Explorer

**Kurt Frank**, also known as the **Explorer**, is a Decode-Type and Difficulty 1.5 Survivor available for purchase after completion of the prologue. He is one of **43** playable Survivors added to Identity V.

—Kurt Frank (Deduction Quest No. 8)

## Appearance

Kurt is a tall, slender doll with fair skin, brown hair parted into two sides, a dark grey mustache and beard, pale, bushy, dark grey eyebrows, tiny, black button eyes cross-stitched with black thread, and a long, stitched scar down the right side of his face.

He wears a buttoned denim jacket over a dark blue shirt, on his left arm is an yellowish brown embroidered patch called "IM LUCK" with red border outside, matching jeans, and battered leather hiking boots. A leather utility belt around his waist holds a torn leather pouch with visible cotton stuffing and a coil of rope on either side. Behind his shoulders is a leather hiking backpack with leather straps, with a rolled-up, fading crimson mat tied on top. Tears are visible in his right shoulder and left leg, showing cotton stuffing. He holds a thick novel with a red leather cover and yellowed paper in his right hand.

## Gameplay

The Explorer is a decode-type Survivor with no movement debuffs, allowing him to be flexible for other roles if needed. He starts each match with a book, which allows him to shrink. While shrunk, he will see a set of yellow numbers with an arrow, and if the Hunter is within sixty meters, a set of red numbers with an arrow pointing towards them. The numbers show how many meters away the Explorer is from the Hunter (red), or from buried "treasure" (yellow) which when dug will give one out of three pages on the map, which can then be put into any Cipher Machine for up to 50% progress. Note that when shrunk, he will still leave trails when running, and is unable to interact with anything.

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### External Traits

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

 Fantasy | *Carries around the novel Gulliver's Travels and can turn into a tiny Lilliputian after reading it. He is undetectable by the Hunter's "radar" after shrinking, but cannot perform most actions.*
*The Travel Journal records the location of the treasure. Activate Treasure Hunt when you turn into a tiny Lilliputian and reach the indicated burial location to unearth Password Pages. Digging up 1/2/3 or more Password Pages takes 27/24/20 seconds, respectively. Password Pages allow you to quickly decode Cipher Machines after they reach 50% progress, and they also provide hints on Hunter's whereabouts.*
*The Explorer can carry up to 2 Password Pages with him. When the Explorer is placed on the Rocket Chair, the Password Pages will drop to the floor, and other Survivors can pick them up. Each scene can spawn up to 3 treasure burial spots.*
*The Explorer has heightened senses when transformed into a tiny Lilliputian and can tell the incoming direction of Hunter within a certain radius.*

### Character Statistics

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Movements
* Running Speed: 3.8 m/s
* Walking Speed: 2.11 m/s
* Crouch Walking Speed: 1.14 m/s
* Crawling Speed: 0.44 m/s

Decoding
* Duration of decoding Cipher Machines: 81.0 sec
* Regressed decoding progress from electric shock: 1.0%
* Duration of inability to decode from electric shock: 2.0 sec
* Time spent opening Exit Gate: 18.0 sec

Interactions
* Time spent dropping pallets: 0.73 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at high speed: 1.17 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at medium speed: 1.63 sec
* Time spent vaulting over pallets at low speed: 2.07 sec
* Time spent vaulting over windows at high speed: 0.87 sec
* Time spent vaulting over windows at low speed: 1.27 sec
* Time spent going through chests: 10.0 sec

Healing
* Time spent healing injured Survivors: 15.0 sec
* Time spent being healed by others: 15.0 sec
* Self-healing time after knockdown: 30.0 sec

Others
* Duration of footprint: 3.0 sec
* Duration of speed boost after being hit: 2.0 sec
* Duration of struggle while being held up: 16.0 sec
* Rocket Chair countdown time: 60.0 sec
* Time spent being rescued from Rocket Chairs: 1.0 sec

## Concept / Design Notes

### Design Notes

It was originally designed as a homeless man: messy hair, a big stubble, a travel bag, and the tools that can be used to survive in the wild are tied to the body, reflecting the abjection of the survivors. Originally, what he was holding should be a book like "Guide to Survival". However, the function of the book was later set to have the function of zooming in and out, so it was changed to "Gulliver's Travels".

### Beta Development Notes

Survivor Outfit → Explorer. This set is inspired by Mr. Joel in "The Last of Us", and it feels very suitable, and some design improvements have been made. When I was playing, I used him to squat in the corner, but I was always caught by the butcher precisely. I heard that the skills have been changed now, but I haven't played for a long time.

## Change Log

### September 16th, 2021

* Buff: Gradually gains proficiency when excavating treasure. After digging up 1/2/3 or more Password Pages, the time needed reduces to 27/24/20 seconds.

### 20th April, 2023

* Buff: The Password Page progress will now continue to increase while the Explorer is excavating treasures.

## Trivia

* He is the cheapest Survivor in the Illusion Hall, at only 1468Clues.
* The book he carries is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Smith.
* His Gulliver's Travels book can be found during Emma's diary on a table in the dining room.

## Other Languages

 🇺🇸 | English
 español | Español(Spanish) | Explorador (Kurt Frank)
 🇮🇩 | Bahasa Indonesia
 🇲🇾 | Bahasa Melayu
 🇻🇳 | Tiếng Việt(Vietnamese) | Kẻ Thăm Dò (Kurt Frank)

## References

1. ↑ As the in-game voice and in the Diaries. A Website confirming the Voice Actor of Hell Ember, Gamekeeper, Forward and **Explorer** - https://zh.moegirl.org.cn/index.php?title=%E8%8B%8F%E9%91%AB&variant=zh-hans&mobileaction=toggle\_view\_desktop
2. ↑ In the Diaries (Confirmation Post by Japanese Official Account)
3. ↑ Age from the official Art Reference Book
4. ↑ Design notes obtained from the first volume of the Official Art Reference Book in Chinese.
5. ↑ Archived post from Nekooxi's IDV development concept arts