A trend with un-animated Ultra Rare charms
Ultra Rare charms in Dead by Daylight are prized possessions, not only because of their exceptional designs but also because they're often the most difficult to acquire, being at the very end of a Tome or Rift or tied to specific events or special occasions.
But what sets them apart from the others is the fact that they're animated. Well, the vast majority of them are, anyway. Some exceptions exist of course, such as the Void Pumpkin charm which is Event Rarity, and some Very Rare charms occasionaly have a bit of animation as well (example: Bloodcurdling Bunny from the third level of Tome 12). However, Ultra Rare charms are the most well-known for their animations.
It is because of this that I was a bit bummed out to find that the Castlevania-castle charm in the current Rift is not animated. I was expecting to see bats flying around it for example. This seems to continue a trend of static Ultra Rare charms, of which these are now four that I could think of:
I know, it's "just" four charms out of a much larger collection, but still. What makes Ultra Rare charms unique is their (often elaborate) animation and having them be static is a bit of a letdown :).
Since I don't own any Ultra Rare rift charms from Rifts 1-8, except those that have been made available through the Weekly Charm Bundle ever since its inception, I might have missed a few. Please add any other static Ultra Rare charm to this list if I did! Thanks in advance :).
I am hoping that they get updated in the future, so that they become truly worthy of their rarity.
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It looks like, unfortunately, have to add another charm to this list! Unless the preview in the Archives does not correspond to how it's actually in-game, we have another un-animated Ultra Rare charm :(.
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I noticed this too. There's the Alan Wake typewriter one that's not animated as well. If they're not animated, I don't understand what makes them Ultra Rare. There's a lot of inconsistencies with their rariry system in general.
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The Typewriter charm actually does have animation, but it's very subtle. The keys will glow and highlight several letters, spelling a word (I think it's Wake or Wake Up). Which is why I left it out of the examples above :).
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Ah, not again!
The description even mentions a rain of spores, which would make sense if the spores in the charm were animated falling down, but no β¦0 -
One must give credit where credit is due.
Finally, we have a properly animated Ascended (formerly Ultra Rare) charm in the new Rift!
Keep it up, folks π.4 -
Many times have I come here to complain about Ascended charms not being animated when they should be.
But I will also come back here whenever they release one that is.
Thank you once again, BHVR π! On to the next one.
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I saw this too and was pleasantly surprised. I love the animated charms! Making my hooks look like a Christmas tree makes me happy.
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At least this part of the rift is alright.
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Am I insane?π¨
Because the Dracula's Castle charm definitely had tiny bats orbiting around the top of the castle at some point.
It wasn't when the charm was released, it was quietly patched in one of those Tuesday bug fix patches.
I think after Springtrap came out?
Also that mushroom charm was 100% animated when it came out.
They must be broken rightπ€
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Then you've seen something else than what I have π€.
Because the Emerging Castle charm never had bats flying around it as far as I can remember. Not at launch, and not at this very moment either. So if it was patched somewhere in between to have animation, it's gone again.
Maybe you were thinking about that other charm, the Observer's Tower?As for the Mushroom, I took that screenshot on May 27, some time after the Rift came out, because it was a bit difficult to see whether it even had animation in the Rift menu itself. But at the time of the screenshot, at least, it had no animation. And still does not to this day.
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I was playing the game some time after the invisible Springtrap bug was fixed & I had the Dracula's Castle charm equipped on my second charm slot.
After hooking a survivor I vividly remember seeing movement above the castle and saying to myself aloud "Oh, it is animated"
It was definitely the Dracula's Castle charm, I can't even remember the last time I thought about the Observer's Tower charm let alone actually used it. The animation is similar to what I saw though, the bats looked more grey than that.
I can't remember what map it was, I know it was bright enough to see the charm clearly.
Knowing this game it's entirely possible I got trolled by some rouge mist element or something idk.
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