Bardic Inspiration
Survivor • Aestri Yazar & Baermar Uraz
By standing still to perform, you roll a die to grant nearby Survivors a long-lasting bonus to their Skill Check progression based on the result, then the perk goes on cooldown.
Cool-down Perks
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46 PERKS18 Survivor • 28 Killer
Champion of Light
Survivor • Alan Wake
While shining a flashlight, you gain a strong Haste effect, and after successfully blinding the Killer, they are briefly slowed before the perk goes on cooldown.
Cut Loose
Survivor • Thalita Lyra
After a chased rushed vault, temporarily silences rushed vault noises and loud notifications, refreshing with each rushed vault before going on cooldown.
Dance With Me
Survivor • Kate Denson
After a rushed vault or locker exit, briefly hides your scratch marks before going on cooldown.
Deception
Survivor • Élodie Rakoto
Interacting with a locker while sprinting fakes a rushed entry and makes you run past, hiding scratch marks and blood while creating a loud noise at the locker before going on cooldown.
Exultation
Survivor • Trevor Belmont
While holding an item, stunning the Killer with a dropped pallet refills and upgrades that item but triggers a cooldown.
Finesse
Survivor • Lara Croft
While healthy, fast vaults are quicker, then the perk goes on cooldown after a fast vault.
Light-Footed
Survivor • Ellen Ripley
While healthy, running footsteps are silent, with a cooldown after a rushed vault.
Lucky Star
Survivor • Ellen Ripley
Entering a locker mutes grunts of pain; on exit, briefly hides grunts and blood while revealing teammate auras and the nearest generator, then goes on cooldown.
One–Two–Three–Four!
Survivor • Vee Boonyasak
Start a stationary performance to grant nearby Survivors more frequent skill checks on heals and repairs if completed, then goes on a long cooldown.
Premonition
Survivor • All Survivors
Facing the Killer triggers a directional sound cue with a cooldown, providing warning of their presence.
Quick & Quiet
Survivor • Meg Thomas
Rushed vaults and locker entries or exits are silent and do not trigger loud noise notifications, then the perk goes on cooldown.
Quick Gambit
Survivor • Vittorio Toscano
While being chased, reveals teammates' auras and increases their generator repair speed until you stop being chased or they stop repairing.
Red Herring
Survivor • Zarina Kassir
After working on a generator, entering a locker triggers a loud noise at that highlighted generator before going on cooldown.
Saboteur
Survivor • Jake Park
While the Killer carries a Survivor, shows nearby hook auras and lets you sabotage hooks without a toolbox faster on a cooldown.
Scene Partner
Survivor • Nicolas Cage
In the terror radius, looking at the Killer makes you scream and reveal their aura, with a chance to extend the reveal, then goes on cooldown.
Small Game
Survivor • All Survivors
A directional detection cone gives an audio cue for totems on a cooldown; cleansing totems narrows the cone via tokens.
Soul Guard
Survivor • Cheryl Mason
After healing or recovering from Dying, grants brief Endurance on a cooldown; when Cursed, allows full self-recovery from the Dying State.
All-Shaking Thunder
Killer • Houndmaster
After falling from a height, increases lunge attack range for a short time. Has a brief cooldown between activations.
Darkness Revealed
Killer • Dredge
After searching a locker, reveals the auras of Survivors near lockers for a short time. Has a cooldown.
Dragon's Grip
Killer • Blight
After damaging a generator, the first Survivor to interact with it screams and is inflicted with Exposed for a short time. Has a cooldown.
Eruption
Killer • Nemesis
After damaging a generator, highlights it, and when a Survivor is put into the dying state, highlighted generators explode and begin regressing. Survivors repairing those generators scream and have their auras revealed.
Forced Hesitation
Killer • Singularity
When a Survivor is put into the dying state, nearby other Survivors are hindered for a short time. Has a cooldown.
