Raiju

Activity

When it manifests during a ghost event or a hunt, it interferes with electronics up to 15 m away on the same floor (the usual range is 10 m). That includes global chat.

Hunt

If there’s at least one piece of active electronic equipment nearby on the same floor (even if it’s outside the investigation area):

• its hunt threshold rises to 65%,
• and during the hunt it moves at a fixed speed of 2.5 m/s.

The distance that counts as “nearby” depends on the map:

Map	Distance
Small	6 m
Medium	8 m
Large	10 m

With no electronics nearby, its threshold is the standard one (50%) and it moves at normal speed, with one catch: if it has line of sight on you while it’s near electronics, the line-of-sight speed-up builds up “in the background” and is applied once it moves away from them.

Almost all electronic equipment counts, whether it’s placed, held or dropped on the floor. These don’t count:

• global chat;
• Video Cameras and Photo Cameras thrown on the floor;
• Motion Sensors, Sound Sensors and D.O.T.S Projectors that are thrown or held (the Tier I D.O.T.S also has to be turned off);
• anything in your inventory (except Flashlights that are on);
• any electronics you didn’t bring from the truck (building lights, fuse box, CCTV cameras, fans, etc.).

Other details

The heartbeat can be heard within 15 m of the Raiju, instead of 10 m.

Strategy

• To avoid early hunts, turn off or remove from its favorite room any electronic equipment you don’t need; that way it can’t use it to speed up either. Leaving electronics lying around makes it very dangerous.
• Many players drop the electronic item they’re holding when a hunt starts so they don’t attract the ghost. With the Raiju, don’t do it: you’re leaving it a trail of electronics to speed up with. Instead, switch to a non-electronic item or turn off the one you’re holding.

How to identify it

• Watch its speed during the hunt, especially on small maps, with active electronics nearby. If it speeds up suddenly and significantly while roaming (not chasing anyone), it’s most likely a Raiju.
• Don’t confuse it with the Hantu, which speeds up when it moves from a warm room to a cold one. They only share Ghost Orbs, so any other evidence tells them apart.
• Safe test: turn off all nearby electronics, leave one turned on in your hiding spot and, during the hunt, listen for its footsteps suddenly speeding up as it gets close.

Trivia

In Japanese mythology, raijū (雷獣, “thunder beasts”) are divine creatures usually depicted as a dog-like animal surrounded by lightning. They were believed to live in the sky and descend to earth riding a lightning bolt during thunderstorms to wreak havoc, so in ancient Japan lightning strikes were seen as their passage or as divine punishment. In the game they don’t take animal form: they use the regular ghost models.

Change history

Version	Change
0.4.0	Added the Raiju.
0.12.0.1	The heartbeat is heard at 15 m instead of 10 m.