Hello Neighbor 2 Patch 9
Hello Neighbor 2: Patch 9 is a free update that became available for Hello Neighbor 2 for Halloween 2023. A new Act has been added to the game with this patch.
What's New?
Mechanics
This patch introduces several new mechanics, which are important to know in order to complete.
Construction from boards
There is a hammer and planks in the game, and if you take them, you can attach the plank anywhere, taking the hammer in your hands. So, if you nail the plank to the floor, you can then build a bridge or something else.
Boarding up doors
If you nail a board to any door, The Guest will break into it and after about 2 seconds will knock out one board. The player can easily open the boarded door. But if the Guest breaks for a long time, he will think of entering the room through a hole in the ceiling, if there is one.
Towers of boxes
The old mechanic from Hello Neighbor has returned - towers made of boxes. If you stand on a box and place boxes under yourself while jumping, you can stand on such a tower. However, it will be very fragile and you can't place too many boxes. This way you can climb somewhere without a hammer and boards.
Other things added in Patch 9
- The opening cutscene has been changed.
- Added more vegetation to the map.
- The environment has been slightly changed.
- Changed the music when NPC is looking for the player (suspense).
- Improved AI.
- Fixed bugs with AI.
- The fear effect is now red.
- Lighting has been changed and improved.
- Improved some textures.
- Added new animation for petting Ginger in the bakery and Skipper in the courtyard of the mayor's villa.
- The old bridge is now open.
- The railway is finished.
- Added Act 2 and its ending.
- The Guest is back with a new model, AI, animations and mechanics.
- Added new locations: forest ; sawmill ; church .
- New items added: hammer, boards, logs.
- Added a minecart for fast movement and quick transfer of boards.
- The crane has been returned with new mechanics.
- New characters added: Diane Peterson Mannequin and Mya Peterson Mannequin.
- Added more easter eggs: Man in a hat in a coffin and photographs.
Patch 9 Hotfix 1 (v1.3.0.11)
- Fixed crashes and improved compatibility with old saves.
Patch 9 Hotfix 2 (v1.3.0.13)
- Guest no longer gets stuck when breaking down the door.
- The door to the crypt can now be opened from the inside.
- The tunnels under the church are now brighter.
Patch 9 Hotfix 3 (v1.3.0.14)
- Once you press the lever, there will be no more repeating sounds.
- Bushes no longer block the door to the generator room.
- The game no longer restarts after completing Act 2.
- The guest can no longer catch the player through the door.
Patch 9 Hotfix 4 (v1.3.0.18)
- Added introductory cutscenes to DLC.
- Added new visual effects.
- In the final battle, the Neighbor is now slower.
- Textures no longer flicker during gameplay when the "RTX Reflection" setting is enabled.
- The neighbor no longer gets stuck after the player hides under the stairs in the museum.
- There are no more wires hanging in the air near Otto's house.
- Newsome no longer tries to find the player under the non-interactive table.
- Some sound effects have been improved.
- The crane and generator at the sawmill have received some improvements.
- Now when a Guest notices a player, a corresponding sign appears above the cursor.
- Fixed lags at the end of Act 2.
- Fixed animation of holding a barrel in hands.
- The barrel no longer freezes on the pressure plate after loading a save.
- The curtain rod in the second floor bakery is now the correct length.
- Planks nailed to the elevator no longer appear to hang in the air after loading a save.
- Restarting the game will not prevent you from turning on the minecart if you had boards nailed to it before.
- Once a church bell falls, it stays fallen forever.
- Planks lying in a minecart are now saved when you start the last save.
- Added a newspaper clipping about Beatrix's disappearance as an Easter egg in the coffin near the church.
Trivia
- TinyBuild did not say that Patch 9 is Act 2, but it's listed as Act 2 in the game files.
- The update's second name, Hello Neighbor 2: Hello Guest, is a reference to the very first concept of Hello Neighbor 2, Hello Guest (or Late Night Shift). This is not accidental, because the update is focused on the Guest, which is similar to Hello Guest Prototype and Hello Guest Alpha 1
- In one of the coffin's, you can find Man In The Hat laying inside, who originally appears in Hello Guest Alpha 1 and was planned to return in Hello Neighbor 2.
- In Patch 9: Hotfix 4, near the Church, another coffin appeared with coffee cups on top, and there is a newspaper with Beatrix, one of the protagonists from Hello Guest Alpha 1. The newspaper is also in Wayron Croobian, but when translated, it says "Still no word the missing girl. "We were just playing hide and seek with Beatrix," says her brother Q-".
- The part when we dig up a grave may be a reference to the first part, where we also found a shovel and dug it up (more like Alpha 1 than the release).