Removed Content

Various content in We Happy Few has been altered or removed from the final version of the game. This page lists that content.

Items

Removed

• A Lovely Bouquet
• Cough Medicine
• Crier Hat
• Dr. Feelgood Bomb
• Dying Wastrel's Key
• Inquisitor Mask
• Improved Gas Mask
• Ironman Syringe
• Holster Expansion Kit
• Utility Expansion Kit
• Large Glass Bottle
• Lockjaw Atomizer
• Pain Pills
• Persuasion
• Persuasion Atomizer
• Purple Pills
• Red Pills
• ShopKeeper's Key
• Tough Linen/Canvas Scrap

Renamed

• Anti-Future Device - Renamed to Polarity Device
• Bottle of Water/Large Bottle of Water - Renamed to Tap Water
• Brolly Umbrella - Renamed to Brolly
• Cloth - Renamed to Cloth Scrap
• Healing Plant - Rose of Gilead Petal
• Mechanical Parts - Mechanical Bits
• Poppy Seeds - Foxglove Seeds
• Psychotropic Pill - Crash
• Psychotropic Syringe - Crash Syringe
• Security Keycard - Constable's Keycard
• Simple Suit - Renamed to Proper Suit
• Small Power Cell - Power Cell
• Ugly Doll - Repurposed into Tearstained Doll/Peachy Carnehan/Margaret's Doll

Undetermined

• Air Piston
• Box of Infinite Random
• Charcoal Filter
• Coca Leaf
• Cook Book
• Door Code
• Empty Can
• Funnel
• Glass Container
• Gold Duck
• Grenade Duck
• Inquisitor Injector
• Metro Map
• Morphine Bottle
• Morphine Syringe
• Nails
• Opium Pod
• Penicillin Bottle
• Raw Honey
• Rolling Pin of Doom
• Rubberband
• Rubber Duck Dark
• Rubber Duck Gold
• Rubber Duck Iridium
• Rubber Duck Silver
• Rubber Tubing
• Spring
• Snap Gun
• Spikey Bobby Baton
• Stamina Unique Ingredient
• Stethoscope
• Sugar Smoke
• Suit Many Colours
• Tank Scrap
• Terror Dolly
• Tiny Bulb
• Tool Handle
• Twinkle Toes Slippers
• Winner Ticket
• Wires

Books

Before there was a Skill Tree, the only way to upgrade Arthur's abilities was to find and use Books. Implemented in the Pre-Alpha 21735 build, Books had to be used within the Inventory in order to activate its passive effects. As well as that, many Books had effects that could be stacked until it reached its maximum percentage.

Although Books still exist in the final game, there are some books that were removed or changed between versions.

