The Follower

Not to be confused with Folly.

Floor found	Any
Pronouns	They/them
Can enter elevator	Yes
Killable	Yes (Through the Fountain of Oceanus)
Hostile	Yes

The Follower, or simply Follower, otherwise known as Shadow, is an NPC that can be seen in-game and can enter the elevator.

Appearance

The Follower appears as a tall, all black humanoid figure with a thin head and distorted limbs. The second variant has its right hand by its hip. The third variant looks like the first variant, but carries a job application with poorly drawn limbs attached to it.

Description

After a player takes a bite out of Buck, The Follower will appear somewhere far away from the elevator. Once summoned, The Follower will slowly follow the player for seven minutes, instantly killing them upon contact. The Follower has multiple sound cues indicating its presence, such as an ominous noise that shakes the player's screen or music that plays when it's nearby, overriding any currently playing background track. If the Buck's Head effect goes away after it runs out of time, or said player basks themselves in the Fountain of Oceanus in OFFICE OF, then The Follower will stop going after said player.

If the player touches The Follower, the players screen will saturate, along with The Follower appearing on the screen and a random sentence at the bottom of the screen.

In the staff room in the Lobby, there is a "ball that spawns two angry followers". When clicked on, The Followers will all encircle the player and suddenly kill them. Only devs can enter the room, or if the player has high ping.

• The black ball used to spawn ten angry Followers. In an unknown update, emote clipping got patched.

In its original debut in the 2024 April Fools' Update, The Follower is spawned seemingly at random. If The Follower is around long enough, a small string of text says "They get closer" around your cursor, and then flashes a very small image of a forest with dead trees, a flowing river, a humanoid shadow, and 2 poorly drawn circles highlighting 2 squirrels, with text saying "Nuty" and "Peanut" on them, possibly being the squirrels' names. Alternatively, an image of Backrooms Level 974, a search icon, or a glitch screen can appear in place of the forest.

Audio

Audio	Description
	The Follower's ambience sound that plays when it's near a player.
	The Follower's ambience sound during the 2024 April Ghouls' Update.
	The sound that plays randomly while The Follower is chasing the player.

On-Screen Death Messages

When coming in contact with The Follower, the players' screen will saturate, The Follower will appear on screen, and a sentence from this list will show up randomized.

• You have unpaid debts.
• You get what you deserve.
• I think you need to apologize.
• I'm not proud of you.
• I'm not happy with you.
• I've been looking for you.

If the player is playing at 3AM, even if they don't have Buck, The Follower will spawn in to tell them to go to sleep via multiple different messages, this variant of the follower won’t kill the player, and can say the following -

• "Buddy tells me you ain’t getting some rest."

• "Don't stay up too late."

• "Please get some rest."

• "You can always come back later."

• "Please rest as soon as possible."

• "Your health is more important."

• "Go to bed."

• "It's three in the morning."

• "You can't be staying up this late."

• "Sleep's important, friend."

• "Why not... rest?"

• "There's always next time."

Gallery

The Follower inside of Flatgrass.

Two Followers seen in the sky, with one far away.

Chat tips given by The Follower.

The Follower and FREAK in bugbo.

The Follower in Toolbox Speedway.

The Follower spotted in Dodge Teh Teapots.

The Follower in the sky of Two Stud Camp.

The current death screen upon touching The Follower.

The old screen that appeared when caught by The Follower prior to the death screen update.

Text that appears on screen after The Follower has been around long enough.

One of the pictures that can flash shortly after the line of text, “They get closer”.

The Followers 2nd Variant in Color our World.

The Followers 2nd Variant in the Regretevator.

The Follower in the April Ghouls 2025 Update, referencing King Von.

The Follower in the 2025 April Ghouls, referencing the TSB guy meme.

The Follower coming out of Buck.

The Follower holding Buck.

The Follower coming out of Buck.

The Follower clapping with the Limited time imaginary friend.

The Follower's third variant in-game seen on Area 51.

Ditto.

The Follower vanishing after the Buck's Head effect wears off.

Trivia

• The Follower was originally added in the 2024 April Fools' Update, but was later added to the main game in the 4/13/24 update because somebody made a Robux offer with yeuc
• The old death screen upon touching The Follower would cut to a black screen with 2 lines of text, then fading away.
• The Follower is one of 3 NPC's to use BillboardGUI for their image, the other 2 being Mozelle and fafa (2D).
• Since The Follower is a client-sided NPC, only the player who has eaten Buck can see/get killed by it. Because of this, it also cannot be spectated.
• If the affected player is forced into spectator view via certain events such as falling in the Dance Party floor, The Follower will bug out, causing them to keep moving upwards.
• There is a rare chance for The Follower to have their hand by their hip, this being the second variant.
  • In an unknown update, The Follower was given an even rarer variant, holding a Job Application.
• If The Follower is floating in front of Reddy, his eyes can be seen through it.
• Buck has a business relationship with The Follower.
• Contrary to popular belief, The Follower is not Buck's soul.
• The music that plays when The Follower is nearby is called "THE SHADOW BECKONS", and was inspired by "SNICK IS COMING", the theme that will play during almost the entirety of Snick's Challenge in the Pizza Tower SAGE 2019 Demo.
• The Follower is currently the only NPC that does not have a smiley face in their design that the Glognut's compass points to. Most likely added for a better chance of survival.
• Since an unknown update, The Follower could be seen through walls, unless graphics quality is turned low.
  • This was likely added so players can identify where The Follower is, making survival easier.
  • Possibly when the second variant was added to the game.
• Additional tips in chat are added when The Follower is chasing the player. The list is as follows:
  • “They get closer”
  • ”Stop running”
  • ”They are closer to you”
  • "They just want to talk to you"
  • "They're on their way"
  • "You are X studs away from them"
• In the April Ghouls 2025 update, the first variant was a scary image of King Von, the second variant being stretched out like the "TSB Guy"
• Added during an unknown update, if a player's device time is set to exactly 3 AM, a short cutscene will play where the player character abruptly turns around and is non-lethally jumpscared by a rapidly approaching Follower. After this, text telling them to go to sleep will appear. This does not result in any other ill affects.
  • If the player has jumpscares turned off, the Follower won't jump scare them, and they will instead get a message in the chat, saying, "Here's your reminder to sleep. Don't stay up late."
• If the Follower is chasing the player, and the player walks into one of the chain walls in four corners, the Ragdolled effect will last longer.
• If the player has a laggy device, when the song that plays when The Follower is close ends, if the player still has 3-5 seconds of time left in the effect, it may loop until the Buck's Head effect goes away,

References

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