Best Survivor perks in Dead By Daylight

Achieving goals boosts your confidence.

Whenever a Generator is completed, you benefit from the following effect for 10/12/14 seconds:

• Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.

First starting to repair a given Generator reveals the Aura of the Killer to you for 6 seconds.

"Ok, stay calm. Don't overthink it and just keep moving forward: you got this." - Jane Romero

Crossing paths with deadly Killers has taught you the value of discretion.

Whenever you are healthy, Light-Footed activates:

• Suppresses the sound of your footsteps while running.

Light-Footed has a cool-down of 28/24/20 seconds after performing a Rush Vault action.

"Come on, cat." - Ellen Ripley

You transform plants found around the campfire into tinctures that slow down bleeding.

• Increases your Healing speed by 30/40/50 %.
• Reduces the Healing efficiency of Med-Kits by -20 %.

"Basic Botany Knowledge could save your life someday" - Claudette Morel

When direct combat is not an option, you still find ways to strike back.

After repairing Generators for a total of 40 %, Blast Mine activates:

• Press the Active Ability button while near a partially progressed Generator to install a Trap, which stays active for 100/110/120 seconds.
• When the Killer damages the Trapped Generator, its Trap explodes half-way through:
  • Stuns the Killer for 4 seconds.
  • Blinds all Players within 12.5 metres of the Trapped Generator.

Blast Mine deactivates after triggering successfully or once the timer runs out.

The Auras of Trapped Generators are revealed to all Survivors in yellow.

"You want S.T.A.R.S.? I'll give you S.T.A.R.S.!" - Jill Valentine

Big moments are vital, but you know that sometimes an understated read can be just as powerful.

Whenever you are in the Injured State, Plot Twist activates:

• While crouching and motionless, press the Active Ability button to silently enter the Dying State with the following benefits:
  • Suppresses Grunts of Pain.
  • Suppresses Pools of Blood.
  • Grants the ability to fully recover from the Dying State.
• After full recovery using Plot Twist, you are healed instantly and gain a +50 % Haste Status Effect for 2/3/4 seconds.

Plot Twist deactivates after recovering yourself by any means and reactivates once more once the Exit Gates are powered.

"I think you'll find this shooting location... captivating." - Pauline Stamper

You are able to concentrate and enter a meditative-like state to numb some pain.

• Reduces the volume of Grunts of Pain while in the Injured State by 80/90/100 %.

Iron Will cannot be used when suffering from Exhaustion, but does not cause the Exhausted Status Effect.

There is an intrinsic energy in you that sees beyond your vision.

After cleansing or blessing a Totem, Clairvoyance activates:

• While empty-handed, press and hold the Use Item button to unlock your full Aura-reading potential for up to 8/9/10 seconds, allowing you to see the Auras of the following environmental objects within 64 metres:
  • Chests
  • Exit Gate Switches
  • Generators
  • Hatch
  • Hooks

"Does anyone else see that? Just me?" - Mikaela Reid

When you have the Killer's attention, you know how to keep it; others can be confident they will not be interrupted any time soon.

While being chased by the Killer, the following effects apply:

• The Auras of other Survivors are revealed to you.
• Increases the Repair speed of other Survivors by 3/4/5 %.

Quick Gambit has a cool-down of 60 seconds upon losing a Health State.

"We need not resort to violence. And I shall prove it." - Vittorio Toscano

It is inconceivable to leave someone behind.

Once the Exit Gates are powered, No One Left Behind activates:

• Increases your Action speeds for Healing and Unhooking by 30/40/50 %.
• Increases the Haste Status Effect of Survivors unhooked by you by +7 %.
• The Auras of the other Survivors are revealed to you.
• Grants 50/75/100 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Altruism Category.

"Yeah, no shit.
But I believe we can outsmart and overthrow him if we work together.
Don't be predictable and selfish!" - Clyde, The Lost Tapes

Animals seem to trust you as they often stay calm in your presence.

• Prevents Crows from being alerted by your proximity and flying off, unless they are being stepped on.
• Suppresses the urge to scream from any cause at all times.
• Suppresses all noises related to unlocking Chests, and cleansing or blessing Totems.
• Reduces the Interaction speeds with Chests and Totems by 40/35/30 %.

When your rival makes a mistake, you seize the opportunity.

Stunning the Killer with a Pallet triggers Smash Hit:

• Grants a +50 % Haste Status Effect for 4 seconds.

Smash Hit causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 30/25/20 seconds.
Smash Hit cannot be used when Exhausted.

