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Salvatore Oct 2, 2020 @ 2:51pm
Salt is toxic to the Wraith, what does that mean?
Will Wraith make some noise or what will happen when he gets near salt?
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Originally posted by Codester:
Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:
Originally posted by Captain Pansy:
many languages are genderless, like hungarian for example. those people are not so sensitive/do not care about gender pronouns. don't assume everyone is american. respect other cultures. also, congrats, you got offended on behalf of a digital ghost. you won today's dumbass cup.

about wraith and salt:
- wraith can step in salt but leave no green footprints, and it makes them angry
- wraith can go through walls, BUT you can stop the hunt if you place salt between him and you.
- how to test for wraith: if you hear footsteps in a room, close the door, put salt on the doorway. if the ghost manages to go to another room and door is still closed and salt undisturbed: you have a wraith
- also, if you put a lot of salt around a place where the ghost is, to make it step in it, and after that it suddenly starts to throw things around, appear, click switches, 90% it is a wraith, and if you also see fingerprints, you can just check it in the journal and close the van.
I'm not sure that you can stop a hunt with salt. It's not proven yet. While I've seen evidence it might happen if the only exit to a floor has salt blocking it, it might cause the wraith to be unable to leave the floor, it might also be bad path finding on the wraith's part, and it was only one time as well.

We need more testing to determine if this is actually the case. Until then I wouldn't place my faith in this.
We know exactly what salt does to wraithes. Not much is mystery in this game when you can read the extracted/ mined files from the games folders.
There are two differences between uses salt on a wraithe vs any other type.
Firstly, it doesn't leave footprints. After the salt is stepped in. Meaning if the salt is stepped in but you have a glow stick or UV on the area within 5 seconds and you do not see foot prints on the ground. With 0 other evidence needed you know its a wraithe. 100%.
Secondly, it raises the Wraithes hunt multiplier by 50 points. When a ghost hunts it takes into consideration a few things. If a crucifex is within 3 meters of its favourite room spawn point. If an ability is available it does this first (ghost abilities have a 100 second cool down), then it rolls. The variable is based on Ghost "attributes" which is dictated before the map even loads in. This has to do with how aggressive it is, how much it is willing to interact. Its hunting multiplier, the average team sanity. (Yes, average team sanity. Individual sanity has nothing to do with how often a ghost hunts, your friend sitting in the van with 0 sanity, is increasing the chance for your other friend who is at 100 sanity in the house. The chances of a hunt are EQUAL for everyone, only team average sanity is counted)) and also any special multipliers that can add to a hunt...like say....a wraithe stepping in salt lol.
Salt does not prevent anything, its used as a tool to create proof of a wraithe, or to find a ghost room you are having trouble locating or to...make a wraithe super angry at you.
A salted wraithe is FAR FAR more likely to hunt you than an unsalted one.
Anyway, these are not my opinions, its literal information taken from the game files, proven tested and true.
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DoomGuy Oct 2, 2020 @ 3:43pm 
I think it acts like the crucifix. AoE CC
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Vulpix Oct 2, 2020 @ 4:47pm 
It means it won't step in the salt, if you see the salt been stepped on, then it's not a wraith.
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Shepard Oct 2, 2020 @ 5:06pm 
Wraith will step in salt. I'm not sure exactly what it does and it could be a coincidence but last time I couldn't find any evidence other than fingerprints after spending like 10 minutes searching. After I placed salt down at the frustration of not finding anything and it stepped in the salt pile I started to see freezing temps.This could be something for higher difficulties I'm not sure. Or if it was just a coincidence but something worth testing out.
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Lou Sassle Oct 2, 2020 @ 5:15pm 
Originally posted by Vulpix:
It means it won't step in the salt, if you see the salt been stepped on, then it's not a wraith.
This is almost correct. It will step on the salt (drag through it is probably more accurate), but it won't produce footprints under UV. This is the way to verify Wraith 100% of the time. If the salt is not being disturbed, then whatever ghost it is didn't actually go through it.