Name	Effect	Description	Amount
A Stitch in Time	Increases durability of crafted blending suits by 5%	Your suits don't fall apart so fast.	2
Bang On	Increases damage by explosive weapons by 2%	Make boomier explosions	5
Battler	Increases all damage dealt by 2%	Just hit a fair bit harder.	5
Bludgeoner	All attacks cost 2% less stamina.	It's a bit less exhausting to swing a bat.	5
Brawler	Increases all damage dealt by 1%.	You hit just a bit harder.	10
Breaker	Melee attacks have a 2% chance of breaking the target's weapon	Sometimes weapons break on you.	5
British Craftmanship	Increases durability of crafted weapons by 10%	Things you make don't fall apart as quickly any more.	3
Chemist	Crafting no longer requires Rank 1 chemical stations.	You don't need a chem lab to brew simple things.	1
Clean Plate Award	Food items give 15% more hunger.	You waste less food.	2
Clever Hands	Increases speed of disarming traps by 10%.	You're getting faster at disarming traps.	3
Clubber	Melee weapons have a 1% chance of dealing a fatal blow.	Sometimes you get really lucky when you hit someone.	10
Counterpuncher	Blocking an attack has a 5% chance of stunning the attacker.	Sometimes when you block, you'll knock them down.	2
Creeper	Reduces noises caused by 2%.	You're getting sneakier.	5
Early Bird	Sleep gives 2x more health	You need less sleep, you lucky bastard, you.	1
Engineer	Crafting no longer requires Rank 1 mechanical stations.	You don't need a crafting table to make simple things.	1
Finger Pointer	2% chance to make NPC turn on others by talking to them.	You can sometimes point the mob on someone else.	5
Guide to Fitting In	Reduces all suspicion by 2%	--	5
I Know Who I Am	Sources of Joy accumulate 10% slower.	Joy has less of an effect on you.	3
Intimidator	Last NPC in combat has 10% chance to leave their items and run away.	You're beginning to scare people.	3
Iron Lung	Reduces damage from toxic fog by 2%	You're better at holding your breath in the nasty fog.	5
Keep the Lights On	Reduces consumption rate of powered items by 2%	Your power cells last longer	5
Long Distance Runner	Increases maximum stamina by 2%	Run for just a bit longer.	5
Master Tinker	5% chance of doubling durability of crafted items.	Sometimes you make something that lasts quite a bit longer.	2
Merry Christmas to All	Gifting NPCs has a 10% longer effect.	People are grateful a bit longer.	3
Nimble Hands	Increases speed of crafting by 5%	You're getting faster at making things.	2
Oh, You Shouldn't Have	Gifting NPCs has a 2% chance to receive their items in return.	Sometimes people give you stuff back.	5
Scrounger	2% chance to find extra items when looting.	You tend to find more, and better, things.	5
Sleep Is The Poor Man's Dinner	Sleep reduces hunger and thirst 10% slower	You wake up a bit less hungry and thirsty than you did before.	3
Stiff Upper Lip	Reduces all damage taken by 2%	You can take a hit.	5
Strangler	Increases speed of takedowns by 10%.	You can choke people out a bit faster.	3
The Lurker	Reduces visibility by 2%	-- You're getting better at lurking.	5
The Importance of Not Being Seen	Hostile or inquisitive NPCs forget about you 10% faster.	You won't have to hide as long before people give up looking for.	3
Tosser	Increases damage dealt by thrown weapons by 2%	You can throw things a little harder.	10
Tough Guy	Reduces chance of contracting food poisoning by 15%.	--	2
Undertaker	Picking up bodies takes much less time. Movement while carrying bodies is somewhat faster. Stackable.	You're getting the hang of carrying bodies.	5
What Dreams May Come	2% chance of unlocking a new recipe when sleeping	Sometimes you dream up a way to make something.	5
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?	1% chance of unlocking a new recipe when crafting items.	Sometimes crafting one thing gives you an idea how to craft another.	10
You Seem Familiar Somehow	Reduces Crier suspicion by 5%	Little old ladies tend to trust you longer.	2

Food and Drinks

Removed

• Ginseng Root
• Honeycomb
• Mystery Meat
• Steak

Changed

• Box of Salt - likely changed to Saltpeter

Outfits

Removed

• Delivery Boy Outfit
• Hard Hat
• Shrubbery Hat

Renamed

• Dark Suit - Renamed to Suit of Blending
• Fancy Suit - Renamed to Fab Threads
• Simple Suit - Renamed to Proper Suit
• Thick Suit - Renamed to Padded Suit
• Whole Body Rubber - Renamed to Rubber Cat Suit
• Worker's Outfit - Renamed to Boiler Suit

Weapons

Removed

• Bone Saw
• Crash Bomb
• Dr. Feelgood Bomb
• Tear Gas Grenade

Undetermined

• Maidenholm's Golf Club
• Metal Cricket Bat
• The Strike Hammer

Containers

• Dishwasher

Notes

• Advice on curing the plague
• Downer Report
• George Villiers' note to himself (1-5)
• Harold's Dirty Map
• I Miss You
• I've Got It
• Mrs. Stokes' Diary
• Poetry 1
• Poetry 2
• Safe Settings
• Sarah's Letter
• Second page of a letter
• To the Janitor
• Things I Remember
• Time to Pay the Piper!
• Volunteer
• We cannot get out

