Chasing Shadows

**Chasing Shadows**, also known as **Phantom Shadows,** is a limited-time alternate gameplay mode initially released during Call of the Abyss IV found under the Violent Struggle menu, along with Duo Hunters, Blackjack, and Tarot. It was an obstacle course that 6 survivors run through and try to complete the fastest. Once the first player reaches the finish line, there will be a 30-second countdown until the race ends for the other players.

## Gameplay

### Overview

*Those who are lost in their nightmares will be captured by Yidhra and sent into a dream she constructed - a bizarre racecourse. She will select a winner from these candidates who is agile, lucky, and capable to be a missionary on her behalf. The losers will stay in this dream and be tortured endlessly by Yidhra's Followers.*

All survivors can participate, but movement speed will be balanced and they will not bring in their respective tools.

The 6 players can compete individually or in teams of two. For individual races, players will be ranked according to their finishing time. For team races, they will be placed with a partner, and they will be ranked based on their total ranking points based on each one's placement.

Currently, the only map released is an obstacle course found on Moonlight River Park that it's called Moon River Park.

### Items

The players do not start with an item, but rather must reach an item spawn point on the map. Upon touching the spawn point, the player will receive a random item, and the spawn point will be refreshed.

Each player can hold 2 items at one time. If a new item is obtained, the older of the two items will be replaced with the new one.

The random items available include:

### Obstacles

As the race progresses, random obstacles will be added to the course along with the static ones. These will cause damage and can temporarily down any player if they are hit too many times. They are based off of Hunter abilities, such as The Ripper's Foggy Blade, The Feaster's Tentacles, Sculptor's Statues and Violinist's Sonata

## Trivia

* It was added to Global servers January 27, 2021, and was removed February 22nd, 2021.
	+ It was later brought back on April 1, 2021 and was removed on May 12, 2021.
	+ It was again added back on June 10, 2021 and was removed on August 18, 2021.
	+ It has since been reintroduced. (dates needed!)
* This is one of the gamemodes that are made up of only Survivor characters as participants, and Hunter characters cannot be played as in which. The other is Frenzy Rhapsody.
* A video contest was held, which players could submit recorded races to in order to win a prize.
* Despite the originally alcoholic nature of the item, Dovlin is referred to as a type of fruit punch in this mode. This was done so that underage characters (namely Helena Adams, Martha Behamfil, and Lily Barriere) could use it as well.
	+ As this mode’s version of the item was released during a patch update, its name and function were only mentioned in the update’s Patch Notes and has not been mentioned in-game as of now.

## Gallery

Chasing Shadows' transparent iconChasing Shadows mode posterChasing Shadows Map With Survivors (Artstation)Chasing Shadows Map Without Survivors (Artstation)Video contest detailsHunter banners next to starting lineHunter banners next to starting line