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Portrait of a Boy

The Portrait of a Boy is a Recollection Item that can be picked up from the Black Rabbit Brotherhood headquarters in the Malum District. After acquiring it, players can then give it to Geppetto, who reveals that it's a portrait of his late son. He'll hang it up in his office. This painting of his son who very eerily looks like Pinocchio himself has a strange feature wherein a long stick will eventually start to grow from where the nose is on the portrait, extending outward out of the painting and into the real world. Geppetto comments on this as some kind of phenomenon having to do with inanimate objects growing souls from within. For players, however, this long stick is an indicator of Pinocchio's humanity - the longer it is, the more Humanity Points they have gained.

Spring

Spring is the orange cat that has taken refuge inside Hotel Krat. The feisty feline can be found pretty early on, strutting about in different spots inside the space confines of the hotel. When first approached, Spring will tend to be cautious and defensive and will hiss at Pinocchio if players try to interact with it.

However, when Pinocchio accumulates enough Humanity Points, thereby becoming more and more like a real boy or a real human, Spring will recognize it and will grow more and more affectionate and familiar with Pinocchio as a result. Spring's reaction when you interact with it then becomes a good indicator of how many Humanity Points you have accumulated.

Lies of P Lie System

The Lie System is an intricate system that affects Pinocchio's state of being internally when he commits lies. According to lore, Puppets cannot lie. However, Pinocchio is a special one created by Geppetto. He can fabricate information on his own for a special reason and presently, there are no known repercussions to this, in terms of his status effects. When a dialogue scenario for this occurs, players will be shown the two choices that Pinocchio can respond with, and an indication that time is ticking will be presented while his heart beats and blurs everything else to illustrate the pressure. The Lie System will affect the branching paths of NPC Quests, and may even cause some of them to move Locations. As mentioned previously, lying will increase Pinocchio's Humanity Points.

All Lie Scenarios in Lies of P

Below is a short list of all the Lie Scenarios in the game:

• Alidoro in St. Frangelico Cathedral Library
• Alidoro in Workshop Union Entrance
• Antonia in Hotel Krat
• Belle Asks about Her Partner
• Discovering Sophia's True Location
• Eugenie at Hotel Krat
• Hotel Krat Entrance
• Julian and His Wife
• Polendina's Query
• Relic of Trismegistus Telephone Call
• Reunited with Geppetto in his Cell
• Simon Asks about Sophia
• Simon Manus at the Grand Exhibition
• The Atoned in Moonlight Town
• To Become a Real Boy or Not with Geppetto
• Weeping Woman in Elysion Boulevard
• Venigni Asks Who Caused the Puppet Frenzy

For in-depth information on the game's Lie System, and more details on this list of all dialogue scenarios where the system is implemented, visit our page here.

Listening to Records in Lies of P

Another way to get Humanity Points is by listening to Records. As the name suggests, Records are Items that are essentially music tracks that players can listen to. These can be acquired throughout the game as loot, but a few of them can only be acquired through completing Quests. To listen to them, players have to use the Record Player which can be found beside the Stargazer in Hotel Krat. Note, however, that you'll have to sit through and listen to the entire track to get Humanity Points off of it, and you cannot skip or cut it short.

Lies of P Humanity Points Recommendation

In general, it doesn't seem like telling a lie in absolutely all dialogue choice instances or listening to all the Records in the game is necessary for getting enough Humanity Points to get the Rise of P Ending. However, players are definitely encouraged to lie whenever they can, or whenever appropriate to how they want to embody the character and fully listen to at least all the Records they have before finishing the game.

Using Gestures in Lies of P

Finally, there is speculation that doing certain Gestures at appropriate moments and to the appropriate characters in the game will also result in gaining some Humanity Points as well, exemplifying Pinocchio learning how to express emotions through his journey and doing things as a human would, making him more and more human. However, unlike lying and listening to Records, there sometimes doesn't seem to be any indication like hearing Pinocchio's springs move or feeling warmth to show that you've gained Humanity Points, and neither is there any prompt for doing these actions aside from small random comments from NPCs here and there. Here's a list of Gestures that we know are awarded Humanity Points through the game's audiovisual cue:

• Using the Pray Gesture in front of the one-winged angel statue right before the bridge leading to the St. Frangelico Chapel.
• Using the Entreat Gesture in front of the altar in the St. Frangelico Cathedral Chapel itself. It may not notify you of any change, but the option to interact with the alter vanishes.
• This list will be updated as more are discovered.