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Buzzing Thing

The Buzzing Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others.

> "Quick, twitchy, and emits a deafening buzz; will start spitting out a burst of regurgitations once you catch its eye. Fortunately, it has a peaceful demeanor and doesn't really care about its surroundings."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Buzzing Thing is the loudest and fastest Thing in Century City. It will constantly search the area for Other(s) and you will hear it long before you see it. The surprisingly high burst damage potential can be deadly so be cautious if you hear one near the building you are looting.

When the Buzzing Thing sees a target, it will emit a loud screech and hold position. Then it will fire 8 balls of flesh at the target as a continuous stream, turning to track the target until it leaves line of sight. After the volley, the Buzzing Thing will forget about its target, and return to scouting the surrounding area.

Methods to deal with it include shooting from a distance, kiting it, rolling around corners or simply running away. Melee is not recommended. Buzzing things can be difficult to kill because if you do not kill it in a single volley it will flee and can be difficult to hunt down. However, once the Buzzing thing has launched its volley and begun to leave, if you land a shot on it at this point you will "re-aggro" it to you and it will no longer flee.

Luckily Buzzing Things are very easy to evade as they will lose interest in you as soon as you break line of sight.

## Drops

The Buzzing Thing will always drop a primary drop being the Average Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.

Feather
Bladder
Katana

## Stats

150 Flat Damage(the highest out of all melee weapons), 150 RPM(even lower than Fists or Knuckle Dusters), 30% Bleed Chance(aka 30% chance to inflict Bleeding upon an entity per hit) and 5% extra Movement Speed.

## Strategy

The Katana is an incredibly effective weapon in close quarters. Due to its decent AOE upon attacking, even if one were to roll and attack in closet tight fights, it will still hit the opponent. Moreover due to its 30% chance to inflict Bleeding upon any opponent, it is difficult to flee completely with a decent chance of dying simply to the Bleeding effect or to the chasing Katana wielder since Bleeding leaves behind blood trails which allow for Others to track you down. The Katana is mostly effective against players starting out to decently equipped players(due to several tests, fighting against players who are fully equipped with well-made Modified Bullets or have completed stat stacking is not ideal and often ends with the Katana wielder dying.)
Miss Harvey

Miss Harvey has the biggest magazine out of all the green (common) Pistols.

## Tips

Compared to Miss Rosebud, this gun has a notably faster RPM and magazine size. However, it has the same ammo-efficiency against Things (plus durability loss), and is still very risky to use against Others who may have much better weapons. It's only a mild upgrade to Miss Rosebud, and is therefore going be outclassed by most other weapons.
Cora (Pottery Shop)

Howard is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Carpentry Workshop.

## Cora

Excellent artisan, obsessed with environmentalism

## Location

Cora can be found in the north-center of the map at the north edge of Al Sadaqa. She is making a clay pot on a Pottery wheel.

## Items Sold

Adam must do quests for Cora to unlock each tier of inventory in her shop.

## Quests

Cora provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of wild bullets and blood.

Weird Vibrations
 Act III
Bullet

Bullets are your ammunition for all fire arms, regardless of type, in Hell is others. They come in two varieties; Wild and Modified.

## Wild Bullet

Wild bullets are the base form of ammunition. They may be found growing as plants in grassy areas in various places throughout Century City. They can also be found growing in pots in the hallway just outside your apartment.

These bullets may be planted in pots within your apartment and grown to produce more bullets. After being planted in a pot within your apartment, they may be given Fertilizers to modify their stats. This creates a Modified bullet. More info on getting Modified Bullets: Farming.

## Modified Bullet

Modified bullets are produced when Wild bullets are grown with added fertilizers. Unlike wild bullets, modified bullets are unable to be planted to reproduce them. They may also be found growing in pots throughout Century City (these bullets always have one stat upgraded and one downgraded), especially in Jardin de la Paix in a building just bellow the lake (not the one to the left of the lake).
Credit Level

### Description

Credit Level is tied to your account and describes how respected Adam is within Century City. Credit Level determines the selling price for all items Adam sells to Octave.

Credit is gained by killing Things, Others, and successful extractions and is lost by death down in the city. At Credit Levels higher than 10 you lose tremendously higher amount of credit for death, meaning to maintain higher credit levels requires repeated successful raids.

A Credit Level of 7 is required to advance the main story past Act 2.

### Trade Value

All Item's Value will be multiplied by the Trade Value when sold.
Miss Rosebud

Base Stats

The Miss Rosebud. Every Adam's trusty sidearm. Everyone has this gun starting from the moment you start exploring Century City. Its appearance may be based on the Luger P08.

## Stats

As the starting pistol, one should not expect a great deal of power. Indeed, Miss Rosebud has some of the worst properties of its fellow pistols Miss Murphy and Miss Harvey, possessing an overall inferior damage output, range, and magazine size. The recoil and reload time are superior, but only barely.

