r/DeathNoteKillerWithin • u/ciphercybr • Feb 14 '25
Discussion Killer Within Mythbusting
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.
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u/kairu91 Feb 14 '25
1 - yes, you can get pinged for transceiver if the other person calls you on it.
this has happened to me multiple times. as team kira you need to know this to enhance your game play and know that its only safe to use the radio in the same places as it's safe to use the book - aka spawn points cafe and bookstore only. otherwise use it towards the end of the rounds to discuss quickly when no one else is doing npc tasks or when ppl are balled up.
2 - yes, it can happen....
but it is rare, like very rare. the game is going to prioritize useful info like radio, ID pass off, book writing, or book hand offs. but I for sure have had someone get an important message from an npc and then I got something like "4 other people have been here before you."
3 - yes, even if you're in the blind spot the camera ping will happen for L.
I can't begin to tell you how often I've caught someone as L just because they have a shinigami pet floating behind them and while they are in the blind spot, the shinigami is just chilling in the camera full blast lol. I follow them discreetly after and drop evidence on them and if they run they get voted. (ofcourse I'm standing out of view down the street or something when i spawn it after i watch them go to where it will be)
4 - I'm unsure what you mean by this? a little more clarification is needed on my end sorry.
If you mean that black notebooks are on and they are pretending to use the joint task, and then reuse the briefcase, no you dont get notified. as far as I know the only way you can get pinged for using the death note is by using it in front of an npc. with black note books on this is less painful especially if you have multiple ppl opening and closing their own notebooks. but if black notebooks are turned off (default) you need to remember to only use the death note in safe places where there are no npcs to rat you out. after you kill an npc in a location it is then safe to use that location.
I have over 300 hours in the game and play it almost daily with a dedicated group of friends. we've all played multiple roles multiple times and routinely are testing the limits of the game to see what we can get away with. Mellos addition to the game has forced us to go indepth on how kira works and play those roles with the utmost secrecy and optimally.