of a bunny.	22 HP	Snowdin Shopkeeper, 25G. Free in the Genocide Route.
Astronaut Food	For feeding a pet astronaut.	21 HP	Cooler in the Garbage Dump, Free. Two of a kind.
Crab Apple	An aquatic fruit that resembles a crustacean.	18 HP	Gerson, 25G.
Sea Tea	Made from glowing marsh water. Increases SPEED for one battle.	10 HP	Gerson, 18G.
Abandoned Quiche	A psychologically damaged spinach egg pie.	34 HP	Bridge Seeds Puzzle in Waterfall, Free. One of a kind.
Temmie Flakes	It's just torn up pieces of colored construction paper.	2 HP	Tem Shop 1G (ON SALE,) 3G (Normal) 20G (expensiv) 1000G (premiem, Genocide Route exclusive)
Dog Salad	Recovers HP (Hit Poodles)	2/10/30/ALL HP (random chance)	Chance of spawning when Dog Residue is used, Free.
Instant Noodles	Comes with everything you need for a quick meal!	4 HP (in battle) 15 HP (Overworld) 90 HP (Serious Mode)	Refrigerator in the Lab, Free. One of a kind.
Hot Dog...?	The "meat" is made of something called a "water sausage."	20 HP	Hot Dog Stand in Hotland, 30G. Unavailable if Papyrus is killed.
Hot Cat	Like a hot dog, but with little cat ears on the end.	21 HP	Hot Dog Stand in Hotland, 30G. One of a kind. Unavailable if Papyrus is killed.
Junk Food	Food that was probably once thrown away.	17 HP	Bratty and Catty, 25G. Decreases ratings when in the fight with Mettaton. Free in the Genocide Route.
Hush Puppy	This wonderful spell will stop a dog from casting magic.	65 HP	MTT Resort, sliding a Hot Dog under the fourth door. One of a kind. Unavailable if Papyrus is killed.
Starfait	A sweet treat made of sparkling stars.	14 HP	MTT-Brand Burger Emporium, 60G Boosts ratings when in the fight with Mettaton.
Glamburger	A hamburger made of edible glitter and sequins.	27 HP	MTT-Brand Burger Emporium, 120G Trash can in the CORE, Free (one of a kind). Boosts ratings when in the fight with Mettaton.
Legendary Hero	Sandwich shaped like a sword. Increases ATTACK when eaten.	40 HP	MTT-Brand Burger Emporium, 300G Boosts ratings when in the fight with Mettaton.
Steak in the Shape of Mettaton's Face	Huge steak in the shape of Mettaton's face. You don't feel like it's made of real meat...	60 HP	MTT-Brand Burger Emporium, 500G Boosts ratings when in the fight with Mettaton. One of a kind.
Popato Chisps	Regular old popato chisps.	13 HP	Vending Machine in the True Lab, 25G.
Bad Memory	?????	-1 HP ALL HP (if HP is 3 or lower)	Fight against the Memoryheads, Free.
Last Dream	The goal of "Determination."	12 HP (Description) 17 HP (Use)	Fight against Asriel Dreemurr, Free. Fills empty inventory slots.

Weapons

Item	Description	Effects	Pattern	Location and Cost
Stick	Its bark is worse than its bite.	0ATK	Single hit	Starting Item, Free. One of a kind. Cannot be re-equipped.
Toy Knife	Made of plastic. A rarity nowadays.	3ATK	Single hit	Balcony of the Ruins, Free. One of a kind.
Tough Glove	A worn pink leather glove. For five-fingered folk.	5ATK	Single hit, then mash	Dimensional Box, Free. Snowdin Shopkeeper, 50G. Free in the Genocide Route.
Ballet Shoes	These used shoes make you feel incredibly dangerous.	7ATK	3 hits	Tall Grass in Waterfall, Free. One of a kind.
Torn Notebook	Contains illegible scrawls. Increases INV by 6.	2ATK	2 hits	Gerson, 55G.
Burnt Pan	Damage is rather consistent. Consumable items heal four more HP.	10ATK	4 hits	Isolated area in Hotland, Free. One of a kind.
Empty Gun	An antique revolver. It has no ammo. Must be used precisely, or damage will be low.	12ATK	4 hits, very fast	Bratty and Catty, 350G. Free in the Genocide Route. One of a kind.
Worn Dagger	Perfect for cutting plants and vines.	15ATK	Single hit	Asgore's Home, Free. One of a kind. Replaces the Real Knife in the True Pacifist Route and Neutral Route.
Real Knife	Here we are!	99ATK	Single hit	Asgore's Home, Free. One of a kind. Replaces the Worn Dagger in the Genocide Route.

