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Contrary to the general impressions of postmen, Victor isn't particularly verbal and prefers staying away from people. After receiving his first letter with great excitement, he embarked on a journey to the Manor with his reliable partner, Wick the Post Dog.

Victor Grantz, also known as the Postman, is an Assist-Type and Difficulty 1 Survivor available for purchase after completion of the prologue. He is one of 43 playable Survivors added to Identity V. He was added due to being a winner of the Designer Five character creation contest.

Face-to-face conversation is the most hypocrite thing.

—Victor Grantz (Postman Backstory Trailer)


Appearance

Victor is a tall, thin doll with pale skin, rosy cheeks, short, ruffled, tangled blond hair, straight blond eyebrows, amber button eyes cross-stitched with pale gold thread, and a smiling mouth sewn shut with white thread.

He wears a a red tunic with a small, pale pink patch on the left hem, a leather collar and matching cuffs embroidered with gold and fastened with gold buttons, skinny brown trousers with rolled-up hems, and dark leather boots. A leather belt cinches his waist, and a red cap with gold details and a small black peak sits on his head. A leather wristwatch with gold details is fastened around his right wrist, and a tear is visible in his left, showing cotton stuffing. A leather satchel with a matching leather strap is slung over his right shoulder, in which he holds a stack of letters in white envelopes, and sealed with red wax. His dog is just to his right, a Fawn French Bulldog with curved ears and sharp teeth, a red collar, a black top hat, and a little leather backpack holding a scroll and various envelopes on their back.

Gameplay

The Postman is an assist-type Survivor who is able to share certain buffs with his teammates by sending mail to them via his dog, namely a short movement speed boost after vaulting, a short decoding speed increase, a short rescuing speed increase, and a short vaulting speed increase. Each mail takes time to arrive, and if the teammate who is to receive the mail is incapacitated or chaired, the buff will be cancelled. Each teammate can also only have one buff at a time. He can also order his dog to pounce on the Hunter, and decrease their movement speed drastically for a short period of time if successful, in which case a cooldown of 45 seconds is needed before the dog can pounce again. If unsuccessful, a cooldown of 16 seconds is needed instead. The dog can still pounce on their way back if the initial pounce is unsuccessful. He will also receive the same buff his teammates get. He can even opt to open a mail straightaway and receive the buff within.

External Traits

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

External Traits
Trait Description
Mail
Mail
The Postman carries letters around with him and sends them to their designated recipients with the Post Dog. After recieving the letter, the recipient will obtain the attached buff. When a letter is sent, it enters into cooldown.
Letter Type
Urgent Letter: Increases recipient's movement speed by 10% for 15 second(s).
Farewell Letter: If the recipient vaults over a window or pallet within 90 second(s), the recipient's movement speed will increase by 40% for 3 second(s). This effect can only be triggered 1 time(s), and its priority is lower than that of Knee Jerk Reflex.
Tranquility Letter: Increases recipient's decoding speed by 10% for 30 second(s).
Bravery Letter: Increases recipient's rescue speed by 30%. Increases movement speed by 10% for 180 second(s) when nearing a Rocket Chair with a Survivor on it.
Inspiring Letter: Increases recipient's vaulting speed by 10%.
Hope Letter: Increases recipient's Exit Gate Opening Speed by 15%. Meanwhile, the Dungeon's location is visible for 120 second(s).
How to use
Tap on the ability button to enter the Letter Delivery Interface and select the Recipient and letter type.
The Letter Delivery cooldown is 60 seconds. There are 3 letter types available for each Letter Delivery.
Survivorss can only have one Letter Buff at any time.
PostDog
Post Dog
The Post Dog will take on the task of Letter Delivery. After the Postman confirms the target recipient, the Post Dog automatically deliver the letter.
When the Post Dog isn't delivering a letter, it follows the Postman's command to dash towards a Hunter and Pounce on him/her.
The Post Dog won't be hit by Hunters when it's delivering a letter or Pouncing a Hunter.
If the recipient is immobilized when the Post Dog arrives with the letter, the Letter Delivery fails.
If the delivery is taking too long, the Post Dog will cease the delivery because of exhaustion.
The Post Dog usually hides at the corner of the scene and is only around when the Postman has a letter to deliver.
Pounce
The Post Dog loves pouncing on new friends.
Tap to send the post dog dashing and pouncing toward the direction of the screen. The movement of a Hunter is decreased by 35% for 5 seconds while they're being pounced on by the Post Dog.
If the Post Dog fails to pounce on a Hunter during the dash, it will return to the Postman once the dashing limit is reached or it hits an obstacle. The Post Dog can still pounce on a Hunter on her way back to the Postman.
Whenever the Post Dog pounces on a Hunter, the pounce ability will enter a 45s cooldown. If it fails to Pounce on a Hunter, the ability will enter a 16s cooldown.
Empathy
Empathy
The recipient's joy when receiving a letter is the greatest encouragement to the Postman. When the recipient successfully receives the letter, the Postman will also obtain the same buff.
Expectation
Expectation
Hmm... If no one sends him a letter, why doesn't he peek into one?

