Cipher Machine

A Cipher Machine Model

**Cipher Machines** are an interactive object on every game map, and are the main objective for survivors to complete in order to win the match.

## Appearance

Cipher Machines are large gray crates with a strange machine similar to a typewriter sitting on top of it. The machine has a keyboard on the front, an open lid on top, and two spinning dials on each side. Beside each crate is a long pole embedded in a block of concrete, with a pair of signal wires on top of the pole that flash yellow.

## Gameplay

*For more details on what impacts Decoding speed, see: Survivor/Deciphering Speed*

At the top of the screen during a match, there are 7 Cipher Machines in total for each maps, however the Survivors must finish only 5 of them in order to activate the Exit Gates.

If the Hunter has the Persona trait Constrain equipped, then the Cipher furthest from the Hunter's spawn point will be locked for the first 40 seconds of the game.

While decoding a Cipher Machine, quick-time events called Calibrations will occur. If the calibration is failed by clicking/tapping too early or too late, a chunk of progress will be lost and a noise will go off, notifying the Hunter. If timed correctly however, a 'perfect' Calibration can be triggered, granting bonus progress about 0.7 seconds faster (1%-2% progress).

After decoding two Cipher Machines, a Dungeon will spawn. After 'decoding' a required amount of Cipher Machines (usually 5), a siren will go off, and the Exit Gates will become available, and any remaining Cipher Machines can no longer be interacted with. Cipher Machines each take 81 seconds to complete at 100% decoding speed, but different characters will decode a machine either faster or slower.

Up to 4 Survivors are able to decode a single Cipher Machine, given that all four sides are accessible. Each additional Survivor will boost the overall repair progress, but the individual survivor's decoding speed is less than normal. This makes it more efficient to decode different cipher machines at the beginning of a match.

When the match starts, after about three minutes have passed, an event called "accelerated decoding activated" will occur causing all Cipher Machines to crackle with electricity and get decoded 25% faster.

### Central Cipher Machine

In Kreiburg Racecourse map, There is 1 Central Cipher Machine which is located at the center of the map (It is always fixed no matter the spawn). It has 4 engine switches, one of them is able be decoded by 1 survivor, the others for other survivors. Finishing the Central Cipher Machine provides all remaining Survivors with a 7% Decoding Speed Bonus when decoding other Cipher Machines. However, if the unfinished Central Cipher Machine is not decoded for 10 seconds, its Decoding Progress will diminish by 1% per second, up to 15% in a single match.

### Other Details

* If a survivor is hit by the hunter while decoding, they will be Terror Shocked.
* If there are multiple survivors decoding the same cipher, the decoding speed for each survivor reduces greatly.
	+ If there are 2/3/4 survivors decoding on the same cipher, the decoding speed for each survivor is reduced by 25%/35%/40% respectively.
* Cipher Machines are noisy, and constantly beep after being worked on at all.
	+ Survivors currently working on a machine will also be noisy, with typing and banging sound effects occurring.
	+ The further along a cipher machine, the louder and faster its noises will be.
		- Each tone will increase once the progress reaches to 20%/40%/60%/80%.
	+ The pole of the cipher machine will shake while being decoded if the decoding progress is over 20%, which can be seen by the Hunter and other survivors.
* All survivors and hunters can view a progress bar under the cipher machine nearby.

## Cipher Locations

There are 5 possible Cipher spawn point groups on every map. 7 Cipher Machines spawn in each group.

### Arms Factory

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Sacred Heart Hospital

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Red Church

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Lakeside Village

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Moonlit River Park

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Leo's Memory

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### White Sand Street Asylum

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Eversleeping Town

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5

### Chinatown

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5
### Darkwoods

Cipher spawn point group 1Cipher spawn point group 2Cipher spawn point group 3Cipher spawn point group 4Cipher spawn point group 5

## Trivia

* In Duo Hunters, 9 Cipher Machines spawn on the map, and 7 must be completed.
* In the game lore, survivors must retrieve a deciphered 'code' from these machines in order to escape using the control panels at the gates. They must enter the password they discover from the ciphers into the panel for it to open.
* The accessory Carnival Party for the Mercenary changes the appearance of a cipher machine by touching it.
* Before Season 21, Hunter only could view the nearby cipher machine's progress when using Abnormal. And survivors couldn't view it.

## Gallery

* Gameplay
* Concept Art
* Official Art
* Additional Appearances

Cipher Machine in-gameThe blue outline of Cipher Machines seen by the HunterThe yellow outline of a Cipher Machine with the trait Curiosity equipped.The orange outline of a Cipher Machine that has just been completedA Cipher with chains on it, indicating that it has been locked with the trait ConstrainThe white outline of a Cipher Machine locked by the trait Constrain, as seen by the HunterChange to Cipher Machine after use with Carnival Party AccessoryChange to Cipher Machine during the 2023 Spring FestivalChange to Cipher Machine on the Halloween Red Church map

Cipher Machine Halloween Version Concept Art (Weibo)Concept Art of the Carnival Party Cipher Machine Changes

Promotional poster showing Lawyer decoding a Cipher MachineMemories of the Manor event light offMemories of the Manor event light onMemories of the Manor eventMechanic as she appears in her official birthday illustration from the Identity V Twitter (2020)Attention all detectives!
A typhoon is approaching!
Avoid going out as much as possible
If you have no choice but to go out, please check the damage situation in each place and be more careful than usual...!
That's all from the scene!(Twitter)

[Pet] Mini Cipher Machine