Quests

Removed

• An Odd End
• At Cutty's
• Bunker Treasure Map
• Cerberus was the First Bobby
• Clive Birtwhistle
• Faraday's Event - Part of an objective instead of its own quest
• Wounded Wastrel - Location can still be found on the map
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake - Location can still be found on the map
• It's a Terrible Life
• Hello, I Must Be Going
• Officer's Treasure Map
• Poisoned Wastrel
• Repair the Crafting Table
• Salamanca Bridge
• Soldier's Treasure Map
• Spring Cleaning
• Tea Time
• The Toll

Updated/Renamed

• Artillery Park - Possibly overhauled into What Have We Buried
• Apple Holm Bridge - Updated into Plassey Bridge
• Blood in the Streets - Updated into Public Works
• Bridge Crossing - Repurposed into Motilene Gives You Wings, and Forbidden Fruit
• Campfire - Renamed to Duck Soup
• Downer Investigation - Updated into Moon Juice Leech.
• Escape - Complete overhaul, now known as Britannia
• Escape Wellington Wells - Complete overhaul, now known as Britannia
• Faraday's Houseboys - Repurposed into House of the Inventor, and The Faraday Cage
• Faraday's Workshop - TBA
• Heal your wounds - Renamed to Heal Thyself
• House of Curious Behaviours - Renamed to The English Vice
• I Need a Pipe - Renamed to Ceci n'est pas une pipe
• I'm on the List - Complete overhaul, now known as Sympathy for the Lightbearer
• Johnny Bolton, Special Agent! - Repurposed into Get the Dolly and Mystery House
• Lovebirds - Renamed to Love Birds
• Lud's Bridge - TBA
• Madame's Lost Key - Renamed to Madame's Magic Wand
• Mushroom Log - Renamed to An Awkward Courtship
• OD Wellie - Repurposed into Edie Goes Downer
• St. George's Holm Bridge - Repurposed into Shibboleth
• The Vandals Took the Handle - Repurposed into Sally's Quest, The Vandals Took the Handle
• Victory Meat Errand - Repurposed into Superb Meat Boy
• Where's the Power? - Repurposed into Motilene Makes You Strong

Characters

• Anne Askew
• George Bailie
• Harry Cutty
• Honey Toll Man
• Johnny Bartlow
• Mary Bailie
• Mrs. Stokes

Wastrel

Appearance

The Wastrel wearing a yellow dress as seen in a lineup.

Between the Pre-Alpha 17956 and XXXXX build, it was possible for Wastrellettes to spawn wearing a yellow torn dress. This is no longer possible in the final game.

Behaviour

In the Pre-Alpha build, getting too close to Wastrels would cause them to tell the player to go away in a rude tone. They'd also walk around the spot they spawned in, and initiate brief "conversations" with each other.

Sometimes, a Wastrel would run up to the player and beg for specific items, usually food or medication. Upon being given the requested item, they'd give the player a gift in return.

Plague Wastrels

Introduced in the Early Access Build 27755, Plague Wastrels were very different from their current iteration.

Appearance

Some victims spawned with regular dark or light skin tones, though some could spawn with a dark blue, almost ashy, skin tone.

Behaviour

Plague Wastrels could be found shambling about during the day, and disappeared during the night. They also didn't have any special walking/running/attacking animations, even though they existed even before their implementation. They would not engage in combat with anyone, unless they were provoked.

Interestingly, Plague Wastrels spoke comprehensible English, and would speak like any regular Wastrel.

Crier

Appearance

Old colours for the Crier dress.

Each variation of the Crier's dress changed during development. As seen in the accompanying image, the yellow, flowery dress became lighter and less harsh on the eyes, the purple and green dress became pink/purple, and the dark blue dress was changed to a lighter tone.

Only two dresses had their colours changed completely, that being the red and pink dress, which turned into a light green, and the orange/yellow dress, which became light pink.

It'd also seem that their hair colour changed, as old textures makes it seem like they had grey, brownish hair. Their current iteration has white hair.

In the files, there is a texture for a Crier without wearing a Happy Face Mask.

Madame Wanda had a special red dress, cardigan and hat. It's unknown why she no longer has this appearance in the final game.