Tips

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  • In general it is best to become familiar with all types of letters the Postman has, if their buff is permanent or time-limited, and when a letter needs to be sent.
  • Keep track of who is closest to you, where the main decoder is, and where the main rescuer is. The further away a teammate is, the longer it may take a letter to get to them, and you need to take this into account by sending a letter earlier.
    • Rescuers should be sent the Tranquility letter (increases decoding speed) as soon as possible, as it allows them to have a better chance of completing their cipher machine before going to rescue.
    • Whoever is being chased, or gives notice that the Hunter is near them and they will soon be chased should be sent an Inspiring or Farewell letter that gives a vaulting buff (Inspiring is always preferred, as the buff is permanent), or the Urgent letter (which gives a movement speed buff).
    • Rescuers should be sent the Bravery letter as soon as you know who will be rescuing the person in a Rocket Chair.
  • At the end of the game, send a Hope letter to either the person currently being chased (and so will need to see the Dungeon as they will likely be the last one left on the map), or the person who is opening the Exit Gates.


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: 4.0 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



Character Design

The Postman was one of the winners of the 2018 character contest, along with Embalmer and Painter.

Netease Character Notes

Translated from original Chinese posts [8]

2018 Character Competition

Reasons for selection

Postman actually caught our attention before Painter, and the discussion about him basically continued to the end of the selection process. This is because his background fits the times, and he has a distinctive personality. The identity of "postman" can also be associated with secrets. His base skill "letter" (which can be understood as a touch-type buff/debuff skill), can provide a new tactical goal. However, we were worried that over-strengthening this mechanism will interfere with the core competitive behavior of the game, while overly weakening it will make it a useless skill with random buffs. In the end, we still approved the design because the possibilities it has are very attractive, though it may take more effort to perfect the design.


Press "Expand" to see the original Chinese text.

【选案理由】 2018-06-11 [1]

邮差实际上在画家之前就引起了我们的注意,但关于他的讨论则基本持续到了最后。原因是他首先有着十分契合时代背景的身份,以及鲜明的性格特征,邮差的身份也能可以和很多秘密产生关联。 而他的核心技能【信件】(可以理解为一个触摸类的buff/debuff技能),能够提供一个全新的战术目标,但我们担心过于强化这一机制会干扰游戏的核心对抗行为,而过度弱化则会使其变成一个随缘上buff的鸡肋技能。但最终我们仍旧认可了这个设计,是因为他所具备的可能性十分诱人,只是可能需要花费更多的精力来完善这个设计。


2019 Character Release

Traits

  1. Fear of sight
  2. Social disorder
  3. Warm-hearted
  4. Silence

Character Profile

<Fifth Designer> From the original contest winner, the relevant description of the postman’s background is as follows: Victor Grantz, a postman with weird behavior. Unlike people's usual impression of postmen, he's not good at speaking and doesn't like to communicate with others. But thanks to his heroic performance in a fire, people's trust in Victor grew.

After receiving a strange letter, the eccentric Victor embarks on a journey to Oletus Manor.


In order to better integrate the postman into our story, whether it is skills or settings, we have made further improvements to make the character more suitable for the game:

Victor is a weird boy. He is not good with words, and is afraid of communicating with others. Victor prefers to stay with small animals rather than with people.

Although as a postman he handled many letters every day, none of them were for himself.

But thanks to his heroic performance in a fire, people developed trust for Victor. And the puppy Wick, whom he rescued from the fire, began accompanying him through the streets to complete his postal work.