Armors

Item	Description	Effects	Location and Cost
Bandage	It has already been used several times.	0DEF	Starting Item, Free. One of a kind. Cannot be re-equipped. Becomes consumable once unequipped.
Faded Ribbon	If you're cuter, monsters won't hit you as hard.	3DEF	One Switch Puzzle in the Ruins, Free. One of a kind.
Manly Bandanna	It has seen some wear. It has abs drawn on it.	7DEF	Snowdin Shopkeeper, 50G. Free in the Genocide Route.
Old Tutu	Finally, a protective piece of armor.	10DEF	Behind a waterfall in Waterfall, Free. One of a kind.
Cloudy Glasses	Glasses marred with wear. Increases INV by 9.	5DEF	Gerson, 35G.
Temmie Armor	The things you can do with a college education! Raises ATTACK when worn. Recovers HP every other turn. INV up slightly.	20DEF	Tem Shop (after buying scholarship), 9999-750G. Price is lowered after every death. Cannot be bought in the Genocide Route.
Stained Apron	Heals 1 HP every other turn.	11DEF	Isolated area in Hotland, Free. One of a kind. Cannot be obtained in the Genocide Route.
Cowboy Hat	This battle-worn hat makes you want to grow a beard. It also raises ATTACK by 5.	12DEF	Bratty and Catty, 350G. Free in the Genocide Route. One of a kind.
Heart Locket	It says "Best Friends Forever."	15DEF	Asgore's Home, Free. One of a kind. Replaces The Locket in the True Pacifist Route and Neutral Route.
The Locket	You can feel it beating.	99DEF	Asgore's Home, Free. One of a kind. Replaces the Heart Locket in the Genocide Route.

Item	Description	Effects	Location and Cost
Punch Card	Use to make punching attacks stronger in one battle. Use outside of battle to look at the card.	Increase ATK when in battle. Three can be traded in for a free Nice Cream.	Box next to Cart in Waterfall, 25G (15G if the protagonist was carrying an umbrella when Nice Cream was bought). Unavailable on the Genocide Route or after exhausting the Snowdin Forest kill counter on the Neutral Route.
The Annoying Dog	A little white dog. It's fast asleep...	Absorbs the legendary artifact when used or dropped. Also gives the protagonist Dog Residue.	Legendary Artifact Room in Waterfall, Free. One of a kind.
Dog Residue	The Dog Residue has different random descriptions, such as being a jigsaw puzzle left unfinished by the Annoying Dog as well as other oddities.	Fills the inventory with more Dog Residue, with a possibility of giving Dog Salad.	Legendary Artifact Room in Waterfall, Free.
Mystery Key	It is too bent to fit on your keychain.	Unlocks the front door of the house next to Napstablook's.	Bratty and Catty, 600G. Free on the Genocide Route. One of a kind
Silver Key	(not an inventory item)	Unlocks Sans's workshop.	Sans's room, Free. Only available on a no EXP earned Neutral Route after obtaining the key to Sans's room in the Last Corridor.
Undyne's Letter	Letter written for Dr. Alphys.	Used to regain access to Dr. Alphys's lab.	Undyne in Snowdin (or Waterfall if befriended after defeating Asgore) in the True Pacifist Route, Free. One of a kind.
Undyne's Letter EX	It has DON'T DROP IT written on it.	Used to regain access to Dr. Alphys's lab.	Undyne in Snowdin if the protagonist drops Undyne's Letter, Free. One of a kind.
0	If you are reading this, I messed up somehow.	Dropping this item or viewing it in battle crashes the game	Unobtainable without glitches.

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Notable Techniques

FIGHT

The Human is prompted to pick an enemy to attack. The Human can attack one enemy each turn.

ACT

The Human is prompted to select an enemy, and is then given one or more ACT options which are specific to that enemy.

ITEM

Using consumable items regains health. Some consumable items are capable of increasing stats. Using equipment items other than the Bandage or Stick equips them.

MERCY

Sparing means that Frisk does not want to fight. The Human is encouraged on multiple occasions on their journey to show mercy to the opponents they fight.

