"Nightmare"

*This article is about the Hunter Character. For the starring character in Identity V Story, see Detective Orpheus. For the Survivor Character, see Novelist. For other uses, see Orpheus (disambiguation).*

## "Nightmare"

### Alias(es)

"Orpheus"
"Nightmare"

## Obtaining

### Global Release

November 11th 2021 (Time of Reunion Event Act 3: About "Him")
November 18th 2021 (Illusion Hall)

### Obtained by

* Reaching 8M Server Progress during the 2021 Time or Reunion Event Act 3: About "Him"
* Illusion Hall

### Cost

4508Clues
858Echoes

## Media

### Voice Actor

中文（中国大陆） Liu Beichen | 刘北辰
日本語 Shin-ichiro Miki | 三木 眞一郎
English Scott Whyte

**"Orpheus"**, also known as the **"Nightmare"**, is a Difficulty Level 1.5 Hunter available for purchase after the completion of the prologue. He is another younger self of Detective Orpheus depicted as a "monstrous" being, the Hunter identity of the Novelist, and one of **28** playable Hunters added to Identity V.

—"Orpheus" ("Nightmare" Backstory Trailer)

## Appearance

"Orpheus" is a faceless, humanoid creature with a monstrous, disproportionate body, having a larger and muscular torso and arms, and alarmingly thin, wizened legs. He has deadened, pale blue skin with a large scar across the backs of his hands, a neat row of sheet music with music notes in grey scoring both of his arms and wrists, a long mane of bluish-dark-grey hair sprouting from his nonexistent scalp, and three fingers with yellowish claw-like nails on either hand.

He wears a black plague doctor's mask with large, glowing violet eyeholes and a stitched, gold beak, a velvet, dark fuchsia vest with two small gold buttons and haphazard gold stitching over a tattered, filthy white shirt with a huge open collar and torn, elbow-length sleeves, extremely skinny dark teal-grey trousers with a torn hole in the right side, and dark leather loafers with an arched, bulbous front. A tiny glass vial containing a fuchsia substance and stoppered with gold dangles from a thin leather rope around his neck, a large, sharp, gold quill tip is secured onto his right middle finger, and a tattered, dark grey fedora with two gold stitches sits on his mask and nonexistent head.

## Gameplay

The "Nightmare" is a dangerous and powerful Hunter who excels at chasing and locating Survivors, with his dive useful for closing the distance between himself and an escaping Survivor, and damaging Survivors at a range. He can also send a raven toward an undecoded Cipher Machine, a chaired Survivor, or an activated gate to reveal the location of any Survivor who meets it, and slow down their decoding, healing, and interaction speed for some time. He can even choose to teleport straight to any raven. He can also boost his movement speed when not pursuing Survivors.

### External Traits & Abilities

Below is a list of "Nightmare"'s intrinsic traits and abilities. For more in-depth information, please check the individual pages.

 Spy | 0
 Bad Omen | 1000
 Hunt | 2500

### Character Statistics

Below is a list of "Nightmare"'s statistics. To view other Hunters' gameplay data, please view **this article**.

### Gameplay Tips

**Press "Expand" to see tips about playing as and against this Hunter.**

#### As "Nightmare"

* Despite having the ability for hunting, if the survivor is tight kiting, the ability will become neglected.
	+ Do not unlock the target though, still focus on locking the target as "Nightmare"'s default attack range is short and the quick dive can give you a terror shock hit.
* The Raven can be used to temporarily slow down the decoding speed of survivors if you're not going to teleport to there.
	+ Check the cipher machine to acknowledge the position of survivors other than the one you're chasing.
* Blink is the perfect trait for "Nightmare" as it allows him to dive through walls and pallets, similarly to how Smiley Face can dash through walls with it.
* Try to search for decoder early on if there is one. While that's what you generically want to do as hunter, "Nightmare's" ability works best against decoders as they have lack of kiting abilities and "Nightmare"'s own ability excels at catching up in a short distance.
* The persona talent Hunter's Instinct is an extremely good trait for "Nightmare". If maxed out, your movement speed at the beginning of the match with get an 8% increase in addition to the 10% already provided by "Nightmare's" Poaching trait. This can give you a maximum of an 18% increase in movement speed when not in pursuit.

#### Against "Nightmare"

* A tight kite looping can ruin "Nightmare"'s power as his only abiltiy for hunting is neglected.
	+ However with the dive, you are more at risk of getting terror shocked.
* "Nightmare"'s Bad Omen ability has the end lag that gives you time to flee, unlike the Teleport trait where you are given with a signal beforehand.
* Most of "Nightmare" players will bring Blink as it synergizes very well with the dive ability.

## Change Log

November 18th, 2021
* Buff: Improved "Nightmare's" teleporting logic so that Raven won't be teleported to a location where height differs too much.
* Buff: Improved the controls of using two dives consecutively when "Nightmare" reached Tier 2.

December 2nd, 2021
* Buff: Increased raven's flight speed and attachment distance when hovering overhead, reduced charging time when long-pressing to cast ravens, and optimized the controls.
* Buff: Reduced Dive's backswing duration.
* Buff: Reduced "Nightmare's" recovery time after being hit by a Pallet by 0.3 seconds.
* Buff: Added an effect for Raven: When a Survivor is being pestered by Ravens, decoding speed, healing speed, and interaction speed are reduced by 10%.

July 6th, 2023
* Adjustment: "Nightmare" is now available in Tarot - Crystal Ball Mode.

August 24th, 2023
* Buff: Reduced the duration for destroying pallets by 0.2 seconds.
* Buff: The time required for spying is reduced to 1.8 seconds while its duration is increased to 45 seconds.
* Nerf: The time required for spying is increased to 0.7 seconds at Tier 2.

## Trivia

* "Nightmare" is the first character in the IDENTITY system, being the hunter identity of Novelist.
* "Nightmare" was one of the three characters introduced in the Time of Reunion Event alongside Novelist and "Little Girl".
* "Nightmare" played the role as the Hunter in the 2021 Time of Reunion Event Act 3: About "Him" event gamemode in the map Forest of No Return. In this game mode, players are able to choose multiple difficulties against the Nightmare AI that hunts them down relentlessly during the game.
* "Nightmare" is heavily implied to be the alternate personality that causes The Detective's multiple "black-out" period during his time working as a Forensic Detective.
* He originally made a cameo on the 2019 Main Story Trailer before being announced on the Time of Reunion Trailer 2 years later.
	+ Interestingly, "Nightmare's" eyes were red instead of purple in the 2019 trailer. This might have been changed to prevent confusion with Detention.

## References

1. ↑ The official version of Identity V released in China on April 2 2018, and since the game is told through "Orpheus"'s perspective, his Character Day being the release date of the game is likely a reference to his essential role in the story.
2. ↑ Cutscenes. https://wiki.biligame.com/dwrg/%E2%80%9C%E5%99%A9%E6%A2%A6%E2%80%9D
3. ↑ In his Japanese Character Trailer
4. ↑ According to the cast list on the Identity V IMDb page. Note: there is no public confirmation found from the voice actors/actresses themselves.