Victor likes to watch people's expressions when they receive letters: moved, surprised, disappointed, joyful... He really enjoys being the key to others' private communications. He firmly believes that people's face-to-face words are full of hypocrisy and lies, hiding their sincerity. The really important secrets and thoughts are hidden in written words, quietly waiting for him to pass them on.

When the invitation letter from the owner of the manor arrived, Victor finally received the first letter of his life. He immediately believed the sincerity of the invitation in the letter, and excitedly went to the manor with his dog Wick.


His skills will be revealed later, but for now, let us welcome this new friend who is about to visit the manor.

......Hmm, with a small dog delivering letters?

Original Creator's Notes

Translated from original Chinese posts

  • Name: Victor Grantz
  • Traits: Fear of sight, social disturbance, warm heart, silence
  • Occupation: Postman
  • Character introduction: Victor Grantz, a postman with weird behavior. Unlike people's usual impression of postmen, he's not good at speaking and doesn't like to communicate with others. But thanks to his heroic performance in a fire, people's trust in Victor grew. After receiving a strange letter, the eccentric Victor embarks on a journey to Oletus Manor.
  • Class of birth: Poor
  • Age: 23 years old
  • Birthday: December 25
  • Interests: Feeding stray animals
  • Good at: (It's better to say good at everything except socializing with people)
  • Hates: Being watched or talked about by others
  • Likes: Animals and small flowers
  • Voice: A muffled and restrained young male voice, speaking slowly


Press "Expand" to see the original Chinese text.

  • 【姓名】维克多.葛兰兹
  • 【特质】视线恐惧、社交障碍、热心肠、沉默
  • 【职业】邮差
  • 【人物介绍】维克多·葛兰兹,一个行为怪异的邮差。与人们对邮差的一贯印象不同,他不善言辞,又不爱与人交流,不过得益于他在一场火灾中的英勇表现,人们对维克多信任有加。在收到一个奇怪的送信委托后,古怪的好人维克多踏上了前往欧利蒂丝庄园的旅途
  • 【出身阶级】贫民
  • 【年龄】23岁
  • 【生日】12月25日
  • 【兴趣】给流浪的小动物喂食
  • 【擅长】(不如说擅长所有事情除了与人交往)
  • 【讨厌】被其他人注视或者谈论
  • 【喜欢】动物和小花
  • 【声音】低哑局促的青年男声,语速慢 [1]


Original Backstory

Note: This is translated from the backstory written by Victor's creator, and may contradict with his deductions. As Victor's creator has purged their account, this image is from a weibo database logging deleted accounts, peachring[9].

July 21, 1901
A letter from Mr. Heller
He tells me not to lose hope when faced with my current situation. "Like a seagull with a clipped wing tumbling into a swamp, suffering from the contempt-filled laughter of the people..."

April 8, 1904
A letter from Mr. Heller
He asks about how I was doing lately, also mentioning the decent job I had taken on in the previous year at a printing house, and the experience and savings I had gained, as we were on the topic.

May 16, 1905
Mr. Heller says his wife hasn't been well lately, and if possible, he hopes to bring her to London for better treatment...

March 14, 1907
A letter replying to Mr. Heller
Thanks to Mr. Balce, I was able to secure a stable job; interaction with nearby residents is also going very smoothly, perhaps due to that fire... Either way, everything is well as of late.

April 2, 1907
Mr. Heller wrote to me once again, saying that all the grapevines in his vineyard were joyously long and that he hoped to invite me and a few of his other friends to visit in late August.

April 23, 1907
Mr. Heller sent a package this time, containing ten or so invitations and bountiful amount of payment. This... Does he want me to sent all of this? (I carefully inspected it multiple times but was still unable to find the invitation meant for me. Perhaps Mr. Heller had forgotten...)

August 24, 1907
This is the final letter. The sender's address is "Winston Manor", and the recipient is... Victor Grantz?

Original Concept External Traits

  • The mission must be reached = The Postman will get a letter delivery task at regular intervals in the match; the letter delivery task requires the letter to be delivered to other characters. If the task is completed, characters of different factions will receive the buff/debuff effect. If the task is not completed, the Postman will get a failure debuff, and the delivery task will be reset to the new task content after completion/failure.
  • Standby = Always worried about new delivery tasks. Deciphering speed is reduced by 20%, and the probability of triggering calibration is increased by 30%
  • Weather-tested = There are often emergencies encountered in the process of delivering letters. Agile, 20% increase in interaction speed between panels and windows


Press "Expand" to see the original Chinese text.

