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Rioter

### Assess Text

One of the many disturbed people. They see the increasing chaos as a way to vent their anger.

*"Suddenly an empty bottle breaks on the wall behind you. You cover yourself from the glass fragments and notice a masked assailant holding a baseball bat..."*

*"The ever increasing chaos is waking up the absolute worst instincts in those people."*

**Rioter** is a Special Enemy encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

The Rioter is a young woman who sees opportunity in the chaos caused by the Old God's awakening. She wears an open jacket with a dark T-shirt underneath, a pair of small black circular earrings, and has her hair tied back in a short ponytail. She also covers the lower half of her face with a white bandana to cover up her identity: a twenty year old woman named Miku.

If Miku is the player's chosen character, the Rioter will take on an alternate appearance. She appears nearly identical to Miku, differing only by her hair style and the marking on her neck.

The alternate Rioter
## Location

The Rioter can be randomly encountered when investigating the Downtown.

The chance to encounter her is implied to be much higher if the town is suffering from the Riots status.

## Combat Actions & Lines

* *"RIOTER kicks you!"*
* *"RIOTER hits you with a baseball bat!"*
* *"RIOTER grabs a bottle filled with fuel"*
* *"RIOTER throws a Molotov cocktail at you! You are engulfed in flames!"* (Only performed after grabbing the bottle, Inflicts Burn.)
* *"Show me what you've got, loser!"* (Said after tossing a Molotov at the player.)

## Drops

When defeated, the Rioter drops one of several possible items, depending on your chosen character and perks.

* If playing as someone other than Miku, the Rioter will drop Prescription, which is the first step in the achievement Soft Side.
* When playing as Miku, the Rioter will normally drop Painkiller but will instead drop the Switchblade if the player has the Dog ally or the Pickpocket perk.

## Trivia

* The Rioter is actually Miku, part of the playable character ensemble.
	+ This makes the Rioter encounter the only event when a potential protagonist of the game can be fought as an enemy.
Hospital

The Hospital is one of the locations in *World of Horror*.

This location can be investigated.

The player can visit the Doctor's Office to heal their Injuries or buy healing items and consumables at the Pharmacy.

## Events

### General

* Art Therapy
* Blood Drive
* Casted
* Elevator Ride
* Mortuary Blues
* Paranoid Patient
* Psych Ward
* Sleeping Nurse
* Sunset Break
* Therapy

## Enemies

* Anatomy Horror
* Anomaly Attendant & Corpse Caregiver
* Bloodsucker
* Doll Nurse
* Dream Devourer (during Ending A of the Curious Case of a Contagious Coma mystery)
* Jane Doe
* Kabuki Killer (during Ending A of the Nightmare News of the Noisy Nails mystery)
* Unfinished Child (during Ending B of the Nightmare News of the Noisy Nails mystery)
* You? (during the Worrying Write-Up Of A Wordless Ward mystery)

## Trivia

* During many situations in the game, including the assessment of Anomaly Attendant & Corpse Caregiver, the Hospital is described as being far too big for Shiokawa's necessities.
	+ That assessment also reveals the Hospital is funded by a university.
Vending Machine (Location)

This page refers to the Vendor, for the event see Vending Machine.

This is a special location the player can access from the Downtown location as an additional action. Accessing the shop causes time to advance and increases Doom by 2%.

Technically available since start of the game, the **Vending Machine** however cannot be accessed until the player sets it up via City History option, which itself is unlocked by obtaining 15 achievements.

## Available Actions

This location allows the player to use funds to purchase a single item out of 4 available ones. The stock at Vending Machine never changes.

It is also the only Shop-like location where Yakuza Card has no effect, and there's no option to buy discounted items either.

Prices at Vending Machine are raised from their base values by 1 FND, similar to Illegal Den at Seaside.

After unlocking the Brick there is a chance to receive one each time the vending machine is accessed.

## Available Items

* Bottle (Water) - 3 FND
* Cigarettes - 3 FND
* Energy Drink - 2 FND
* Soft Drink - 3 FND

Prices are further increased if playing on Harbringer of Doom difficulty.

## Trivia

* One of the images on the vending machine is an icon for 'World Saved II' achievement which unlocks Mimi.
* Another image is also an icon for an achievement, this time 'Chain Smoker', which unlocks Foreign Cigarettes.
The Mighty Nein

The Mighty Nein are an adventuring party that first met in Trostenwald, Wildemount in 835 PD. The name translates into Zemnian to "The Mighty No" but during their career they were commonly questioned due to having only seven (not nine) members.

## Members

* Beauregard
* Fjord Tough
* Jester Lavore
* Nott "the Brave"
* Mollymauk "Molly" Tealeaf
* Caleb Widogast
* Yasha
* Shakäste

## Founding

Caleb, Nott, Jester, Fjord, and Beau all happened to be staying at the Nestled Nook Inn, where Molly and Yasha came to advertise their carnival. Later, when the carnival turned suddenly violent, the seven of them worked together to defeat an undead menace and became embroiled in a local investigation. They formed an alliance to clear their own names, then chose to travel together afterward. Yasha alone did not leave Trostenwald with the rest of the group, and was prone to disappearing on her own business for stretches of time. However, the group made a point of meeting up with her when they could.
Man-Eating Plant

### Assess Text

A Tokyo gardening company sent multiple seed packets to SHIOKAWA. MAN-EATING PLANT is one of their experiments.

*"Walking through the forest you spot a pair of legs sticking out of a bush. Before you can do anything however they start to twitch and move..."*

**Man-Eating Plant** is an Enemy encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

Resembling a hybridized Venus flytrap and pitcher plant, the Man-Eating Plant is a large, carnivorous and ravenous plant that has the taste for human flesh. Its many sharp teeth-like spines is poisonous and deals Stamina damage whilst it is also capable of spitting acid at range. This makes the Man-Eating Plant a formidable enemy to encounter.

