Camera

• Appearance •

The Camera is a large, blocky camcorder that is immediately presented to players upon starting the game. The camera plays the main role in the game's progression by allowing players to advance in their Quota. The Camera is available to players as soon as they open the front door, and spawns on the porch's railing.

• Usage •

The Camera has a meter similar to the Flashlights battery, however, it is titled "Film". The film is drained when players turn on the camera to record and will last for 90 seconds (1 and a half minutes). Using the camera allows players to record individual clips of moments happening in-game, which are then compiled into a disc by the Extraction Box, and playable on the TV. The camera can only be held by one player, and there cannot be more than one at any given time.

• Notes •

Losing the camera anywhere on the ground in the Old World, and not retrieving it before going back up to the Sky Island will cause the camera to become the Broken Camera and to become unusable. For more info, see the Broken Camera page.

Notably, in recent patches a bug has been fixed where if you travelled back to the Sky Island on the last day with only a broken camera, the game would immediately end. This is due to the game thinking you didn't have any camera at all.

However, if the camera is not in a player's inventory on the last day, even if every one survives and the camera is in the Diving Bell, it still ends your run.