The Intern is the default class every player starts with in Animal Hospital (Anomaly). Unlike the other classes, it doesn't give you extra equipment, weapons, or utility abilities. Instead, Intern focuses entirely on one thing: giving new players more starting Sanity so they have extra room to learn the game's mechanics.

If you're wondering whether you should keep using Intern or save up for another class, here's everything you need to know.

Animal Hospital Intern overview

Unlike every other class, Intern is completely free and automatically unlocked from your very first shift. Although it doesn't provide any special equipment or passive abilities, the extra starting Sanity gives beginners more room to recover from mistakes while learning how inspections, treatments, and anomalies work.

If you're still memorizing anomaly signs or getting used to the hospital layout, Intern remains a surprisingly solid choice.

Pros & cons

Animal Hospital Intern abilities

Intern is the simplest class in the game.

Rather than giving you active abilities, it increases your starting Sanity as the class levels up.

Intern also begins every run with:

• No starting items
• No starter cash
• Increased starting Sanity based on class level

Unlike Animal Hospital classes such as Secretary or Doctor, Intern doesn't gain any new mechanics at higher levels. Every upgrade simply gives you a larger Sanity buffer at the beginning of each shift.

How to play Intern in Animal Hospital

Intern doesn't reward a specific playstyle.

Instead, it's designed to help you master the game's core mechanics before moving on to more specialized classes.

Your ideal gameplay loop looks like this:

1. Inspect every patient carefully.
2. Compare their appearance with their ID.
3. Check the CCTV feed.
4. Admit legitimate patients.
5. Treat patients correctly.
6. Repeat.

Since Intern doesn't provide any special tools or passive bonuses, it's the perfect class for building good habits. Learning the full inspection process early will make every other class easier to use later.

Best team role for Intern

Intern can fit almost any role because it doesn't specialize in one task.

For multiplayer games, it's usually best to let experienced players handle reception or defence while newer players learn the basics.