Alien Instinct
Teachable by The Xenomorph
After you hook a Survivor, briefly reveals the farthest injured Survivor's Aura and makes them Oblivious.
Description
"You are so stealthy, sometimes it seems like you appear out of nowhere."
Whenever you hook a Survivor, Alien Instinct activates:
- The Aura of the farthest Survivor from your current location who is in the Injured State is revealed to you for 8 seconds.
- Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds.
"Yellow light's for my eyes only." — Dallas
Tier values
60 secondsMore from The Xenomorph
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