Best Dead by Daylight Survivors & Perks: DbD Survivor list

Self-Care

Level 40

Dead Hard

Level 35

• Bond: The Auras of all other Survivors within 20/28/36 meters of your location are revealed to you.
• Prove Thyself: Increases your Repair speed by +15 % for each other Survivor within 4 meters of your location, up to a maximum of +45 %.
• Leader: Increases the Action speeds of other Survivors in Healing, Sabotaging, Unhooking, Cleansing, Opening, and Unlocking by 15/20/25 % while they are within 8 meters of your location.

• Quick & Quiet: Loud Noise notifications for rushing to vault Windows, or to enter or exit Lockers are completely suppressed.
• Sprint Burst: When starting to run, break into a sprint at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds.
• Adrenaline: When the Exit Gates are powered, instantly heal one Health State and sprint at 150 % of your normal Running speed for 5 seconds.

• Empathy: The Auras of dying or injured Survivors are revealed to you within a range of 64/96/128 meters.
• Botany Knowledge: Healing speeds, as well as the efficiency of Med-Kits, are increased by 11/22/33 %.
• Self-Care: Unlocks the Self-Care ability, allowing one to self-heal without needing a Med-Kit at 50 % of the normal Healing speed.

• Iron Will: When injured, Grunts of Pain are reduced by 50/75/100 %.
• Calm Spirit: The chances of alerting nearby Crows are reduced by 80/90/100 % and your urge to scream from pain is suppressed.
• Saboteur: While a Survivor is being carried, the Auras of all Hooks within 56 meters of their Pick-up location are revealed to you. Sabotaging a Hook without a Toolbox takes 3 seconds, with a cool-down of 90/75/60 seconds.

• Balanced Landing: When falling from great heights, your Stagger duration is reduced by 75 %, and your grunts are muffled by 100 %. Upon landing, you start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds.
• Urban Evasion: When crouching, your Movement speed is increased by 90/95/100 %.
• Streetwise: The Depletion rate of your Items is reduced by 15/20/25 %.

• Sole Survivor: Each time a Survivor other than yourself is killed or sacrificed, Sole Survivor gains 1 Token, up to a maximum of 3 Tokens: Each Token grants a radius of 20/22/24 meters where the Killer is unable to read your Aura up to a maximum of 60/66/72 meters.
• Object of Obsession: Whenever the Killer reads your Aura, The Killer’s Aura is revealed to you for the same duration as they read your Aura. Your Action speeds in Repairing, Healing, and Cleansing are increased by 2/4/6 %. Decisive Strike: After being unhooked, it activates for the next 40/50/60 seconds. When being grabbed or picked up by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape their grasp, stunning them for 5 seconds.

• Open-Handed: Increases all Aura-reading ranges by 8/12/16 meters.
• Up the Ante: For each Survivor still in the Trial, Up the Ante gains 1 Token. Each Token applies a stack-able 1/2/3 % bonus to the Luck of all Survivors, up to a maximum of 3/6/9 %.
• Ace in the Hole: When retrieving an Item from a Chest, there is a chance an Add-on will be attached to it.

• Left Behind: When you are the last Survivor remaining in the Trial, the Aura of the Hatch is revealed to you when you are within 24/28/32 meters.
• Borrowed Time: For 8/10/12 seconds after unhooking a Survivor, the unhooked Survivor is protected by the Endurance Status Effect, triggering Deep Wound instead of the Dying State, giving them 20 seconds to heal.
• Unbreakable: Once per Trial, you can completely recover from the Dying State.

• Technician: Failing a Skill Check while repairing prevents the Generator Explosion, and applies the default and an additional Regression Penalty of 5/4/3%.
• Lithe: After performing a rushed vault, break into a sprint at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds.
• Alert: When the Killer breaks a Pallet, Breakable Wall, or damages a Generator, their Aura is revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds.

• We’re Gonna Live Forever: When healing a dying Survivor, your Healing speed is increased by 100 %.
• Dead Hard: When Injured, tap into your adrenaline bank and dash forward quickly to avoid damage.
• No Mither: You suffer from Broken for the entire Trial, but benefit from repressed Pools of Blood, Grunts of Pain, and an increased Recovery speed.

• Wake Up!: Once all Generators are complete, the Auras of the Exit Gates within 128 meters are revealed, and when opening a gate, they are revealed to all other Survivors within 128 meters.
• Pharmacy: Unlocking chests is 40/60/80 faster, and unlocking your first chest guarantees an Emergency Med-Kit.
• Vigil: You recover 20/25/30% faster from Blindness, Broken, Exhaustion, Exposed, Haemorrhage, Hindered, and Oblivious Status Effects.