## Location

Man-Eating Plant can be encountered while investigating the Mansion.

## Combat Lines

* *"MAN-EATING PLANT spits acid at you!"*

## Trivia

* The Man-Eating Plant is a reference to Little Shop of Horrors.
Goblet (Blood)

The Goblet (Blood), or Blood Goblet, is the Goblet filled with Eldritch blood from the Otherworld.

This beverage is the strongest consumable in the entire game. Using this item card removes it from the inventory and provides +6 STA and REA.

The only downside is that it is a *very* hard consumable to get, requiring heavy RNG.

If you fill an empty bottle with blood instead of a goblet, you will get the Bottle (Blood) which, when drinking, has a different effect.

## Acquisition

Fill the Goblet in Upper Kingdom to gain the Blood Goblet.

* Used to complete the Otherwordly Thirst achievement.

## Log

* *The blood drunk from the goblet is surprisingly cold and smooth.*
*It rejuvenates you and clears your mind. (+6 STAMINA / +6 REASON)* (on use)
Scissor Woman (Horror)

*"Twisting and twitching , the demon woman enters the classroom , cackling menacingly...*

*<<Am I beautiful?>>"*

Scissor Woman (Horror) is the boss of the Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors mystery.

## Appearance

Scissor Woman (Horror) appears similar to a statue full of cracks and cysts, made up of three women's heads with connected mouths, the heads being turned 90 degrees. She is wearing a bloodied windbreaker, with the right hand sleeve being visible.

## Combat

Enemy's Skill: Cut your face (attack dealing double damage and inflicting the injury “Slit Mouth")

*"The woman raised her Scissor."*

The only way to fight Scissor Woman is to perform the wrong ritual in Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors mystery.

Scissor Woman (Horror) is stronger than Scissor Woman (with 10 more health and 7 more Power), who is summoned if the character performs the right ritual. However for high KNW characters, it's also a good way to get the powerful weapon Cursed Scissors.

Both bosses will cause character get injury Slit Mouth with her skill "Cut your face", which lowers your character's CHR and STR by 1.

Defeating Scissor Woman (Horror) will get Ending B in Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors.

## Enemy Drops

Defeat Scissor Woman (Horror) will get Cursed Scissors in Ending B of Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors.
Swing and Hit

### Description

PREPARE ATTACK combat action increases the damage of the next weapon attack by 2

### Character

Yumiko Ichimura

**Swing and Hit** is a Yumiko Ichimura perk in World of Horror. It makes so that any weapon attack preceded by a Prepare Attack action has its damage increased by 2. This perk only applies to *weapon* attacks, meaning it won't work with kicking, biting, throwing or using spells.
Tzeentch

**Tzeentch,** referred to as the **Changer of Ways**, was a Ruinous Power that skewed towards deception and intrigue, always plotting and manipulating from within the confinement of Chaus. Tzeentch did not plot towards some end (at least none that can be comprehended); he schemes simply to scheme. He is constantly building, even as his devices unravel under their own complexity.

The truth is that Tzeentch's every action is planned with its ultimate goal as his own establishment as the pre-eminent soul of the universe.
Sewing Kit (Hair)

two needles and thread

**Sewing Kit (Hair)** is a medical, occult trinket.

On use, it restores +3 Stamina and +3 Reason, and adds the same portrait changes as the standard Sewing Kit.

If available, Sewing Kit (Hair) is better than its hairless counterpart, as it also restores Reason without the Charisma penalty. It is therefore one of the best medical items in the game.

## Acquisition

It can be crafted by using Black Hair while a Sewing Kit is also in the inventory, combining them.

## Log

* *Clenching your teeth, you start suturing your wound.* (on use)
Tapeworm Salaryman

*"Some taps you on your back.*

*<<Sh-shorry, ish the bush shtill running? I'm sho late for a meeting, the boshsh ish going to kill me. >>*

*Startled, you quickly turn around, shocked by what you see there..."*

**Tapeworm Salaryman** is an Enemy encountered in *World of Horror*.

## Description

The Tapeworm Salaryman is a monstrous corpse of a company worker; his face being nearly featureless, leeching off others with its gaping mouth.

## Location

The Tapeworm Salaryman can be encountered while investigating the Downtown.

## Combat Lines

* *"TAPEWORM SALARYMAN tries to attach itself to you!"*
* *"TAPEWORM SALARYMAN slaps you!"*
Together

*"You listen to the staticky signal on the other end*[sic]*. It's harsh to your ear.*

*But then, the noise begins*[sic] *to slowly change to something beautiful...*

*You want to join it."*

"Together" is an optional boss encountered in Ending B of Bloody Brief of a Beckoning Bulletin.

## Description

Together is an old Japanese home computer with a dark aura surrounding it.

## Location

It can be encountered by listening to the voices on the phone at the end of the mystery (whether or not you have the Forest Note), or by selecting any option other than "You can't save everyone" after remembering the Forest Note.

## Enemy Actions

* *"Why should you resist?..."*
* *"Join the voices..."*

## Trivia

* Together's appearance is that of a Nippon Electric, PC-8801 MKII TR home computer.
* Together shares the exact same combat text as Dream Eater. It's unknown whether it is intentional or an oversight.
Injuries and Curses

**Injuries** and **Curses**, also known as Status Effects, are afflictions added to the Player Character from a variety of sources.

## Injuries

Injuries are bodily damage caused by physical altercations. They're characterized by the ability to be healed via the Doctor's Office, with the cost depending on the severity of the affliction: 1 Fund for Minor and 2 Funds for Major.

