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He once sailed across the English Channel, flew over forests in a hot air balloon, and visited countless wondrous countries... Kurt Frank's life is as exciting as a travel novel!

Kurt Frank, also known as the Explorer, is a Decode-Type and Difficulty 1.5 Survivor available for purchase after completion of the prologue. He is one of 43 playable Survivors added to Identity V.

A lie will come true when you repeat it a thousand times, at least when you keep telling it to yourself.

—Kurt Frank (Deduction Quest No. 8)


Appearance

Kurt is a tall, slender doll with fair skin, brown hair parted into two sides, a dark grey mustache and beard, pale, bushy, dark grey eyebrows, tiny, black button eyes cross-stitched with black thread, and a long, stitched scar down the right side of his face.

He wears a buttoned denim jacket over a dark blue shirt, on his left arm is an yellowish brown embroidered patch called "IM LUCK" with red border outside, matching jeans, and battered leather hiking boots. A leather utility belt around his waist holds a torn leather pouch with visible cotton stuffing and a coil of rope on either side. Behind his shoulders is a leather hiking backpack with leather straps, with a rolled-up, fading crimson mat tied on top. Tears are visible in his right shoulder and left leg, showing cotton stuffing. He holds a thick novel with a red leather cover and yellowed paper in his right hand.

Gameplay

The Explorer is a decode-type Survivor with no movement debuffs, allowing him to be flexible for other roles if needed. He starts each match with a book, which allows him to shrink. While shrunk, he will see a set of yellow numbers with an arrow, and if the Hunter is within sixty meters, a set of red numbers with an arrow pointing towards them. The numbers show how many meters away the Explorer is from the Hunter (red), or from buried "treasure" (yellow) which when dug will give one out of three pages on the map, which can then be put into any Cipher Machine for up to 50% progress. Note that when shrunk, he will still leave trails when running, and is unable to interact with anything.

Click on the icons below to see more tips and details on this character's traits and abilities.

External Traits

Below is a list of Explorer's intrinsic traits. For more in-depth information, please check the individual pages.

External Traits
Trait Description
Fantasy
Fantasy
Carries around the novel Gulliver's Travels and can turn into a tiny Lilliputian after reading it. He is undetectable by the Hunter's "radar" after shrinking, but cannot perform most actions.

The Travel Journal records the location of the treasure. Activate Treasure Hunt when you turn into a tiny Lilliputian and reach the indicated burial location to unearth Password Pages. Digging up 1/2/3 or more Password Pages takes 27/24/20 seconds, respectively. Password Pages allow you to quickly decode Cipher Machines after they reach 50% progress, and they also provide hints on Hunter's whereabouts.

The Explorer can carry up to 2 Password Pages with him. When the Explorer is placed on the Rocket Chair, the Password Pages will drop to the floor, and other Survivors can pick them up. Each scene can spawn up to 3 treasure burial spots.

The Explorer has heightened senses when transformed into a tiny Lilliputian and can tell the incoming direction of Hunter within a certain radius.

His love of books allows him to use this ability without depleting it.

Explore
Explore
Posseses superior survival skills and knows how to hide trails. Trail duration is decreased by 1s. Vaulting obstacles will not alert the Hunter.
Curiosity
Curiosity
Can hardly control his curiosity and tends to attempt risky operations when decoding. The chance of triggering a calibration is increased by 30%, and scope of success is decreased by 30%.
EnergyReserves
Energy Reserves
After plenty of rest, the Explorer is ready to Dash Hit. Stop moving for 10 seconds to increase movement speed by 10% for 5 seconds.

Abilities in other Gamemodes

Explorer Ability Changes in Other Game Modes
Modes Change
Duo Hunters A single password page will only grant 35% Decoding Progress, and up to 6 locations with hidden treasures will be generated on the map.
Blackjack There are up to 5 Treasures can be found on the map each round.
Tarot Normal There is no upper limit for treasures, and the speed of digging treasures has been appropriately increased. The digging time for each password page is reduced to 18 seconds, and only the enemy knight can view a ping in radar map while shrunk.
Crystal Ball Mode Digging speed has increased without the activation of the crystal ball. When activated, retains normal movement speed even while shrunk and the password pages provides a 100% decoding progress for cipher machines.

