After hooking a Survivor<span style = "padding: 0 0 0 5px"><span style = "display:none" class = "pcView"><span class = "tooltip linkIncluded iconless borderless"><span class="tooltipBaseText"></span><span class = "tooltiptext"><span class="tooltipTextWrapper"></span></span></span></span><span class = "mobileView"></span></span>, ''Dead Man's Switch'' activates for the next '''<span class="luaClr clr clr2" style="color: #e8c252;">20</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr3" style="color: #199b1e;">25</span>'''/'''<span class="luaClr clr clr4" style="color: #ac3ee3;">30</span>''' '''seconds''':
* While activated, any Survivor that stops repairing a Generator<span style = "padding: 0 0 0 0"><span style = "display:none" class = "pcView"><span class = "tooltip linkIncluded iconless borderless"><span class="tooltipBaseText"></span><span class = "tooltiptext"><span class="tooltipTextWrapper"></span></span></span></span><span class = "mobileView"></span></span> before it is fully repaired causes The Entity<span style = "padding: 0 0 0 0"><span style = "display:none" class = "pcView"><span class = "tooltip linkIncluded iconless borderless"><span class="tooltipBaseText"></span><span class = "tooltiptext"><span class="tooltipTextWrapper"></span></span></span></span><span class = "mobileView"></span></span> to block the Generator until ''Dead Man's Switch'''s effect ends.
* Affected Generators are highlighted by a '''<span class="luaClr clr clr16" style="color: #ffffff;">white</span>''' Aura<span style = "padding: 0 0 0 0"><span style = "display:none" class = "pcView"><span class = "tooltip linkIncluded iconless borderless"><span class="tooltipBaseText"></span><span class = "tooltiptext"><span class="tooltipTextWrapper"></span></span></span></span><span class = "mobileView"></span></span>.