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Human's tactics depends on the route Frisk is on. If neutral, The Human's tactic normally will be to attack if necessary and use the ACT command to find out things about their enemy and find potential alternatives to the fight. If the pacifist route the human will never use the FIGHT command, unless absolutely necessary, going for ACT and MERCY tactics. Genocide route the human will go striaght for the FIGHT command, always attempting to slaughter all the opponents in their way. Even with these routes in mind, the human is still technically a wild card as they could switch at any moment, such as they could be on their pacifist route and suddenly opt to murder enemies and vice versa with the genocide route.

Weaknesses

• Determination Weaknesses: A determination user can have their desires override other determination users desires for the world making them unable to do things like SAVE. Humans ability to persist after death can be used against them, such as sealing their SOULs in containers. Sans' plan to deal with a determination user is to get them to give up, either through boring them or making them hit an unreachable point.
• Unique Weaknesses: Can be forced into SOUL combat.

Note

• Regarding The Human's age, Undyne does make some implication of them being kindergarten age as she notes she's not their kindergarten teacher when annoyed. However, this was while she was annoyed and could just be a figure of speech rather then her being literal.

Explanations

Monster Check Stats

Monster's check stats are quite dubious for a couple of reasons:

• Monsters like Glyde give off the implication that monsters are the ones listing their statistics.
• Mad Dummy has a defense stat listed of -40 but notes because they're a ghost physical attacks will fail. One could say the -40 comes from the fact that the dummy's body is that weak, however, the regular Dummy's check stats just has their DEF as 0, there's really no reason why the Mad Dummy should have far lower DEF stats especially during a pacifist route.
• Characters like Napstablook have a defense stat listed but you actually aren't lowering his HP he was just lowering it for you to be nice.
• Toriel's stats are listed at 80 ATK and 80 DEF, the same as Asgore's stats. Yet in one of the endings Unydne with her strength as stated by Sans literally threw Toriel out of the castle. Despite Undyne's stats being 7 ATK and 0 DEF. This would also imply characters like Papyrus are stronger then her as he has an 8 ATK and 2 DEF, and while she does admit Papyrus is pretty tough, it's never really implied to be that Papyrus is stronger then Undyne. Royal Guard members are also shown to have higher stats then her through this logic.
• Undyne the Undying has stats of 99 ATK and 99 DEF yet due to Mettaton's Invulnerable Body, they have a defense stat of 999.

On top of these, genocide route has the check stats differ too with confusing changes, while the human's killing intent is a reason behind this, some characters have their defense stats raise such as Papyrus'. There's also inconsistencies even in these routes, for example The Human at a level 3 killing intent one-shots Toriel yet The Human at level 13 can still only chip damage Asgore.

It should also be noted, the argument that Toriel sent Asgore flying with her fire, has an issue it was an off guard hit which it has been shown off-guard/betrayal kills can one-shot monsters as they lowered their guard.

Magic vs. Physicality

Monsters are mostly made of magic while human beings are mostly made of water making humans with their physical forms far stronger then them. However humans have lost the ability to use magic by proxy.

Monsters bodies being made of magic has their body physically attuned to their SOUL. Due to this, monsters that don't want to fight have their defenses weaken and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them. This is due to a monsters SOUL being made of love, hope, and compassion.

Monsters bodies being made of magic also makes it where they do not possess enough physical matter to take concentrations of determination.

In the Undertale 10th Anniversary Livestream Gerson reveals that humanity once had magic too but creating the barrier that separated humans and monsters caused them to use up all their magic.

Trivia

Spoilers!