However, Miss Rosebud has some benefits as well. You always have one available no matter what, and it doesn't take up any space in your inventory. It has unlimited durability, so it's ideal for taking out weak Things or breaking windows (at the cost of some noise). The +60% damage is superior to most other rifles and SMGs, making it relatively more efficient at killing Things than other options.

## Additional Information

Your personal Miss Rosebud does not take up any inventory space and cannot be dropped. If you die, however, any Other who loots your briefcase can pick up a Rosebud with your name on it.

Copies of Miss Rosebud looted from Others can have a very high value attached if the Other was of high level. If you are skilled at killing Others, it can be quite lucrative to collect their Miss Rosebuds and sell them to Octave on Mondays.

## Tips for new players

The Miss Rosebud is not a powerful weapon; attempting to engage Others with it is extremely risky. It is ideal for breaking windows (if you have no melee weapon), and is decent at killing Things (at the cost of making a lot of noise and wasting bullets compared to more powerful pistols and revolvers). Using it intelligently will preserve durability on your better guns, and it might save your life in a prolonged firefight, but it's not good as a primary weapon.

## Extra

 Francesco (Strelka Games) Miss Rosebud, kept as a trophy by Mike Ehrmanfinger.
Patch Notes 1.4.4

POSTED Thu, January 26, 2023

Hello Citizens!

With these new patch notes, we have made several new improvements to features as well as fixed some of the bugs found in the previous update.

We would like to highlight two features that have been patiently awaited and requested by you, our community, that have now arrived!

The first one is that attributes will no longer reset anymore after sleeping. Secondly, we have now split solos and duo queues, in order to ensure a fairer matchmaking.

Read more for the full list of updates:

Melee animation swoosh

- Improved the animations for the melee weapon attacks.

Satiety and Food Clash

- Food only influences the Satiety bar. Fungi and Pills raise a new bar, called the Toxicity one.

- Satiety bar is reset after dying or going to sleep.

- Toxicity bar is reset only after dying.

- The Movement Speed attribute has been removed. In its place, the new Search attribute has been introduced: it changes the search speed of containers.

- Reduced the caps for Vitality and Endurance to +30%.

- Rebalanced fungi and pills consequently.

Improvements

- Improved the hub editing. Now furniture can be swapped and removed as pleased. There is only one constraint: in order to close the editor, there must be at least one piece of furniture belonging to the essential ones (bed, blood washer, telephone, door).

- We removed the ability to see the Credit Score from the life bar and in the match recap screen.

- We updated the Bestiary, adding all the new bots, screenshots, descriptions and loot.

- Update the Credit quest and the Estate quests, in order to simplify the progression within the story for the player.

Balancing

- Changed magazine size for MrChapman+ from 6 to 5.

- Changed magazine size for MrChapman++ from 8 to 6.

- Changed magazine size for MrWatts+ from 8 to 7.

- Changed magazine size for MrWatts++ from 10 to 8.

Bug Fix

- Fixed some pieces of furniture having the wrong icon inside the basement.

- Fixed some chairs/armchairs having the wrong sleep animation.

- Fixed some lights defaulting to the OFF status.

- Fixing katana and baseball bat not inflicting bleeding and stunning statuses respectively.

- Fixed particle smoke explosion.

- Fixed a bug that prevents the progression of elimination quests with "Any weapon" requirements if the player killed a Thing or an Other with bleeding or burning statuses.

- Added audio feedback when the player gets a reward after completing an Octave quest.

- Fixed a bug that made the health bar of Others and Things visible outside the Field Of View with burning and bleeding statues or if inside or behind the smoke.

- Fixed a bug that allowed to bind the ESC key when rebinding a key, blocking the player under certain circumstances.

- Fixed a bug preventing the player to extract after reconnecting to a game because lifts were not available before the timer ended.

- Fixed a bug where the journal and map UI panels were closed after getting damage from bleeding or burning statuses."
Hiding Thing

The Hiding Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others.

> "Awaits its prey by camouflaging itself in the walls, with a grip as painful as a bear trap; be sure not to let your guard down when near a wall."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Hiding Thing is an annoying enemy and is only capable of killing you or Other(s) when you/them are already on low health. It camouflages itself with the wall, making it rather difficult to see with the Other's Sight. Nevertheless, it is possible to run past it, shoot it or hit it with a melee weapon before rolling backwards immediately. It is not recommended to corner a Other near one as it is often more of an annoyance and distracts from the Other(s).

## Drops

The Hiding Thing will always drop a primary drop being the Tiny Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.

Tooth
Tongue
Chasm

It appears on Adam's wall the same night of the Bonsai's arrival.

Adam believes it's due to the earthquake (and blackout) that happened when Adam got the Bonsai.

In the beginning, it's just a little crack, but each day it gets bigger until it becomes a toothed Chasm.

It's hyper-protective, hypersensitive, and a bit dull.

The relationship between Adam and the Chasm reminds the one between a teenager and his mother.

