Rusalka

*Rusalka* is an unlockable Creature in White Noise 2.

## Description

Feeding from weaker creatures to travel between worlds, Rusalka has gone beyond mere existence.

Soaked in the power of nightmares, she promised eternal life to her worshipers.

Would it be so wrong to kneel before her?

### Appearance

Rusalka is a tall, red humanoid with skin similar to the Blister Idol. She has three long fingers and a thumb, each with black nails. Her teeth are sharp and jagged. Rusalka wears a white cloth on her head.

## Unlocks

* Rusalka (Character) and Siren (Skin): Reach Level 4.
* Crimson (Skin): Reach Level 9.
* Venous (Skin): Reach Level 17.
* Korowai (Skin): Reach Level 23.
* Undead (Skin): Reach Level 31.

## Stats and Traits

Rusalka's Stats
 Skill Usage
 Idol Influence

### Traits

* UNHOLY POWER: Each Idol summoned increases Rusalka's Skill Usage by 5%. This trait is disabled in Classic Mode.
* HYPNOSIS: When stunned, Rusalka's Horror increases by 50% for 5s.

## Skills

 COMPASS: Pulls up a compass for a few seconds that will roughly point in the direction of the Investigator with the lowest Stealth or the nearest highlighted Investigator. The color of the pointer on the compass varies depending on the distance from the investigator. Red means far away, yellow means getting closer, and blue means nearby. If the compass is a single pale blue dot, it means that the investigator is near the general area.

 TELEPORT: Teleports the creature near the investigators.

 ENERGY TRAP: Place a trap on the floor. When investigators get near it, it bursts, disables their flashlights, and highlights them. Once set off, the trap will also recharge the Ambush ability. It can be disarmed by living Investigators if they turn off their flashlight.

 AMBUSH: Rusalka appears directly behind a highlighted (otherwise random) investigator. Rusalka can only move after one second since the teleportation has passed and a loud sound plays when used.

 TAPEWORMS: Tapeworms appear around the map, causing an Investigator's Sanity to decrease when looked at.

 SPRINT: Movement speed will temporarily be increased. Exposition to light will cancel the sprint.

## Tips

Rusalka is infamous for easily beating new players while struggling to grab experienced ones. Rusalka has the highest base Speed and the highest Perception alongside good Skill Usage, but all of her other stats are below average, especially her Light Resistance, which only has two points. Her Horror is somewhat remedied with HYPNOSIS, which increases her Horror drastically for five seconds when stunned. Because of HYPNOSIS, Investigators will either have to run more than dazzling her or shake their vision up and down rapidly, with the latter allowing Investigators to dazzle her much more.

UNHOLY POWER is great at increasing the number of times Rusalka attacks the Investigators. Its effects stack with the Pustule Idol's effects, which makes her assaults even higher in number. However, her Idol Influence will cause her to waste more time than usual.

Rusalka's skills are strange. Ambush allows Rusalka to quickly attack the Investigators, although it makes a very loud sound, alerting them. She will, however, gain Light Resistance because of the stun. Energy Traps will disable an Investigators flashlight and highlight them, which makes them the target of Ambush if it doesn't hit multiple Investigators, as well as fully recharging Ambush. It can, however, be disabled by living Investigators if they have their flashlight off. Tapeworms are used to assist attacks started by getting to the Investigators manually, as the Tapeworms will rapidly decrease their sanity. This forces Investigators to look up or down constantly, which can get them running into walls.

While Rusalka has great traits and nice skills, her weaknesses are very prevalent. She has the lowest Light Resistance in the game, which gets even worse when using her Venous skin. The Crimson skin helps with it a small amount, but in turn, it lowers her Skill Usage to an average level. Her Strength is below average, which will not only lower the chances of instantly devouring an Investigator but also increase the time a caught splitting Investigator will hold her away from the group. Rusalka's Idol Influence stat is below average, which also gets worse when using a skin, specifically the Undead skin.

## Skins

Siren (Default)Crimson (+1 Light Resistance, -1 Skill Usage)Venous (+1 Speed, -1 Light Resistance)Korowai (+1 Skill Usage, -1 Speed)Undead (+1 Horror, -1 Idol Influence)
### Timed Skins

Chocolate (Easter Event, March 25th - April 16th)Big Head (April Fool's Day, March 31st - April 2nd)Christmas (Christmas, December 4th - ???)
## Trivia

* HYPNOSIS was originally named SCREAM.
* Rusalka is the first creature to be added to the game in Early Access.
* A developer stated that Rusalka was once a human.
* Rusalka and Morgul are currently the only characters to have teaser images.

## Gallery

Rusalka and Vincent on a promotional imageRusalka and Phileas on Update #9: Run for Your Life!'s update banner, which also served as Rusalka's teaser imageRusalka and Hannah on Update #10: Shivers Down the Spine's update bannerRusalka, Olkoth, Darcy, and Subject 23 on Update #2: Easter Eggs' update banner