• Tenacity: Your ferocious tenacity in dire situations allows you to crawl 30/40/50 % faster and also recover at the same time.
• Detective’s Hunch: Each time a Generator is completed, the Auras of any Generators, Chests, and Totems within 32/48/64 meters are revealed to you for 10 seconds.
• Stake-Out: Every 15 seconds you are standing within the Killer’s Terror Radius without being chased, Stake Out gains 1 Token, allowing Good Skill Checks to be considered Great. This consumes one Token.

• Dance With Me: When performing a rushed action to vault a window or leave a Locker, you’ll leave no Scratch Marks for 3 seconds.
• Windows of Opportunity: The Auras of breakable walls, Pallets, and Windows are revealed to you for 24/28/32 seconds.
• Boil Over: While being carried, your Wiggling causes the Killer to strafe sideways, increasing by 25/50/75%, and obscure the Killer’s ability to read the Auras of hooks.

• Diversion: Standing within the Killer’s Terror Radius while not in a Chase for 40/35/30 seconds activates Diversion, allowing you to throw a pebble while crouched still.
• Deliverance: After performing a Safe Hook Rescue on another Survivor, Deliverance activates, and your Self-Unhook attempts will succeed 100 % of the time.
• Autodidact: For every successful Skill Check completed while healing a Survivor, Autodidact gains 1 Token up to a maximum of 3/4/5 Tokens, granting a +15% bonus for Skill Checks while healing Survivors.

• Breakdown: Each time you are unhooked, the Hook breaks and the Killer’s Aura is revealed for 4/5/6 seconds.
• Aftercare: You see the Aura of the last 1/2/3 Survivors you have rescued from a hook, completed a healing action on (and vice versa).
• Distortion: When the Killer tries to read your Aura, this activates, and a Token is consumed, hiding your Aura and eliminating Scratch Marks for 6/8/10 seconds.

Jane Romero

• Solidarity: When injured, healing another Survivor without using a Med-Kit also heals you with a Conversion rate of 40/45/50 %.
• Poised: After a Generator is completed, you will not leave any Scratch Marks for the next 6/8/10 seconds.
• Head On: When performing a rushed action to leave a Locker, stun the Killer for 3 seconds if they are within range.

• Flip-Flop: While in the Dying State, 50 % of your Recovery progression is converted into Wiggling progression, up to a maximum of 40/45/50 %, once you are picked up by the Killer.
• Buckle Up: You can determine the Recovery progress of dying Survivors by the intensity of their Aura at a distance of up to 48 meters away.
• Mettle of Man: Any damage taken that would put you into the Dying State from the Injured State is blocked.

• Better Together: While repairing a Generator, its Aura is revealed in yellow to all other Survivors located within 32 meters.
• Fixated: You walk 10/15/20 % faster and can see your own Scratch Marks.
• Inner Strength: Each time you cleanse a Totem, you are automatically healed 1 Health State when hiding inside a Locker for 10/9/8 seconds while injured or suffering from the Deep Wound Status Effect.

• Babysitter: When you unhook a Survivor, the rescued Survivor will leave neither Scratch Marks nor Pools of Blood for the next 4/6/8 seconds.
• Camaraderie: If another Survivor is within 16 meters of your Hook while Camaraderie is active, the Struggle Phase timer is paused for 26/30/34 seconds.
• Second Wind: The next time you are unhooked or unhook yourself, you suffer from the Broken Status Effect until Second Wind deactivates. You are automatically healed 1 Health State after 28/24/20 seconds.

• Lucky Break: Bleeding and Scratch Marks are suppressed for a maximum of 40/50/60 seconds, after which Lucky Break is disabled for the remainder of the Trial.
• Any Means Necessary: Press and hold the Active Ability button for 4 seconds while standing beside a dropped Pallet to reset it to its upright position.
• Breakout: When within 6 meters of a carried Survivor, you gain the Haste Status Effect, moving at an increased speed of 5/6/7 %. Their Wiggling speed is increased by 20%.

• Off the Record: After being unhooked, for 60/70/80 seconds, your Aura won’t be shown to the killer. Grunts of Pain are reduced by 100% when injured.
• Red Herring: After repairing a Generator for at least 3 seconds, it stays highlighted until it’s completed, or if you repair another or enter a Locker.
• For the People: Only active while at full health, use this while healing a Survivor without a MedKit to instantly heal them 1 Health State. You then become the Obsession.

• Soul Guard: After being healed from or having recovered from the Dying State, Soul Guard grants you the Endurance Status Effect for the next 4/6/8 seconds.
• Blood Pact: When you or the Obsession are injured, you both see each other’s Auras. After healing the Obsession or being healed by the Obsession, you both gain the Haste Status Effect, moving at an increased speed of 5/6/7 % until you are no longer within 16 meters of each other.
• Repressed Alliance: After repairing Generators for a total of 55/50/45 seconds, call upon The Entity to block the Generator you are currently repairing for 30 seconds.