Behaviour

Between the Pre-Alpha 17956 and XXXXX builds, it was possible to give Criers A Lovely Bouquet to dissuade them. This is no longer possible, as the item was removed.

In the Launch Trailer for the game, a Crier can be seen attacking Arthur with a Rolling Pin, despite their complete vulnerability in the game.

Headmistress

The Headmistress had, or was planned to have, two additional "screen faces", which were not used. It can be assumed that the first two were going to be used during her countdown before attacking the player.

Audio

Arthur and Ollie's encounter

There's an early recording of the conversation between Arthur and Ollie after they infiltrated the Victory Memorial Camp. However, Arthur's voice actor is not Alex Wyndham, but is instead someone completely different.

Considering it's the same voice that Arthur had for the intro between the Pre-Alpha 17956 - 22249 builds, it's possible that the voice belongs to one of the developers.

Source: https://tcrf.net/We_Happy_Few

There's also unused audio that suggests Arthur was originally going to kill Ollie during their first encounter.

You Can Behave!

There's an unused question for the Oh, Behave! game show, possibly intended to be the very last question for Arthur to answer. As of yet, only the hostess audio has been found.

The questioner was Nick Lightbearer himself, who's question would've been:
"Who's the grooviest, baby? And the answers are:"
"A. I am!"
"B. I am!"
"C. I am, baby! It's a freebie! You can't lose! Now go out there and behave!"

The reason why it wasn't included is unknown, though it's probably because of its irrelevancy compared to the previous questions.

Animation

Removed

Animation Bobby and NPC - We Happy Few

The bobby's running animation was replaced with a different one.

Unused

Meant for NPCs in a group mob, everyone is excited to get a swing at the player that they can barely control themselves.

Animation Failed Your Joy Test, You Silly Billy - We Happy Few

If the player wasn't on Joy, and a Bobby was standing near the Revolver, they'd drag the player out of it.

Animation First World Downer Problems - We Happy Few

Just like the player, NPCs would've also been caught by Revolvers.

Animation A Shady Deal

Two wellies were supposed to gather in alleyways and perform a shady deal.

Undetermined

Possible alternative for the strong attack, need confirmation.

Animation Wastrels and Criers - We Happy Few

The Wellie animations were probably not used, need confirmation.

Other

Animation Combat - We Happy Few

Combat test.

Animation Newspaper Animations - We Happy Few

Player reading the news, reveals that the player model is just a pair of arms.

Animation Run cycle, Picking up items and Takedowns - We Happy Few

Various gameplay animations.

Skinning Update on the mesh of Male Wastrel - We Happy Few

Animation test rig for the Wastrel model.

Animation Sick Wellie and Bobby

Animation for a sick Wellie and a regular Bobby.

Animation Status Effects - We Happy Few

Various status effects for the Wellies.

Animation NPCs reaction - We Happy Few

NPCs reacting to their environment.

Animation Bobby Drinking - We Happy Few

Giving the Bobby alcohol.

Animation Drunk Bobby - We Happy Few

Various drunk Bobby animations.

Animation Bayonet animation - We Happy Few

Soldier animations, way before their implementation.

Other

Skill Tree

Skills

Icon	Name	Effect
N/A	Automatic Reload	Victoria would reload her Dart Gun automatically, which she already does.
	Nomad	Unknown.
	Slow Metabolism	Unknown.

Misc

• There are many unused preview videos for the skill tree showcasing different skills the player could've unlocked. Whether they were used at some point in development is currently unknown.
  • Some of these unused videos show a different display of the NPCs health than is currently used in the game, unused items and animations, old UI notifications, short clips from cutscenes and trailers, and worse quality settings.
  • The unused videos are also much longer than the ones currently used.

Videos

The Skill Tree Video showing Victoria automatically reloading the Dart Gun.
To view the video, open it in a new page.

Textures/Developer Assets

"Death Cubes", meant to indicate a prop that was going to be replaced.

"It’s better to have something glaringly obvious than something subtle."

An unused crafting menu image for the Pie, long before its implementation.

A texture indicating when James Maxwell talks to Roger Bacon over the walkie talkie. It was likely used for testing purposes, specifically during the They Came From Below DLC.