If you're new to Roblox Animal Hospital, figuring out where everything is can be surprisingly confusing. The hospital looks simple at first, but each room serves a different purpose, and some areas even feature unique minigames. In this guide, I'll walk you through every location in Animal Hospital, explain what happens there, and show why each room matters during your shifts.

Quick Overview of All Locations

LocationPurpose
LobbyMain waiting area for patients
Check-In RoomPlayer spawn room and security hub
Staff Only RoomRestricted staff area
Medical Wing (Rooms 1-5)Standard patient diagnosis rooms
Emergency Wing (Rooms 6-8)Advanced treatment rooms with minigames
Room 6 - X-Ray RoomBone scanning and sequence minigame
Room 7 - Heart Monitor RoomVital checks and clicking minigame
Room 8 - Surgery RoomEmergency treatments and surgery minigame
Dr. Harlow's OfficeFind documents, a book, and testimonies that reveal more about the lore.

Animal Hospital Background

Not much is currently known about Animal Hospital and its mysterious origins. The hospital is located along the "Asian Highway," a route connected to countries including Korea, Japan, China, India, and Turkey.

Based on conversations with patients, there are several strange myths surrounding the building. Many visitors describe the hospital as creepy, unsettling, and filled with unexplained events. This eerie atmosphere is a big part of what makes the game stand out from other hospital simulators.

The main characters and inhabitants found throughout the hospital include:

  • Patients
  • Dr. Harlow
  • The Nurse NPC
  • Players

Lobby

The Lobby is the first major area patients encounter when entering the hospital.

The room is split into two seating sections:

  • Three rows of five chairs on the right side
  • Five chairs lined up on the left side
  • Decorative plant pots placed around the seating areas

A large "Animal Hospital" sign hangs prominently in the room with a white medical cross beneath it.

The lobby also features several windows that help brighten the otherwise eerie atmosphere. While there isn't much gameplay interaction here, it helps establish the hospital's creepy vibe and serves as the main waiting area for incoming patients.

Check-In Room

The Check-In Room is where every shift begins. Players spawn here when the game loads, making it one of the most important locations in Animal Hospital.

The room contains a dark green carpet with a darker border and serves as the hospital's control center.

Security Monitor

The biggest feature here is the security monitor used to manage cameras and detect anomalies.

The monitor displays different messages depending on camera status:

Camera StatusDisplay Message
Cameras LockedCAMS OFFLINE
All Cameras WorkingALL CAMS OPERATIONAL
One Camera Broken1 CAMERA DOWN
Multiple Cameras BrokenX CAMERAS DOWN

Players unlock security cameras and shutters during the Second Shift.

Helpful Notes

Next to the monitor are two sticky notes:

  • "Use the cameras to detect anomalies"
  • "They hate photos..."

These hints become very important later in the game.

Coffee Station

The right side of the room contains a coffee station where players can restore sanity.

Features include:

  • Coffee machine
  • Three empty mugs
  • 180-second coffee cooldown
  • Sanity restoration effects

There is also a Chocolate Bar available that restores 60% sanity.

Equipment Area

As you progress through later shifts, additional tools become available:

ItemPurpose
TaserUsed to shock anomalies
GunPremium weapon with 20 ammo
Trash BinDispose of unwanted items

This room essentially acts as your headquarters throughout the game.

Staff Only Room

The Staff Only Room is a restricted area reserved for hospital personnel.

This room also contains a shop that opens at the start of each shift and remains available for a limited time. Players can purchase various items here to help them during their shift.

The items sold in the shop are randomized each time it opens. This makes the Staff Only Room an important stop early in each shift, especially if you're looking to prepare for tougher challenges ahead.

Medical Wing (Rooms 1-5)

The Medical Wing is located on the right side of the main hallway.

These rooms are numbered 1 through 5 and are where most patients receive their diagnoses.

What Happens Here?

Patients undergo several medical procedures, including:

  • DNA extraction
  • DNA analysis
  • Diagnosis processing

Compared to the Emergency Wing, these rooms are much simpler and do not require special minigames.

If you're just starting out, you'll likely spend most of your time working in these rooms.

