Invisible
- Not to be confused with Visibility or Camouflage.
| “ | Prevents being targeted by enemy attacks if the unit is not blocking. | ” |
| —In-game tip |
Invisible, or Invisibility, is a buff in Arknights.
Effect
Invisible units are indicated by having their body obscured in a dark cloud of smoke, with the exception to Magallan's Soaring Dragons who are obscured by digital disruptions instead. In this state, the unit cannot be targeted by ranged attacks and are unaffected by splash damage (e.g. Splash Caster and Artilleryman Sniper attacks, Senior Casters, and Bombtails) and offensive skills/abilities, unless if they are blocking enemies for friendly units or being blocked for enemies in which case they will become invisible again after not blocking enemies/being blocked for 3 seconds. However, the following can still damage invisible units:
- Heat Pump Passages
- Poison Haze, Lava Cracks, and Gas Sprays for friendlies
- Spiked Treasure Chests reflecting damage to friendlies when attacked
- Friendly's skills and talents reflecting damage to enemies when attacked:
- The Survivalist Hallucination in Phantom & Crimson Solitaire
- Londinium Secondary Defense Artillery
Thorns
Copper Seal
"Beaten Up"Certain methods can "reveal" invisible units, negating it:
- Invisible enemies can revealed by the following:
- Detectors (only available in certain operations)
- SilverAsh's Eagle Eyes talent
- Tsukinogi's
Without a Trace skill - Elysium's
Monitor skill - Mobile Buggy Cams deployed by Scene, which reveals invisible enemies around them
- Horn's
Flare Grenade - Ines' Shadow Sentry
- Technical Scouts and (Heavy) Swamp Rovers reveal nearby invisible friendly units.
- Nova Knightclub Trainees/Elites and The Candle Knight Viviana will lose their invisibility while casting their Glimmering Touch special attack.
Totter notably can attack invisible enemies due to his talent Illuminating Eyes, making him the only friendly unit with this capability.
Sources
Operators
| Operator | Source | Information |
|---|---|---|
 Camouflage |
The invisibility is applied to self for Camouflage's duration. | |
 Murky Night |
The invisibility is applied to self for Murky Night's duration. | |
| Optical Refraction Accessories | Applies the invisibility to the deployed Soaring Dragons for a period of time.
|
Enemies
Innate
| Normal | |
|---|---|
| Elite | |
| Boss |
- Degenbrecher is invisible while on her second phase.
- Sentry Spies/Spymasters are invisible as soon as their identity is compromised.
Ability
| Enemy | Information |
|---|---|
| Invisible while swimming through tiles submerged by the High Tide or Deep Water Zones. | |
| Has an ability that makes other enemies in a radius of 2 tiles around the Clarity/Magnificence invisible for 3 seconds, with an initial cooldown of 5 seconds and 15 seconds thereafter. | |
| Invisible while over Nethersea Brands. | |
| Enemies in a radius of 2.5 tiles around the Antagonizer (except itself) are invisible as long as the barrier is present. | |
| Invisible while over Reeds. | |
| Turns into an Ember of Resentment/Fury/Avarice/Arrogance when defeated, which is invisible. | |
| The pilot form is invisible. | |
| Invisible for 4 seconds after spawning. |
Other
- Friendly units deployed on a Bush or Exhaust Grille will become invisible, and only visible to enemies they are blocking.
- Enemies on tiles without visibility will become invisible.
Interactions
| Enemy | Interaction |
|---|---|
| Their next attack will deal double damage whenever their invisibility ends. |
Trivia
- Before the term "Invisible" was introduced, all enemies with this buff contained "Cannot be attacked unless blocked" in their tips.
- While sharing a similar visual effect of a cloud of smoke, albeit lighter, Jessica's
Smokescreen does not make her invisible, only giving her Physical/Arts dodge.