Tinkerer

Tinkerer is a Unique Perk belonging to The Hillbilly.
Prestige The Hillbilly to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Tinkerer for all other Characters.

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Cost

2,500

3,250

4,000

Description

Whenever a Generator

is repaired to 70 %, you benefit from the following effects:

Triggers a Loud Noise Notification for that Generator, revealing its location.
Grants the Undetectable Status Effect for the next 12/14/16 seconds.

Tinkerer can only trigger once per Generator per Trial.

"The Hillbilly makes impressive tools out of scraps. Tools aimed at maiming us in creative ways." — Notebook

History

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	5 %	10 %	15 %	Add-ons that affect the charge time of your Power are 5/10/15 % more effective. NOTICE: The application of these modifiers was multiplicative.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	6 %	8 %	10 %	Add-ons that affect the charge time of your Power are 6/8/10 % more effective. NOTICE: The application of these modifiers was additive.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	8 seconds	10 seconds	12 seconds	When a Generator is repaired to 85 %, you receive a Loud Noise notification and your Terror Radius is reduced to 0 metres for 8/10/12 seconds.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	8 seconds	10 seconds	12 seconds	When a Generator is repaired to 85 %, you receive a Loud Noise notification and you are granted the Undetectable Status Effect for 8/10/12 seconds.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	12 seconds	14 seconds	16 seconds	When a Generator is repaired to 70 %, you receive a Loud Noise notification and you are granted the Undetectable Status Effect for 12/14/16 seconds.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	12 seconds	14 seconds	16 seconds	When a Generator is repaired to 70 %, you receive a Loud Noise notification and you are granted the Undetectable Status Effect for 12/14/16 seconds. Tinkerer can only trigger once per Generator per Trial.

Change Log

Patch 1.3.0

QoL: Tinkerer now only affects modifiers positively.
Nerf: decreased the bonus applied to modifiers to 6/8/10 %.
Buff: Tinkerer's bonus is now additive.

Patch 2.1.0

Rework: Tinkerer now gives the Killer a noise notification if a Generator is repaired to 85 % and also reduces their Terror Radius to 0 metres for 8/10/12 seconds.

Patch 3.4.0

Change: updated Tinkerer with the Undetectable Status Effect.

Patch 4.1.0

Buff: lowered the activation threshold to 70 %.
Buff: increased the Undetectable duration.

Patch 6.1.0

Nerf: Tinkerer can now only be triggered once per Generator, instead of triggering each time the Generator is progressed back to the activation threshold after having regressed below it.

Trivia

Until its rework, Tinkerer was effectively without use on several Killers.
Tinkerer's old flavour text still addressed The Hillbilly by his Alpha name "The Crooked", rather than by his current name:
- "The Crooked makes impressive tools out of scraps... Tools aimed at maiming us in creative ways... It's horrifying to think it's actually intelligent." — Unknown, Notebook
Tinkerer's activates earlier, if a Generator's Repair requirement is lowered by outside effects (e.g. Brand New Part, Invocation: Weaving Spiders).

2.1.0 Rework

Tinkerer required an immense workload of additional coding each time new Add-ons were created, since the Developers had to work with a static buff and keep in mind that Add-ons without it shouldn't be too weak and those with it shouldn't be too strong.

They compared that workload to creating a second set of Unique Perks for any new Killer, something they were no longer willing to do and thus intended for Tinkerer to be reworked eventually, which happened with Patch 2.1.0.