Chasm gives quests that requires Adam to give certain amount of blood to prove himself, each time requiring more blood. Adam is rewarded with inventory space or unit expansions.
Lady Marshall

The Lady Marshall has the highest magazine size out of all the guns in the game. Its appearance may be based on the Thompson submachine gun.

## Tips

A gun worthy of the hunt. Even though it runs through your bullet supply in just a few seconds, the high magazine size means you can stay in gunfights for longer opening up possibilities for chases where you aren't put in disadvantage because you have to reload. Just make sure to have enough bullets by the end of the fight just in case somebody tries to clean up.
Patch Notes 1.4.8

These patch notes were taken from the community hub of Hell is Others on Steam.

* You'll not be stuck in the "tutorial loop".
* Your hub changes remain even if you close the game immediately after.
* The game will save the action you perform even in case of a sudden game closure. That also applies to the objects you consume: fungi, pills, food, etc.
* Solved the bestiary navigation problem: now you can scroll up and down with W/S or arrows at the ends of the list.
* Pickaxes visible again in the UI, which did not appear to some users when they accessed the basement without going through the editor.
* Now you can place doors without risking being soft-locked until restart.
* Now, leaving perishable food in the city store doesn’t trigger the "fridge" dialogue when Adam goes to sleep.
* Fixed a small sound bug: now, running is the noisiest movement, and sneaking around is the least noisy.
* There was a little problem with the Chateau Area, as some gold items also appeared outside Chateau Constant: now you have to explore the mansion again to get them (talking about tutorial).
* Fixed the Neon Open Sign: from now on, it doesn't highlight when we place the mouse pointer on it.
* Fixed the problem of the "No Exit" mission, which some players found duplicated.
Human Heart

Human Heart is a perishable heart worth 200 blood. If not placed in a refrigerator before sleeping for the night, it will rot.

This item is only obtainable by killing other players and other things. If it is not in your inventory, then it emits heartbeat that you can smell. This only stops when it is in your inventory. This can be annoying, since you could think there is someone alive just around the corner. On the other hand, this could be used to trick someone else as well.

## Rotten Human Heart

Spoiled version of the Human Heart. Worth only 100 blood.
Plotapath: The Cardio Carnival

This is the follow-up to the first HFAS Plotapath; it is also by Tracey West, but it is a totally new cartoon-style Hans and Franz choose-your-own gamebook!

## Rules

1. Read the story aloud, but when you come to a fork, read the options aloud, select one of the options and flip to the matching page.
2. To start over, go back to page one.
Eye

Eye is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each Eye adds 35°/s of rotation speed towards target, reduces bullet range by 4% and adds a cost of 60 blood per day to farm. This gives bullets a homing effect by causing them to turn towards your target. Eyes may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

Eye drops from both variants of Vengeful Thing.

## Eye Oil

Eye oil is a refined version of the Eye which doesn't reduce range but its cost is increased to 120 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
* With enough rotation, bullets can turn around corners to hit targets that flee.
Pnetatus

Pnetatus is a stat changing fungus. It increases Endurance by 4.5% and Search by 5% while reducing Vitality by 3% and Smell by 2.5%. It increases Toxicity by 100 upon use.

Can be dropped from Haunting Thing , Haunting Thing +, can also be found in tree stumps in parks.

Quests that require Pnetatus : The Greedy Collector - Act 1 ,
Bladder

Bladder is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each bladder adds 2 rebounds and reduces bullet speed by 6% and adds a cost of 60 blood per day to farm. Rebound allows bullets to bounce off walls and objects they would otherwise impact (number of rebounds = number of bounces). Bladders may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

Bladder drops from both variants of Wedging Thing and Buzzing Thing.

## Bladder Oil

Bladder oil is a refined version of the bladder which doesn't reduce bullet speed but its cost is increased to 120 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Rebounding bullets made strike, damage, and even kill the player who shot them. Use with caution.
* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
Huxley (Furniture Shop)

Huxley is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Furniture Workshop.

## Huxley

Licensed slacked. Not exactly a model employee

## Location

Huxley can be found at the south east edge of East Humble, just west of the Broken Chain Cemetery. On a map, his shop has a symbol of an oven.

## Items Sold

Adam must do quests for Huxley to unlock each tier of inventory in his shop.

## Quests

Huxley provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of tools and components.
Patch notes 1.3.9

POSTED Fri, December 23, 2022

Hello Citizens!

With these new patch notes, we fixed some of the bugs and technical problems that we found after the Winter Helliday update. We're also adding some details to certain elements of the game that we think you'll appreciate! Here's the full list:

* Fixed imagos not getting set upon spawning in the shops;
* Fixed pocket being exploitable during the tutorial;
* Fixed the last item of the referral system's gift box reappearing at every new login;
* Fixed gift box sorting layer;
* Added splash sound effect when throwing an object inside the water;
* Added sound effects when receiving Octave's quest rewards;
* Imagos are now updated when loading the game to make sure they are always correct and with the number of points indicated on their configuration;
* Reduced Imagos provided by the Wall Safe;
* Green weapons are now a lot more common, spawning up to 4 times more across Century City;
* Drinks no longer increase or decrease satiety. That also means that Attributes are now capped equally for everyone;
* We reduced Mr Chapman's and Mr Watt's range to have a more varied weapons meta;
Crawling Thing

The Crawling Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others.

