Dead by Daylight Tools of Torment Chapter Detailed, Adds a Tech Killer and Two Survivors

Behaviour Interactive has revealed the 27th Chapter of their online 4v1 game Dead by Daylight. Titled ‘Tools of Torment’, this chapter adds a tech-savvy Killer called The Skull Merchant, and two Survivors based in Brazil.

Here’s a quick summary of the new Killer and Survivor from Behaviour Interactive:

Blood Bonds

Hailing from Brazil, the sister and brother duo of Thalita and Renato Lyra are the first Survivor siblings to be pulled into The Fog together. A direct contrast of values from the brutal single-mindedness of The Skull Merchant, Thalita and Renato served as beacons of light within their community, using their kite-flying business to mentor children from the area. Positive, creative, and caring, working as a team is second nature to the siblings, making them ideal additions to any group of Survivors.

These qualities are best reflected in the unique Teamwork Perks, which benefit those who choose to work together.

Deadly Luxury

The Skull Merchant has set up her Hunting Camp in the existing Map of MacMillan Estate’s Shelter Woods. Formed from multiple connected shipping containers dropped into an area, The Hunting Camp is a true representation of both sides of Adriana Imai’s twisted world. The upper container is the Killer’s executive suite: clean, luxurious, and equipped with only premium commodities. Beneath it lies the Grim Workshop. Bathed in oil and blood, this is where The Skull Merchant tinkers to build her tools… and where she also houses many of her gruesome trophies.

The Skull Merchant’s special ability called ‘Eyes in the Sky’ provides the killer with so much information. She has four drones equipped with a skull of their previous victims, and when deployed it scans the area for any Survivor stepping within its radius. The devices are stationary, and Survivors can disable them, but being within its  range will reveal your aura to the Killer and if they stay long enough you’ll be marked for a limited time, making you vulnerable to being taken down by the killer with just one hit.

As for perks, this killer provides two new perks that will reward the player the haste effect and more aura reading similar to The Knight’s Nowhere to Hide.perk.For Survivors, we have a series of interesting perks with some incentivizing team play.

Here’s a rundown of each perk coming to this Chapter.

New Killer: The Skull Merchant

Perks

Game Afoot

While you are chasing the Obsession, this perk activates. Damaging Generators and destroying Breakable Walls and Pallets gives you a 5% Haste Status for 8/9/10 seconds. Whenever you hit the Survivor with the total most time in chase with a Basic Attack, they become the Obsession. The Killer can only be Obsessed with one Survivor at a time.

THWACK!

After hooking a Survivor, performing the break action on the next Breakable Wall or Pallet will make Survivors within 32 meters scream and reveal their Aura for 4 seconds. THWACK! is active for 45/60/75 seconds after the Survivor is Hooked.

Leverage

Each time you Hook a Survivor, gain 1 token, up to 10. When you Hook a Survivor, this perk activates. For each token, reduces the speed at which Survivors heal by 3/4/5% for 30 seconds.

New Survivor: Thalita Lyra

Perks

Cut Loose

 After performing a rushed vault in a chase, this Perk activates. While active, your rushed vaults are silent for up to 4/5/6 seconds, and successfully performing a rushed vault during that time resets the timer. This perk goes on cool-down for 45 seconds.

Friendly Competition

Whenever you finish Repairing a Generator with at least one other Survivor, this Perk activates. You and other Survivors who finished Repairing the Generator with you get 5% increased Repair progress speed for 45/60/75 seconds. Survivors can only have one instance of this Perk's ability active at once.

Teamwork: Power of Two

Whenever you finish healing another Survivor, you both move 5% faster as long as you stay within 12 meters of the Survivor you healed or until one of you loses a Health State. Teamwork: Power of Two can only trigger once every 180/160/140 seconds. Survivors can only be affected by one Teamwork: Power of Two effect at a time.

New Survivor: Renato Lyra

Perks

Background Player

After you unhook another Survivor, break into a sprint at 150% of your normal running speed for 6 seconds and gain Exhaustion for 60/50/40 seconds. This Perk cannot be used while suffering from Exhaustion. Exhaustion prevents Survivors from activating other Perks that cause Exhaustion.

Blood Rush

This Perk activates once you are one Hook away from instant death. While healthy, running, and suffering from Exhaustion, press the Active Ability Button 1 to lose a Health State and recover from Exhaustion instantly and gain the Broken status effect for 28/24/20 seconds. You are automatically healed from injured to healthy after 28/24/20 seconds. Being put into the Dying State will cancel the healing effect. Activating Blood Rush will disable it for the remainder of the trial. Exhaustion prevents Survivors from activating other Perks that cause Exhaustion. Broken prevents Survivors from being healed.

Teamwork: Collective Stealth

Whenever another Survivor finishes healing you, you both leave no scratch marks as long as you stay within 12 meters of the Survivor who healed you or until one of you loses a health state. Teamwork: Collective Stealth can only trigger once every 180/160/140 seconds. Survivors can only be affected by one Teamwork: Collective Stealth effect at a time.

The Tools of Torment Chapter will also come with a rework on the Shelter Woods map, which includes The Skull Merchant’s hunting camp. The Red Forest was also given a visual update, a change Behaviour has been slowly applied to the game every now and then to keep the game updated visually as the game is nearly seven years old.

The Chapter will also come with a Map Repeat Prevention feature, which simply lessens players from being sent to a map they played recently, to add more variety to their gaming sessions. They’ve also improved incidence where one player times out while loading a Trial, and an option to report players that express unsportsmanlike behaviour before a match. 

The new Chapter is now on the game’s Public Test Build, allowing any player that owns the game on PC to try out the new Killer, Survivors, and any new changes before the new content officially go live. 

The Tools of Torment Chapter will officially go live on March 7, 2023. 

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