On October 23rd, Identity V revealed an slew of upcoming content for the next couple of months that included crossovers, essences, Shop content, a new character, an upcoming story expansion, and more. This post is a summary of that content and while it is quite a lot, I’ll provide a table of content for ease of navigation in case you are more interested in one thing over the other.
New Survivor: Roy Kafe
Chief Editor, Roy Kafe, is coming to the Manor! 📚 With bandages wrapped around his head and what appears to be a hospital gown on his body… Who could he be? Discover more about this mysterious character when the new story arrives. Stay tuned! ✨
Official Identity V Twitter Page
The new survivor, Roy Kafe, will be dropping on December 10th. Stay tuned for more information!
Point of Divergence Story Expansion Details
Promotional poster for “Point of Divergence” (formerly called “Divergence) aka the story of Game 0.
Don’t worry, it’s in English with Korean subtitles.
The new story event will drop on December 10th. Please look below for information on event rewards. In addition, The Closing Night and other AOM/COY rewards will be returning with the drop of the new story event.
You can claim up to 30 free essence pulls for Season 45’s essence 2 aka Chief Editor, Roy Kafe’s, essence.
There will also be a PVE mode similar to the “Fool’s Gold” one back during his release with the second part of Ashes of Memory. This time, it will feature “Herztier.”
Season 45 Rank Treasure and Logic Path
The S-accessory for next season’s rank treasure will be given to “Faro Lady” with A-accessories for “Undead” and Meteorologist to match their pre-existing costumes.
The Logic Path costume will be for Clerk called Royal Aerie. Expect to see a matching portrait, portrait frame, and B-accessory.
Season 45 Essence 1 and 2
Season 45 Essence 1
“Welcome to a mysterious store where humans and monsters coexist!” 🐾✨
Releases November 19th and features S-costume [Monster Express] for Prospector, A-costume [Moth Fairy] for Mechanic, and A-costume [Bedside Monster] for “Herztier.”
Season 45 Essence 1
“It’s time for a first look at the new Essence! 📖✨ Featuring a limited-time S Costume for the new Survivor, Chief Editor, this tale follows magical vessels whose stories unfold through books.”
Releases December 10th and features S-costume [Waning Silhouette] for Chief Editor, A-costume [Ravenfall] for Opera Singer, and A-costume [Half-Asleep] for Fire Investigator.
Upcoming Shop Costumes: ONCE, ART, Esports, and Truth and Inference
The Mind’s Eye [Poet Laureate] available on December 10th.
Photographer [Evanascent] available on November 12th.
“Knight” [SRE.RICHARD] available November 5th.
Truth and Inference Gift Box Package for “Prisoner” [The Debunker of the Enigmatic Frequency]. More details released at a later date.
New Costume Series: IDOL Series
Yes, that’s right. Identity V has a new costume series where four lovely ladies will debut in the girl group, PerVade. The girls are: Gardener, Perfumer, Female Dancer, and Priestess.
PerVade’s “Undefined” PV. Please give it a watch and support our girls!
The first one to be dropping will be Gardener, Emma Woods. Please see the poster below for reference:
Pervade.Emma
This new series is Echoes only, so please bear that in mind when deciding whether or not to purchase these upcoming costumes. Emma’s costume will drop on November 26th with the others to gradually follow.
2026 Deduction Star Costumes
The release schedule for each costume is as follows:
Matador [The Lay of the Cid]: December 3rd
Toy Merchant [Alicia in the Vortex]: December 10th
Hell Ember [Jean Valjean in Suffering]: December 17th
“Faro Lady” [Catherine in the Shadows]: December 24th
Batter [Captain Nemo in the Deep]: December 31st
“Hullabaloo” [Wondermaker]: January 7th
Charity Event: An Ordinary Day
Identity V is teaming up with SeriousFun Children’s Network to make camping experiences more accessible for disabled children through this year’s charity event featuring Meteorologist.
Event rewards including Wendy’s A-costume [Boundless Inventor] can be obtained for free through the event.
Upcoming New and Returning Crossovers
Little Nightmares will return on October 29th featuring S-costume for “Little Girl” and its matching accessory will be in the Shop. Axe Boy’s S-costume will be obtainable for free through the event.
B.duck returns on December 10th and features returning costumes for “Prisoner,” Perfumer, Mercenary, Guard 26, Archer, and Embalmer.
Sanrio Crossover returns on with new costumes for Composer [Pochacco] and Mercenary [Pompompurin]. Costumes and accessories from part 1-2 will also return. This crossover will return on December 31st.
Finally, there will be a second part to the Shanghai Animation Film Studio crossover with Guard 26 as Snow Child. The costume will be given for free through the event. The crossover will go live on November 26th.
Thanksgiving and Christmas Event Information
Please refer below to the following infographics to know what can be obtained through both events.
For the Christmas event, the public map, Yuletide Nocturne, will become available on December 17th. You can obtain free furniture by doing event tasks on the map.
In addition, the new A-costume for Magician will be available in the Shop on the same day. B-costumes for Lanternist and “Goatman” will be available for players to choose from. Only one can be chosen so choose wisely.
There will also be returning Christmas content as well:
Cryptic Notes Season 1 Reveal Information
Season 1 for Cryptic Notes will be placed within the story of Cheerleader’s release essence following the Moonlight Race story of two opposing groups of those who wish to stay in the mines versus those who wish to leave it and explore the world outside.
Season 1 rewards are seen below along with the new exquisite classic similar to sapphire necklaces in Season 0.
The new reforging weapon will be Forgotten Faith, a player favorite. Balance adjustments are also seen below:
Balance Adjustments and Optimizations
Some balance adjustments for some characters. It appears that characters like Acrobat, Bloody Queen, and Night Watch got buffed while “Dentist” and “Herztier” received nerfs.
In addition, the Hunter trait, Listen, has been reworked and works quite differently now so please give that read if anything else as you may be seeing it more in your matches once the rework goes live.
There will also be optimizations for select costumes such as Composer’s Dragon Hunter and Painter’s Golden Ratio amongst others. The base models for First Officer and Barmaid will also be updated. Please refer to the video above for further optimizations.