The word "frisk" can mean several things: To "frisk" means to skip or leap playfully, or to pat down on someone, looking for a hidden item. "Frisk" is the Swedish and Norwegian word for "healthy," and the Danish word for "fresh." "Frisky" means "playful and full of energy." Naming the fallen human "Frisk" initiates Hard Mode. When just tapping right, Frisk does not put their foot up. This is not true for the other directions. When holding up and down on the north wall of any room, Frisk will appear to flash quickly between their two north and south sprites. This is informally called as the Frisk dance by players such as Merg. When in the room overlooking the castle with the Monster Kid and going either left or right while holding up and down, Frisk walks twice as fast. Frisk appears to be left-handed. Evidence includes: Holding the umbrella and glass of water using their left hand. The slicing attack animation curving to the right, implying that force was carried from the left to the right during the attack. Most fatality battle sprites display steep slashes from top left to bottom right, a pattern not commonly made by someone who is right-handed. While Frisk is allergic to Temmie, this is not true of the other furry residents of the Underground. When hugging Asriel, other purple stripes appear on Frisk's shirt sleeves. At the end of the True Pacifist Route, Napstablook was the only monster who did not know Frisk's name until they mention it. Frisk is the last of the eight humans to fall into the Underground after traveling to Mount Ebott. Out of all the humans that fell, Frisk is the only human to survive the adventure in any ending. Frisk is only alluded to in Flowey's UNDERTALE Alarm Clock App dialogue, where one of his talksprites mimics their blank expression. Toby Fox was asked two interview questions regarding Frisk. One was whether Frisk's pronoun is a design choice, and in regards to Frisk's parents not being mentioned in-game. However, Toby responded with "Skip" to both questions, as he was offered to skip any questions he did not want to answer. An earlier version of Frisk's sprite. In a joke thread on Starmen.net, Toby Fox posted early files from Undertale saying they were from an EarthBound hack called "UnderBound 2." It was said that Frisk was a young androgynous child who was the step-cousin of "Squeezo" from the non-existent EarthBound hack, "UnderBound." Frisk was also shown to have black outlines with black hair and shoes compared to the lighter brown seen in the final version of the game. The artbook reveals this was changed because the sprite did not show up on the game's dark backgrounds that well. It was also jokingly mentioned that Frisk's love interest was a female Cuban cigar, concerning a question of whether the "love" in the game was romantic or like love of a fine cigar. Frisk's striped clothing is most likely a reference to the "Mother" franchise, which was Toby Fox's major inspiration for Undertale. The main protagonists of each installment also wore striped clothing.

Gallery

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  The Human's eye being stained by Sans' telescope prank.

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  The Human covered in fruit and vegetables, during the hangout with Undyne.

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  The Human hugging Asriel at the end of a True Pacifist Route.

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  The Human Little Buddy sold on Fangamer.

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  The Human Nendoroid sold on Fangamer.

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  The Human's official tarot card, renamed to "the human" in the official merchandise page, as Major Arcana 0, "The Fool."

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  The Humanlatching onto Doggo's back on his tarot card.

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  The Human sitting with the Small Bird roosting on their head.

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  The Human as seen in the reflection on Sans's tarot card.

Misconceptions

Chara's Morality

Chara's morality is up for constanty debate within the Undertale community. There are those that argue they are pure evil while others argue they are complete good.

In actuality, Chara is neither. The reason for why Chara is evil in the genocide route is due to The Anomaly's determination and power influencing them causing them to absorb their LOVE. LOVE represents "Level of Violence" that measures one's capacity to hurt. In regards to this, Chara has absorbed large amount of violence which makes it simple to conclude why they become a demon upon being awakened.

On the other hand, Chara being pure good is not accurate either. Asriel outright states Chara wasn't really the greatest person. Along with this they hated humanity.

Chara was simply a flawed human.

Higher LOVE = Higher Strength

This comes from the fact that one's health and stats increase when their LV goes up.

However, EXP and LV do not function how they do in a typical RPG.

EXP is an acronym for execution points which is a way of quantifying the pain one inflicts on others. When one kills someone, they gain EXP and when they gain enough EXP, their LOVE increases. With LOVE standing for "Level of Violence" which measures the capcity of someone to hurt another. The more one kills, the easier it becomes to distance themself. The more they distance themself the less they will hurt and the more easily they can bring themself to hurt others.

In essence this means that LV is not a measure of how much stronger one has grown in terms of physical stats, but how more willing one is to hurt others.

On top of this, the reason monsters become more easy to kill and hurt the higher one's LV is due to monsters weakening when they don't want to fight and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them.

Thus higher LV does not actually increase one's strenght in the way it does in typical RPGs.

The Anomaly doesn't exist/The Anomaly is Frisk

This is an argument that queestions the existence of the Anomaly in Undertale, claiming anytime a character is talking about The Anomaly they're either referring to Frisk or that the character doesn't exist at all.

This is incorrect for one major scene that introduces the concept of the true reset, where Flowey outright notes they are the one last threat with the power to erase everything. Flowey even differentiaties Frisk from the "YOU" figure he's referring too. It also cannot be Chara for one important reason, when Chara appears in the genocide route, they note that the anomaly's power awakened them from death noting that their "human soul", their "determination" was not theirs but instead the Anomaly's. While some try to argue that Chara was speaking to Frisk during this cutscene, this does not make sense as Chara directly speaks again once the game is re-opened noting how the anomaly wants to go back to the world they've destroyed. This directly is the same as when one re-opens the game after completing a true pacifist playthrough and has Flowey talk directly to them. Thus The Anomaly is a figure that completely exists within Undertale and is a representation of the player. There's even lines that allude to them, such as Flowey calling out the possibility of someone watching the genocide route.