Character Statistics

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Movements
  • Running Speed: 3.8 m/s
  • Walking Speed: 2.11 m/s
  • Crouch Walking Speed: 1.14 m/s
  • Crawling Speed: 0.44 m/s
Decoding
  • Duration of decoding Cipher Machines: 81.0 sec
  • Regressed decoding progress from electric shock: 1.0%
  • Duration of inability to decode from electric shock: 2.0 sec
  • Time spent opening Exit Gate: 18.0 sec
Interactions
  • Time spent dropping pallets: 0.73 sec
  • Time spent vaulting over pallets at high speed: 1.17 sec
  • Time spent vaulting over pallets at medium speed: 1.63 sec
  • Time spent vaulting over pallets at low speed: 2.07 sec
  • Time spent vaulting over windows at high speed: 0.87 sec
  • Time spent vaulting over windows at low speed: 1.27 sec
  • Time spent going through chests: 10.0 sec
Healing
  • Time spent healing injured Survivors: 15.0 sec
  • Time spent being healed by others: 15.0 sec
  • Self-healing time after knockdown: 30.0 sec
Others
  • Duration of footprint: 3.0 sec
  • Duration of speed boost after being hit: 2.0 sec
  • Duration of struggle while being held up: 16.0 sec
  • Rocket Chair countdown time: 60.0 sec
  • Time spent being rescued from Rocket Chairs: 1.0 sec

Concept / Design Notes

Design Notes[4]

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It was originally designed as a homeless man: messy hair, a big stubble, a travel bag, and the tools that can be used to survive in the wild are tied to the body, reflecting the abjection of the survivors. Originally, what he was holding should be a book like "Guide to Survival". However, the function of the book was later set to have the function of zooming in and out, so it was changed to "Gulliver's Travels".

Explorer'sClimbingropebeltandBackpack

Climbing rope belt and Backpack design of Explorer from the Official Chinese Art Book

Beta Development Notes[5]

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Survivor Outfit → Explorer. This set is inspired by Mr. Joel in "The Last of Us", and it feels very suitable, and some design improvements have been made. When I was playing, I used him to squat in the corner, but I was always caught by the butcher precisely. I heard that the skills have been changed now, but I haven't played for a long time.

Change Log

September 16th, 2021

  • Buff: Gradually gains proficiency when excavating treasure. After digging up 1/2/3 or more Password Pages, the time needed reduces to 27/24/20 seconds.

20th April, 2023

  • Buff: The Password Page progress will now continue to increase while the Explorer is excavating treasures.

Trivia

Other Languages

"Explorer (Kurt Frank)" in Other Languages
🇨🇳 简体中文
(Simplified Chinese)
冒险家 (库特·弗兰克)
Màoxiǎn jiā (kù tè·fúlánkè)
Adventurer (Kurt Frank)
🇨🇳 繁體中文
(Traditional Chinese)
冒險家 (庫特·弗蘭克)
Màoxiǎn jiā (kù tè·fúlánkè)
Adventurer (Kurt Frank)
🇺🇸 English Explorer (Kurt Frank)
español Español
(Spanish)
Explorador (Kurt Frank) Explorer (Kurt Frank)
🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia Penjelajah (Kurt Frank) Explorer (Kurt Frank)
🇯🇵 日本語
(Japanese)
冒険家 (カート・フランク)
Bōken-ka (Kāto Furanku)
Adventurer (Kurt Frank)
🇰🇷 한국어
(Korean)
모험가 (커트 프랭크)
moheomga (keoteu peulaengkeu)
Adventurer (Kurt Frank)
🇲🇾 Bahasa Melayu Peneroka (Kurt Frank) Explorer (Kurt Frank)
🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย
(Thai)
นักสำรวจ (เคิร์ท แฟรงก์)
Nạk Sảrwc (Kheir̒th Fæ rngk̒)
Explorer (Kurt Frank)
🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt
(Vietnamese)
Kẻ Thăm Dò (Kurt Frank) Surveyor (Kurt Frank)

References

  1. As the in-game voice and in the Diaries. A Website confirming the Voice Actor of Hell Ember, Gamekeeper, Forward and Explorer - https://zh.moegirl.org.cn/index.php?title=%E8%8B%8F%E9%91%AB&variant=zh-hans&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop
  2. In the Diaries (Confirmation Post by Japanese Official Account)
  3. Age from the official Art Reference Book
  4. Design notes obtained from the first volume of the Official Art Reference Book in Chinese.
  5. Archived post from Nekooxi's IDV development concept arts

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