"I have dealt with psychopaths in suits. You're just uglier and worse dressed." - Yun-Jin Lee

While you have a reputation for being self-centred, you risk it all to help those in need.

Whenever you unhook a Survivor, the Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 8 seconds, while the unhooked Survivor benefits from the following effects for 20/25/30 seconds instead:

• Suppresses the creation of their Scratch Marks and Pools of Blood.
• Increases the strength of their Haste Status Effect by +10 %.

"I promised to keep you shitheads safe, and that's exactly what I plan on doing." - Steve Harrington

When performing a Rushed Action to vault a Window or exit a Locker, Dance With Me triggers its effect:

• Suppresses the creation of Scratch Marks for 3 seconds.

Dance With Me has a cool-down of 30/25/20 seconds.

"Another show's off and runnin',
Dance with me, cuz there's a storm a commin'
Follow my boots, try to keep up,
Dance with me, until sun up." - Kate Denson's "Dance with Me"

You have honed your ability to see through the haze of the Ravage.

• Grants the ability to see the Scratch Marks of other Survivors.
• Whenever another Survivor loses a Health State due to the Killer, the Aura of the latter is revealed to your for 6/8/10 seconds.

"The death, the trauma, the fear... it all leads here. The Overlap." - Haddie Kaur, Ravages of the Abyss Episode 11

You lock in with your co-star, engaging with and reacting to each other on a higher level.

Whenever you are inside the Terror Radius, Scene Partner activates:

• Looking at the Killer causes you to scream, which reveals their Aura for 3/4/5 seconds.
• There is a chance of 50 % that you will scream again, extending the Aura-reveal duration by another 2 seconds.

Scene Partner has a cool-down of 60 seconds.

"This is not in the script!" - Nicolas Cage

In the Fog, an officer must adapt to the materials at hand.

After repairing Generators for a total of 20 %, Chemical Trap activates:

• Press the Active Ability button while near a dropped Pallet to install a Trap, which stays active for 40/50/60 seconds.
• When the Killer breaks the Trapped Pallet, its Trap explodes, spraying the Killer with a chemical compound:
  • Causes the Killer to suffer from a -50 % Hindered Status Effect for 4 seconds.

Chemical Trap deactivates after triggering successfully or once the timer runs out.

The Auras of Trapped Pallets are revealed to all Survivors in yellow.

"How do we kill it, Ash?" - Ellen Ripley

A chance for renewed power down where danger calls home.

When you are in the Basement, Strength in Shadows activates:

• Unlocks the Strength in Shadows ability, allowing you to self-heal without needing a Med-Kit at 70 % of the normal Healing speed.
• Upon finishing a heal in the Basement, the Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 6/8/10 seconds.

"I'm getting out of here, if it's the last thing I do." - Sable

Your keen insight is something best shared with others.

Press and hold the Active Ability button on a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem.
Soft chimes ring out in a radius of 24 metres.

All Survivors benefit from the following effects when inside the Boon Totem's radius:

• The Auras of all Chests and Generators are revealed to you in blue.

Increases your Action speeds for Blessing and Cleansing by 6/8/10 % while you have a lit Boon Totem.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Boon: Illumination at a time.

Only one Totem can be blessed by your Boon Perks at a time and all of their effects are active on the same Boon Totem.

"A shift in reality. Heavy with hidden meanings." - Return

Born to be a disciple. Ready to submit to a greater cause. This is your calling.

Once per Trial, and while you are not on Death Hook, press the Active Ability button while standing in front of a Hooked Survivor to unhook them and trigger the following effects:

• Trade 1 Hook State with the other Survivor to their benefit.
• Causes you to scream.
• Causes you to suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.

"It's not your time yet. Now go on!" - Taurie Cain

When people bring you on to their project, they do so because of the unexpected magic you bring to your performance.

Whenever you are Healthy, Dramaturgy activates:

• While running, press the Active Ability button to run with knees high for 0.5 seconds to gain a +25 % Haste Status Effect for 2 seconds, followed by one of the following effects:
  • Suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 12 seconds.
  • Extend the duration of the Haste Status Effect for another 2 seconds.
  • Scream, but without notifying the Killer.
  • Receive a random Item of Rare Rarity, with a random selection of Add-ons attached to it, automatically dropping any previously held Item.
• The same effect cannot happen twice in a row.

Dramaturgy causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.
Dramaturgy cannot be used when Exhausted.

"Take the part. It's a good movie, he says. What's the worst that can happen?" - Nicolas Cage

Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:

Whenever a Generator is completed, Dark Sense activates:

• The Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 5/7/10 seconds once they come within 24 metres of your location.

