Not to be confused with Visibility.

“	Prevents being targeted by enemy attacks if the unit is not blocking.	”
	—In-game tip

Invisible, or Invisibility, is a buff in Arknights.

Effect

Invisible units are indicated by having their body obscured in a dark cloud of smoke, with the exception to Magallan's Soaring Dragons who are obscured by digital disruptions instead. In this state, the unit cannot be targeted by ranged attacks and are unaffected by splash damage (e.g. Splash Caster and Artilleryman Sniper attacks, Senior Casters, and Bombtails) and offensive skills/abilities, unless if they are blocking enemies for friendly units or being blocked for enemies in which case they will become invisible again after not blocking enemies/being blocked for 3 seconds. However, the following can still damage invisible units:

• Heated Paths
• Poison Haze, Lava Cracks, and Gas Sprays for friendlies
• Spiked Treasure Chests reflecting damage to friendlies when attacked
• Friendly's skills and talents reflecting damage to enemies when attacked:
  • Hoshiguma's Thorns
  • Nian's Copper Seal
  • Bubble's "Beaten Up"
  • Tequila's Waiting Game
  • Młynar's Unmoved
  • Penance's Wreathed in Thorns while her Barrier is active
• The Survivalist Hallucination in Phantom & Crimson Solitaire
• Londinium Secondary Defense Artillery

Certain methods can "reveal" invisible units, negating it:

• Invisible enemies can revealed by the following:
  • Detectors (only available in certain operations)
  • SilverAsh's Eagle Eyes talent
  • Tsukinogi's Without a Trace skill
  • Elysium's Monitor skill
  • Mobile Buggy Cams deployed by Scene, which reveals invisible enemies around them
  • Horn's Flare Grenade
  • Ines's Shadow Sentry talent
• Technical Scouts and (Heavy) Swamp Rovers reveal nearby invisible friendly units.
• Nova Knightclub Trainees/Elites and The Candle Knight Viviana will lose their invisibility while casting their Glimmering Touch special attack.

Totter notably can attack invisible enemies due to his talent Illuminating Eyes, making him the only friendly unit with this capability.

Sources

Operators

Operator	Skill/talent	Information
Firewatch	Camouflage	The invisibility is applied to self for Camouflage's duration.
Magallan	Optical Refraction Accessories	Applies the invisibility to the deployed Soaring Dragons for a period of time. E1: 12 seconds E2: 20 seconds SUM-X Stage 2: 23 seconds SUM-X Stage 3: 26 seconds P5: +2 seconds

Enemies

Innate

Normal	Lurker Invisible Crossbowman Invisible Crossbowman Leader Invisible Caster Invisible Caster Leader Technical Scout Sarkaz Requisitioned Engineering Drone Sarkaz Requisitioned Cutting-Edge Drone
Elite	Dublinn Companion Shadowblade Dublinn Elite Companion Shadowblade "Redmark" Eradicator "Redmark" Elite Eradicator Famiglia Cleaner Famiglia Silent Cleaner Sargonian Contract Assassin Shanhaizhong Ringleader Shanhaizhong Secret-Keeper Crying Thief
Boss	Degenbrecher

• Degenbrecher is invisible while on her second phase.

Ability

Enemy	Information
Diver Diver Leader	Invisible while swimming through tiles submerged by the High Tide or Deep Water Zones.
Clarity Magnificence	Has an ability that makes other enemies in a radius of 2 tiles around the Clarity/Magnificence invisible for 3 seconds, with a 5/15 sec. cooldown.
Nethersea Reefbreaker Nourished Reefbreaker Regressed Reefbreaker	Invisible while over Nethersea Brands.
"Materialist Antagonizer"	Enemies in a radius of 2.5 tiles around the Antagonizer (except itself) are invisible as long as the barrier is present.
Special Forces Soldier Special Forces Captain	Invisible while over Reeds.
Dublinn Flamechaser Soldier Dublinn Flamechaser Elite Soldier Dublinn Flamechaser Guard Dublinn Flamechaser Elite Guard	Turns into an Ember of Resentment/Fury/Avarice/Arrogance when defeated, which is invisible.
"Al-Rafiq"	The pilot form is invisible.

Other

• Friendly units deployed on a Bush or Exhaust Grille will become invisible, and only visible to enemies they are blocking.
• Enemies on tiles without visibility will become invisible.

Trivia

• Before the term "Invisible" was introduced, all enemies with this buff contained "Cannot be attacked unless blocked" in their tips.
• While sharing a similar visual effect of a cloud of smoke, albeit lighter, Jessica's Smokescreen does not make her invisible, only giving her Physical/Arts dodge.

See also

• Camouflage