Minor injuries can be healed with a Bandage, while Major injuries can be healed with a Medical Kit.

## Treatments

Treatments are added after an Injury is healed at the Doctor's Office.

## Curses

Curses are often psychological traumas or eldritch curses inflicted upon the player, primarily through events and by wishing at the Witch's Tree. There are currently only 3 ways to remove curses: using the Onyx Medallion given from Ayaka, using the Old Coin given from the Curious Birthmark background, and the Stuffed Toy from Restless Rumors of a Residential Recluse. Multiple copies of a curse can occur simultaneously.
Tome of Rot

slow and painful decay

*"Manuscript translated by HoppangN"*

Tome of Rot is a book consumable in World of Horror.

Like many of the consumables of a similar type, the Tome of Rot is a weapon that is effective against one type of enemy.

This item can only be used in combat encounters with human-type enemies. Using the item will deal 8 damage to the enemy. It will be discarded after use and will add the Mangled Hand status effect.

## Obtaining

Despite being a book, Tome of Rot seems to only be obtainable via the My Weird Collection perk or the History Club.

## Log

* *As you read the incantaion* [sic]*, your enemy starts to fall apart!*
*The eldritch rot spreads to your hand!* (on use)
* *This action needs HUMAN enemy!* (on attempted use, without a Human to target)
Storage

The **Storage** is a place where the player can store their items for posterior use.

It can be accessed via the player's Home, below any location in the city, in the options tab of almost all items, and during certain mysteries (Worrying Write-Up Of A Wordless Ward, Vicious Verses of A Violent Vigil, Far-out Fable of a Fear Festival) through a suitcase icon. Items picked up by the player will also be automatically added to the Storage if the player doesn't have an inventory slot for it. The Storage can also seemingly hold unlimited items.

Items contained in the Storage don't count as being in the player's inventory, meaning that they don't take up any slots and that effects such as Curious Statuette's aren't active. Items in the Storage also don't enable options for events that require specific items, such as Veil of Darkness.

## Trivia

* The knife below the suitcase seems to be a Steak Knife.
* The statuette besides the suitcase is identical to the one used by the cultists to summon Ktu-Rufu, the Dreaming.
Schoolyard

The **Schoolyard** is an additional action / location at the school. It is available by default.

### Students

Upon entering the schoolyard, a randomly determined amount of students will be available on the screen, from 1 to 4. The game always generates 6 Students per playthrough, once you exhaust this pool, no more Students will appear.

There's five actions underneath each Student's portrait:

1.) Latest gossip: Each student will say one line of dialogue. This may reference certain events in the game. The primary use of this is to "Gather Gossip" on Aka Manto for ending A: Red Coat (Thing)

In order to fulfill this side quest, go to the SCHOOL and enter the SCHOOLYARD. Select "LATEST GOSSIP" for every student that you see until you find a student that tells you: "...when AKA MANTO asks which paper do you want - you must refuse anything!" Note that you may have to reroll the students that come to the schoolyard, either by selecting "WAIT (+2% DOOM)" or selecting "ACCESS ROOFTOP" and coming back to the schoolyard.

2.) Ask to join you: Depending on your Charisma stat, selected student will join your party. Students will not join your party if you already have 3 or more Allies.

3.) Observe: Lets you see the emotional state of the Student:

'They look nervous' or 'There's something \_off\_ about them': this Student will join you if you Ask them.

'They look fine' or 'They seem relaxed': this Student will not join you if you Ask them, and you have to perform one of the two following actions:

4.) Share a creepy story: Costs 5 EXP to use. Will turn any 'fine' looking Student into 'nervous' one, allowing you to Ask them to join you, provided you're not over the limit stated above.

5.) Force to help you: Makes a check based on "combined INTIMIDATION value".

INTIMIDATION value = 2 × (STRENGTH) + 1.5 × (DEXTERITY) + 1.1 × (DOOM), then +20 more if a weapon is equipped. The actual INTIMIDATION value may be slightly higher, for unknown reasons.

This value must be 100 points or more for the action to be successful.

If successful, student joins you. This is NOT affected by the amount of Allies you already have.

If failed, "Student runs away and escapes screaming for help (+5% DOOM)". This outcome removes the Student from the schoolyard for the duration of the run.

### Wait

Aside from the students, there is an option to WAIT (+2% doom) which will refresh the pool of students.

### Leave

Go back to the main investigation screen.

### Access Rooftop

The Rooftop is an additional sublocation at the Schoolyard with actions.

### Trivia

Despite the successful Threaten action ominously stating 'Don't expect them to stay loyal, though', there's actually no negative effects to this action in version 0.9.17.
Stars Are Right

**Stars Are Right** is a perk in World of Horror. It is available only to custom characters through the Tarot Reader Perk Pack. This perk makes so that every skill check that requires LUCK is an automatic success, regardless of the character's actual LUCK stat. The Ill-Fated background overrides this perk, meaning LUCK checks still fail, making this perk useless on an Ill-Fated run.
Vanity Mirror

<<I'm so pretty-->>

Vanity Mirror personal Preparation item of Mizuki Hamasaki.

When held or equipped, if you encounter an event with choices that have skill checks in them, the game will inform you by adding [(skill) check] under the option.

## Synergy

None, it is an item that could be potentially useful to every character.

## Bugs

* Some of the events that have options with skill checks are not affected by Vanity Mirror.

## Notes

This item's effect is also active when its held in the inventory, it doesn't need to be equipped.
Upper Kingdom

Upper Kingdom is an Otherworld event you can encounter in World of Horror.

