Arclight
He came to fix the boiler, but he never left. His flickering light brings as much terror to mortals now as his exorbitant call-out fees did when he was alive.
-Epitaph
Arclight is a Mane who can be encountered for the first time in The Calamityville Horror, bound to the boiler in the Hutz's house basement. If not freed during The Calamityville Horror, he will reappear in Poultrygeist in the same location.
If not freed during either one of these missions, Arclight will appear again in Ghostbreakers, trapped in the Electroplasmic Storage Device.
Appearance
Arclight is a tall man with grey skin. He has vacant, blood shot eyes and crooked teeth. Arclight wears off-orange coveralls, black safety shoes and gloves, a welding mask and a utility belt with tools strapped to it. He holds a welding torch in his left hand which is connected to a gas tank which is strapped on to his back. Arclight's coveralls and face are covered in soot.
How To Free
Arclight will become free after he possesses a mortal. Unfortunately, he is unable to do so due to the brick wall separating him from mortals. To break the wall you will need either one point of structural damage to loosen a single brick, or four points of structural damage to completely destroy the wall. (Stonewall can accomplish both. Either by using Tremor to loosen the brick or by buying Quake to destroy the wall). If you loosened a single brick, you will need a mortal to destroy the rest of the bricks. The two mortals who can accomplish this are Greg and Steve Hutz. If any mortal other than Greg or Steve see the loosened brick, they will call Bill Ratzenberger, a handyman who can loosen the bricks as well. When the bricks are removed, any mortal who sees the hole in the wall will interact with it, resulting in Arclight possessing them and becoming free.
If not freed during The Calamityville Horror, he will reappear in Poultrygeist with the same requirements.
Alternatively, if not freed during either one of these missions, he can be freed in Ghostbreakers by destroying the Electroplasmic Storage Device. (Work in progress)
Powers
| Level | Power | Teachable | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Danse Macabre | Nausea | Yes |
| 8 | Great Balls of Fire | Scared to Death | Yes |
| 7 | Possess | - | |
| 6 | Human Torch | - | |
| 5 | Bonfire | - | |
| 4 | Dread | Yes | |
| 3 | Roast | - | |
| 2 | Fright | Stink | Yes |
| 1 | Lingering Smell | Sweat | Yes |
Voice Lines
Normal Lines
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| Restless Spirit 1 | |
| "She seemed like such a sweet old dear, making me tea and all when I came to fix the boiler. Next thing I know I'm a dead man and she's bricked me up. I reckon I could escape into a mortal's body if someone would just get close enough." | |
| Restless Spirit 2 | |
| "It's the damn wall, ya see. I just can't quite reach out past it to find a mortal to possess." | |
| Lay to Rest | |
| "Can`t hang onto this joker any more - time for a tea break." | |
| Banishment | |
| "I been snuffed!" | |
| Unused 1 | |
| "I`m runnin` on empty, boss." | |
| Lay To Rest (Unused) | |
| "Yeah, this body`ll do for now - but I burn `em out pretty fast so keep `em coming!" |
Unique Sounds
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| Final Ohh's (But still unused) | |
| Ohh | |
| "OH WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO OWO!" | |
| Ohh Wooh | |
| "OOOOHHH WOOH OOOHHH OOO whoa ooah" | |
| Beta Ohh's | |
| Ohh Wooh 1/2 | |
| "OOO whoa ooah" | |
| Ohh 1/2 | |
| "WOWOWOWO OWO!" | |
| Ohh 2/2 | |
| "OH WOWOWO" | |
| Unknown Sounds | |
| Unknown 1 | |
| *Funny laugh* | |
| Unknown 2 | |
| *Cocky laugh* | |
| Unknown 3 | |
| *Skeleton laugh* | |
| Unknown 4 | |
| *Loud inhale* |
Gallery
Model Renders
Arclight's Back
Arclight's Collector's Edition Render
In-Game Screenshots
Arclight As A Restless Spirit In The Calamityville Horror/Poultrygeist
Arclight As A Restless Spirit In Ghostbreakers
Arclight In The Ghoul Room
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Trivia
- Arclight shares his base model with Static.
- Originally Arclight, Maxine Factor and Static could have been freed in Ghostbreakers had you missed them in both The Calamityville Horror and Poultrygeist. Complete Edition however restores that.
- Arclight is indirectly inspired by Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise, as the creators wanted to take an everyday mask and make it scary, and in the end they settled on a welding mask.
- Before fully becoming Arclight he was known as "Mad Mike".
- Arclight's original Lay to Rest line goes unused as he instead uses an "End Possession" line for the event instead. The change likely happened as the original Lay to Rest implies Arclight would keep possessing the mortal who freed them which isn't the case in the final version of the game.