Dark Sense deactivates after use.

"Take it from an old-timer: Slow down, don't rush and try not to worry so much! The best way to beat him is to know how he thinks." - Murf, The Lost Tapes

You can take a beating.

After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Dead Hard activates whenever you are injured and running, and allows you to tap into your adrenaline bank to avoid taking further damage:

• Press the Active Ability button to trigger the Endurance Status Effect for 0.5 seconds.

Dead Hard deactivates after use.

Dead Hard causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.
Dead Hard cannot be used when Exhausted.

"We were walkin' through t'ginnel one night when a beer bottle flew past me, then another, and another.
I thought to myself "Gonna 'ave some fun 'ere lads, let's get stuck in!".
It were a right dust up, I swear down!" - David King

As more of your friends fall to the Killer, you become shrouded in isolation and the Killer's Aura-reading abilities towards you are disrupted.

Each time a Survivor other than yourself is killed or sacrificed, Sole Survivor gains 1 Token, up to a maximum of 3 Tokens:

• Grants a stack-able radius of 20/22/24 metres per Token around you, up to a maximum of 60/66/72 metres, within which you are immune to the Killer's Aura-reading abilities.

When you are the Last Survivor Standing, you benefit from the following effects:

• Increases your Repair speed by +75 %.
• Increases your Gate and Hatch Opening speeds by +50 %.

Increases your chance of becoming the initial Obsession by increasing the default value by +100 %.

The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.

"It was the boogeyman." - Laurie Strode

Sharing painful experiences has the power to heal.

While injured and healing another Survivor without using a Med-Kit, you benefit from the following effect:

• Passively heal yourself at a rate of 50/60/70 % of your Altruistic Healing speed.

"Showing up when things get rough, listening to people's problems, and supporting those in need; that's how you become stronger, that's how you grow." - Jane Romero

You have an uncanny ability to escape the inevitable.

• Recovering in the Dying State also charges the Wiggle Meter at 50 % of the Recovery rate and up to a maximum of 40/45/50 % of Wiggle Progression.

"Catch ya on the flip-flop." - Ash Williams

You have learnt that a quiet approach is sometimes best.

After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Off the Record activates for the next 60/70/80 seconds:

• Prevents your Aura from being revealed to the Killer, if they attempt to read it.
• Suppresses Grunts of Pain when injured.
• Grants the Endurance Status Effect.
  • Endurance is cancelled prematurely when performing a Conspicuous Action.

Off the Record deactivates once the Exit Gates are powered.

"Trust me, I investigate thoroughly and discreetly." - Zarina Kassir

Your adventurous lifestyle requires moments of crafty misdirection.

Interacting with a Locker while holding the Sprint button has the following effects:

• Prevents you from entering the Locker, allowing you to run past it.
• Causes the doors of the Locker to swiftly open and close, feining a Survivor entering it.
• Triggers a Loud Noise Notification at the location of the Locker.
• Suppresses the creation of Scratch Marks and Pools of Blood for 3 seconds.

Deception has a cool-down of 30/25/20 seconds.

A Boon that offers comfort amidst the terror.

Press and hold the Active Ability button on a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem.
Soft chimes ring out in a radius of 24 metres.

All Survivors benefit from the following effects when inside the Boon Totem's radius:

• Increases the Altruistic Healing speeds by 50/75/100 % when not using a Med-Kit.
• If a Survivor is injured, their Aura is revealed to all other Survivors.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Boon: Circle of Healing at a time.

Only one Totem can be blessed by your Boon Perks at a time and all of their effects are active on the same Boon Totem.

"Try this, it is better than anything you'll find in a pharmacy." - Mikaela Reid

Your mind and body are honed for great feats, allowing you to push through with extra effort when necessary.

After unhooking yourself or being unhooked, Blood Rush activates for 40/50/60 seconds:

• Press the Active Ability button to instantly recover from the Exhausted Status Effect.

Blood Rush is deactivated after use or performing a Conspicuous Action.
Blood Rush is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once the Exit Gates are powered.

"Just gotta... push through!" - Renato Lyra

Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:

• While the Killer is carrying another Survivor, the Auras of all Hooks within 56 metres of their original Pick-up location are revealed to you:
  • The Auras of normal Hooks are white.
  • The Auras of Scourge Hooks are yellow.

Unlocks the ability to sabotage Hooks without Toolboxes:

• Increases the Sabotage speed without a Toolbox by +30 %.
  • This effect has a cool-down of 70/65/60 seconds after use.

