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The following is a list of Perks featured in Dead By Daylight .

Perk Tiers

Every Perk has three levels, also known as Tiers, indicated by markings on the top-right side of their icon.

The number of markings on a Perk indicates its Tier, higher Tier Perks are stronger than their lower Tier variants and give the character more or improved benefits. The first Tier of a Perk that a character receives is always the lowest one. Higher Tiers can be randomly obtained from any next level of the Bloodweb. Getting a higher Tier variant of a Perk will replace the lower variant.


Perks have different rarities that increase with their Tier.
Rarity levels for Tier 1 Perks are: Uncommon (Yellow) or Rare (Green)
Rarity levels for Tier 2 Perks are: Uncommon (Yellow), Rare (Green) or Very Rare (Purple)
Rarity levels for Tier 3 Perks are: Rare (Green) or Very Rare (Purple)
Rarity level for Teachable Perks is: Teachable (Orange)

Teachable Perks are special variants of a character's unique Perks that can be bought to unlock them for all characters. Although they share the description with the Tier 1 Perk variant, they are without a Tier and not a perk as such.


Up to Patch 1.4.2, Tier 1 Perks could start off as Common (Brown) and Tier 3 Perks could end up as Ultra Rare (Pink). With Patch 1.5.0, those perks got upped/lowered by one rarity respectively to fix an error in Perk distribution introduced in Patch 1.4.1, which caused the Bloodweb to spawn perks in order of rarity, making it near impossible to obtain Tier 2 and Tier 3 Perk unless you unlocked all lower Tier ones first.

Unique Perks

Every character has three unique perks which they can unlock in their Bloodweb. At levels 30, 35, and 40 (in that order in the table below), characters will find a teachable (Orange) version of one of their unique perks in their Bloodweb. Once unlocked, other characters will then be able to find that perk in their respective Bloodwebs. Note that Bloodwebs are still procedurally generated, and so the perks at each level are randomly generated so finding the perks you want is still random chance.

Unique Survivor Perks
Dwight Fairfield Claudette Morel Jake Park Meg Thomas Nea Karlsson Laurie Strode Ace Visconti‎‎ William "Bill" Overbeck Feng Min
  • Ace in The Hole
  • Up The Ante
  • Open Handed
Unique Killer Perks
Trapper Wraith Hillbilly The Nurse The Shape The Hag The Doctor

Survivor Perks

Below is a list of survivor perks. For unique survivor perks. Click on the perk name for more information.

Please note that following the recent perk rebalance, we are still in the process of updating the perk descriptions. Many of them will not be accurate, but they will be in the near future.

Icon Name Description
IconPerks aceInTheHole
Ace in The Hole Template:Perk desc
IconPerks adrenaline
Adrenaline Template:Perk desc
IconPerks alert
Alert Template:Perk desc
IconPerks balancedLanding
Balanced Landing Template:Perk desc
IconPerks bond
Bond Template:Perk desc
IconPerks borrowedTime
Borrowed Time Template:Perk desc
IconPerks botanyKnowledge
Botany Knowledge Template:Perk desc
IconPerks calmSpirit
Calm Spirit Template:Perk desc
IconPerks darkSense
Dark Sense Template:Perk desc
IconPerks decisiveStrike
Decisive Strike Template:Perk desc
IconPerks dejaVu
Deja Vu Template:Perk desc
IconPerks empathy
Empathy Template:Perk desc
IconPerks hope
Hope Template:Perk desc
IconPerks ironWill
Iron Will Template:Perk desc
Kindred Template:Perk desc
IconPerks leader
Leader Template:Perk desc
IconPerks leftBehind
Left Behind Template:Perk desc
IconPerks lightweight
Lightweight Template:Perk desc
IconPerks lithe
Lithe Template:Perk desc
IconPerks noOneLeftBehind
No One Left Behind Template:Perk desc
IconPerks objectOfObsession
Object of Obsession Template:Perk desc
Open Handed Template:Perk desc
IconPerks plunderersInstinct
Plunderer's Instinct Template:Perk desc
IconPerks premonition
Premonition Template:Perk desc
IconPerks proveThyself
Prove Thyself Template:Perk desc
IconPerks quickAndQuiet
Quick & Quiet Template:Perk desc
IconPerks resilience
Resilience Template:Perk desc
IconPerks saboteur
Saboteur Template:Perk desc
IconPerks selfCare
Self-Care Template:Perk desc
IconPerks slipperyMeat
Slippery Meat Template:Perk desc
IconPerks smallGame
Small Game Template:Perk desc
IconPerks soleSurvivor
Sole Survivor Template:Perk desc
IconPerks spineChill
Spine Chill Template:Perk desc
IconPerks sprintBurst
Sprint Burst Template:Perk desc
IconPerks streetwise
Streetwise Template:Perk desc
IconPerks thisIsNotHappening
This Is Not Happening Template:Perk desc
IconPerks technician
Technician Template:Perk desc
IconPerks upTheAnte
Up The Ante Template:Perk desc
IconPerks unbreakable
Unbreakable Template:Perk desc
IconPerks urbanEvasion
Urban Evasion Template:Perk desc
IconPerks wellMakeIt
We'll Make It Template:Perk desc

Killer Perks

Below is a list of killer perks. Click on the perk name for more information.

Icon Name Description
IconPerks aNursesCalling
A Nurse's Calling Template:Perk desc
IconPerks agitation
Agitation Template:Perk desc
IconPerks bitterMurmur
Bitter Murmur Template:Perk desc
IconPerks bloodhound
Bloodhound Template:Perk desc
IconPerks brutalStrength
Brutal Strength Template:Perk desc
IconPerks deerstalker
Deerstalker Template:Perk desc
IconPerks distressing
Distressing Template:Perk desc
IconPerks dyingLight
Dying Light Template:Perk desc
IconPerks enduring
Enduring Template:Perk desc
IconPerks insidious
Insidious Template:Perk desc
IconPerks ironGrasp
Iron Grasp Template:Perk desc
Hex: Devour Hope Template:Perk desc
Hex: Ruin Template:Perk desc
Hex: The Third Seal Template:Perk desc
Hex: Thrill of the Hunt Template:Perk desc
IconPerks lightborn
Lightborn Template:Perk desc
IconPerks monitorAndAbuse
Monitor & Abuse Template:Perk desc
IconPerks monstrousShrine
Monstrous Shrine Template:Perk desc
Hex: No One Escapes Death Template:Perk desc
Overcharge Template:Perk desc
IconPerks overwhelmingPresence
Overwhelming Presence Template:Perk desc
IconPerks playWithYourFood
Play With Your Food Template:Perk desc
IconPerks predator
Predator Template:Perk desc
IconPerks saveTheBestForLast
Save The Best For Last Template:Perk desc
IconPerks shadowborn
Shadowborn Template:Perk desc
IconPerks sloppyButcher
Sloppy Butcher Template:Perk desc
IconPerks spiesFromTheShadows
Spies From The Shadows Template:Perk desc
IconPerks stridor
Stridor Template:Perk desc
IconPerks tinkerer
Tinkerer Template:Perk desc
Thanatophobia Template:Perk desc
IconPerks unnervingPresence
Unnerving Presence Template:Perk desc
IconPerks unrelenting
Unrelenting Template:Perk desc
IconPerks whispers
Whispers Template:Perk desc

Unused Perks

The following perks are unused in the game:

Icon Name Description
IconPerks lastStanding
Last Standing Template:Perk desc
IconPerks underperform
Underperform Template:Perk desc
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