“Fun to play, and better than she looks only because people don't know the counters.”
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#P1Corrupt InterventionUnique · The Plague
Wiki ↗ Corrupt Intervention on the Dead by Daylight WikiYour prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors' chances of survival.
- At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
"It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
P2Sloppy ButcherGeneral · all killers
"It is in its sadistic nature. There is no swift kill as it delights in the obscene spectacle of our agonising suffering."
Wiki ↗ Sloppy Butcher on the Dead by Daylight Wiki"You know where to hit to make them bleed."
Survivors hit with your vicious Basic Attack suffer from the following effects for 70/80/90 seconds:
- Inflicts the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects.
- Modifies the potency of Haemorrhage:
- Increases the Spawn frequency of Pools of Blood by 50/75/100 %.
- Increases the Regression rate of partial Healing progression by +25 %.
P3EruptionUnique · The Nemesis
Wiki ↗ Eruption on the Dead by Daylight Wiki"The NE-α parasite provides you with the intelligence and awareness needed to set a trap."
Performing the Damage Generator action on Generators highlights their Auras in yellow.
Whenever a Survivor enters the Dying State by any means, Eruption triggers the following effects on all highlighted Generators:- Causes them to explode, damaging them.
- Instantly regresses them by -10 % of their total Progression.
- Causes them to start regressing afterwards.
- Causes all Survivors currently repairing them to suffer from the following effects:
- Causes them to scream.
- Their Auras are revealed to you for 8/10/12 seconds.
Eruption has a cool-down of 30 seconds after triggering its effects, which also resets the highlighted Auras.
"It can use weapons?" — Jill Valentine
- Causes them to explode, damaging them.
P4Lay WasteUnique · The Judgment
Wiki ↗ Lay Waste on the Dead by Daylight WikiDamaging a Generator makes it regress +2 % faster for each Charge it has.
This perk has a cool-down of 55/50/45 seconds after damaging a Generator.
"They built hypercomputers and skyscrapers and quantum networks, but all of those things trembled and fell under the power of Judgment’s light." — (Witness to Koenrad, ch. 8)
A1Remote ControlVisceral add-on
Wiki ↗ Remote Control on the Dead by Daylight WikiA remote for the VCR at the cabin.
It allows Sadako to focus on those enemies at a distance.
- The Auras of all Survivors within 12 metres of powered TVs are revealed to you for 7 seconds after using Projection.
"She killed a man just by willing him dead. That's power of a different order from her mother." — Ryuji Takayama
A2Bloody FingernailsRare add-on
Wiki ↗ Bloody Fingernails on the Dead by Daylight WikiSadako's bloody fingernails, lost as she tried to claw her way out of the well.
Evidence of her single-minded need to kill.
- Increases the Speed Boost duration after Projection by +50 %.
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#Add-ons
P1Spies from the ShadowsGeneral · all killers
Wiki ↗ Spies from the Shadows on the Dead by Daylight Wiki"Allows the Crows found in the environment to directly communicate with you."
Whenever a Survivor startles a Crow within 36/38/40 metres of your location, Spies from the Shadows triggers its effect:
- Alerts you with a unique Loud Noise Notification in the shape of a Crow.
Spies from the Shadows has a cool-down of 3 seconds between alerts.
"In the shadows they torment, scarring our minds with each scream."
P2Sloppy ButcherGeneral · all killers
"It is in its sadistic nature. There is no swift kill as it delights in the obscene spectacle of our agonising suffering."
Wiki ↗ Sloppy Butcher on the Dead by Daylight Wiki"You know where to hit to make them bleed."
Survivors hit with your vicious Basic Attack suffer from the following effects for 70/80/90 seconds:
- Inflicts the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects.
- Modifies the potency of Haemorrhage:
- Increases the Spawn frequency of Pools of Blood by 50/75/100 %.
- Increases the Regression rate of partial Healing progression by +25 %.
P3A Nurse's CallingUnique · The Nurse
Wiki ↗ A Nurse's Calling on the Dead by Daylight WikiUnlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:
- The Auras of Survivors being healed or healing themselves are revealed to you within 28/30/32 metres.
"Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help."
P4Hex: RuinUnique · The Hag
Wiki ↗ Hex: Ruin on the Dead by Daylight Wiki"A Hex that affects the Generator Repair progress of all Survivors."
All Generators not currently being repaired experience the following effect:
- Causes them to automatically regress at 100/125/150 % of the default Regression rate.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
"A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin."
A1Reiko's WatchUncommon add-on
Wiki ↗ Reiko's Watch on the Dead by Daylight WikiThe watch that Reiko left her son Yoichi.
A distracting and constant reminder of one's impending doom.
- Increases the duration of your full Invisibility while Demanifested by +25 %.
A2Old NewspaperCommon add-on
Wiki ↗ Old Newspaper on the Dead by Daylight WikiIt tells of a local woman who predicted a volcanic eruption, evidence used to initially find Sadako.
- Increases the duration of your full Invisibility after Manifesting by +33 %.