• Visionary: The Auras of Generators are revealed to you within 32 meters.
• Desperate Measures: Increases Healing and Unhooking speeds by 10/12/14 % for each injured, hooked, or dying Survivor, up to a maximum of 40/48/56 %.
• Built to Last: Hiding inside a Locker for 14/13/12 seconds while carrying a depleted will replenish its Charges to 99 %.

• Appraisal: Start the Trial with 3 Tokens: When a Chest has already been opened, consume 1 Token to rummage through it for an item. Rummage through Chests 40/60/80 % faster.
• Deception: Interact with a Locker while Sprinting to trigger a Loud Nose for the Killer at the location, instead of entering the Locker. You won’t leave any Scratch Marks or Pools of Blood for 3 seconds.
• Power Struggle: While being carried by The Killer, reaching 35/30/25 % Wiggling progression allows you to drop a nearby standing Pallet to stun the Killer and escape.

•  Fast Track: Whenever another Survivor is hooked, Fast Track gains 1/2/3 Tokens, up to a maximum of 9/18/27 Tokens.
• Smash Hit: After stunning the Killer with a Pallet, break into a sprint at 150 % of your normal Running Movement speed for 4 seconds.
• Self-Preservation: Whenever another Survivor is hit with a Basic Attack or Special Attack within 16 meters of you, Scratch Marks, Grunts of Pain when injured, and Bleeding are suppressed for the next 6/8/10 seconds.

• Counterforce: You cleanse Totems 20% faster, gaining a stackable, 20% Cleansing Speed bonus per Totem. The Aura of the farthest Totem is revealed for 2/3/4 seconds after cleansing.
• Resurgence: After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, instantly gain 40/45/50 % to your Healing progress.
• Blast Mine: After repairing generators up to 66%, Blast Mine activates. Once a Generator has been repaired for at least 3 seconds, press the Ability button to install a Trap, which stays active for 35/40/45 seconds.

• Bite the Bullet: When healing yourself or another Survivor, Grunts of Pain and all noises related to the Healing action are suppressed
• Flashbang: After repairing Generators for a total of 70/60/50%, this activates, allowing you to enter a Locker while empty-handed to craft a Flash Grenade.
• Rookie Spirit: While repairing Generators, complete 5/4/3 Good or Great Skill Checks to activate, revealing Auras of any regressing Generators.

• Clairvoyance: Whenever you cleanse a Totem, Clairvoyance activates: When empty-handed, hold the Active Ability to allow you to see the Auras of the Exit Gate Switches, Generators, Hooks, and Chests within 64 meters for 8/9/10 seconds.
• Boon: Circle of Healing: Hold the Active Ability button near a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem. Soft chimes ring out within a radius of 28 meters. Survivors inside the Boon Totem’s range benefit from the following effects: 90/95/100 % bonus to all Healing Speeds. Unlocks the Self-Care ability, allowing one to self-heal without needing a Med-Kit at 50 % of the normal Healing speed. Also benefits from the Healing Speed bonus, boosting the Self-Healing speed to 95/97.5/100 %.
• Boon: Shadow Step: Hold the Active Ability button near a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem. Soft chimes ring out within a radius of 28 meters. Survivors inside the Boon Totem’s range benefit from the following effects: Scratch Marks are suppressed and Auras are hidden from The Killer. The effects linger for 2/3/4 seconds after leaving the Boon Totem’s range.

• Overcome: Whenever you become injured, you retain the Movement Speed burst for an additional 2 seconds. Causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.
• Corrective Action: You start the Trial with 1/2/3 Tokens, gaining one whenever you succeed a Great Skill Check, up to 5 maximum. Each time another Survivor fails a Skill Check, a token is consumed to transform it into a Good Skill Check.
• Boon: Exponential: Blesses a Dull or Hex Totem, turning it into a Boon Totem, with soft chimes ringing out within 24 meters. Survivors inside the range benefit from a 90/95/100% bonus to Recovery speed, and unlocks the Self-Recovery ability, allowing you to fully recover from the Dying State.

• Boon: Dark Theory: Press and hold the Ability button near a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem. Soft chimes ring out in a 24-meter range. Any Survivors within the Boon Totem’s range gain a 2% Haste status effect. This effect lingers for 2 seconds after leaving the Boon Totem’s range. You can only bless one Totem at a time.
• Empathic Connection: Whenever another Survivor is injured, they can see your aura within a range of 32 meters. You heal other Survivors 10% faster.
• Parental Guidance: After stunning the Killer by any means, your scratch marks, pools of blood, and grunts of pain are hidden for 8 seconds.