> "Huge, relentless, and insanely tough, yet somehow manages to snake through the air with great ease. Has a weak point along its body; too bad it isn't easier to target."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Crawling Thing has a high Health pool of 3500, however, it has a weak spot indicated by the pink part of its body. Landing a melee strike or gunshot on the weak spot deals double damage.

## Drops

The Crawling Thing will always drop a Large Heart as its primary drop and potentially one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.

**Tentacle**
**Tongue**
Fin

Fin is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each Fin adds 10% bullet speed, adds 3.5% recoil and adds a cost of 50 blood per day to farm. Fins may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

   Fin drops from both variants of Paltry Thing and Vengeful Thing.

## Fin Oil

Fin oil is a refined version of the Fin which doesn't increase recoil but its cost is increased to 100 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
The Adam Diptych

**The Adam Diptych** is the 1st art reward for completing the in-game prestige system in *Hell Is Others*. It is a small 4x6 artwork/Imago that, when placed in Adam's apartment, provides Adam with a +28 Sweet Food Effectiveness buff.

Like all prestige artwork rewards, **The Adam Diptych** can be claimed outside of Adam's apartment door after completing the in-game tutorial scene with Octave.
Howard (Carpentry)

Howard is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Carpentry Workshop.

## Howard

A loner who spends his days crafting furniture and criticizing the young

## Location

Howard can be found on the northside of Sword's End along the Zavtra River.

## Items Sold

Adam must do quests for Howard to unlock each tier of inventory in his shop.

## Quests

Howard provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of tools and components.
Dr Fisher

Dr. Fisher, the only sniper to be found in Century City.

## Tips

This has incredibly long range so you can use it to scope out locations before running into them. The shots hit like a truck for 350 damage on Wild Bullets. This gun is good for players who prefer staying away from combat.

Compared to other weapons, the Dr Fisher causes your point of view to zoom out to a greater degree while aiming. Additionally, the blue and purple versions of Dr Fisher zoom out more than the green version. This has both positive and negative implications. On one hand, being able to see farther is good. On the other, you may lose some close-range situational awareness.

Upgrading your Sight stat can be helpful if you plan on using a Dr Fisher because it will improve the view cone while aiming. While this is true for all weapons, the impact is more noticeable on a sniper rifle.
Adam above the Sea of Fog

**Adam above the Sea of Fog** is the 3rd art reward for completing the in-game prestige system in *Hell Is Others*. It is a small 5x4 artwork/Imago that, when placed in Adam's apartment, provides Adam with a +81 Savory Food Effectiveness buff.

Like all prestige artwork rewards, **Adam above the Sea of Fog** can be claimed outside of Adam's apartment door after completing the in-game tutorial scene with Octave.
Land Mine

Land Mines are triggered by pressure so ***DO NOT STEP ON THEM.***

## Stats

0.10 Activation Time (Instant)

2,000 Damage

1.5 Meters Area of Effect

You **CANNOT** shoot at them to disable them but you can use other explosives to get rid of these mines.

You may also disable them by carefully approaching and performing a primary interaction to "disarm" when prompted.
Philippa (Guideshop Computer)

Philippa is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others. She is a computer owned by Algernon and serves as the console for the Guideshop.

## Location

Philippa can be found with Algernon in the north-east cubicle in the tech start up in Dunyevi Zevk.

## Items Sold

Adam must do quests for Algernon to unlock each tier of inventory in Philippa's shop.

## Quests

Though Phillipa offers no quests, Algernon provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of electronics and components.
Adam's Self Portrait

**Adam's Self Portrait** is the 2nd art reward for completing the in-game prestige system in *Hell Is Others*. It is a small 5x4 artwork/Imago that, when placed in Adam's apartment, provides Adam with a +31 Deafness Recovery Speed buff.

Like all prestige artwork rewards, **Adam's Self Portrait** can be claimed outside of Adam's apartment door after completing the in-game tutorial scene with Octave.
Haunting Thing +

The Haunting Thing + is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others. Has a normal version.

> "With an eye disproportionately large to its minuscule body, it moves quickly and torments prey by gnawing on its flesh; good thing it's not very tough"
>
> In-Game Description

## Drops

The Haunting Thing + will always drop a primary drop being the Tiny Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.
Sir Lloyd

Sir Lloyd is a revolver with a relatively high RPM.

## Tips

Compared to its fellow revolver Sir Morris, the Sir Lloyd deals less damage per shot, but has nearly twice the RPM, a faster reload speed, and two additional bullets. The recoil is still quite high, so its strength is at point-blank range where the entire magazine can be quickly emptied. At range, you should fire slowly to avoid the recoil penalty, but its low damage and short range will be outclassed by most other weapons.

