"You've pressed it numerous times and you still have something you want to know about it?"
- Don't Touch Me
Don't Touch Me (O-05-47) is an Abnormality appearing as a large yellow box with a black horizontal stripe across the center of the front face, and a 'prohibited' sign on the center of that stripe. Coming out of the yellow box's top is a large red button with the word "button" written in white on it.
Ability[]
Its special ability will trigger if the player tries to order an activity on Don't Touch Me. After trying to perform a work on it, it will either kill every employee in the facility after a "blood dripping down" screen effect, or send them into panic after a shaking-screen effect and a big explosion sound, followed by a small explosion sound and a second shaking-screen effect. This will result in an immediate Game Over.
Similarly, attempting to open Don't Touch Me's details page will cause a Warning sign to flash on the screen in the style of a slot-machine wheel that rapidly rolls through 3 stages: first green with a "Good Mood" face, then yellow with a "Normal Mood" face, and finally red with a "Bad Mood" face. The Qliphoth Counters of every Abnormality in the facility will also be depleted.
It also has a 50% chance either to morph into other Abnormalities or to mimic the visual effects of other Abnormalities in order to fool the player into clicking on it, punishing those who don't pay attention. Its name does not change even when its appearance or effects do. The effect lasts for 15 seconds and has a 50 second cooldown. The Abnormalities it can morph into are One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds, Training Standard Dummy Rabbit, Happy Teddy Bear, and Singing Machine. The visual effects it uses are from Scorched Girl, Beauty and the Beast, Happy Teddy Bear, One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds, Red Shoes, Spider Bud, Plague Doctor, The Lady Facing the Wall, Nameless Fetus, Old Lady, Little Prince, Naked Nest, Firebird, and Price of Silence (Legacy).
Attempting to interact with the button 5 times in a short period of time will cause it to crash the game. The screen shakes while a voice screams "manjiji ma" (만지지 마, lit. "do not touch"). A television screen with an upside-down Lobotomy Corporation logo will appear before "turning off". Making it crash the game will unlock its name, portrait, and Risk Level.
Notably, crashing the game this way is mechanically treated as a Memory Repository to the start of the day. The player can exploit this by repeatedly clicking on the details button (assuming they have no Abnormalities that can cause harm the moment they breach), returning to the start of the day with any progress in Abnormality research and E.G.O equipment saved.
Attempting to select Don't Touch Me in the Deployment Phase will cause a 'cracked glass' visual and sound effect, worsening with further clicks. On the fourth click, it will crash the game with the same scene as above (also unlocking its details).
Origin[]
Its origin is currently unknown.
Details[]
Its details can't be accessed due to its ability. Just remember where its current location is and avoid clicking it at all costs.
Story[]

Don't Touch Me's encyclopedia portrait
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No entries are available since it cannot be accessed in game. Don't Touch Me's story can only be accessed in its XML document without modifying the game. |
A machine in the shape of a box with a tempting big red button. Old scribblings are written around it. They're mostly warnings, such as: "Don't push the button."
Many employees file their temptation to push the button as so strong it gives them insomnia. However, as the number of employees claiming they are suffering from this temptation is quite large, a solution to this problem is being worked on currently.
One of the most important aspects of defining an abnormality is "free will". This Abnormality is confirmed to possess a strong will to make anyone around it want to push it. Thus, it is categorized as an Abnormality.
When the button is pressed, things that shouldn't happen, happen. Some say an apocalypse will befall, others say rainbow-colored light will shine down and unicorns will descend from the sky, and others still say a bomb buried deep underneath the facility will detonate and reset everything. However, none of these rumors are confirmed.
Caution is advised as this Abnormality possesses the ability to evoke one's curiosity to press it. Sometimes, it changes its shape in a cunning attempt to be pressed by mistake.
<Excerpt from an Employee’s Testimony>
"When I snapped back to reality, I was standing right in front of the containment room, just about to press that damn button. I would have, if not for the other employees dragging me out of that situation..."
The employee is currently back on duty after going through various tests and being diagnosed as normal. Although, we did order the employee to go to counseling, as they still visibly expressed dissatisfaction for missing the opportunity to press the button.
Flavour Text[]
- (Why would you even want to touch it?)
Trivia[]
- Its portrait contains the word "keullig" (클릭), meaning "click" in Korean.
- Don't Touch Me's Selection Phase line is the same line from the final observation tip during the Legacy version of the game.
- If the player was able to access the Abnormality's details, they would be the same as the Legacy version's details, with the exception of the story.
- This is the only Abnormality to not show up in the codex and the only Abnormality where the player can't obtain observation level 4 legitimately. This is also an optional Abnormality in the game and is not required for 100% codex, like the Apocalypse Bird.
- Even if the player could fully observe Don't Touch Me, it behaves that same as interacting with it in the Deployment phase.
- Strangely, clicking on the Abnormality itself does not activate its ability. This was probably meant to do something but was left incomplete.
Bugs[]
Exploits[]
- When unlocking its 'observation', it is suggested to click on the details tab of the Abnormality rather than the Abnormality itself, as the latter will cause all E.G.O. equipment equipped by the agents who died to be lost permanently (unless retrieved again). This is due to the game saving the Sephirah interactions (story), observations, E.G.O., and obtained missions only after getting its 'observation'.
- By using this, you can save the game without the need of passing the day or Memory Repository, given that you don't have any observation on the Abnormality, allowing to save research or E.G.O. on Abnormalities in the middle of the week.
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