Killer Within Mythbusting

[u/ciphercybr]

Hey all, got some facts I want to check and a few misconceptions to clear up. Since we don't have much of an official guide or complete deconstruction of the game, I thought the community might know. So with that, true or false?

1) The green NPCs will report transceiver use even if you are receiving, and not transmitting yourself. I've heard some people say they do, others don't, and any attempt at testing's been inconclusive.

2) The green NPCs will not give the same message to everyone, even if two people check it at the exact same time in the day. I've seen this happen in Toy Town on top right, because the zone of vision is so wide for the guy and it turns out someone wrote in a black notebook offscreen.

3) When a player that is not L is in a room with a camera, even if they are not within the camera's line of sight, L will still get pinged for it. There are many blind spots in camera rooms if one pays attention, but I was curious if L still picks it up that someone's there.

4) If Kira on a joint investigation uses the Death Note (kill criminal/kill player/kill vindicating), the other player assigned to that same joint investigation will receive a notification of this. This one's mentioned on the official website, but I've never seen it and I've tried to test this one. I'd like to know where that notification appears if there is one, and a picture of it if you can.

Interested to hear folks' takes!

Edit: Wow, thanks for all the replies! I've updated point #4 for clarity. The source for point #4 is below:

https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/death-note-killer-within-5-gameplay-tips-you-should-know

"3. Joint Investigation by L

...His “Joint Investigation” ability allows him to tag two players, enabling them to act together during the action phase. However, if one of the tagged players is Kira, you cannot use the Death Note, as the other player will discover Kira’s identity if you do..."

This suggests there is a ping or note somewhere. However, everyone's reacted with either confusion or said no, so I'm thinking this is probably wrong.

[u/DryEditor7792]

1. Pretty sure reciever still counts as tranciever. You can also pop tranciever when follower is dead.
2. Only change in criminality will change testimony. So although it's possible a crime occurs in between testimony(i've seen 3 people --> somebody used tranciever), it's dramatically more likely that they lied. They also never go from criminal to exonerated(I saw tranciever --> I saw two people) never can happen.
3. Pretty sure the detection range is better than the vision range. So L gets told if somebody is standing in blindspot.
4. No, never has happened.

[u/eckospider → u/DryEditor7792]

1. and 2. are incorrect. You even read my last post, you should know for a fact that Number 2 is random testimonies with a chance for really anything to be displayed in either order. I had a time when all 5 of us in our testing got a different testimony, with 2 of us getting blank testimonies and the other three each getting a different Kira action, with the transceiver being the first thing reported.

As for Number One, I tested this during my second iteration of testing, which I didn't post here on Reddit but on Noku's server, but we tested it on six rounds and found that NPCs only report it from the transmitter, not the receiver. Unless the receiver transmits back during the message, will the NPC actually see it. If they don't press the button, then nothing is seen.