Black

* Global
* China

**Black** is a C-Tier Costume for Hell Ember, Leo Beck. It was available during Season 1 as part of the 1st Essence and Beta Testing. It can still be obtained from Memory Spheres - Previous Seasons.

As with most C-Tier costumes, it can be found as a recurring reward in current Essences.

## Reappearance List

Due to the Costume having returned a lot ever since its release, its reappearances list is compiled here.

* Season 1 Essence 1 - Release Date: July 5th 2018 (Formerly, Original Official Release Date)
* Season 1 Essence 4 - Release Date: August 9th 2018 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 2 Essence 1 - Release Date: September 13th 2018 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 3 Essence 1 - Release Date: November 15th 2018 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 4 Essence 1 - Release Date: January 31st 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 5 Essence 1 - Release Date: March 14th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 5 Essence 3 - Release Date: April 18th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 6 Essence 1 - Release Date: May 23rd 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 6 Essence 3 - Release Date: July 11th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 7 Essence 1 - Release Date: July 25th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 8 Essence 2 - Release Date: October 24th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 9 Essence 1 - Release Date: December 12th 2019 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 9 Essence 3 - Release Date: January 20th 2020 (Formerly, Reappearance)
* Season 10 Essence 1 - Release Date: March 5th 2020 (Formerly, Reappearance)

## Appearance

### **Physical**

When equipped, Leo's skin assumes a pale grey hue, with red eyes and dark brown hair. His face and arms show several burns and wounds, with the lower half of his head covered by red bandages.

### **Outfit**

#### Global Servers

Leo lacks his characteristic metal masks and wears a tattered black collared shirt, with red buttons and ripped sleeves that reach his elbows. On his legs are light brown pants, with holes in them, held up by black suspenders, while on his feet he has brown shoes.

#### Chinese Servers

In the Chinese version of the game he retains the metal mask covering his face.

## Trivia

* In early 2020 in the Chinese server both his model and artwork on the selection card were updated to include the mask, in an attempt to make the character less intimidating. Other C-Tier costumes went through a similar change, such as Soul Weaver's and Smiley Face's, as well as Leo's Moon Face B-Tier costume.
* Black was released together with all of Leo's current C-Tier costumes, at the start of Season 1.
* There is an inconsistency between the artwork on the selection card and the in-game model, where in the first Leo has a seamed scar on his face and the bandages around his neck are thicker, resembling a scarf, but in the model he lacks both these features.
* The costume's name used to be "Blue collar" in early versions of the game.
	+ "Black-collar workers" generally refers to manual workers from jobs where they become dirty and stained, such as mining.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art

### Appearance Menu

Black, as it appears in the appearance decoration menuLeft view of the costumeBack view of the costumeRight view of the costumeThe model as it appears in the Chinese version of the game

### Icons & Concept Art

The costume's former card artworkThe costume's current card artworkCard artwork for exclusive use in the Chinese serverConcept art from the official Identity V Japanese Reference Book
## See Also

* Purple (Hell Ember)
* Orange
* Blue
* Slingshot