Cloaking Device

CLOAKING DEVICE
“A temporary cloak that makes you hard to see when moving, and invisible when motionless”
Profile
Build	Light
Type	Specialization
Price	600
Stats
Cooldown	Energy-Based
Technical
Duration	12s, 27s Max
Activation Costs	33% of duration

The Cloaking Device is a Light class specialization that allows its user to enter invisibility for a limited duration.

Usage

The Cloaking Device can be selected as the specialization gadget of any Light build loadout.

The specialization trigger can be used to toggle on the gadget. It will remain active for up to 12 seconds, after which it is automatically disabled to recharge. It can also be disabled before this point by toggling it again. Attacking or using an item will forcibly end the effect.

Controls	PC	PS	XBox	Key
Toggle on (Tap) Toggle off (Tap)	Q	R1	RB	Specialization

Stats

Effects

The Cloaking Device can be activated to grant its user temporary invisibility. Opponents will not be able to see the user well, although there are still indications that the user is present:

• A glitchy visual effect replaces the contestant's body. This effect is almost completely invisible while the user is standing still, but very noticeable if the user is moving.
• A glitchy sound is produced when you; activate cloak, move while cloaked, or the cloak is deactivated. This can be heard by enemies up to 30m away.

Energy-Based Cooldown

The Cloaking Device consumes energy based on the user’s movement speed while cloaked, remaining motionless consumes the least amount of energy, enabling the user to stay cloaked for a maximum of 27 seconds in a single charge.

The Cloaking Device’s invisibility will not be disrupted by burning or poison damage.

Properties

Gadget

Self Targeted — Can be activated to apply an effect to the contestant that used it.

Toggle — Can be enabled and disabled by reactivating.

Battery Charge — Uses up charge while used. Recharges over time.

Single Charge — Can be used once, then recharges automatically over the cooldown time.

Disarms User — Forces the user to stop using their other items, as doing so will cancel the Cloaking Device.

Effect

Sound Cue — Produces a glitched noise while moving, alerting nearby contestants of the user's presence.

Visibility — Affects the line of sight of the user and/or opponents. Opponents are unable to see the user well.

Guide

Strengths

• Standing still while cloaked will make the user nearly undetectable, even to opponents who are walking directly past the user. The user still has collision which could give them away if an opponent bumps into them.

Weaknesses

• Thermal Vision hard counters the Cloaking Device as it can also reveal the heat signature of a cloaked player.
• Detection sources such as the Motion Sensor and Sonar Grenade can still reveal the location of a cloaked enemy.
• When you activate or deactivate the Cloaking Device, it makes a distinct sound that can be heard from up to 30m away.
• Moving while cloaked makes a loud distinct sound which can also be heard from up to 30m away.
• Taking damage will cause a cloaked player to instantly decloak.
• Activating cloak consumes 33% of your overall meter, punishing repeated uses.

Tactics

• Remaining in a motionless state while cloaked will make it nearly impossible for enemies to see and hear you and consume less cloak meter.
• Activating Cloaking Device while cloaked from a Vanishing Bomb allows the contestant to seamlessly transition to the other invisibility, effectively extending it. There will be a subtle visual cue when activating the cloaking device this way.
• Mantling an object in a motionless state by tapping the forward and jump buttons at the same time will retain the motionless state properties, allowing you to move slightly while still being extremely difficult to see and hear and consuming the least amount of cloak meter.
• Utilize loud sound effects from the arena, or setup your own with Breach Charge, Gravity Vortex, or Thermal Bore to mask your cloak activation sound and/or movement sounds.

Item Mastery

Item mastery XP for the Cloaking Device can be earned solely by activating it.

Each time a certain XP threshold is reached, the item levels up. This does not improve the item, but rewards a unique item customization.

XP Breakdown
Source	XP Reward
Activating the Cloaking Device	20

Level 1 0 XP Cloaking Device

Level 2 9,000 XP Hide Away (Sticker)

Level 3 9,000 XP Haunting Howl (Sound)

Level 4 36,000 XP Psst...Over Here (Spray)

Level 5 54,000 XP Peek-a-boo (Charm)

History

Patch	Changes
6.0.0	Increased ‘Cloak Max Blend’ from 1.5 to 1.75, making cloaked players slightly more visible to others Increased ‘Delay Before Transitioning Into Cloak’ from 0 to 0.5s, increasing the time it takes to for a player to disappear Increased the ‘First Person Cloak Multiplier’ from 0.9 to 1.0, meaning the cloaking effect in first-person view will more accurately represent the cloaking effect seen in third-person view
5.1.0	Decreased the max duration of invisibility when fully stationary from 133s to 27s
5.0.0	Updated the Cloaking Device to consume energy based on the player’s current movement speed while cloaked, meaning that standing still drains energy much more slowly than running or sprinting Removed the ability for burning damage to break the cloaking effect Removed the ability for poison damage to break the cloaking effect
4.5.0	Fixed an issue introduced in 4.4 that caused refraction effects like cloaking, and parts of the dematerialize effect, to not be visible when the effect quality is set to medium
2.6.0	Decreased the impact of the cloaking effect so that cloaked players are slightly easier to see when they are moving
2.5.0	Increased the activation cost from 14.2% to 33%.
1.8.0	Cloaking sounds will now differentiate between team members and enemy players
1.5.0	Increased activation cost from 1s to 2s Increased minimum required charge time to activate from 1.5s to 2.5s
1.2.0	Rebalanced fade-in/out durations to make it harder to vanish mid-combat Added fade-in/out visual effect