Dear visitors,
Welcome to Identity V!
Identity V will undergo maintenance on November 22, 2023, at 08:00 (UTC+8), which will take approximately 240 minutes to complete. During this time, players will be unable to log in to servers. We ask for your understanding and patience during maintenance.
- If maintenance is not completed within the expected timeframe, the opening time will be postponed. We kindly ask for your patience and understanding.
November 23 Update Overview
[Identity V × xxxHOLiC Animation Series Crossover Begins]
[xxxHOLiC Animation Series Crossover Essence]
- xxxHOLiC Crossover Essence is now available and contains crossover items, including Geisha's S-rarity Costume "Yuko Ichihara," Seer's A-rarity Costume "Kimihiro Watanuki," "Little Girl's" A-rarity Costume "Kohane Tsuyuri," and Mercenary's A-rarity Costume "Shizuka Domeki," as well as limited-edition Graffiti, Emotes, Portraits, and more.
- Please open the Essence as soon as possible after obtaining it. If the Essence is left unopened at the end of the event, the system will open it for you and issue all its rewards to your mailbox.
- Players will not obtain duplicated A-rarity Costumes from Crossover Essence until they have obtained all A-rarity Costumes.
- After the Crossover ends, all Crossover Essence on the Logic Path will be replaced with Season Essence.
Availability: November 23, 2023 (after the update) - December 14, 2023 (before the update)
[xxxHOLiC Animation Series Crossover Event - Butterfly's Manor Dreams]
- The strange phenomena that occurred in the Oletus Manor have also made their way to Miss Yuko's shop. Together with Kimihiro, investigate the mysterious events that happened to the Manor and to the people within!
- Complete Daily Check-ins to receive bountiful rewards, including Accessory "Water Basin," Crossover Portrait Frame, Crossover Dish "Fox Oden," Crossover Essence, and more.
- Complete Daily Battles to obtain rewards, including the Crossover Portrait "Kimihiro Watanuki," Crossover Graffiti "Mokona," Crossover Essence, and more.
- Write down your wish to receive Crossover Essence and other rewards. You can also view other visitors' wishes at random.
- Earn up to 15 Crossover Essences during the event, 10 for having your first wish granted and 5 for completing Check-ins and Quests.
Event Period: November 23, 2023 (after the update) - December 14, 2023 (before the update)
[Blackjack Mode Optimizations]
1. Character Adjustments
- "Undead" is now available in Blackjack mode.
- Adjusted the number of Chips obtained by Hunters when their abilities hit Survivors.
- The Seer's Taxing stacks will reset to 0 after every round, and teammates cannot be viewed at the start of each round.
- The Explorer can now use Treasure Hunt, and up to 5 Treasures can be found on the map each round.
- The Mercenary's External Trait, Steel Will, now prevents his Fear value from increasing for 8 seconds after activation.
- Increased the Energy Charge for the Enchantress's Guard effect to 3 stacks.
- The Gamekeeper's traps will now grant him Chips whenever they hit Survivors.
- Reduced the number of Chips obtained by The Breaking Wheel after hitting Survivors.
- Hunters will now obtain Chips after hitting the Magician's illusion.
- The Embalmer no longer receives the Tide Turner effect after Rebirth.
- The Mechanic's External Trait, Cowardly, no longer takes effect.
II. Item Adjustments
- Added a new item, Wild Card. Using the Wild Card will give you the lowest possible points in the next round.
- Added a status icon for using the Speedup Card and changed its screen effects.
- When a player is targeted by a Reveal Card, a text prompt will now appear along with a status icon at the top left corner of the screen.
- After using a Lv. 2 Reveal Card, the combined points of the affected player's hand will also be displayed.
- Increased the speed of the card flip animation when viewing a player's hand with a Reveal Card.
- Optimized the targeting logic for Lv. 1 and Lv. 2 Exchange Cards, Lv. 1 Pass Cards, and Lv. 1 and Lv. 2 Shuffle Cards. The target closest to the center of view will be prioritized.
III. Gameplay Adjustments
- Reduced the length of a regular round from 120 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Increased the number of Cipher Machines per round from 6 to 7.
- The extra draw in the first round and the points dealt in the second round will not exceed 5.
- All cards obtained in the first and second rounds are revealed.
- When viewing other players' hands by clicking on their Portraits, the combined points of their revealed cards will now be displayed.
- The character's camera angle will no longer reset when transitioning from Survivor to Hunter during the transformation.
- Added two new ways to obtain Chips: successfully self-healing when knock-downed (Survivors) and destroying pallets (Hunters).
- Survivors cannot heal other knock-downed Survivors.
