Dear Detectives, here is Maintenance content for this week:
[Shop]
[Season Essence]: Season 18 Essence 3 is now available! New Costume updates include "Little Girl's" S Costume - Source of Evil, Toy Merchant's A Costume - Hidden, and Evil Reptilian's A Costume - Horrendous. Obtain the S Costume "Source of Evil" to receive the all-new Survivor "Little Girl" for free! This Character can only be used in Quick Matches and Custom Mode at the moment.
Upon activating this Essence 80/130/180 times, you will receive the following bonus rewards: [Portrait] Evil Reptilian - Horrendous / [Portrait] Toy Merchant - Hidden / [Portrait] "Little Girl" - Source of Evil.
- Survivor's General Emote "Advance" has been added to the Memory Sphere.
[New Survivor]
Identity: "Little Girl"
Name: "Memory"
External Trait 1: Memory Fragment
The "Little Girl" carries with her pieces of recorded pasts known as "Memory Fragments." Tap the button to throw a Memory Fragment, which creates a circular area of effect on the ground within a short period. All characters within this area will be launched a certain distance in the direction that the circle is expanding.
External Trait 2: Memory Sync
The "Little Girl" can initiate Memory Sync with nearby allies to move alongside and interact with them, increasing their decoding speed by 70%, vaulting speed by 15%, and pallet-dropping/Rocket Chair-rescuing speed by 30%.
The "Little Girl" can use Memory Fragments while performing Memory Sync.
While the "Little Girl's" Memory Sync is activated, Hunters cannot attack her with normal attacks or abilities.
If a synced Survivor is knocked down or the "Little Girl" takes damage while using Memory Sync, its effects will be dispelled. The "Little Girl" can also cancel Memory Sync herself, which will grant her and the Survivor a 30% movement speed boost for the next 2 seconds.
External Trait 3: Pity
"Little Girl" doesn't want those around her to be trapped within a nightmare. She can teleport herself next to any free-moving teammate.
"Little Girl" cannot teleport to specified teammates when she stands within a Hunter's Terror radius.
As the "Little Girl" vanishes, Hunters can see the "Little Girl's" location before teleporting.
[Time of Reunion Expansion Pack]
[Time of Reunion] will introduce a new storyline and various events beginning October 28 and lasts until November 18. During this time, Detectives who complete all available content will receive a new S-rarity costume ["Nightmare" - "Abyss"] and other amazing rewards!
(PC emulator version does not support video playback. To experience the complete storyline, we recommend playing on the mobile version.)
The Nightmare is coming to an end—don't look back.
The final phase of the Time of Reunion event [Act 3 - Unending Nightmare] will commence on November 12, 2021, 10:00(UTC+8). Detectives who have completed week 3's main storyline are welcome to join. Those who have completed the event quest will obtain the new Hunter "Nightmare" and other amazing rewards. You can redeem the S Costume ["Nightmare" - "Abyss"] after maintenance on November 18, 2021.
[Unending Nightmare]
"Memories" refreshed, yet the nightmare lingers.
Gameplay Overview
- The "Unending Nightmare" is a special game mode where players team against the Hunter, "Nightmare." This game mode challenges players to fight against the "Nightmare" in the Darkwoods map and escape through Exit Gate by decoding the Cipher Machines. Victory is achieved when a certain number of Survivors escape. This game mode comprised of four difficulties—Struggle, Suffering, Madness, and Vanity—with each level harder than the one before. Clearing a phase will unlock the next (server-wide restoration progress must reach 6 million to unlock the Vanity difficulty).
About "Nightmare"
- External Trait [Poaching]: Movement speed is increased when not in pursuit.
- Tier 0 Ability [Spy]: Spies and locks on a Survivor after keeping the Survivor within the field of vision for a short duration. Normal attack becomes a diving attack. Dive: Makes a dive when launching normal attacks and auto-locks on to the Survivor being spied on.
- Tier 0 Ability [Raven]: Sends out a Raven forward or toward a Cipher Machine/Rocket Chair with a Survivor on it/an activated Exit Gate. Once the Raven reaches a Cipher Machine, it will hover above it. If a Survivor stands on the Raven's flight path, it will hover above the Survivor and reveal their location for a period of time.
- Tier 1 Ability [Bad Omen]: Teleports to the location of any Raven.
- Tier 2 Ability [Hunt]: The time required for activating Spy is significantly reduced. When using Dive twice in a row, it will interrupt the backswing of the first Dive.
About Special Mechanics
- Besides the "Nightmare" itself, an unknown miasma also lurks in Darkwoods. The poisonous miasma can be found in certain areas that inflict players with negative effects. Inflicted players will gradually enter the "Nightmare" status. Once the "Nightmare" progress is complete, players will suffer damage equal to a normal attack. In certain areas where the unknown miasma is at a concentrated level, a "Terrorized" effect will also be triggered. Survivors within a certain radius of the "Terrorized" effect will suffer damage equal to a normal attack.
How to Win
- 2 or more players must escape the Manor to clear the Struggle, Suffering, and Madness difficulty. For the Vanity difficulty, 3 or more players must escape. Vanity's difficulty will gradually decrease as more teams on the server clear it.
Character Bans
- The Novelist, Priestess, Batter, and "Little Girl" is temporarily unavailable for this mode.
Team-up Rules
- Players can enter the Struggle difficulty on their own and the system will match them with AI teammates for the challenge. For Suffering, Madness, and Vanity difficulties, players must form teams of four to enter.
Availability: November 12, 2021, 10:00 (UTC+8) - November 18, 2021 (before maintenance).