You are able to organise a team to cooperate more efficiently.

Other Survivors within 8 metres of your location benefit from the following effect:

• Increases the Action speeds for Cleansing, Gate-Opening, Healing, Sabotaging, Unhooking, and Unlocking by 15/20/25 %.
  • This effect lingers for 15 seconds after leaving the Area of Effect.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Leader at a time.

When you have a goal in mind, there is no turning back; better to ask forgiveness than permission.

• Increases your Walking speed by 10/15/20 %.
• Unlocks the ability to see your own Scratch Marks.

"I wanna finish what we started. I want to kill it." - Nancy Wheeler

You work best alone.
When it is just you and your pursuer, you know how to disappear.

Whenever you are the only Survivor not currently incapacitated by either being downed, carried, or hooked, Low Profile activates:

• Suppresses your Grunts of Pain and the creation of Pools of Blood and Scratch Marks for 70/80/90 seconds.

Low Profile deactivates after use and only accounts for Survivors still participating in the Trial.

They can try to hurt you.
But you're not going down so easily.

• The Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 16/18/20 seconds after unhooking yourself or being unhooked.
• Grants the ability to perform a successful Self-Unhook at any point during the first Hook Stage, if you are hooked in the Basement.
  • This effect cannot be triggered during the second Hook Stage or if you are hooked as the Last Survivor Standing.

"I haven't let anyone get in my way before. You think I'm gonna start now?" - Sable

A familiar spell made unfamiliar in this corrupted landscape.

After repairing Generators for a total of 20 %, Mirrored Illusion activates:

• Press the Active Ability button when next to either a Chest, Exit Gate, Generator, or a Totem to spawn a Static Illusion that lasts for 40/50/60 seconds.

Mirrored Illusion deactivates after triggering successfully.

"Just... stay there... perfect!" - Baermar

Start the Trial with 1 Token.

Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 8/10/12 seconds:

• Blocks your Aura from being read.
• Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.

For every 30 seconds spent in a Chase, Distortion recharges +1 Token, up to a maximum of 2 Tokens.

Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State.

Fighting back against the Ravage motivates and inspires you.

After cleansing or blessing a Totem, Overzealous activates:

• Dull Totem: Increases your Repair speed by 8/9/10 %.
• Hex Totem: Increases your Repair speed by 16/18/20 %.

Overzealous deactivates after losing a Health State by any means.

"The Ravage senses us. We need to work fast." - Haddie Kaur, Ravages of the Abyss Episode 9

No amount of distraction will shake you from your primary task.

When you are chased by the Killer, Troubleshooter activates:

• The Aura of the Generator with the most progress is revealed to you.
• The Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 4/5/6 seconds after dropping a Pallet.

These effects linger for 6/8/10 seconds after ending the Chase, after which Troubleshooter deactivates.

"Nothing gets done around here if I don't do it." - Gabriel Soma

You know how to stay calm in the face of incomprehensible danger.

While hiding inside a Locker, you benefit from the following effect:

• Suppresses your Grunts of Pain.

After exiting the Locker you benefit from the following effects for 30 seconds:

• Suppresses your Grunts of Pain and the creation of Pools of Blood.
• The Auras of the other Survivors are revealed to you.
• The Aura of the closest Generator is revealed to you in yellow.

Lucky Star has a cool-down of 40/35/30 seconds.

"You are my... lucky star..." - Ellen Ripley

A supernatural bond links you to the Killer.

Whenever the Killer reads your Aura, Object of Obsession activates for the same duration as their Aura-reading action:

• The Aura of the Killer is revealed to you.
• Increases your Action speeds for Cleansing, Healing, and Repairing actions by 2/4/6 %.

If you are the Killer's current Obsession, the following effect triggers automatically every 30 seconds:

• Your Aura is revealed to the Killer for 3 seconds.

Increases your chance of becoming the initial Obsession by increasing the default value by +100 %.
The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.

"He was watching me!" - Laurie Strode

You know that the best way to stay one step ahead is to keep tabs on the competition.

After repairing Generators for a total of 40 %, Wiretap activates:

• Press the Active Ability button while near a partially progressed Generator to install a Trap, which stays active for 100/110/120 seconds.
• Whenever the Killer comes within 14 metres of the Trapped Generator their Aura is revealed to all Survivors.

Wiretap deactivates after the Generator is damaged or once the timer runs out.

The Auras of Trapped Generators are revealed to all Survivors in yellow.