Emergency Wing (Rooms 6-8)

The Emergency Wing is located on the left side of the hospital near the office area.

Unlike the Medical Wing, these rooms require players to complete special minigames before treatments can be completed.

The Emergency Wing contains:

  • Room 6 - X-Ray Room
  • Room 7 - Heart Monitor Room
  • Room 8 - Surgery Room

These rooms are generally more challenging but also make shifts much more interesting.

Room 6 - X-Ray Room

The X-Ray Room is one of the first advanced treatment rooms you'll encounter.

How the Minigame Works

Players must complete a memory-based "copy the sequence" challenge.

The game flashes four colors in a specific order. Your job is to memorize the sequence and repeat it correctly.

If you make a mistake:

  • The sequence resets
  • A new pattern is generated
  • You must try again

What Happens After Success?

Instead of analyzing DNA, the patient undergoes an X-ray scan.

The scan color depends on the final color used during the sequence challenge.

Despite using X-ray technology, the room still produces the same diagnoses and treatments found in standard medical rooms.

Room 7 - Heart Monitor Room

The Heart Monitor Room focuses on patient vitals.

How the Minigame Works

This room uses a reaction-based clicking challenge.

Players must:

  1. Click the correct buttons.
  2. Increase the patient's heart rate percentage.
  3. Reach 100% completion.

If no buttons are pressed, the percentage slowly decreases.

Avoid the Skull Buttons

During the minigame, red skull buttons appear.

Clicking them will reduce your progress, but thankfully, they won't actually kill the patient.

Once you reach 100%, the patient's vitals are successfully analyzed, and a diagnosis can be completed.

Room 8 - Surgery Room

The Surgery Room is arguably the most intense location in Animal Hospital.

Unlike the other rooms, this area focuses entirely on emergency treatment rather than diagnosis.

How the Surgery Minigame Works

Surgery Room Mini Game

Players have 45 seconds to complete a series of medical requests.

The timer begins only after administering an IV Drop.

The process generally follows this pattern:

  1. Give the patient an IV Drop.
  2. Deliver requested treatment items.
  3. Repeat for four rounds.
  4. On the fifth round, provide three items instead of one.
  5. Complete the surgery.

To make things harder, all medical tools spawn in random locations every run.

Exclusive Surgery Treatments

The Surgery Room includes several treatments unavailable elsewhere:

  • Organ Transplant
  • Organ Treatment
  • Scalpel
  • Scissors
  • Antibiotics

Because treatments are randomly assigned during the procedure, this room does not provide standard diagnoses like the other hospital rooms.

Surgery Room Trivia

The music played during the surgery minigame is Clinical Trial by Anselm Kreuzer and Andreas Suttner.

Dr. Harlow's Office

Animal Hospital Dr. Harlow's Office

You will have access to Dr. Harlow's office during Shifts 16 and 17. This Animal Hospital location includes lore elements that reveal more about Animal Hospital. Dr. Harlow appears in the lobby with one or multiple boxes. He will ask players to help carry those boxes to his office.

Here's what you can find at Dr. Harlow's Office in Animal Hospital:

  • To-do list: It's maintained by Dr. Harlow and gives insight into his daily life.
  • Dr. Harlow's family photo: A family photo that's burnt on the edges.
  • The Locked Book: It's a book related to research of "Anomaly Gene."
  • The congratulatory letter: It is sent by a doctor whose name is redacted. The sender congratulates Dr. Harlow and informs him that he and the boss are closely monitoring his work.
  • The incident reports: They contain an interview with Ron from accounting, after he saw Oingit, a previous intern, get attacked by a creature from under the bed.
  • Ron's email: You can read Ron's email where he requests Dr. Harlow to bring the raw supplies that's arriving tonight.

Final Thoughts

Animal Hospital may look like a normal medical facility at first, but every area serves a unique purpose. From the simple diagnosis rooms in the Medical Wing to the hectic Surgery Room in the Emergency Wing, each location adds something different to the gameplay loop. Personally, I find Rooms 6 through 8 to be the most fun since the minigames break up the routine and keep every shift feeling fresh. If you're learning the game, understanding what each room does will make your hospital shifts much smoother.