Bloody Ragdoll Physics Guide: Getting started in the lab
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OverviewBloody Ragdoll Physics is a sandbox game where you throw, shoot, explode, and otherwise torment physics-driven dummies to see what the engine does. This guide walks you through the lab's built-in traps, the weapons and syringes, the extra modes, and how to pick up every badge along the way.
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Getting started in the lab
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When you load in, you are inside a lab filled with devices that are already set up and ready to use.
- Cannon
carry a dummy to the cannon and fire it to earn the Blast Off badge
- Explosive barrel
place a dummy nearby and set it off to trigger Chain Reaction
- Wrecking ball
swing the pendulum into a dummy for the Swing Test badge
- Trampoline
drop a dummy onto it and watch it bounce for the Bounce Test badge
- Blender
stuff a dummy inside to get Smoothie
- Spike wall
throw a dummy at it to unlock Pin Cushion
- Tower
carry a dummy to the top and drop it for the Drop Test badge
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23 weapons and how they differ
TableThere are 23 weapons in total. The basic split is between guns you use at range, melee tools you swing up close, continuous-fire weapons, explosive launchers, and physics-bending specials.
| Long range | sniper and shotgun let you hit dummies from a distance |
| Close range | chainsaw and sledgehammer deal heavy damage when you are right next to the dummy |
| Continuous fire | flamethrower and minigun keep dealing damage as long as you hold the trigger |
| Area damage | rocket launcher blows up everything nearby in one shot |
| Physics specials | gravity gun and black hole pull dummies toward you instead of pushing them away |
14 syringes and what they do
Tips
Inject a syringe into a dummy and it gains a new state that plays out on its own. Three effects are well documented; the fourteenth syringe is intentionally mysterious.
- The zombie syringe turns the dummy into something that bites back.
- The explosive syringe makes the dummy detonate.
- The balloon syringe inflates the dummy until it bursts.
- The pink syringe does something
the developers admit nobody fully understands it, so just try it.
- With 14 syringes in total, mixing them with different weapons gives you a huge number of combinations to test.
Cars, NPC Wars, and World Events
SummaryBeyond the main lab, three extra systems let you create bigger scenarios.
- Cars
drive one around or position a dummy in front of it and watch the collision physics
- NPC Wars
pick two teams, hand each team a weapon, then press go and watch the dummies fight each other
- Nuke
fires a nuclear blast across the whole field as one of five World Events
- Black Hole
a World Event that pulls everything into a single point
- Fire Storm
a World Event that covers the field in flames
- Zero-G
a World Event that removes gravity for every object on the field
- Flash Freeze
a World Event that locks everything in place instantly
Sandbox controls worth knowing
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The sandbox menu lets you bend the rules of the session at any point.
- Spawn anything dummies, weapons, and props can be added to the field whenever you want
- Slow time the physics engine slows down so you can watch exactly how a hit lands
- Rewind takes the scene back to an earlier state so you can try the same setup again, and earns you the Run It Back badge the first time you use it
Remaining badges and how to unlock them
CheckWorking through the lab devices in the first section covers most of the thirteen badges. These five need a small extra step.
- Welcome to the Lab earned just by loading into the game for the first time
- First Specimen kill a dummy with any weapon
- Pinned pin a dummy to a wall
- Up, Up and Away tie a balloon to a dummy
- Hold Still freeze a dummy in mid-air
Glossary
Glossary- Ragdoll
- A dummy whose body is driven entirely by the physics engine, so it falls, tumbles, and loses limbs based on how it was hit.
- Sandbox
- A mode with no fixed rules where you spawn objects freely and experiment however you like.
- World Event
- A large-scale trigger — Nuke, Black Hole, Fire Storm, Zero-G, or Flash Freeze — that affects every object in the field at once.
- NPC Wars
- A mode where you assign teams and weapons to dummies and then let them fight each other automatically.
Common questions
FAQCan I play with friends?
Each room holds one player, so you run your own private session every time. Other players never join your lab.
What is the fastest way to collect all 13 badges?
Go through every lab device first — that knocks out seven badges in one pass. Then get a kill with a weapon, use the rewind tool once, and track down the balloon, freeze, and pin interactions for the last few.
What platforms does the game support?
You can play on PC, phone, and console.
How many syringes and weapons are there?
There are 23 weapons and 14 syringes.
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