Hubris
Killer • Knight
When a Survivor stuns the Killer, applies Exposed to them for a short time. Has a brief cooldown between activations.
Human Greed
Killer • Dark Lord
Allows kicking opened chests to close them and reveals the auras of unopened chests. Reveals the aura of Survivors who approach nearby chests, with a short cooldown on chest kicks.
Hysteria
Killer • Nemesis
After injuring a healthy Survivor, applies Oblivious to all Survivors who are currently injured, including the triggering Survivor. Has a brief cooldown between activations.
I'm All Ears
Killer • Ghost Face
When a Survivor performs a rushed vault nearby, reveals their aura briefly. Has a cooldown between activations.
Languid Touch
Killer • Lich
When a Survivor scares off a crow near the Killer, applies Exhausted to that Survivor. Has a brief cooldown.
Mad Grit
Killer • Legion
While carrying a Survivor, removes the cooldown on missed basic attacks and pauses the carried Survivor's wiggle progress when another Survivor is hit.
Oppression
Killer • Twins
After damaging a generator, makes other generators begin regressing and forces difficult Skill Checks on Survivors repairing them. Has a cooldown.
Overwhelming Presence
Killer • Doctor
When a nearby Survivor starts using an item, applies Exhausted to them. When a nearby Survivor becomes Exhausted, reveals the aura of the closest Exhausted Survivor for a short duration.
Phantom Fear
Killer • Animatronic
When a Survivor within the Killer's Terror Radius looks at the Killer, they scream and have their aura briefly revealed. Has a cooldown.
Play with Your Food
Killer • Shape
Gains Tokens when losing the Obsession in a chase and loses Tokens after attacks that can damage a Survivor. While it has Tokens, grants stackable Haste and has a short cooldown between gaining Tokens.
Predator
Killer • Wraith
When a Survivor is lost in a chase, briefly reveals their aura. Has a cooldown.
Save the Best for Last
Killer • Shape
Damaging non-Obsession Survivors with basic attacks builds Tokens, while damaging the Obsession consumes Tokens. Tokens reduce the cooldown on successful basic attacks until the Obsession is sacrificed or killed.
Spies from the Shadows
Killer • All Killers
When a Survivor startles a crow nearby, triggers a unique loud noise notification at their location. Has a short cooldown between alerts.
Starstruck
Killer • Trickster
While carrying a Survivor, applies Exposed to other Survivors within the Killer's Terror Radius, lingering briefly after they leave. Deactivates after hooking or dropping the carried Survivor and has a cooldown.
Superior Anatomy
Killer • Mastermind
After a Survivor performs a rush vault nearby, increases vaulting speed for the next vault and then goes on cooldown.
Territorial Imperative
Killer • Huntress
When a Survivor enters the Basement while you are away, reveals that Survivor's aura for a short duration and then goes on cooldown.
Thrilling Tremors
Killer • Ghost Face
After picking up a Survivor, blocks idle Generators and highlights the auras of the blocked Generators.
Trail of Torment
Killer • Executioner
After damaging a Generator, grants Undetectable and reveals the damaged Generator's aura to Survivors while it regresses. Deactivates when regression stops and has a cooldown between activations.
Ultimate Weapon
Killer • Xenomorph
After searching a Locker, causes nearby Survivors to scream and reveal their location, and inflicts Blindness for a short time. Has a cooldown between uses.
Undone
Killer • Unknown
Survivors failing repair or healing skill checks grants tokens. Damaging a Generator consumes tokens to apply extra regression and temporarily block that Generator.
Unforeseen
Killer • Unknown
After damaging a Generator, transfers your Terror Radius to it and grants Undetectable for a short duration. Has a cooldown between activations.
Unrelenting
Killer • All Killers
Reduces the cooldown after missed basic attacks.
Wandering Eye
Killer • Krasue
When a chase starts, briefly reveals the auras of other nearby injured Survivors. Has a cooldown between activations.