Your arcane abilities have adapted to The Entity's Realm after centuries of wandering, granting you unprecedented control over its many devices.

After uninterruptedly repairing Generators for a total of 12/10/8 seconds, press the Active Ability button to activate Potential Energy:

• Continuing to repair the Generator will charge Potential Energy instead of progressing the Generator.
• Converts 1.5 % of Repair progression into 1 Token, up to a maximum of 20 Tokens.
• Missing Skill Checks results in losing some Tokens.

When Potential Energy has at least 1 Token, press the Active Ability button while repairing a Generator to instantly progress it by +1 % per accumulated Token, deactivating Potential Energy.

Potential Energy loses all Tokens and deactivates upon losing a Health State.

"When you look a layer deeper, you realise... everything is connected." - Vittorio Toscano

Diversion charges while inside the Terror Radius without being chased by the Killer.
After charging for 30/25/20 seconds, it activates:

• Press the Active Ability button while crouched and motionless to throw a pebble in the direction you are facing, creating a distraction for the Killer 20 metres away from your location:
  • Triggers a Loud Noise Notification.
  • Creates fake Scratch Marks.

Diversion deactivates after use and resets its timer.

"There's what is easy and then there's what is right. If you confuse the two, there's no telling what you become." - Adam Francis

You are an expert in combat medicine.
Patients leave your care reinvigorated.

Completing a Healing action on another Survivor grants them the following benefits until they receive damage again:

• Increases their Action speeds for Blessing, Cleansing, Healing, and Unlocking by 12/14/16 %.

It is hard to keep up with you, but it does not stop people from trying.

Whenever you finish healing another Survivor, Teamwork: Power of Two activates, and both you and the healed Survivor benefit from the following effect:

• Grants a +5 % Haste Status Effect for as long as you stay within 8/12/16 metres of one another.
  • This effect lingers for 4 seconds once out of range and resumes upon re-entering it before that timer elapses.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Teamwork: Power of Two at a time.

"You good? Then keep up!" - Thalita Lyra

A history of vampire-hunting imbues the bloodline with certain abilities.

Whenever a Generator is completed, the Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 1/2/3 seconds.

• Extends the duration of all instances of the Killer's Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds.

Eyes of Belmont benefits from its own effect.

"Ha! Your secret has been revealed!" - Trevor

You kick into high gear when someone is in trouble, inspiring them to overcome any obstacle.

The following effects apply while you are within 5 metres of the Killer carrying another Survivor:

• Grants you a 5/6/7 % Haste Status Effect.
• Increases the carried Survivor's Wiggling speed by +25 %.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Breakout at a time.

"Come, we are going to rip our way out of this." - Yui Kimura

You are fuelled with an unexpected energy when saving an ally from a Hook.

The Survivors you unhook benefit from the following effects:

• Extends the duration of their Endurance Status Effect by 6/8/10 seconds.
• Extends the duration of their Haste Status Effect by 10 seconds.

"Probably stings like hell, but it ain't gonna kill ya. Up and at 'em soldier. Time to move!" - Bill Overbeck

Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability and improves your luck when finding Items in Chests:

• The Auras of the following objects are revealed to you within 32/48/64 metres:
  • Closed Chests located in the environment.
  • Items sitting inside opened Chests.
  • Items dropped in the environment.
• Increases the Odds of finding Items of higher Rarities in Chests by +50 %.

"The pioneers used to loot these babies for hours." - Aizeyu, The Lost Tapes

Succeeding a Skill Check while healing another Survivor grants +1 Token, up to a maximum of 3/4/5 Tokens:

• Suppresses Great Healing Skill Checks.
• Causes Good Healing Skill Checks to grant Healing progress based on the number of accumulated Tokens:
  • 0 Tokens: -15 %.
  • 1 Token: +0 %.
  • 2 Tokens: +15 %.
  • 3 Tokens: +30 % (limit of Tier I).
  • 4 Tokens: +45 % (limit of Tier II).
  • 5 Tokens: +60 % (limit of Tier III).

Autodidact is inactive when healing using a Med-Kit.

"There's no limit to what you can achieve, as long as you back with hard work." - Adam Francis

Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability.

When healing a Survivor in the Dying State, Buckle Up activates:

• The Aura of the Killer is revealed to the both of you.
• Completing a Healing Action on the dying Survivor suppresses their Scratch Marks and grants them a +50 % Haste Status Effect for 3/4/5 seconds.

Buckle Up does not cause the Exhausted Status Effect.

"Ghost beaters never leave a man behind." - Ash Williams