## Description

*"Deserted temples overlook the giant corpses of the forgotten beasts."*

*"With no priests to harvest it, their blood is slowly flooding the valley."*

## Available Choices

* 'start climbing the temple'
	+ *"You spend what feels like days cliimbing the stone blocks. Reaching the top, you are rewarded with an impossible vista of countless pyramids and... beings too big to comprehend. Something in you breaks..."* (-3 REASON/ +3 STAMINA)

* 'submerge yourself in the sacred blood'
	+ *"You take a step into the pool of blood. The crimson liquid burns your skin through your clothes. With boiling blood, something else rushes into your ear canals... voices of countless scholars, revealing the forbidden secrets."* (-3 STAMINA/ +3 REASON)
* 'fill the goblet with blood' (needs Goblet)
	+ *"You fill a container with the sacred blood. Bringing it back to your reality is surely a corruption of all rights and won't do you any good..."* (+3% DOOM) [+ ITEM: **Goblet (Blood)**]
* 'fill an empty bottle with blood' (needs Empty Bottle)
	+ *"You fill a container with the sacred blood. Bringing it back to your reality is surely a corruption of all rights and won't do you any good..."* (+3% DOOM) [+ ITEM: **Bottle (Blood)**]

Since the Upper Kingdom is in the Otherworld, there is a -3 penalty to all skill checks.

## Trivia

Because the game does not update events on the fly, if you have a filled bottle (Bottle (Water) for example), you can use that item to receive Empty Bottle, and pick option 3 even if still says 'needs EMPTY BOTTLE'.
Labyrinth

Labyrinth is a Downtown event you can encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

*"The roads seem to twist and turn when you're not looking, trapping you in this neighborhood..."*

## Available Choices

* 'get lost'
	+ *"You spend hours trying to find a way out. Finally, completely exhausted, you end up on the main street as the passage to the blighted neighborhood slowly closes behind you..."* (+2% DOOM)
* 'follow the map' (requires Map)
	+ *"Using the map, you discover that some of the intersections don't change at all. It takes a while, but you finally find a way out. The passage to the cursed neighborhood slowly closes behind you..."* (+2 REASON)
Rock Ring

*"surprisingly heavy"*

Rock Ring is an equippable item in World of Horror. It will give +1 STR and lower max REA by 2 when worn.

This ring is mainly useful for Strength-based characters who have enough reason to accept the trade off.

## Acquisition

Currently, this item can only be obtained through either the Small Cocoon event or from purchasing it at the History Club.
Semi-Auto

why did you do it?...

The **Semi-Auto** is a weapon in *World of Horror.*

The Semi-Auto uses STR for its melee attacks and PER when firing. It is the fastest firearm available in the game, and also has the weakest damage when shot.

It is second fastest melee weapon in the game, and only Chainsaw is faster.

## Acquisition

The Semi-Auto can be obtained from the event Catching Up after a successful Strength check.

## Trivia

* The Semi-Auto is most likely based on a Makarov pistol.
Timelines

Timelines alter the event spawn settings for a play-through and are found in the menu of a custom play-through.

## Timeline A: World of Horror

Standard play-through. This has no effect on spawn rates.

## Timeline B: Occult Capital of Japan/Halloween 2020

This makes supernatural events more likely. As of update 0.9.9b, it affects 5 mysteries in certain ways:

Alarming Account of Abnormal Arms: Turns the final confrontation into a boss fight, replacing Ending A with Ending B.

Far-out Fable of a Fear Festival: Turns the final confrontation into a 'boss' fight, allowing Ending C to be obtained.

Macabre Memoir of Morbid Mermaids: Lets the player skip the fight and have a chat with Mad Janitor instead, allowing Ending E to be obtained.

Sorrowful Saga of the Moonlight Sailors: Turns the final confrontation into a 'boss' fight (optional if you did the sidequest), replacing Endings A and B with Ending C.

Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors: Replaces Scissor Woman fight with a ritual puzzle, replacing all Endings with Ending D.

There is 1 item exclusive to Timeline B:

Spiral Hood, obtained from Festival's Ending C.

The outfits "Sheet Ghost" (Kirie), "Mummy" (Aiko), "Dog God Festival" (Haru), "Skeleton" (Mizuki), "Dorakyura" (Kouji), "(Actual) Nurse" (Mimi), "Little Devil" (Miku), "Hail to the King" (Moriko), and "Sorry I Don't Celebrate That" (Yashiro) are only available to select when on Timeline B.

In version 0.9.9b, each character had an alternate hairstyle (or in Toshiaki's case, scar position) that replaced their default appearance when on Timeline B:

KirieAikoHaruMizukiKoujiMimiMikuMorikoYashiroAyakaToshiakiJuri
Uzumaki, The Eternal Spiral

**Uzumaki, The Eternal Spiral** was an Old God in World of Horror that appeared in Build DD1 Pre-Alpha.

It has been removed before the DD15 Hotfix 3 Build.

## Descriptions

### Pre-playthrough Introduction

*"Given life deep underground, UZUMAKI desires only to exists [sic] on the surface so that it might have better control of its reformation of the planet into the ultimate spiraled shape."*

## Appearance

Uzumaki's appearance resembles a massive, unending series of spirals.

## Old God's Rule

SPIRAL MADNESS: Each picked up TRINKET item lowers REASON by 1.

## Trivia

* Uzumaki, the Eternal Spiral was removed due to copyright concerns over Junji Ito's Uzumaki.
Shiro-san, the Garden

THE GARDEN

> *The top of SHIRO-SAN's head flies off, revealing his brain! Out of it, the fruiting body of a fungus!*
>
>

*Not to be confused with Shiro-san, the Gardener.*

**Shiro-san, the Garden**, or Fungus-controlled Shiro-san, is an enemy encountered in the Bizarre Bruit of the Blood-curdling Botanist mystery. It is encountered by choosing to stop and take a closer look at Shiro-san's injuries.

