There are new leaks regarding the upcoming Tome V and the PTB for Mid-Chapter 17.5.
TOME V - 5 CHARACTERS?
The Lore Entries for Tome V will be for: Hillbilly, The Blight, Nea Karlsson, Halloween_2018 and Observer. Thanks to the challenges contained in Tome V we were able to guess that also Adam Francis will be in this Tome as there are quests dedicated to him. But there is also a fifth character who has some quests in this tome, namely the Clown.
These are all the challenges included in Level 4 of Tome V, take a good look at the last four:
• EarnBloodpointsAltruism | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• SkillCheckGreatSuccess | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• Escape 3 times | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• Repair | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• Stun 10 times | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• EarnBloodpoints | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• EarnBloodpointsDeviousness | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• HookBasement | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• BlindBurn | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• Break 25 Pallets | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• Chase | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• HookMultiple | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• HookEndgame | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• ChasedByKiller | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• UnhookSelfWithDeliveranceInTrial | Bloodpoints: 45.000 - Rift Fragments: 3
• EscapeAsAdamInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• StunInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• ClownBottleHitInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• ClownBottleDirectHitInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• BreakGensWithPopGoesTheWeaselInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
• BreakGensWithPerkInTrial | Bloodpoints: 60.000 - Rift Fragments: 5
Since Adam and the Clown do not have lore entries dedicated to them (unlike Nea, Blight and Hillbilly), they could actually be connected to the "Halloween_2018" lore entries and therefore have a central role in the Halloween Event, perhaps with some special skins dedicated to them?
PTB RELEASE DATE
As I told you last month, the Mid-Chapter Patch will be released on October 20th, which means that, according to Behaviour's timing, the PTB should be out three weeks before the patch is released, so around September 29th.
To confirm this, I would like to point out that the build on which the internal tests on the PTB are made has been updated recently, so everything is currently being prepared for publication, which should take place precisely next week:
