Intimacy Relationship in Knives Out. Guide includes what intimacy is, daily limit for earning it, benefits of increasing it, marriage system, and more. Use this as your reference.
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Intimacy Relationship Update
Many New Privileges Added
With the update on Thursday, August 15, 2024, you can now set exclusive nicknames for intimate relationships, and also set backgrounds for invitation windows & online notifications.
Unlock Privileges
By increasing intimacy, features like the marriage system and couple poses on the results screen will be unlocked. The intimacy mark will also level up at 2400 and 8000 intimacy.
Timeline Notification Function Update
The timeline notification function has been updated, making it easier to see friend declaration updates and intimacy increases.
What is Intimacy?
Points Representing Your Relationship with Friends
Intimacy is a point system that accumulates by playing with friends. There is a daily limit to the points you can earn, but increasing your intimacy allows you to build special relationships.
How to Check Intimacy
You can check your intimacy by opening your friend list and looking at the number next to the heart mark displayed in each friend's entry.
How to Increase Intimacy
Team Up and Matchmake
| How to Increase Intimacy | Intimacy Increase |
|---|---|
| Team up and matchmake | +20 |
| Team up and matchmake in a room | +10 |
| Spectate a friend's match | +5 |
Using the methods above, you can increase your intimacy by up to 260 points daily.
Send Items
| Item | Intimacy Increase |
|---|---|
| Rose | +1 (Up to 5000 per day) |
| Skin | +10 |
You can also increase intimacy by gifting items like Roses. Roses are often available, so be sure to send them actively when you want to increase intimacy.
Benefits of Increasing Intimacy
List of Things You Can Do When Intimacy Increases
| What You Can Do | Required Intimacy |
|---|---|
| Can build relationships (Lover/Partner/Sister/Brother) | 400 |
| Can get married (Lover) | 1,000 |
| By matchmaking with a friend with whom you have built a relationship, an intimacy mark will be displayed on the matchmaking and settlement screens. | 2,400 |
| Intimacy mark levels up (For Lovers, there is an exclusive pose on the matchmaking and results screens) | 4,800 |
| The intimacy mark levels up, and you can obtain an exclusive icon frame. | 8,000 |
| [Outfit Lending] becomes available. | 12,000 |
Mutual consent is required to build a relationship, but you can dissolve it without consent if you wish. Also, be aware that deleting a friend will reset your intimacy.
List of Intimate Relationships
Differences in Intimate Relationships
The number of people you can build a relationship with and their gender differ depending on the intimate relationship (Lover/Partner/Sister/Brother). Only Lovers have exclusive poses; otherwise, there are no particular differences. The number of people you can build an intimate relationship with and their target gender are as follows.
| Intimate Relationship | Number of People | Avatar Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Lover | Up to 1 person | Opposite gender |
| Partner | Up to 5 people | Regardless of gender |
| Sister | Up to 5 people | Female |
| Brother | Up to 5 people | Male |
How to Get Married
Increase Intimacy to 1000 or More
The marriage system was implemented on Wednesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 AM. You can get married by reaching an intimacy level of 1000 with your lover.