## Extra

Thank you to Achilles and AgeingPersuasion for the stats.
Paltry Thing +

The Paltry Thing + is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others. Has a normal version.

> "His appearance would get a laugh out of you: it's a pity that this creature is quite touchy.
> Its regurgitations are more tenacious than it is and they chase you down to the ends of the Earth."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Paltry Thing utilizes both contact and long distance attacks to weaken their prey and its espically important to keep your distance. It shoots a total of 3 flesh balls and there is an interval between each shot (around 1 second). A good strategy is to walk in a circle around the Paltry Thing while it shoots so that the balls of flesh never have a direct straight path towards you. Another way is to peak from around corners to shoot and then get back behind them until its done shooting to avoid taking any damage. In enclosed spaces they can be extremely deadly as being hit by both contact and flesh ball damage will quickly eat away at your health.

## Drops

The Paltry Thing + will always drop a primary drop being the Average Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.
Wedging Thing

The Wedging Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others.

> "Shaped like a pincer, with jaws that open up wide and lunge for prey once in range. Has a weak point."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Wedging thing looks to attack with a vicious lunge followed by contact damage. It only attacks when in very close range or if your back is turned to it and the best way to kill it is to simply walk backwards while facing and shooting it. It also has a weak point on its back shown by a red bulge that will cause critical damage to it for any bullet or attack that hits that zone. This is a viable attack method if you are able to sneak up to it before it detects you.

Since its lunge is fairly predictable, you can bait it into an attack and sprint to side step it. Once it passes you, you have an opportunity to shoot its vulnerable weak point or land several melee attacks on it.

## Drops

The Wedging Thing will always drop a primary drop being the Average Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.

Bladder
Phetus
Century City Times No.4

POSTED Fri, January 20, 2023

Hello Citizens!

Welcome to the first devlog of the year! In this update, we will tell you about some changes we intend to make to the game, as well as some new ideas that we think can work well with what we have done so far!

Without a doubt, the first thing we want to talk about is the additions for PVE. Trying to meet the requests of a part of the community while keeping the PVP as the core element of the game, we thought we’d offer an alternative for those passionate about the game’s story and the world we created.

That’s why we decided to include some new content on the PVE front of the game, but do not worry: we will continue to work on the PVP side of Hell is Others. As proof of that, we will include a new type of enemy, designed both as a rewarding challenge on the PVE side and as a dynamic opponent for PVP.

We will go into detail on this new content in the coming days: at the moment, we can only let you taste some of what will come. What we want to emphasize is that the final goal of this phase of development is to ensure the possibility of completing the game entirely in singleplayer.

Another relevant novelty we intend to add is the “keys system”. We noticed that some of you have looting strategies that you can always exploit, given that the map never changes. That can lead to repetitive matches.
With the introduction of the “keys system”, you’ll find some containers on the map that you can open only with the specific keys required. You’ll find some of those keys in most of the containers around Century City.
With this system, we think we’ll be able to encourage the pursuit of different goals and increase the tension when you are contesting an objective with other players!

Another significant addition is that of the toxicity bar, different from that of the satiety already in use. In fact, we have noticed that healing with food risks becoming counterproductive, because it helps to increase the satiety bar along with pills and mushrooms.
To address that, we created the toxicity bar: from now on, eating pills and mushrooms adds to that bar, that you can reset sleeping or… well, dying!

Finally, we are implementing two different matchmakings, one for solo queue and another for duo queue: it’s something you’ve been asking for a long time, and we’re happy to add it to the game!
This way, we will get a more balanced experience.

We have many other ideas planned for Hell is Others, as well as some surprises we hope to share with you as soon as possible. In the future, we will tell you more, but meanwhile, remember to access our Discord channels to participate in community events and debates!

Have a good treasure hunt!
Brain

Brain is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each Brain adds 5% critical damage chance, reduces bullet damage by 0.5% and adds a cost of 20 blood per day to farm. Brains may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

Brain drops from both variants of Unstable Thing and Sweeping Thing.

## Brain Oil

Brain oil is a refined version of the Brain which doesn't reduce bullet damage but its cost is increased to 30 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
Paltry Thing

The Paltry Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others. Has a + version.

> "Don't let its goofy appearance fool you; it will spit balls of flesh at its prey upon finding a target. Not that tough, but very annoying."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Paltry Thing utilizes both contact and long distance attacks to weaken their prey and its espically important to keep your distance. It shoots a total of 3 flesh balls and there is an interval between each shot (around 1 second). A good strategy is to walk in a circle around the Paltry Thing while it shoots so that the balls of flesh never have a direct straight path towards you. Another way is to peak from around corners to shoot and then get back behind them until its done shooting to avoid taking any damage. In enclosed spaces they can be extremely deadly as being hit by both contact and flesh ball damage will quickly eat away at your health.

