What This Tag Usually Means
- Frequent companion tags: Aura, Exposed, Hook, Cool-down
- Killer-heavy pool: use perk value to force repeatable pressure loops, not one-off highlight plays.
Scream Perks
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Scream Tag Mini Guide
Scream appears on 14 perks (0 Survivor · 14 Killer). This tag is information-first: wins come from cleaner decisions after each reveal.
Build Pattern To Run
- Lock one dependable trigger first, then add this tag for conversion instead of opening with four conditional perks.
- When two perks share the same trigger window, swap one for consistency to raise floor value.
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance: Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.
Roster Snapshot
- Most frequent characters: Animatronic, Artist, Blight, Executioner
- Sample perks: Deathbound, Dragon's Grip, Eruption, Friends 'til the End
- Eruption: Performing the Damage Generator action on Generators highlights their Auras in yellow .
14 PERKS0 Survivor • 14 Killer
Deathbound
Killer • Executioner
When a Survivor completes a full heal on another Survivor, the healer screams and has their location revealed. The healer becomes Oblivious when separated from the healed Survivor and sees the healed Survivor’s aura until the healer loses a health state.
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.
Friends 'til the End
Killer • Good Guy
Hooking a Survivor who is not the Obsession reveals the Obsession’s aura and applies Exposed to them. Hooking the Obsession causes a random Survivor to scream and become the new Obsession.
Hex: Face the Darkness
Killer • Knight
If a dull totem remains, injuring a Survivor lights a Hex Totem and curses them. While cursed, other Survivors outside your terror radius periodically scream and have their auras revealed until the curse ends or the totem is disabled.
Infectious Fright
Killer • Plague
When a Survivor is put into the Dying State, other Survivors within the Killer's Terror Radius scream and reveal their location briefly.
Iron Maiden
Killer • Legion
Increases locker search speed. Survivors exiting a locker scream and trigger a loud noise notification, and become Exposed for a short time.
Make Your Choice
Killer • Pig
When a Survivor is unhooked while the Killer is far away, makes the unhooking Survivor scream and become Exposed for a duration. Has a cooldown.
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.
Rancor
Killer • Spirit
When a generator is completed, makes all Survivors scream with a Loud Noise Notification and reveals the Killer's aura to the Obsession. Once the Exit Gates are powered, the Obsession becomes Exposed and can be killed in close proximity.
Ravenous
Killer • Krasue
Gains Tokens when hooking Survivors for the first time. After enough Tokens are accumulated, all Survivors scream and become Exposed for a duration.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
Killer • Artist
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.
THWACK!
Killer • Skull Merchant
Breaking a wall or dropped pallet consumes a token to make nearby Survivors scream and reveal their auras. Hooking a Survivor grants a token.
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.