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35 PERKS15 Survivor • 20 Killer
Boon: Circle of Healing perk icon

Boon: Circle of Healing

SurvivorMikaela Reid

After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius heal others faster without Med-Kits and can see the auras of injured teammates.

Boon: Dark Theory perk icon

Boon: Dark Theory

SurvivorYoichi Asakawa

After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius gain a small haste effect that briefly lingers after they leave the boon area.

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.

Boon: Illumination perk icon

Boon: Illumination

SurvivorAlan Wake

After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius see the auras of all chests and generators, and you bless and cleanse totems slightly faster while your boon is active.

Boon: Shadow Step perk icon

Boon: Shadow Step

SurvivorMikaela Reid

After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius leave no scratch marks and have their auras hidden from the Killer, with both effects briefly lingering after they leave the boon area.

Calm Spirit perk icon

Calm Spirit

SurvivorJake Park

Crows rarely alert to your presence, you never scream, and your chest and totem interactions are silent, but your blessing, cleansing, and unlocking actions are noticeably slower.

Clairvoyance perk icon

Clairvoyance

SurvivorMikaela Reid

After cleansing or blessing a totem, you can channel the perk while empty-handed to reveal the auras of nearby chests, generators, hooks, the hatch, and exit gate switches for a short time.

Counterforce perk icon

Counterforce

SurvivorJill Valentine

Cleansing is faster by default; each cleansed totem further speeds cleansing and reveals the aura of the farthest totem.

Detective's Hunch perk icon

Detective's Hunch

SurvivorDavid Tapp

Whenever a generator is completed, reveals nearby chests, generators, and totems for a short time.

Hardened perk icon

Hardened

SurvivorLara Croft

After opening a chest and cleansing or blessing a totem, suppresses screams and instead reveals the Killer's aura when you would scream.

Inner Strength perk icon

Inner Strength

SurvivorNancy Wheeler

After cleansing a totem, hiding in a locker for a short time heals you one health state; cannot be used while Broken.

Mirrored Illusion perk icon

Mirrored Illusion

SurvivorAestri Yazar & Baermar Uraz

After enough generator repair, you can place a temporary static illusion at key objects to distract the Killer; consumed on use.

Overzealous perk icon

Overzealous

SurvivorHaddie Kaur

Cleansing or blessing a totem grants increased repair speed until you lose a health state.

Resilience perk icon

Resilience

SurvivorAll Survivors

While injured, interaction speeds like cleansing, healing, repairing, vaulting, opening, sabotaging, searching chests, and unhooking are faster.

Small Game perk icon

Small Game

SurvivorAll Survivors

A directional detection cone gives an audio cue for totems on a cooldown; cleansing totems narrows the cone via tokens.

Dominance perk icon

Dominance

KillerDark Lord

The first time each chest or totem is interacted with, blocks it briefly and reveals its aura.

Hex: Blood Favour perk icon

Hex: Blood Favour

KillerBlight

A Hex that lights a Hex Totem and, when a Survivor loses a health state, temporarily blocks nearby upright pallets from being dropped. Persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Crowd Control perk icon

Hex: Crowd Control

KillerTrickster

A Hex that lights a Hex Totem and, when a Survivor performs a rushed vault at a window, blocks that window for all Survivors. Can affect a limited number of windows at once and persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Devour Hope perk icon

Hex: Devour Hope

KillerHag

A Hex that lights a Hex Totem and gains tokens when Survivors are unhooked far from you. At higher token counts, grants haste after hooking, applies Exposed to all Survivors, and can enable killing dying Survivors.

Hex: Face the Darkness perk icon

Hex: Face the Darkness

KillerKnight

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.

Hex: Fortune's Fool perk icon

Hex: Fortune's Fool

KillerAll Killers

If a dull totem remains, hooking a Survivor for the first time lights a Hex Totem and curses them with Oblivious. While active, blocks the Hex Totem from other Survivors and reveals its aura to the cursed Survivor.

Hex: Haunted Ground perk icon

Hex: Haunted Ground

KillerSpirit

At the start of the Trial, lights two Hex Totems that trigger when cleansed or blessed to apply Exposed to all Survivors. The second totem is extinguished and the perk disables after triggering.

Hex: Huntress Lullaby perk icon

Hex: Huntress Lullaby

KillerHuntress

Increases the penalty for failed healing and repair Skill Checks. Gains Tokens whenever a Survivor is hooked, shortening the warning time before Skill Checks and eventually suppressing the warning audio until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: No One Escapes Death perk icon

Hex: No One Escapes Death

KillerAll Killers

After the Exit Gates are powered, lights a remaining Dull Totem to grant Haste and apply Exposed to all Survivors. Once revealed, the hex totem's aura becomes visible to nearby Survivors with the reveal range expanding over time.

Hex: Nothing but Misery perk icon

Hex: Nothing but Misery

KillerGhoul

After damaging Survivors repeatedly with Basic Attacks, turns a Dull Totem into a Hex that applies Hindered to Survivors hit by Basic Attacks. The hex persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Overture of Doom perk icon

Hex: Overture of Doom

KillerKrasue

Creates a Hex Totem that curses the farthest Generator and highlights its aura. After the cursed Generator is repaired for a short time, shifts your Terror Radius to it and grants Undetectable, then moves the curse to the next farthest Generator until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

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.

Hex: Retribution perk icon

Hex: Retribution

KillerDeathslinger

When a Survivor blesses or cleanses a Totem, applies Oblivious to them for a short time. When a Hex Totem is removed, reveals all Survivors' auras briefly until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Ruin perk icon

Hex: Ruin

KillerHag

Causes unattended Generators to automatically regress faster than normal. The effect persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: The Third Seal perk icon

Hex: The Third Seal

KillerHag

Hitting Survivors with a Basic or Special Attack causes the most recently hit Survivors to suffer permanent Blindness. The effect persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Thrill of the Hunt perk icon

Hex: Thrill of the Hunt

KillerAll Killers

Starts the Trial with Tokens based on the number of Totems, reducing Survivors' blessing and cleansing speeds per Token. Loses Tokens as Totems are cleansed until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Two Can Play perk icon

Hex: Two Can Play

KillerGood Guy

After being stunned or blinded enough times, activates on a random Totem if a Dull Totem remains. Blinds Survivors who stun or blind the Killer for a short time until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Undying perk icon

Hex: Undying

KillerBlight

Reveals the aura of Survivors near Dull Totems. When a Hex Totem is cleansed, transfers that Hex to Undying's Hex Totem, replacing it, until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: Wretched Fate perk icon

Hex: Wretched Fate

KillerDark Lord

After a Generator is completed, lights a Dull Totem to curse the Obsession, reducing their repair speed. The Hex Totem's aura is revealed to the Obsession from nearby.

Shattered Hope perk icon

Shattered Hope

KillerAll Killers

Allows the Killer to destroy Boon Totems instead of snuffing them. Destroying a Boon Totem reveals the auras of Survivors who were in its range for a short duration.