- The Survivor Talent, Drawbridge Effect, no longer takes effect.
- After a Survivor is knocked down, other Survivors will no longer display their locations to each other.
- Increased the number of Chips that Survivors can obtain from restraining the Hunter.
- When Co-op Decoding, the number of Chips obtained will be related to each Survivor's individual decoding speed and the number of Survivors performing Co-op Decoding.
- When a player's points exceed 21 in a round, the other players will now receive a prompt and the see-through effect will be removed.
- Replaced "Number of Card Switches" with "Chips Obtained" on the Results page and added "Number of Pursuits" to Survivor icons.
[Character Day]
- The Will brothers' (the Breaking Wheel) Character Day (November 25) is here and the annual Character Day Event has officially begun. Participate in the event and complete quests to claim exclusive Character Day rewards! Come and show your support for this beloved character!
Event Period: November 25, 2023, 00:00 - November 25, 2023, 23:59
- Burke's (Mad Eyes) Character Day (November 27) is here, and the annual Character Day Event has officially begun. Participate in the event and complete quests to get exclusive Character Day rewards! Players who participated in Burke's Character Day Event last year will receive all-new Character Day rewards for this year after completing the event quest. Come and show your support for this beloved character!
Event Period: November 27, 2023, 00:00 - November 27, 2023, 23:59
- Anne's (Toy Merchant) birthday (November 29) is here, and the annual birthday party has officially begun. Participate in the event and complete quests to get exclusive birthday rewards! Come and show your support for this beloved character!
Event Period: November 29, 2023, 00:00 - November 29, 2023, 23:59
[Combat]
- Slightly extended the judgment time of Mad Eyes' normal attack.
- Added a new quick message: "Rescue them!".
- Added a new quick message: "Hunter is Carrying Confined Space!" which is activated when players move near a viewable window that is blocked by Confined Space.
[Experience Improvements]
- In Duo Hunters mode, the Survivor's Item, Crowbar, will display its location to all Survivors after dropping on the ground.
- Optimized the text prompt that appears when Survivors obtain the Crowbar in Duo Hunters mode.
- Optimized the performance of the Embalmer's [Hide and Seek] Emote.
[Bug Fixes]
- Fixed an issue where the Hermit would have an abnormal effect on Cipher Machine progress.
- Fixed an issue where a Hunter could get pulled back when pushed by the Entomologist's Swarm of Insects.
- Fixed an issue where the Hunter would move abnormally after being affected by the Novelist's Metaphor.
- Fixed an issue where the Gardener's Deduction 6 could not be completed in the Forest of Apprehension.
- Fixed an issue where Hell Ember's Phantom and Puppet Attacks would display abnormally after using Scaled Skin to harden Survivors.
- Fixed an issue where the "Fool's Gold" would display abnormally while using Magnetic Attraction in certain areas.
- Fixed an issue where the Ripper's Tentacle series costumes would get stuck in Cipher Machines.
- Fixed an issue where the animation of a Survivor being pulled by the Night Watch's "Tempest - Cyclone" was not properly displayed.
- Fixed an issue where the outline of a destroyed Rocket Chair would not display if the Gardener equipped the "Happy Birthday" Accessory.
- Fixed an issue where the progress for digging up Password Pages would exceed its limit when multiple Explorers were in a game.
- Fixed an issue where, while spectating a friend in Moon River Park, the damage effects would display abnormally after switching the camera view under certain circumstances.
- Added a function for Survivors to hide Accessories from Hunters during a match. This setting is disabled by default and can be enabled by going to [Settings] > [Battle] > [Hide Survivor Accessories from Hunters].
- Fixed the issue where the in-battle Deduction Target might exceed the screen range.
- Fixed the issue where using Fool's Gold's Instant Reaction did not correctly trigger a Collapse in some cases.
- Fixed the issue where the Entomologist's Circling Swarm could be interrupted by Wu Chang's Wavering Soul, causing the Ability button to display incorrectly.
- Fixed the issue where the Toy Merchant could carry 5 items in the Forest of Apprehension.
[Next Week's Preview]
- The Night Watch's Deduction Star series A-rarity Costume "Invisible Man" will be available for purchase on November 30, 2023 (after maintenance).
Penalties for Violations
It has recently come to our attention that a small number of players have violated our code of conduct through delaying tactics, intentionally losing, idling, playing negatively, using cheats, cheating in Blackjack mode, and hindering matchmaking for top-ranked matches, all of which significantly affect the experience of other players. We have started punishing these violations in order to provide a healthy gaming environment for everyone. We also encourage you to use the in-game reporting system when encountering the behaviors above. Let us work together to maintain order and integrity in the Manor.
