Hell Is Us Guardian Detector: What Update 1.7 Changed

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector now detects all remaining Lymbic Entities once a Timeloop has been closed in an area. Rogue Factor added the upgrade in Update 1.7 after player feedback about tracking leftover enemies and completion progress.

The change is particularly useful for cleanup because it turns the detector into a post-Timeloop search tool rather than leaving players to sweep an entire area blindly. It is also directly relevant to the Legend of the Phol trophy and achievement hunt mentioned in the official patch notes.

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector: what changed in Update 1.7

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector gained the ability to identify all remaining Lymbic Entities in an area after its Timeloop is closed. The condition matters, because the patch note ties the expanded detection to a closed Timeloop.

This is not described as a universal map marker that reveals every enemy from the moment you enter an area. It is a cleanup aid that becomes more useful after the area’s Timeloop state has been resolved.

Why this helps completion

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector reduces the amount of manual searching needed when one or more entities remain. Players working through an area can use the upgraded behaviour to locate stragglers after completing the required Timeloop step.

The official announcement specifically calls out the Legend of the Phol trophy and achievement as a reason the change is practical. That makes the detector useful for both general cleanup and completion-focused runs.

The Timeloop requirement

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector only gains this expanded behaviour once the Timeloop is closed in the relevant area. If you are checking too early, the detector may not provide the complete remaining-entity information described by Update 1.7.

Treat that condition as the first troubleshooting check. Confirm the area’s Timeloop is actually closed before assuming the upgraded detector is failing.

Other Update 1.7 changes

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector arrived in the same patch that brought Hell Is Us to Xbox PC through the Windows Store. The update also moved FSR to FSR4 and added an Oodle compression SDK change aimed at reducing Intel CPU crashes.

Rogue Factor also listed fixes for collision traps, lost mouse-and-keyboard input during interactions, pause-menu music behaviour, a French cinematic facial-animation issue and the Crypt of Modus fight sometimes failing to end.

If the detector still seems wrong

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector should be checked only after the Timeloop condition is satisfied and the game is running the current build. If the behaviour still does not match the patch description, document the area and platform before reporting it.

MyNacon has an official Hell Is Us support portal for bug reports. Using the portal is more useful than assuming a community workaround is universally safe, especially for progression-related problems.

Did Update 1.8 change the Guardian Detector?

The Hell Is Us Guardian Detector upgrade belongs to Update 1.7, released on July 23, 2026. Update 1.8 went live on October 8, not October 27. It added 10 new Hollow Walkers and fixed memory corruption affecting the save system, collision traps and other bugs.

Rogue Factor did not announce another detector change in its Update 1.8 notes. The confirmed behaviour is still post-Timeloop detection of remaining Lymbic Entities, so the later patch should not be credited with introducing the feature.

How the upgraded detector changes cleanup

The Version 1.7 change is particularly useful after a Timeloop has been closed. At that point the detector can help locate remaining Lymbic Entities in the area, turning it into a cleanup tool rather than leaving the player to sweep every corner manually.

That directly supports players working toward Legend of the Phol, because remaining entities are easier to track once the relevant area state has changed. It is still worth confirming the Timeloop condition first; using the detector before the required state can create the impression that the feature is not functioning as described.

The October 8 Update 1.8 notes do not list another detector upgrade. Players returning to the game can still use the post-Timeloop detection improvement introduced in Version 1.7.

Players returning after an older guide may have learned a more limited version of the tool, which is why the patch number matters. The expanded behaviour belongs to the newer build and specifically references areas where the Timeloop is closed. If a guide written before Version 1.7 says the detector cannot help with remaining entities, that information should be treated as outdated rather than as a conflicting mechanic.

Official source

For the latest first-party information, see Nacon / Rogue Factor.

Hell Is Us Guardian Detector is substantially more useful after Update 1.7 because it can reveal remaining Lymbic Entities once a Timeloop is closed. If cleanup is your problem, confirm that area state first and then use the upgraded detector before resorting to a full manual sweep.