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First Perks

Browse Dead by Daylight perks for First. Add perks to your build.

First Character Mini Guide

First includes 3 perks (0 Survivor · 3 Killer).

Unlock Identity

  • Signature tags: Generator, Hook, Regression, Totem, Aura
  • Bloodpoint coverage: Deviousness, Brutality
  • Killer-heavy pool: use perk value to force repeatable pressure loops, not one-off highlight plays.

How To Pilot This Character Pool

  • Anchor one perk to your key match phase, then use a second slot to stabilize the weak window.
  • When two character perks overlap jobs, keep the safer trigger and reclaim one slot for consistency.
  • Hex: Hive Mind: "You found yourself connected to something dark and unknowable.

Practical Use

  • Reference perks: Hex: Hive Mind, Secret Project, Turn Back the Clock
  • Turn Back the Clock: "Resist as they might, time marches on, and your master plan comes closer to fruition.
3 PERKS
Hex: Hive Mind perk icon

Hex: Hive Mind

KillerFirst

After your first hook, a dull totem becomes a Hex Totem and generator auras show repair progress; once four generators are completed, remaining generators explode, lose progress, and begin regressing, then the hex totem dulls and the perk disables.

Secret Project perk icon

Secret Project

KillerFirst

Whenever a totem is blessed or cleansed, a random unlocked generator is blocked, and any time generators become blocked you gain Undetectable for a short duration.

Turn Back the Clock perk icon

Turn Back the Clock

KillerFirst

After hooking a Survivor, you have a short window to trigger an explosion on a nearby generator that removes progress and starts regression.