## Drops

The Paltry Thing will always drop a primary drop being the Average Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.
Caspar (Safe Deposit)

Caspar is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Safe Deposit where you can store items during a match. The safe has 4 inventory slots. Perishable goods stored in the safe DON'T perish if left in the safe during your sleep. You can use the safe deposit to store valuable items that you want to bring to your appartment in later matches, but since you might find these valuables on the other site of the map, this could prove to be inpractical. Instead, you could store here items that help you survive in future matches such as bullets, healing items, grenades, weapons etc.

## Location

Caspar can be found in the bank, the same building where Otis resides (a few meters above him).

## Quests

The Greedy Collector
 Act II
 Act III
Andre (Hardware Shop)

Andre is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Hardware Shop.

## Location

Andre can be found on the far west side of Prudence Avenue just below La Cittadella as indicated by the bomb symbol on the map. He us welding behind the counter of his Hardware shop.

## Quests

Andre provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of steel or electronics.

### Waiting For The End - Act I

 Wires | 2

 Frag Grenade | 3

### Waiting For the End Part 2

 Battery | 2

 Frag Grenade | 12
Adam as Bacchus

**Adam as Bacchus** is the 4th and penultimate art reward for completing the in-game prestige system in *Hell Is Others*. It is a large 9x8 artwork/Imago that, when placed in Adam's apartment, provides Adam with a +167 Blindness Recovery Speed buff.

Like all prestige artwork rewards, **Adam as Bacchus** can be claimed outside of Adam's apartment door after completing the in-game tutorial scene with Octave.
Things

Things are the PVE enemy of Hell is Others and they come in many forms such as:

* Haunting Thing
* Haunting Thing +
* Vengeful Thing
* Vengeful Thing +
* Unstable Thing
* Unstable Thing +
* Buzzing Thing
* Buzzing Thing +
* Paltry Thing
* Paltry Thing +
* Hiding Thing
* Hiding Thing +
* Wedging Thing
* Wedging Thing +
* Crawling Thing
* Other Thing

The name thing are likely a reference to the fact that the player does not know what these things are.

## Things +

Most things have a stronger version of themselves called Things + these have more health and give more credit on a kill.

## Spawning

The longer a raid continues the more Things and Things + will spawn

## Tips

* Things have blind spots and attack cooldowns use this to your advantage to either escape or shoot
* Some things have pink glowing weak spots where you can deal double damage i.e. (Wedging Thing, Wedging Thing +, Crawling Thing, Hiding Thing, Hiding Thing +)
* You can shoot the Hiding Thing even when you cannot see it
Mary Anne (Large Calibre Shop)

Mary Anne is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Large Calibre Weapon Shop where, as the name indicates, you can buy Large Caliber weapons.

## Location

Mary Anne can be found on Snake Side, in the left site of the top right building. On the map, her workshop has a symbol of a shotgun.
Excrement

Excrement is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each Excrement adds 15% blinding chance, increases recoil of the weapon by 4% and adds a cost of 50 blood per day to farm. Blinding causes the player to have drastically reduced sight radius. Excrements may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

   Excrement drops from both variants of Haunting Thing and Paltry Thing.

## Excrement Oil

Excrement oil is a refined version of the Excrement which doesn't increase recoil but its cost is increased to 100 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
Winston (Art Store)

Winston is one of the many Characters found in Hell Is Others and runs the Art Store.

## Winston

An aesthete aristocrat, dedicated to the contemplation of fish in his aquarium

## Location

Winston can be found on eastern Venture Boulevard at the south-east edge of Snake Side.

## Items Sold

Adam must do quests for Winston to unlock each tier of inventory in his shop.

## Quests

Winston provides a total of 3 separate quests for Adam to complete with most including the collection of monster parts.

The Aquarium of Curiosities
Mrs Powell

Mrs Powell has the highest mag capacity of all the base level Assault Rifles. Its appearance may be based on the Fabrique Nationale FAL.

## Tips

One can argue that the Mrs Powell is the best assault rifle due to its well rounded stats as well as high damage. This may be true for some but it all boils down to preference. The Powell is easily sprayable even at long ranges and much more consistent due to its high magazine capacity and lower recoil as compared to the Mrs Kelly.
Economy

Every item has two money related values. Its actual value and the value it has when in your possesion.

The second value is what you care about the most, because it's this value that you sell items for and it's also added to your total estate. Each Credit Level has its specific percentage which determines this value. This percentage along with your Credit Level can be seen in the top left corner of the screen and it's simply the percentage of the actual value of an item. For example, if an item costs 10,000 Creeds, and your Credit Level has a percentage of 50%, this means you will only get 5,000 Creeds when you sell this item.

## Credit Level

Credit Level is raised each time you get enough Credits. The amount of Credits you need for the next Credit Level is higher than for the previous one, making it harder to level up later on. Credit is earned by killing Things and Others. It is lost by dying and your Credit Level can also drop down to previous level because of this.
Proximity Mine

Proximity Mines are triggered by (you guessed it) **PROXIMITY.**

Once set, a proximity mine is surrounded by a relatively small red circle. Entering the red circle through any means (sneaking, walking, running, rolling) will cause the mine to detonate in a 1.5 meter area (much larger than the proximity warning) after 0.5 seconds.

