Bug #447

Killer Drone Deployment Issue After Automatic Recall

Status:	New
Priority:	High
Added by:	notjared on December 22, '25
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.3.2
Actual Result:	The Killer presses "Deploy Drone" and goes through the associated animation, and her power goes on cooldown, but no drone is actually placed.
Expected Result:	After a Drone is recalled due to a Survivor being Hooked too close to an existing Drone, the Skull Merchant should be able to place a new Drone anywhere with no issue.
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Not set

Steps to Reproduce

1. Play as The Skull Merchant
2. Deploy a Drone near any Hook - close enough range that it would despawn if someone is hooked there
3. Down a Survivor and hook them near aforementioned Drone so that it recalls automatically
4. Walk away from the Hook until you can Deploy another Drone
5. Attempt to Deploy a new Drone anywhere

Explanation

When playing as The Skull Merchant, if a Drone is automatically recalled due to a Survivor being hooked too close to an existing Drone, the next Drone that the Skull Merchant places after the automatic recall will not actually be placed, despite the Skull Merchant going through the "Deploy Drone" animation and her Power is put on cooldown.

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