In Deltarune the Anomaly has a choice of telling Sans it's great to see him again despite Kris and Sans never meeting before. This would only make sense if The Anomaly had prior knowledge from another game, which would be Undertale.

Codex Statistics Questions

• Q: Shouldn't the entirety of the world of Undertale constitute the multiverse?
• A: This looks fine on paper but has several issues, for one, the world of Undertale is actually never defined as the entirety of the multiverse at any point in the game. Asriel literally notes he doesn't care about destroying this world anymore and then proceeds to note that after he defeats Frisk and gains total control over the timeline. The statement clearly likens the world to the timeline. Sans' "you'll keep consuming timelines" statement is also referring to the fact that everytime you finish a route you restart and do another route, so technically yes you are "consuming timelines" but in the way one finishes routes in a video game, which is one by one. For the part that says "along with this, there can also be more than one file deleted after Chara destroys the world", there is no proof of being alternate game files or such, and there's no direct confirmation what they even do for the game. Initially from what Toby said, he wanted to make it where Chara would delete the game Undertale in its entirety so it is likely a leftover from that, which has nothing to do with number of timelines. There's also argument that a reset in Undertale doesn't leave a timeline behind but makes it disappear or merge with the new one too, as characters will have weird deja vus from past resets on previous scenes done.

Battle Records

Note: Official recorded losses for the battle records will be for battles where characters have a special message in regards to said death. Such as Sans noting how many times he's likely killed the Human in genocide route from the face they're making.

Pacifist/Neutral Route
10 - 2 - 0

True Pacifist Route
11 - 2 - 0

Genocide Route
9 - 1 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

Pacifist/Neutral RouteGenocide Route

RegularTrue Pacifist

• Napstablook - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Ruins

• Toriel - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Ruins

• Greater Dog - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Snowdin

• Papyrus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Snowdin

• Mad Dummy - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Waterfall
  • Note: The Human would've been trapped in the battle with the Mad Dummy forever if Napstablook didn't come help them.

• Undyne - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Waterfall/Hotland
  • Note: In the Pacifist Route the Human repeatedly had to flee from Undyne until she passed out from the heat of Hotland.

• Muffet - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Spider Cave
  • Note: In the Pacifist Route the human is let go after Muffet receives a telegram that the human is actually nice to spiders.

• Mettaton - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: CORE

• Asgore Dreemurr - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: CORE
  • Note: Asgore was already severly depressed to the point that he is willing to kill himself just for the Human to take his SOUL to escape the barrier. Which it's already noted that monsters stats drop when they don't want to fight. Seeing as Asgore has captured the previous six human SOULS which all had the same ability of SAVING, it's likely a full peak Asgore could beat the Human.

• Flowey X - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: SAVE File Room
  • Note: Called for help from each of the six SOULs and they did things like heal them. All six SOULs healed the Human, Along with occassionally handing out healing items after and helped drop Flowey X's defense to 0. Eventually they also made it where, Flowey could not load back his SAVE. If the six human SOULS did not help the human they would have lost.

• Asriel Dreemurr - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Unknown
  • Note: The Human had to SAVE others and eventually SAVE Asriel himself in order to truly defeat him.

• Napstablook - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Ruins
  • Note: Napstablook noted themself that the human can't kill them since they're a ghost and they were just lowering their HP to be nice.

• Toriel - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Ruins

• Greater Dog - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Snowdin

• Papyrus - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Snowdin

• Glad Dummy - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Waterfall

• Undyne the Undying - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Waterfall/Hotland

• Muffet - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Spider Cave

• Mettaton Neo - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: CORE

• Sans the Skeleton - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Judgement Hall

Pacifist/Neutral RouteGenocide Route

• Toriel - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Ruins
  • Note: Toriel has a special animation if she kills the Human.

• Asgore Dreemurr - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: The Barrier
  • Note: Asgore has a special ACT where the human notes that Asgore has killed him before.

• Sans the Skeleton - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Judgement Hall
  • Note: Sans has special dialogue for how many times he's killed The Human.

Pacifist/Neutral RouteGenocide Route

None.

None.

Versus Threads

0 - 1 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

None.

• Sakuya Izayoi - Thread
  • Rules: Standard Battle Assumptions, Sakuya is operating under spell card rules, True Pacifist Human and Absolute Chara were working together.
  • Overall Consensus: Sakuya's manipulation over time and danmaku was agreed too much for the two to handle.

None.