Encountering this enemy is required to achieve Endings A and B for Bizarre Bruit of the Blood-curdling Botanist.

## Description

This is the true form of Shiro-san, a infected monstrosity who was once human, but has now been overtaken by a parasitic fungus. The top of his skull has since withered, only kept to keep an illusion of humanity. In actuality, the fungal parasite has already taken over his brain; having no need for the rest of his human senses, the fungus dissolved and eaten the rest of his head, leaving an empty husk. Shiro-san has now become a literal vehicle for the fungus to spread its spores true.

## Starting Health Value

Shiro-San, the Garden's starting Health depends on the amount of Health that Shiro-san, the Gardener had when the action to uncover injuries was performed.

The amount of Health that Gardener had at that point is increased by 12 (so if Shiro-San, the Gardener had 12 Health, the Garden will start with 24).

More importantly, Shiro-San, the Garden's Health is **not** increased by the Health bonus that all Enemies receive when you progress through Mysteries.

## Strategy

### Achieving Ending A

First, the Fire Axe must be obtained from Macabre Memoir of Morbid Mermaids. If equipped, the 'Chop Your Way Out' offensive action will be made available. Take up one turn to do that, and then choose the new 'Break Into Minivan' offensive action during your next turn to obtain DIY Flamethrower, a fast-to-equip weapon. Keep in mind that both special offensive actions only require up to 160 seconds of combat time, so consider prepping and/or attacking during those turns as well.

Equip the DIY Flamethrower, and use it to reduce Shiro-san's Health to zero or lower.

### Achieving Ending B

Reduce Shiro-san's Health to zero or lower, without the DIY Flamethrower.

## Trivia

* The fungus may or may not be related to the Kinoko Gatherer.
Resting Place

**Resting Place** is one of the events in *World of Horror.*

## Description

*It's said that a famous priest died on this rock. Perhaps his mysticism has seeped into it?*

## Choices

* 'tap into his power' (Knowledge check)
	+ Success
		- *Touching it with your hand, you feel a new-found knowledge forming in your mind. (+SPELL)*
	+ Failure
		- You feel you've attracted the attention of something terrible. (+2% DOOM)
* 'it's too risky'
	+ *Disturbed by your surroundings, you take a step back and trip on a branch. (-1 STAMINA)*
* Let HERMIT translate the inscription (needs Hermit ally)
	+ *HERMIT kneels before the rock and mutters something. After a minute, they stand up and urge you to continue on your journey. (-5% DOOM)*
Toilet Ghost

### Assess Text

Rumors tell of a female ghost occupying the last stall in the toilet on the third floor.

*'You back off from the toilet as the door slowly opens. A girl in a tattered uniform is standing there. Her head twists unnaturally as she makes a roaring rattling noise. A door behind you slams shut.'*

**Toilet Ghost** is an Enemy encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

Toilet Ghost is an apparition, a phantom that haunts the School Bathroom. She is a Japanese high school girl who died in *really* unfortunate circumstances. Due to the place she died, the Toilet Ghost's face is heavily distorted, resembling a blackened void where her facial features should be. Instead, the only feature left are two eyes placed vertically on the right side of her face.

## Encounter

The Toilet Ghost can be encountered while investigating the School through the event School Bathroom by choosing the option "Close the door."

## Combat Lines

* *"TOILET GHOST circles you slowly..."*
* *"TOILET GHOST freaks you!"*
* *"TOILET GHOST's hand flies through your chest!"*
* *"TOILET GHOST starts twitching"* (Telegraph)
* *"TOILET GHOST flies through your body! You can feel your sanity leaving with her!"* (Double Damage)

## Drops

Upon its defeat, Toilet Ghost drops Corpse Dust.

## Trivia

Toilet Ghost is most definitely based on Hanako-san[1], a Japanese urban myth of a dead girl haunting the school's toilets.

## Demo version

*"Rumors tell of a female ghost occupying the last stall in the toilet on the third floor."*

Type: GHOST

Health: 3

Power: 7

Failure: -1 Reason

Enemy's Skill: No special ability

Defeat: 7 EXPERIENCE

Get Corpse Dust
Trial of Blood (Knives)

**Trial of Blood (Knives)** is one of the events in *World of Horror.*

## Description

*"Following the winding staircase, you find a metal gate that blocks your way. It's locked, but you notice an electrical cable. It seems to connect the door to a hole inside the central pillar.*

*If there's a switch inside, you'll have to risk getting cut by the numerous glass shards and knives."*

## Available Choices

* 'find a switch' (Dexterity Check)
	+ [Success] *"You've managed to locate the door switch while avoiding the knives and glass shards. With a buzz, the gate opens."* (+10 EXP)
	+ [Failure, not enough dexterity] *"You can feel the sharp glass ripping your flesh as you search for the switch. Finally, you grab a cable and follow it with your bleeding fingers until you find the button... With a buzz, the gate opens."* (-2 STAMINA)

## Notes

Unlike most other events which roll against your stats, this is a straight dexterity check and you will fail if you dont meet the minimum, which is 8 dexterity.
Yakuza Card

### Description

One additional slot becomes available in all shops;remove the [ILLICIT] tag from all items

### Character

Haru

**Yakuza Card** is a Haru Perk in *World of Horror*.

As of patch **0.9.17h1,** this perk only affects the Dog Shop visually and only the 'Illicit' tag removal and event interactions are currently functional.

## Illicit Objects

These items count as 'Illicit':

* Firearms
* Extra Ammo
* Human Skull

## Events

The Yakuza Card perk enables additional options in the following events:

* Curious Bookstore

## Trivia

* This perk and Haru's role of 'Yakuza Driver' are the only mentions of yakuza in-game.
The Forbidden Collection

The Forbidden Collection is a Toshiaki event you can encounter in *World of Horror*. It is only exclusive to Toshiaki Wakamatsu.

