PAPERHEAD

Pencil

How the pencil is described

Checked 2026-10-18

The pencil is the mechanic people clip. I can quote the store. I cannot quote a folder path I have not opened.

The Steam about text says you draw a bomb and kick it, draw a door and kick it open, and write a censored word on the wall. The store screenshot I saved shows the pencil pointed at a terminal that reads LOCK DOWN == FALSE, with a note pinned to cardboard. Community writeups call the pencil Object 808 and say it can erase a shield or a corpse for health. Those erase rules are community notes.

Custom drawings

Alpha Beta Gamer and some Steam reviews say you can drop a PNG into the game folder and stamp it with the pencil. I have not verified the directory or the pixel size. I will not print a path that might wipe the wrong folder. When I have a developer sentence for the path, I will add it.

Vandal-mode stickers are the same kind of claim: mentioned, not specified. Treat them as unconfirmed.

Steam screenshot: the pencil aimed at a terminal that reads LOCK DOWN equals FALSESteam screenshot: a cardboard lab with a BIO-FOLD monitor and blood on the tile

Questions I keep getting

What button is the pencil?

Community notes say C for a pencil melee and X for a bomb. I have not confirmed the defaults in the options menu.

Can drawings soft-lock a level?

I have no developer warning that says so. The interact-key rumor is on the lore map page and it is unconfirmed.

Sources I used