• Inner Focus: You can see other Survivors’ scratch marks within 32 meters of you. Whenever another Survivor loses a health state within 32 meters of you, the Killer’s aura is revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds.
• Residual Manifest: After a successful Killer Blind action, the Killer is affected by the Blindness status effect for 20/25/30 seconds. This perk grants the ability to rummage through an opened chest once per trial and will guarantee a basic Flashlight.
• Overzealous: After cleaning any Totem, this perk activates. Your generator repair speed is increased by 4/5/6%. This perk deactivates when you lose a health state by any means.

• Wiretap: Wiretap activates after completing a total of 33% of repair progress on generators.
  • After repairing a Generator for at least 3 seconds, press the Active Ability button to install a Wiretap, which stays active for 60/70/80 seconds. The Aura of trapped generators is revealed in yellow to Survivors.
    • When the Killer enters within 14 meters of the trapped generator, their aura is revealed to all Survivors. Wiretap deactivates when the trapped generator is damaged by the Killer, or when the timer expires.
• Reactive Healing: When another Survivor loses a health state in a 32-meter radius around you while you are injured, instantly increase your healing progression by 40/45/50% of the missing healing progression.
• Low Profile: When you become the last Survivor standing, this perk activates. Hide your scratch marks, pools of blood, and grunts of pain caused by injuries for 70/80/90 seconds.

• Better than New: Upon completing a healing action on another Survivor, the targeted Survivor gets a 12/14/16% speed boost to healing, opening chests, cleansing, and blessing Totems. Survivors keep the bonus until they lose a health state.
• Reassurance: When within 6 meters of a hooked Survivor, use the Active Ability button to pause their struggle progression for the next 20/25/30 seconds. If the hooked Survivor has already entered the struggle phase, it also pauses the Struggle Skill Checks. Reassurance can only be used once per Survivor per hook instance.
• Hyperfocus: After hitting a Great Skill Check while repairing or healing, this perk gains 1 Token up to 6 Tokens. Each token increased the chance of Skill Check triggers by 4%, the Skill Check cursor speed by 4%, and the bonus progression for great Skill Checks by 10/20/30% of its base value.
  • This perk loses all tokens in case of normal Skill Check successes, Skill Check fails, or if the action is stopped by any means.

• Potential Energy: After repairing Generators for a total of 12/10/8 uninterrupted seconds, press the Active Ability button to activate the perk: When this perk is active, repairing the generator will charge this perk instead of making the generator progress. For each 1.5% of generator repair, the perk will gain 1 token, up to 20 tokens.
  • While this perk has at least one token and you are working on a generator, you can press the Active Ability Button to consume all the tokens and instantly make the generator progress by 1% for each token. This perk then deactivates.
  • If you lose a health state while this perk has at least 1 token, the perk will lose all tokens and deactivate. Missing a Skill Check will also result in some tokens lost.
• Fogwise: Hitting a Great Skill Check while repairing a Generator reveals the Killer’s Aura to you for 4/5/6 seconds.
• Quick Gambit: When you are chased within 24 meters of any generator, any other Survivor working on that generator receives a 6/7/8% speed boost to the repair action.

• Blood Rush: This perk activates once you are one hook away from instant death. While healthy, running, and suffering from Exhaustion, press the Active Ability Button to lose a health state and recover instantly from it, gaining the Broken status effect for 28/2420 seconds.
  • You are automatically healed from injured to healthy after 20 seconds. Being put into the dying state will cancel the healing effect.
  • Once activated, it will be disabled for the remainder of the trial.
• Teamwork: Collective Stealth: Whenever another Survivor finishes healing you, you both leave no scratch marks as long as you stay within 12 meters of the Survivor healed you, or until one of you loses a health state. Can only trigger once every 180/160/140 seconds.
• Background Player: When the Killer picks up another Survivor, this perk activates for 10 seconds. When you start running, break into a sprint at 150% of your normal Running Movement speed for 4 seconds and gain Exhaustion.
  • Cannot be used while suffering from Exhaustion, but also causes Exhaustion for 60/50 40 seconds.

• Friendly Competition: Whenever you finish repairing a generator with at least one other Survivor, this perk activates. You and other Survivors who finished repairing the generator with you get 5% increased repair progress speed for 45/60/75 seconds.
• Teamwork: Power of Two: Whenever you finish healing another Survivor, you both move 5% faster as long as you stay within 12 meters of the Survivor you healed or until one of you loses a health state. Can only trigger once every 180/160/140 seconds. Survivors can only be affected by one Teamwork: Power of Two effect at a time.
• Cut Loose: After performing a rushed vault, this perk activates. While active, your rushed vaults are silent for up to 4/5/6 seconds and successfully performing a rushed vault during that time resets the timer.