## Description

*"That fateful night, you've only managed to steal NECRONOMICON itself. While extremely dangerous on it's own, other titles also threatened the safety of this town, too. What other book do you regret not taking with you? "*

## Available Choices

* 'a notebook full of contact information '
	+ 'Yes, having that notebook could help you identify possible threats located in various parts of SHIOKAWA ' ( +6 EXP) (LOCATIONS THREAT LEVEL INCREASES)
* 'tome of dangerous spells'
	+ 'Yes, the NECRONOMICON can only protect you against threats known to you. Is the pain you're feeling a result of their spells' (+ 8 EXP/ - 2 STAMINA)
* 'a ring binder with details about your life'
	+ 'Yes, that ring binder definitely had too much information about you. You're afraid that the cult will use it to torment you and your family' (+ 8 EXP/ - 2 REASON)

## See also

* Events
* Toshiaki Wakamatsu
White Sands

**White Sands** is a Forest event you can encounter in *World of Horror.*

*"A parasitic organism burrows under the bark, undulating slowly."*

	+ [Success] *"All nearby trees are connected underground. The main branch leads east. You make a mental note to avoid the region."* (+5 EXPERIENCE)
	+ [Failure] *"The bark is flabby and sticky. It makes you recoil in horror."* (-2 REASON)
* 'cut it open' (Steak Knife required)
	+ "*You cut the tree and quench your thirst with the dark red sap."* (+3 STAMINA)
Void

### Description

Ignore current event and instantly investigate a random OTHERWORLD location[one time use only]

### Cost

[3 REASON]

**Void** is a Spell in *World of Horror*.

Ignores the current event and instantly investigates a random OTHERWORLD location at the cost of -3 Reason. Only useful if the player is interested in gaining new endings, items and events in the Otherworld.

## Acquisition

Like most spells, Void can be obtained from Events, studying at the Library, bought from the History Club and using a Dusty Grimoire and/or Library Notes.
Weird Bathtub

Weird Bathtub is an Apartments event you can encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

*"You return home to freshen up. When you enter your bathroom, however, you discover that your shower is missing. In its place, there's an old claw-foot tub.*

*The whole thing feels surreal, but you take a step towards it, wondering how this is possible."*

## Available Choices

* 'take a bath' (Luck check)
	+ [Success] *"The bathtub sure is weird, but you feel extra refreshed."* (+1 STAMINA)
	+ [Failure] *"The water in the bathtub suddenly gets murky and dark... are you bathing in blood?!"* (-2 REASON)
* 'back out'
	+ *"You may be a little sweaty, but there's no chance you're risking entering this weird bathtub."* (-1 STAMINA)
White Death

why'd you come back?

### Assess Text

An ancient, bloodthirsty being, awakened by a group of thugs, ransacking the mansion it slept in.

*"A nauseating smell of a disemboweled corpse hits your nose. The thing that slaughtered your friends is here..."*

**White Death** is an Enemy encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

White Death appears to be a female vampire, she is dressed up in something that resembles a traditional japanese wedding gown, her face is partialy obscured by it, only her eyes, nose and a cult symbol on her forehead can be seen. Her mouth is covered, but outlines of her bloody teeth can be seen on the gown. She also seems to be covered in numerous needles that have been stuck into her, along with a bloody cut along her cheek.

## Location

This enemy encounter can be found in the Mansion only by playing as Haru to get the character exclusive Deja Vu event and by selecting 'confront it'. White Death can only be battled in the Mansion and nowhere else, because of the nature of the encounter being related to Haru's backstory.

## Combat Lines

* *"WHITE DEATH kick [Sic] you!"*
* *"WHITE DEATH slashes you!"*
* *"WHITE DEATH* *slashes you across the chest!"*
* *"WHITE DEATH is silent..."*

## Trivia

* White Death is the monster from Haru's backstory, the one that killed his friends. This is the only instance where an enemy encounter is directly related to a specific playable character in the game.
Seal of Savvesh

**Seal of Savvesh** is a Spell and one of the two Seals in *World of Horror*. It can be unlocked by having 4 Allies at once. *See Achievements.*

As a Seal, the effects of Savvesh is permanent. Discard upon use, this seal grants the player +1 to Strength to their stats at the cost of 4 Reason.

## Acquisition

Like most spells, Seal of Savvesh can be obtained from Events, studying at the Library, bought from the History Club and using a Dusty Grimoire and/or Library Notes.
World of Terror

**World of Terror** is an event you can encounter in *World of Horror*.

## Description

*"Through the restaurant window you notice a shady-looking man wearing a jacket covered in strange symbols. He stops in front of a house on the other side of the road. Then, he turns around as if he was checking for any unwanted follower and enters the house. What could it mean?"*

## Available Choices

* 'follow the weird man' (Perception check)
	+ [Success] *"The door is locked but you think you can repeat the knock pattern the suspicious man used. A moment later the door opens and a surprised teen with greasy hair asks who the hell are you. Mistaking nerds for cultists is embarrassing, but deep inside you are relieved"* (-2% DOOM)
	+ [Failure] *"The door is locked but you think you can repeat the knock pattern the suspicious man used. Nothing happens"* (+2% DOOM)
* 'call the police' (Charisma check)
	+ [Success] *"Police thanks you for the tip, promising to observe the house from now and rewards you."* (+1 FUNDS)
	+ [Failure] *"You can't convince the police officer to take you seriously and by the time you manage to find a willing cop, the house is empty."* (-1 REASON)
* 'do nothing'
	+ *"You try to convince yourself that everything is all right and you lose your appetite."* (-1 STAMINA)

