Practical guides for Dead by Daylight — Behaviour Interactive's 4v1 asymmetric survival horror. Whether you're repairing generators as a Survivor or hunting down the last player as a Killer, here's what actually helps you escape or sacrifice in every trial.
From first trial to advanced chases — practical DbD knowledge that holds up across patches.
Top killer perks by role — slowdown, tracking, chase, and Hex — plus three ready-to-run builds for every playstyle.
02Enter your current and target prestige/level to see total BP cost and matches needed with or without BP offerings and events.
03Generators, hooks, roles, and the trial flow — everything a new Survivor or Killer needs to understand before queuing.
04The top perks for solo queue and SWF as of Patch 10.0.1: anti-tunnel, chase, and gen-efficiency builds ranked.
05S through D tier rankings for all killers after Patch 10.0.1, with notes on which are beginner-friendly vs mechanically demanding.
06Pallet and window fundamentals, the key loop structures every Survivor must know, and perks that extend your chases.
07How generators work, skill check mechanics, multi-survivor efficiency, regression, and the best gen perks to run.
Dead by Daylight is an asymmetric multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Behaviour Interactive, released on June 14, 2016. Each match pits four Survivors against one Killer. Survivors must repair five generators to power the exit gates and escape; the Killer must find, down, and hook Survivors to sacrifice them to a supernatural entity called The Entity. The game is available on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One and Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices.
Dead by Daylight became free to play on PC (Steam) in January 2024. The base game includes a rotating selection of Killers and Survivors. Additional licensed and original characters are available as paid DLC or can be purchased with Auric Cells (the premium currency) or Iridescent Shards (the earnable in-game currency). Console versions still require a base-game purchase.
Every standard match is 4 Survivors vs 1 Killer — five players total. There is no other player-count mode in the base game. You can play Survivor with up to three friends in a SWF (Survive With Friends) lobby, or queue solo and be matched with strangers.
Behaviour Interactive releases major content chapters (new Killer and Survivor pairs) roughly every three months, with balance and quality-of-life patches more frequently. Major mid-chapter patches and PTB (Public Test Build) previews happen between chapters. The game was on Patch 10.0.1 as of June 2026 — always check the official Dead by Daylight website for the latest patch notes.
SWF stands for "Survive With Friends" — a pre-made group of two to four Survivor players who queue together using voice communication outside the game (Discord, etc.). SWF groups have a coordination advantage over solo queue, which is why the Killer difficulty is generally calibrated to match a partially-coordinated Survivor team.
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