As for the toxic weakness, I don't think anyone really knows at this point unless it's been mentioned in the Discord by the dev somewhere. It's likely that it may reduce it's activity, but I've never noticed anything different when a Wraith has moved through the salt.
Last edited by Lou Sassle; Oct 2, 2020 @ 5:17pm
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Cursed Hawkins Oct 2, 2020 @ 5:23pm 
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
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BurlsoL Oct 2, 2020 @ 6:55pm 
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
Why are you assuming a ghosts gender based on their name?
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JackieTheDemon Oct 2, 2020 @ 6:57pm 
Originally posted by Vulpix:
It means it won't step in the salt, if you see the salt been stepped on, then it's not a wraith.
incorrect. it can still step in salt.
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Ahnz Oct 2, 2020 @ 7:21pm 
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.

I was just watching a Twitch Stream and when they died there was a woman shaped ghost in a dress staggering around. so both male and female
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Tystefy Oct 2, 2020 @ 7:37pm 
As of the second patch, Wraiths cannot cross over salt piles. Initially they would only go through it if there was no other pathway to their target. That caused confusion so it was patched so they are incapable of crossing salt.

... Of course, since Wraiths can no-clip through walls, this means jack-all.
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Maverynthia Oct 2, 2020 @ 8:20pm 
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
Because misogyny is still a part of gaming. SO lots of gamers think all players are male and that all opponents are male if they don't have giant jiggling breasts.
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Zanzikahn Oct 2, 2020 @ 8:27pm 
Originally posted by Tystefy:
As of the second patch, Wraiths cannot cross over salt piles. Initially they would only go through it if there was no other pathway to their target. That caused confusion so it was patched so they are incapable of crossing salt.

... Of course, since Wraiths can no-clip through walls, this means jack-all.
This might mean we can stop the wraith from travelling down hallways or to another floor.
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dr46onfusion Oct 2, 2020 @ 9:18pm 
Originally posted by Zanzikahn:
Originally posted by Tystefy:
As of the second patch, Wraiths cannot cross over salt piles. Initially they would only go through it if there was no other pathway to their target. That caused confusion so it was patched so they are incapable of crossing salt.

... Of course, since Wraiths can no-clip through walls, this means jack-all.
This might mean we can stop the wraith from travelling down hallways or to another floor.
Do they even use the stairs? Or do they phase through the floor?

Someone needs to hack the game to enable spectator view and allow people to gather information about the ghost's programmings maybe. But the mystery is that makes them interesting.
Last edited by dr46onfusion; Oct 2, 2020 @ 9:19pm
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Sun Tzu Oct 6, 2020 @ 8:10am 
Originally posted by BurlsoL:
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
Why are you assuming a ghosts gender based on their name?
I would assume that is because ghosts are once living so they have names that conform to our belief
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Sun Tzu Oct 6, 2020 @ 8:13am 
Originally posted by Maverynthia:
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
Because misogyny is still a part of gaming. SO lots of gamers think all players are male and that all opponents are male if they don't have giant jiggling breasts.
Imagine getting triggered and insulting the majority of male games due to the fact that one guy used he to refer to ghosts and generalizing all males as buffoons that see females as nothing more than a pair of breasts. It is so trivial and have no effect on the real world whatsoever if we refer to the ghosts with a masculine pronoun.
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Sun Tzu Oct 6, 2020 @ 8:16am 
Originally posted by BurlsoL:
Originally posted by Cursed Hawkins:
Also completely unrelated but why assume all ghosts are male? Pretty sure there's female names given to you at the start of the level.
Why are you assuming a ghosts gender based on their name?
We use he to refer to mankind at times as it is the norm, he is probably doing that in here as well. It is by no mean a assumption of the ghosts gender. It is saddening to see that nowadays everyone seems to get triggered by every single thing such that the best thing to do nowadays is to keep quiet and have no online presence at all. :/
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