* 'ask the waiter' (Requires Quick Thinking)
	+ *"Before pursuing the man, you ask the waiter if they know him. The waiter smiles and explains that the man is a part of a tabletop role-playing community. You thank him, slightly embarrassed."* (+10 EXPERIENCE)

## Trivia

* The name of this event is a reference to White Wolf's *World of Darkness* metaseries of role-playing games.
Taking Its Toll

**Taking Its Toll** is a Kirie event you can encounter in *World of Horror*. It is only exclusive to Kirie Minami.

## Description

*"You were planning out your next steps. It got you thinking about everything that needs to be done, and then everything that could happen, and every awful thing that's already happened, and...*

*and now all you can think about is just how scary and horrible things are"*

## Available Choices

* 'cry' (CHARISMA CHECK)
	+ [Success] 'You shuffle off somewhere you wont get noticed, and let the tears gush out. Eventually, you shakily get to your feet. You still don't feel too great, but for now, at least it's out of your system.' (+3 REASON)
	+ [Failure] 'You can barely get out of sight before you break down into heaving sobs. Why? Why you? You don't want to do this anymore. But if you don't, everyone will die...! You cry, and cry, and cry... (+3 DOOM)
* 'push through it'
	+ '[You really are pathetic] You wipe your eyes and just try to keep going. But no matter how hard you try, you can't get those thoughts out of your head... (- 1 REASON)

## See also

* Events
* Kirie Minami
Workout Routine

Workout Routine is a Aiko event you can encounter in *World of Horror*. It is only exclusive to Aiko Takahashi.

## Description

*"<<Hey Takahashi!>> you hear a chipper voice shout during a jog around the area. You turn your head to see another one of your teammates in casual clothes, smiling.Blissfully unaware of everything that's going on. <<What's up Captain?>>* *"*

## Available Choices

* '<<come jog with me>>'
	+ 'After a bit of playful coaxing, you convince her to join you for another lap or two. The extra competition motivates you to push yourself harder. You wrap up your workout tired, but satisfied with yourself.' (-1 STA/+2 REA)
* '<<notice anything weird recently?>>' (CHARISMA CHECK)
	+ [Success] (+ 10 EXP)
	+ [Failure] 'She shakes her head, throwing up her hands in a shrug. <<What makes you ask?Something wrong?>> You tell her not to worry about it too much. You part ways shortly after that.'

## See also

* Events
* Aiko Takahashi
Small Candle

made from corpse wax

**Small Candle** is a weapon in World of Horror that can be unlocked by finishing a playthrough on TRUE BELIEVER Difficulty. *See Achievements.*

Although dealing low damage, the Small Candle is one of the fastest weapons in the game currently, faster than the fabled Carpenter Hammer, but with much higher base hit chance and the ability to reduce DOOM penalty when fleeing.

The exact DOOM penalty reduction is the same as Running Shoes, which means 3% rather than 5%.

## Acquisition

* Can be bought at Occult Shop for 2 FNDs.

* Certain events have a chance to give you this item.
Math Guide

## Event Checks

Most events are checking your stats in this way:

**{ Your checked Stat } vs { roll from 1 to 12 } + { threat level modifier }**. Bigger value wins, draw is counted in player's favor.

Locations that you investigate can have varying threat levels that might grow during the game. There are 4 threat levels:

* **SAFE** = no modifiers.
* **LOW** = +1 to stat checks
* **DANGEROUS** = +1 to stat checks & more Stamina/Reason penalties
* **DOOMED** = +2 to stat checks & more Stamina/Reason penalties & more Doom for investigating

### Tips

* Game difficulty affects threat level
* Try to memorize (look up, or guess) what stat will be checked. Its not always obvious but most of the time you can guess
* Check location threat level
* Manage your stats (get followers, acquire items, treat injuries, etc)
* Having suitable perks or items can help you evade some skill checks in events. Cover your weak stats with right items and perks

## Hit Chance

Hit chance is partially based on your level, partially on enemy power and your weapon stat.

**Your hit chance = { weapon stat } + { 10% \* your level } - { enemy power }**

## Battle Actions Time Consumption & Scaling

Oh boy, here we go. First, the things you need to know:

* Stats **do not** affect every aspect of battle. Only when action scales with certain stat, this stat will affect **speed** of this action. Only that.
* Only certain actions are scaling: Attack, Strong attack, Dodge, Brace, Combat Skill, Shoot, Listen Ramblings (unique action vs Doll Nurse).
* There are "general" speed modifiers of action groups (Offensive, Defense, Spiritual, Support). This boosts accessible only by: smoking cigarettes, perks (Fast Swimmer Adrenaline, Fame), follower boosts, some items (like Karukosa Mask).Formula for action time:

**Action time = { base time } x { general speed modifiers } – { scaling } x { stat }**

Explanation of the above example:

Base action takes 80t, general modifier is 0.9, Dexterity is 8, Scaling value for normal "Attack" action is 3. So, (80 \* 0.9) – (3 \* 8) = 48

### Tips

* General modifiers are applied before scaling. So they are **very good** with scaling.
* Multiple general modifiers are multiplicative. As example for Aiko offensive actions, her innate speed buff multiplies by her Fast Swimmer perk effect: 0.9 \* 0.85 = 0.76 (truncated).
* Everything is truncated in your favor. Rejoice.
* Scaling is fixed per action. So slow weapons scale worse and suck.
* Getting Spiritual actions speed up will help only if you already scaled well with Strength or Dexterity to add defensive action to Clap\Bow ritual. Even after that, there aren't many ghost encounters, you need to guess the ritual only once per run, and not all ghosts will furiously bite you while you guessing.
T'Cithura & Kaibara's Villagers

the fertility goddess

### Assess Text

The fertility goddess has been caring for KAIBARA village for centuries, asking for human sacrifices in return.

