Movement

Perfect Evade indicator

Estimate Evade Distance by Weight Category

Movement encompasses various actions including walking or sprinting, evade or dodge rolls, and traversal methods. Factors such as equipment like trinkets or armor, traits, and consumables can influence movement either positively or negatively. For instance, encumberance can significantly hinder evasion abilities without affecting traversal speed, such as climbing ladders. Conversely, traits like Swiftness specifically impact traversal speed.

Terminology

In-game descriptions use both terms Evade and Dodge interchangeably.

Invulnerability Frames/Evade window

Invulnerability Frames are the period of time during which the Traveler cannot be damaged by enemy attacks while performing an Evade. They're measured in number of frames out of 30.

The game internally uses Evade window. To convert evade window to invulnerability frames use this formula:

Invulnerability Frames = 30 × Evade Window

Since there are no fractional frames, the result needs to be rounded to the closest integer.

Evade window can be extended with:

• Untouchable Trait
• Ambit Ember Consumable

Perfect Evade

While performing an evade if the Traveler's evade window overlaps with attack's hurtbox it counts as a Perfect Evade. A successful Perfect Evade is indicated with a puff of smoke.

Examples of items that refer to Perfect evade or Perfect dodge:

• Bridge Warden's Crest
• Akari War Band
• Opportunist Mutator
• Void Cloak Skill

Stamina Cost

Almost all types of Evades consume Stamina on use. To use any type of Evade the Traveler has to have at least one Stamina regardless of the Stamina Cost. Meaning that a Traveler with 101 Stamina can perform Light Evade(25 Stamina Cost) five times, while a Traveler with 100 Stamina can perform Light Evade only four times.

Recovery Time

Recovery Time is the time it takes, after performing an evade, before the Traveler can perform another action.

Currently there are no items that improve Recovery Time.

Evade Distance

Evade Distance is the distance the Traveler is displaced by an evade.

Evade Distance can be increased with:

• Fitness Trait
• Dark Fluid Concoction
• Heavy Mobility Perk

Evade Speed

Evade Speed is the time it takes for the evade animation to finish, shortening recovery time. Increasing Evade Speed does not reduce the Evade Window.

Evade Speed can be increased with:

• Ambit Ember Consumable
• Deceiver's Band
• Frivolous Band
• Heavy Mobility Perk

Evade

Type of Evade	Invulnerability Frames	Evade Window	Stamina Cost	Recovery Time	Evade Distance
Combat Slide	7 frames	0.234	10	~17 frames	Short ~3m
Neutral Evade	8 frames	0.267	20	13 frames	Short ~2.5m
Light	12 frames	0.4	25	22 frames	Long ~5m
Medium	11 frames	0.367	31.25	22 frames	Medium ~4m
Heavy	10 frames	0.33	37.5	30 frames	Medium ~4m
Flop	15 frames	0.5	43.5	65 frames	Short ~3m
Heavy Carry	13 frames	0.43	25	20 frames	Short ~2.5
Misty Step	10 frames	0.33	0	27 frames	Long ~5m
Wade	10 frames	0.33	75	23 frames	Very Short ~1m
Void Cloak	36 frames	1.2	0	22 frames	Long ~5m
Blink Evade	10 frames	0. 33	0	TBD	Long ~5m

Combat Slide

Combat Slide can only be performed while sprinting, the Evade Distance can be extended with momentum. The animation ends with the Traveler crouching, due to this it can also be used to evade attacks outside of the evade window.

Neutral Evade

In-game descriptions use 3 terms to refer to Neutral Evade: Neutral Dodge, Neutral Evade, and Neutral Backdash.

Examples:

• One-Eyed Joker Idol Amulet
• Nightshade Melee Weapon
• Disengage Mutator
• Dying Breath Mod

Flop

Flop replaces regular Evade in the Ultra Heavy weight class.

Flop deals 50 base damage to enemies nearby. It's treated as a charged melee attack and triggers abilities such as Tainted Blade, Huntress Spear Corrosion application, and Butcher's Fetish.

Heavy Carry

See also: Engineer: Skills

Heavy Carry is when the Traveler is carrying a heavy weapon, such as an Engineer turret. The carrier cannot perform a combat slide, though may benefit from perks and trinkets that effect heavy carry.

Misty Step

Ring of Omens grants a Misty Step evade when worn with certain amulets:

• Death's Embrace
• Full Moon Circlet
• Necklace of Flowing Life
• Ravager's Mark
• Red Doe Sigil
• Talisman of the Sun
• Cervine Keepsake

Misty Step removes the Traveler from the world for the entire duration of the evade window. Because of Ring of Omens, Misty Step converts health into grey health instead of costing stamina starting from 15% before stamina cost increases/decreases such as weight class. Weight class is ignored in terms of evade speed, making LIGHT the same speed as ULTRA, only at the increase of stamina (or in this case, health) cost.

Wade

Wade replaces all other evade types if the Traveler is submerged in water.

While submerged in water the Traveler can't Combat Slide

While submerged in water Neutral Evade costs 75 Stamina, with Light Armor, which increases with Weight Category.

Swiftness trait affects wade movement speed.

Void Cloak

Void Cloak is an Invader Archetype Skill. For the duration of Void Cloak all auto-evades use this profile regardless of Encumbrance. Manual evades will use the regular profile.

Sprint

Sprinting costs Stamina per second depending on weight, it increases the movement speed and momentum of the Traveler. After the Traveler runs out of Stamina, they will gradually decelerate before returning to normal speed. Sprinting while submerged the water increases the Stamina cost about 4.4 times.

Weight class	Stamina cost per second
Light	8
Medium	10
Heavy	12
Ultra	14

Crouch

Crouching costs no Stamina and does not provide invulnerability frames. It can still be used to evade attacks flying above the Traveler's head. Crouching makes the Traveler slower and reduces the amount of noise the Traveler makes allowing for sneaking up on enemies.

Crouching improves Weapons accuracy. This effect does not apply to shotguns.

Worm Hole

Worm Hole Invader Skill is a movement skill that displaces the Traveler by temporarily removing them from the world. It triggers perfect evade regardless of whether any attack is evaded.