The Ghost is one of the roaming enemies in Animal Hospital, and it does not announce itself like the patients at reception. It floats through the building, slips out of sight when you get close, and chips away at your sanity even while invisible. Stopping it comes down to two things, knowing where it is and hitting it with the right tool.
Quick answer: Sneak up behind the Ghost and zap it with the taser or shoot it with the gun. If it has turned invisible, spray the fire extinguisher to reveal its position first, or lure it into fire to make it faint.
How the Ghost behaves and where it appears
The Ghost is a translucent figure with large black eyes, white pupils, black tears running down its face, and a stitched-up mouth. It drifts aimlessly anywhere in the hospital rather than sticking to a single room, so it can show up across the entire building.
While it floats around, it can open and close doors. When it gets near you, it makes a wispy sound, and once you move close, it vanishes from view. After a while, it disappears on its own with a poof sound. The catch is that it keeps attacking even when you cannot see it, so disappearing does not mean it is gone.
Standing in its ghostly presence costs you 2 sanity points every second. That damage adds up fast if you wander into the same area it is haunting, which is why pinpointing its location matters as much as the kill itself.
Weapons that work on the Ghost
Only certain items affect the Ghost. The taser and the gun are the ones that actually remove it, while the fire extinguisher and fire serve as support tools.
| Tool | Effect on the Ghost |
|---|---|
| Taser | Kills the Ghost |
| Gun | Kills the Ghost |
| Fire extinguisher | Does not kill it, but makes an invisible Ghost visible |
| Fire | The Ghost faints if it touches fire |
Steps to remove the Ghost
Tip: If a fight is going badly, fire is a fallback. The Ghost faints the moment it touches flames, so an area already on fire can stop it without a direct weapon hit.
How to know it worked, and common mistakes
You know the Ghost is dealt with when the wispy sound stops and your sanity stops draining in that room. If it simply vanished with a poof instead of being hit, it has only gone invisible or moved on, and it can attack again.
The most common reasons a removal attempt fails are walking straight at the Ghost, which makes it disappear, and relying on the fire extinguisher to finish it. The extinguisher only reveals the Ghost. The actual kill always needs the taser, the gun, or a faint caused by fire. When in doubt, expose it first, get behind it, then attack.
