The Creature

Creatures are playable characters in White Noise 2. Their objective is to devour the Investigators before they collect all eight Clues, and should they fail to do so, prevent them from breaking Sigils and The Artifact.

## Objective

The creature must use their various abilities to hunt down the four investigators and devour them. There are various skills and methods of tracking used to find them, such as a Compass and summoning Idols. When the Creature successfully catches an Investigator, they will start to devour them at a speed determined by the Creature's Strength and the caught Investigator's Vitality stats until they have successfully killed the Investigator or they have been stunned by a Flashlight or Flashbang. Similarly the Investigators, each Creature has the same weakness, which is light. Sources of light are found throughout some maps such as Norwood Prairie and slow down the Creature if they walk through them. Additionally, Creatures need to avoid light sources from the Investigators, such as their Glow Sticks. An Investigator's flashlight is able to stun the Creature if they get too far into the beam, which will eventually force them to flee. After being stunned, the Creature will still be able to attempt to grab an Investigator, although they will have a limited amount of time to do so, depending on their Light Resistance and how much Habituation has affected them. After being stunned, the Creature will only be slowed down by light until they are banished, unless they are in the range of a thrown Flashbang.

## Stats, Skills, & Traits

Each creature has their own set of stats, skills, and traits that determine their play style. Stats are shared among each creature, but skills and traits are creature specific. There are currently 7 creature stats.

* **Horror:** How quickly Investigators will lose their Sanity when looking at the creature. Affected by the Investigator's Bravery stat.
* **Perception:** How far the creature needs to be for Investigators to be highlighted to them. Affected by the Investigator's Stealth stat.
* **Speed:** How fast the creature can move.
* **Light Resistance:** Determines the time it takes for The Creature to be banished when stunned. Constant exposure to light increases this.
* **Skill Usage:** Determines how long it takes for The Creature's skills, such as Sprint, to be used. Jean Luc's DELICIOUS trait increases this by 15% when activated.
* **Idol Influence:** Alters an Idol's Horror and Range, as well as the time it takes to summon the Idol.
* **Strength:** How fast a caught investigator is devoured. Affected by the Investigator's Vitality stat.

Stats are measured on a scale of zero to ten, with zero being the suggested lowest and ten being the suggested highest, although Creatures can only reach one stat point as the lowest and eight stat points as the highest when not taking Creature and Idol traits or the difficulty setting into consideration. Stats at seven points or higher will be highlighted in green and stats at three points or lower will be highlighted in red.

### Skins

Each creature has their own set of skins they can wear. Skins serve two purposes, as they allow the player to customize their character and they have a slight impact on the stats. The default skin of a creature will not affect the character's base stats, but all other skins will increase a stat by one point and decrease another stat by one point. This can be acknowledged by people who are strategically choosing what they want their stats to be or skins can be chosen purely for cosmetic appeal.

Skins made for specific holidays, such as the Chocolate skins available around Easter Sunday, do not affect stats and are only for cosmetic appeal.

## Idols

Idols are totems and fleshy objects that The Creature is able to summon throughout the map. Idols have two stats, being Horror and Range. Horror acts like The Creature's Horror stat in that it affects how long it takes for Investigators to go insane and is affected by their Bravery stat. Range affects the distance that an Idol detects an Investigator. If an Investigator has their flashlight off, an Idol's range will be halved for that Investigator (with the exception of Sarah, who will never be detected with her flashlight off) until they turn it on again.

Like Investigators and Creatures, Idols have a trait that affects the Creature when summoned. Like Creature traits, these are always positive. Generally, Idol Traits increase The Creature's stats each time an Idol is summoned or lower the Investigator's stats (until the tenth Idol). Another common trait is one that increases or decreases Investigator or Creature stats when within a certain range of the Idol.

Additionally, similarly to Flashlights, Idols have different colors that do not affect their stats when used.

## Roles

"Roles" is an unofficial term used to briefly sum up a playstyle. Some Creatures perform better with specific roles, while others can work with any playstyle.

* **ALL-AROUND:** Creatures that can perform well and tailor to many different play styles.
* **ASSAULT**: Creatures who are expected to relentlessly attack the investigators. While their powers usually aid them in getting to the investigators quickly, they also tend to have poor Light Resistance to make up for the fact that they'll be continually attacking.
* **TANK**: Creatures who excel during attacks and confrontations. Their powers aid them during encounters with investigators, and they tend to have high Light Resistance to make their attacks last longer. Their attacks are often slow but last much longer than the attacks of other creatures.
* **DEFENDER**:Creatures that focus on the prevention of investigator's progress. They use their powers to protect clues from being collected by investigators.

## Trivia

* Subject 23 is the only Creature that makes an appearance in all three White Noise games, as it also appears as the sole Creature in White Noise: A Tale of Horror and White Noise Online.
* Creatures make an appearance on 9 of the 20 screenshots posted on Milkstone Studios' Twitter account.
* Darcy and Subject 23 currently have the highest stat totals of all Creatures, at 36, while Okiku has the lowest, at 22.