*"As you get closer to the bridge leading out of the village, MATSUDA-SAN suddenly stops.*

*<<I… know this tune…>*

*Before you can react, he begins to undress and runs into the darkness. Shocked, you begin to hear a faint moaning coming from the rock formation. What you see there feels unreal. All the villagers are naked! They are dancing around the pillars as \_something\_ slowly emerges from the river…"*

**T'Cithura & Kaibara's Villagers** are the final boss Enemies encountered during the Freakish Fable of a Frightening Flood Mystery.

## Description

As the water level in Kaibara rises Matsuda-san and the villagers begin to gather at the rock formation, remove their clothes, and summon the fertility goddess T'Cithura.

T'Cithura is the only enemy who actually attacks the player, despite the Kaibara's Villagers being shown with the same damage. Each turn, T'Cithura will attack the player for 2 Reason. Kaibara's Villagers instead will heal T'Cithura by 1 Health each turn. If T'Cithura has been defeated before Kaibara's Villagers, T'Cithura will be resurrected with 1 Health and attack in the same turn.

If the player rescued the members of the research team during the mystery, combat bonuses will be granted during this battle:

* If the player rescued Kaori Yuto, the linguist, the player gains 1 combat damage.
* If the player rescued Sakina Okada, the geologist, the player gains 1 combat damage.
* If the player rescued Hiroki Shinohe, the theologist, the damage of T'Cithura is reduced by 1 Reason.

## Combat Lines

* *"You want to join the fertility dance..."*
* *"You feel an urge to enter the water..."*
* *"The mad ritual dance heals T'CITHURA! (+1 HEALTH)"* (while Kaibara's Villagers are alive)

## Notes

* T'Cithura will kill the player instantly if their Stamina or Reason falls to 0 (overriding Last Stand mechanic), receiving a special 'Moved to KAIBARA' ending screen.

## Bugs

* As of update 9.92e, a bug prevents players from using offensive spells against Enemy B for enemies with two targets.
Zhectast, The Horror from the Stars

**Zhectast (ゼクタスト)**, is one of the Old Gods threatening to destroy Shiokawa, Japan. Its summoning ritual involves placing a biohazard canister containing a spherical object (presumably a piece of the meteor it arrived in) in the centre of a sigil.

Zhectast is not unlocked by default. To unlock Zhectast, one must unlock the "do something" Achievement, requiring the player to win their seventh playthrough.

## Descriptions

### Old God / Pre-playthrough Selection Screen

*"A big meteorite fell down on a field in a village near SHIOKAWA. A farmer who found it contacted researchers from Tokyo, but when they arrived, all they found was a wet puddle of pinkish goo."*

## Appearance

According to the tooltip, Zhectast resembles a sphere of organic matter with various drippings off of it. In the intro description, it appears to be a skull with flesh melting off of it, with one eye having two pupils; however, this may be it processing the farmer said to have found the meteor containing Zhectast melting into a pinkish slurry of biological raw material.

Zhetcast's purpose is to transform the biosphere of Shiokawa, Japan into a fleshy dome called the Perfect Form, meant to protect the gestation of another Old God (or possibly its own adult self). As shown in its 100% DOOM ending, the Perfect Form is a massive construction that covers all of where the devoured Shiokawa used to be. As a side effect of Zhetcast slowly warping the biosphere into the Perfect Form, the human inhabitants of Shiokawa occasionally suffer horrifying but useful mutations such as protective membranes over their eyes, opposing joints in their fingers, and clear, glassy blood that enhances their constitution.

## Old God's Rule

Perfect Form: Every 21% of DOOM, characters receive -1 to all stats.

## Zhectast Events

* The Perfect Form (A)
* The Perfect Form (B)
* The Perfect Form (C)
* The Perfect Form (D)

## Bad Ending

During any playthrough in which Zhectast is the Old God threatening to destroy the world, if your DOOM reaches 100%, you will be shown a special bad ending.

*"Flesh and gore. Skin, strands of hair, bones, insects, flowers, sweat and soil. All in a macabre unity. Melded as one.*

*Perfect form. A flawless vessel to nurture an infant God."*

The final log entries that appear after you are shown this bad ending state that the player's cause of death is "Swallowed by the Perfect Form".

## Trivia and Theories

* Zhectast is most likely based on *The Colour out of Space* by HP Lovecraft, wherein a parasitic organism that resembles an unnatural, unknown color in visible light crashes into a small town in a meteor and mutates its inhabitants in ways that seem initially beneficial while it feeds on their life force.
* Zhetcast being an alien creature that merges humanity into one divine organism may also be a reference to the Human Instrumentality Project from *Neon Genesis Evangelion.*
Threat Level

**Threat Level** indicates how dangerous is the Location you're about to investigate.

## Levels

* SAFE: no modifiers
* LOW: -1 modifier to Skill checks
* DANGEROUS: -1 modifier to Skill checks, Stamina/Reason penalties increased
	+ This applies both to Combat and Event penalties
* DOOMED: -2 modifier to Skill checks, Stamina/Reason peanlties increased, Doom penalty (+1) for investigating this location

## Modifying Threat Levels

* Global event Bad Feeling increases Threat Level of the location it occurs at by 1.
* Sleeping Nurse event has two ways of modifying Hospital's Threat Level:
	+ 2nd option 'let her sleep' decreases Threat Level by 1.
	+ 3rd option 'set trash can on fire' increases Threat Level by 1.
* Spell Shadow Shroud lets the player *ignore* the current Threat Level for duration of the Mystery.