## Stats

0.50 Seconds activation time

2,000 Max Damage

1.5 Meter Area of Effect

## Tips

Proximity mines can detonated by chain reaction from other explosions. For example, by throwing a Frag Grenade at it.

Proximity mines can **NOT** be destroyed by bullets.

Proximity mines can **NOT** be safely disarmed by interaction like Land Mines can because you cannot get close enough.

Anything moving (yourself, Things, Others) can trigger the proximity detonation.

If you are in a room with only one exit and an Other sets a proximity mine at the doorway (and you cannot get rid of it by chain reaction), try to find an angle to trigger the mine and quickly roll behind a wall. Explosions don't go through walls.
Chasm Quests

A Display of Power quests consist of giving blood to Chasm. It would prove to be efficient to give Chasm all your perishable blood items that can't be stored in a refrigerator while you sleep so you would use their full potential and not just their rotten version.

PRESTIGE:

After completing the quest to pay the 1,000,000 creeds to purchase the bonsai, the Chasm will offer you the ability to prestige and reset your progress in exchange for a unique piece of furniture. Information is limited, but the prestige furniture doesn't seem any better than regular furniture from merchants, they're just unique.

PRESTIGE/ENDING SPOILER:

After paying the 1,000,000 creeds to purchase the bonsai, Isolde brings Adam to the Notary to sign the purchase form. Isolde has the Notary count the money, but during the counting the Notary having sensed Adam's increased desire for the bonsai recalculates the bonsai's Desirability Index and price as 100,000,000,000,000,000 creeds, angering Adam who demands his money back. Adam's money is refunded directly to his bank account but he remains enraged at the Notary for deceiving him. Adam then plots revenge on the Notary by sabotaging the engine room, but Alfred doesn't know where it is, and the Handyman won't tell him where it is either. The Chasm offers to help Adam get to the engine room, but he'll never be able to return and will lose everything. At this point you can keep playing or choose to prestige. Before Adam goes, he leaves the bonsai and a note for an Other. Adam lets himself be devoured by the Chasm to reach the engine room, and once there he sabotages the engine triggering an explosion and a blackout. This loops right back to the beginning of the game when Adam first received the bonsai, Octave loses his partner, and Alfred mentioning to the new Adam he saw no one else in the hallway.
Century City Times No.1

POSTED Mon, December 12, 2022

Hello Citizens!

Here’s our weekly devlog’s update for our community, where we talk about our daily and weekly development challenges!

We noticed that not much about what we are working on gets through the usual updates so, to make our commitment to the game clearer and more evident, we decided to dedicate a specific space to communicate the most important moments of the development of Hell is Others, without having to wait for specific patches or dedicated events!

Not only that: we also want to share with you thoughts, hopes and ideas that we have about the game and its future. So here we are: welcome to Hell is Others’s devlog, we hope you’ll enjoy it <3

Before getting into the details, we just want to say that everything we share with you in this devlog is still under development, so we can’t give you exact dates or guarantee you that what you read here is exactly what you’ll be able to play. We just feel the need to share the steps we’re taking, to let you know the process that takes us from concept to the actual playable game features!

First, let’s rip the band-aid off: we know that the ability to reconnect to ongoing matches is an overly recurring theme in our updates, but it really is a difficult task to deal with and its implementation also requires us to collaborate with our server service provider.

It’s kinda funny to read back our November daily internal updates where Radghiv, our lead game developer, wrote for the first time: “reconnect issues almost solved, just need to test them one last time”. One eternity later here we are, patching and testing all the time, but we SHOULD have finally solved every problem (last famous words…)!

Talking about more cheerful things, we know that sometimes reading our updates could feel like reading an interior design magazine: “this new art deco furniture will give a new look to your homes!”.

We’re delivering on this tradition once again with this devlog: the new furniture (and wallpapers!) made by Francesca are coming to the City, and all of them have an… “eclectic” style, let’s say.

With great furniture comes great responsibility for Valerio, our art director, who is working to make all your homes more, well, animated! He’s also working on visual effects for the new devices: we’re looking forward to seeing how something like a Glue Trap could change your playstyle!

There are many more things that we want to share but, as we said before, sometimes we believe that something is done but then we realise we need more time. So, at the moment, we just want to let you know that we’re working on two almost certain next steps: weapon durability and a safe inventory slot. We hope to give you more details soon!

Last but not least, here’s a brief survey.

Please fill it out. It will take you a few minutes and will help us improve Hell is Others.

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Others

Others is what the game names other players in a Multiplayer match. Others will appear as things but are actually regular players and have a heartbeat. Others are identical to the Other Thing. When others are killed they will drop all of their items besides what is in their pocket and keys as well as a Human Heart.
Miss Payne

Miss Payne is a semiautomatic pistol with the highest damage per shot. Its appearance may be based on the M1911 pistol.

