Skull Merchant's Drones Fail to Deploy Correctly After Hooking Survivors

Bug: Skull Merchant's Drones Fail to Deploy Correctly After Hooking Survivors

This issue might be a duplicate of #218 Skull Merchant's Drone Deployment Bug Post-Hook.

Skull Merchant's Drones Fail to Deploy Correctly After Hooking Survivors

Status:	Pending Moderation
Priority:	Critical
Added by:	Anonymous on July 8, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	10.0.2
Actual Result:	The drone either will not deploy when the input is used, putting the power on cooldown, or the prompt will not appear at all and the drone cannot be placed.
Expected Result:	The drone deploys as normal.
Severity:	Major
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	Not set

Steps to Reproduce

Hook a Survivor above or below any desired location (e.g. in the basement, on the lower floor of a two-storey map)
Move above the Survivor and attempt to deploy a drone
The drone deployment prompt will not appear when it should.
After the Survivor is hooked in the basement, sometimes the prompt WILL appear but the drone won't deploy.

Explanation

Skull Merchant's Drones do not deploy properly/at all after hooking survivor on elevated ground, underneath the Killer or especially in the basement. This blocker can extend up to two floors, preventing the Killer from using their power in huge swathes of the map.