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Chapter 22 — Portrait of a Murder

Browse Dead by Daylight perks from Chapter 22 — Portrait of a Murder. Filter by role and add perks to your build.

Chapter 22 — Portrait of a Murder Chapter Mini Guide

Chapter 22 — Portrait of a Murder currently maps to 6 perks (3 Survivor · 3 Killer).

Chapter Signature

  • Most represented tags: Aura, Tokens, 3 Gen, Generator, Heal
  • Mixed role pool: sort by match phase value (early info, mid conversion, late closure) before committing slots.

How To Use These Unlocks

  • Open with one chapter perk tied to a real match problem, then add external support if needed.
  • Do not force full same-chapter sets when activations overlap and remove fallback value.
  • Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance: Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.

Roster Snapshot

  • Main roster: Artist, Jonah Vasquez
  • Example perks: Boon: Exponential, Corrective Action, Grim Embrace, Hex: Pentimento
  • Boon: Exponential: "When it seems like your number is up, you consider ways to recalculate the odds.
6 PERKS3 Survivor • 3 Killer
Boon: Exponential perk icon

Boon: Exponential

SurvivorJonah Vasquez

After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius recover from the Dying State much faster and gain the ability to fully pick themselves up.

Corrective Action perk icon

Corrective Action

SurvivorJonah Vasquez

Start with and build tokens from Great Skill Checks, spending them to turn teammates' failed Skill Checks into Good ones while briefly revealing their aura.

Overcome perk icon

Overcome

SurvivorJonah Vasquez

After taking a hit from healthy to injured, your sprint burst lasts longer; causes Exhausted and cannot be used while Exhausted.

Grim Embrace perk icon

Grim Embrace

KillerArtist

After each Survivor is hooked for the first time, gains a token and later blocks all Generators once you move far enough from the Hook. Once fully charged, also reveals the Obsession's aura.

Hex: Pentimento perk icon

Hex: Pentimento

KillerArtist

Reveals the auras of cleansed Totems and allows resurrecting them into Rekindled Totems. Each Rekindled Totem grants Tokens that slow Survivor healing and repairing and lets Survivors see Rekindled Totem auras. At maximum Tokens, blocks all Rekindled Totems until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance perk icon

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

KillerArtist

Starts with Tokens and consumes one when a Survivor is first hooked on a Scourge Hook to damage the most progressed generator and make repairing Survivors scream. Disables once all Tokens are spent.