## Tips

Alongside the Sir Morris revolver, the Miss Payne has among the highest per-bullet damage of any semiautomatic weapon, making it ideal for efficiently killing Things and dealing precision damage against Others. The recoil is rather high, so it needs to be fired slowly at range. Its avoidance of the awkward revolver reload can make it easier to use in a prolonged firefight.

Although not the *best* primary weapon when engaging Others, the Miss Payne is nonetheless very dangerous, and is excellent for supplementing a sniper rifle, assault rifle, and/or SMG.
Cupcake

Cupcake is a perishable food item. It heals 130 Health and increases Satiety by 65 when used. If not placed in a refrigerator before sleeping for the night, it will rot.

It also can be sold by **Sandy** at West Humble, in Prudence Avenue and Baker Road

## Rotten Cupcake

Spoiled version of the Cupcake. It only heals 65 health.
Feather

Feather is a fertilizer used to modify bullets being grown in a pot. Each Feather adds -7% recoil, reduces bullet damage by 2%, adds a cost of 50 blood per day to farm. Feathers may be stacked up to 5 in the inventory.

Feather drops from both variants of Buzzing Thing.

## Feather Powder

Feather Powder is a refined version of the Feather which doesn't reduce damage but its cost is increased to 100 blood to farm.

## Trivia

* Like other fertilizers, these may be found frequently in the display cases at Saraswati Hall in the NW corner of the Map.
Imago

Imago refers to a bonus provided by Furniture installed in Adam's apartment.

Each Imago point provides a 0.1% increased effectiveness of the respective action, up to a cap of 25% increased effectiveness at 250 points.

Imago types:

* Assault Rifle Recoil Reduction
* Assault Rifle Reload Speed
* Bleeding Recovery Speed
* Blindness Recovery Speed
* Blood on Clothes Extraction
* Deafness Recovery Speed
* Food Consumption Speed
* Medicine Use Speed
* Medicine Effectiveness
* Pistol Recoil Reduction
* Pistol Reload Speed
* Revolver Recoil Reduction
* Revolver Reload Speed
* Savory Food Effectiveness
* Savory Food Satiety Reduction
* Shotgun Recoil Reduction
* Shotgun Reload Speed
* SMG Recoil Reduction
* SMG Reload Speed
* Stamina Recovery Speed
* Sweet Food Effectiveness
* Sweet Food Satiety Reduction
Adam Smithson

Adam is the main character and the only actual habitant of Century City. He's the typical anti-hero of the noir world (between Humphrey Bogart and Jean-Paul Belmondo) mixed up with the mask of the Theater of the Absurd (Vladimir of Waiting for Godot). Cynical, harsh, lonely, and surreal.

But very often, he behaves like a temperamental and stubborn child.

He is obsessed with the bonsai.

Adam loves to listen to music, but probably only to not hear the silence.

His name has different meanings:

* Adam was the first man
* Smith-son, the son of Smith, is one of the most common surnames in the USA. The metaphor of Adam as the son of the ordinary man.
* Smith-son, as the son of the smith, the one who gives shape to formless matter, alluding to his essence as the chosen one.
* Adam Smithson, the son of Adam Smith, is the father of Economics. He's the founder of classical economic theories, the one who theorized a direct link between wealth and increased productivity.

Throughout the story, as the city grows richer with new products and new functions, thanks to the constant graft of blood into the city's economy, Adam Smithson takes on the reputation of a paradoxical savior: the more he kills, the more the economy grows, the more everyone cheers him on.
Necklace

The necklace is the second most expensive item in the game, coming in just below the Old Coin with a value of 95,000 creeds. Mainly used to sell to Octave on Tuesday, but can also be used for quests with Autumn, for Act III.

## Quests

* Autumn Act 3 quests
* Luxurious Garbage

## Obtaining

The Necklace is a rare item with low spawn rates. It can spawn in the mansion display cases.
Unstable Thing

The Unstable Thing is one of the many Enemies found in Hell Is Others.

> "A restlessly pulsating lump of black matter with an unstable structure; If something offsets its precarious balance, it explodes. Can sometimes come in handy to get rid of pursuers."
>
> In-Game Description

## Strategy

The Unstable Thing is a very effective tool. Upon taking any damage or contact with either a Other or Enemy, it will explode within a radius after a short delay. It is hard to see around corners or on the street and and can be used as an escape tool by shooting at it to make it explode and prevent Other(s) from chasing you or it can be used as an effective weapon by shooting it (who knew?!) when Other(s) are within its explosion's range.

Note that you must actually attack the Unstable Thing to get kill credit, simply walking into it will not reward credit.

## Drops

The Unstable Thing will always drop a primary drop being the Tiny Heart and possibly one of the three secondary drops in its loot pool. Each of these has the same odds to drop though getting a second drop is not always guaranteed.

Brain
Claw