【能力介绍】[1]
  • 使命必达:邮差在场景中每隔一段时间会获得一个送信任务;送信任务要求将信件传递给其他角色,如果任务完成;不同阵营的角色会获得一个增益/减益效果;若任务没有完成,则邮差则会获得一个失败减益,同时送信任务在完成/失败后会重置为新的任务内容。
  • 随时待命:总是担心有新的送信任务,破译速度降低20%,触发校准概率增加30%
  • 久经风霜:送信过程中常会遭遇突发事件,身手敏捷,板窗交互速度增加20%

Change Log

May 13th, 2021
  • Buff: The Post Dog has gradually become familiar with the Manor, reducing the maximum time it takes to deliver letters from 12 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Buff: The Post Dog's bravery has skyrocketed, increasing the distance of Pounce from 15 meters to 20 meters, and the movement speed while Pouncing from 11 meters per second to 15 meters per second.
  • Buff: Removed the decoding speed reduction debuff on Postman himself.
August 19th, 2021
  • Buff: Removed the increased cooldown debuff inflicted on the Postman after he peeked at letters.
  • Buff: Increased the radius of the Postman's Post Dog Pounce from 1.18 meters to 1.69 meters.
December 2nd, 2021
  • Nerf: Reduced Post Dog's pouncing distance against a Hunter from 1.69 meters to 1.27 meters.
  • Nerf: Increased the Post Dog's Pounce cooldown after it missed a Hunter from 10 seconds to 16 seconds.
June 30th, 2022
  • Adjustment: Modified letter's refresh logic. 3 Tranquility Letters will no longer appear in succession.
  • Nerf: Adjusted the duration of Hope Letter from being unlimited to 120 seconds, and decreased the Exit Gate Opening Speed boost from 30% to 15%.
  • Nerf: Decreased the duration of Post Dog Pounce's slowdown effect on Hunters from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.
September 28th, 2023
  • Adjustment: Added a Bonus Achievement: Timely Delivery.
January 4th, 2024
  • Buff: Optimized the movement logic of the Post Dog on slopes. Wick will no longer return halfway on the slopes.
  • Buff: Slightly speed up the Post Dog's pre-delivery and post-delivery animation.
  • Adjustment: Simplified the controls of the Postman's delivery.

Trivia

  • He was originally created by 天大地大大大花茶 (World's Huge Tea Flower) who seems to have either deleted or moved their Weibo account.[10]
  • Victor's birthday, December 25th, is on Christmas Day and will always overlap with the Christmas and New Year's Event.
  • He appears in the second episode of stage play series produced in Japan. He was played by Suzuki Yota, who is an accomplished player of the game, though he is a hunter main. This has spawned the "Hydra Postman" meme within the stage play series. In the stage play, Victor does not speak due to the stitches over his mouth. He communicates by writing on a notebook.
  • According to the Official Identity V Museum, he is 170 cm tall (5'7").[11]

Name in Other Languages

"Postman (Victor Grantz)" in Other Languages
🇨🇳 简体中文
(Simplified Chinese)
邮差 (维克多·葛兰兹)
Yóuchāi (Wéi kè duō·Gé lán zī)
Postman (Victor Grantz)
🇨🇳 繁體中文
(Traditional Chinese)
🇺🇸 English Postman (Victor Grantz)
español Español
(Spanish)
Cartero (Victor Grantz) Postman (Victor Grantz)
🇮🇩 Bahasa Indonesia
🇯🇵 日本語
(Japanese)
ポストマン (ビクター・グランツ)
Posuto man (Bikutā Gurantsu)
Postman (Victor Grantz)
🇰🇷 한국어
(Korean)
우편배달부 (빅터 글랜즈)
Upyeonbaedalbu (Bigteo Geullaenjeu)
Postman (Victor Grantz)
🇲🇾 Bahasa Melayu
🇹🇭 ภาษาไทย
(Thai)
บุรุษไปรษณีย์ (วิคเตอร์ แกรนต์)
Burus̄ʹ pịrs̄ʹṇīy̒ (Wi kh texr̒ Kæ rnt̒)
Postman (Victor Grant)
🇻🇳 Tiếng Việt
(Vietnamese)
Người đưa thư (Victor Grantz) Postman (Victor Grantz)

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