[Character Day Events]
- Luchino's (Evil Reptilian) Character Day (November 13) is here, and the annual Character Day event has begun. Participate in the event and complete quests to obtain unique Character Day rewards!
For Luchino's second Character Day in Identity V, we've prepared various new rewards to celebrate this milestone! Players who have obtained the portrait from his first Character Day event will receive a second-year Character Day reward after completing the event quests! Those who haven't obtained the reward from Luchino's first Character Day event will receive his first-year Character Day reward. At the same time, Luchino's first-year Character Day portrait is now available in the Character Day Event Shop.
Event Period: November 13, 2021, 00:00 - November 13, 2021, 23:59
- Galatea's (Sculptor) Character Day (November 17) is here, and her annual Character Day event has officially begun! Participate in the event and complete quests to get unique Character Day rewards!
Event Period: November 17, 2021, 00:00 - November 17, 2021, 23:59
「IVT-NAEU 2021 FINAL」
-Dear Detectives, welcome to this week IVT-NAEU livestreaming.
-Check out our livestreaming platforms via the IdentityV official YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages for more details on the tournament.
-Stay tuned for this week's livestreaming and wait for the final champion of IVT-NAEU 2021.
[Battle]
- Added jump logic to Nightmare difficulty Hunter AI bots.
- Added Password Page info to Quick Message. When you have a Password Page in your inventory, you can now send Password Page info via Quick Message.
- Added notifying prompts to in-game portrait icons that signal you when the Novelist uses Metaphor on a Hunter or uses Outline on a Survivor.
- The bonus obtained from the Novelist using Outline on Survivors will be counted as bonus points for Novelist players.
- Added a new "Redundant Grace" achievement for the Grave Keeper. This achievement is a hidden bonus that is relatively difficult to achieve (not applicable in Duo Hunters Mode). Try your best to uncover this hidden bonus in the game!
Acrobat Adjustments:
- Adjusted the cooldown time of the Acrobat's Bomb from 6 seconds to 12 seconds.
- Reduced the distance of the Acrobat's forward somersault after using Bomb.
- Adjusted the decoding progress required for the Acrobat to gain an additional use of Nitro Bomb from 100% to 150%.
[Experience Improvements]
- Added the Novelist's Trait description to the character information interface.
- The Emote [Dance] can only be played when there are no obstacles in close range of the Painter.
[Bug Fixes]
- Fixed an issue where Hunters could send abnormal Quick Messages in Duo Hunters Mode.
- Fixed an issue in Darkwoods where the Priestess could use the Holy Key to walk through scene objects.
- Fixed an issue in Darkwoods where Hunters could hit Survivors over objects.
- Fixed an issue where the Novelist's model would produce display anomalies when inflicting Metaphor on a Hunter and being hit by the tram in Eversleeping Town.
- Fixed an issue where Cocoon Death's progress was displayed abnormally when the Novelist inflicted Metaphor on the Soul Weaver.
- Fixed an issue where the ability display would appear abnormal when Novelist inflicted Metaphor on a Dream Witch's Follower who was about to leave her control.
- Fixed an interface display error that would occur when a Survivor changed game status while the Novelist used Metaphor on a Hunter.
- Fixed an issue where Cipher Machines could not be decoded in some parts of the Darkwoods map.
- Fixed a PC version issue where key settings for the rope swing on the Darkwoods map conflicted with the map interaction key settings.
- Fixed an issue where, when the Dream Witch triggered Detention, hitting a Survivor would increase Presence by 1,000.
- Fixed an issue where players couldn't set a key for helping up teammates in Tarot - Crystal Ball mode.
- Fixed an issue where, when the Wax Artist sprayed wax toward an activated Exit Gates in Eversleeping Town, the wax would disappear when passing outside the gate.
- Fixed an observation progress display error that occurred when switching to a different app while the Novelist observed Hunters.
- Fixed an issue where the Toy Merchant could use her Catapults to pass through the tops of the church pillars on the Red Church map.
- Fixed an issue where Hunters could hit Survivors over objects near the Arms Factory's Exit Gate.
- Fixed an issue where Hunters could hit Survivors over objects on the Lakeside Village map.
Negative Play and Cheating Penalties
It has recently come to our attention that a small number of players have been found guilty of non-participation, negative play, and cheating, all of which significantly affect the experience of other players and threaten the game's fairness. In the future, we will intensify the punishments for such behaviors in order to provide a healthy gaming environment for everyone. We also encourage you to use the in-game reporting system to provide us with feedback when encountering negative behavior. Let us work together to maintain order and integrity in the Manor.
Update Notice [November 18, 2021]
Identity V will be updated on November 18, 2021 (UTC+8). The following content is for reference only, and the content of the actual maintenance notice shall prevail.
- The new "Darkwoods" map is now available in Quick Match and Custom Mode.
Thanksgiving Event Preview
- A feast on an autumn night—the calm before the storm. The Thanksgiving Celebration event is now here! Complete log-ins, battles, and other quests to earn fantastic rewards, including [Portrait] Feeding Time as well as [Portrait Frame] Celebration, and attend an excessive feast ruined by mysterious invaders...
- In order to express our thanks to you all, we will issue a 40% Costume Discount Card.
Event Period: November 18, 2021 (after maintenance) - November 28, 2021, 23:59
- The Survivor - Novelist and his B Costume, the Survivor - "Little Girl" and her B Costume, and the Hunter - "Nightmare" will be available in the shop.
Thank you for supporting Identity V. We will continue to attach gifts to in-game mail as compensation for any inconvenience maintenance may cause you!
