Dead by Daylight has just announced their 27th chapter “Tools of Torment” introducing a new killer, The Skull Merchant as well as two new survivors.

In typical fashion, each new characters brings to Dead by Daylight three new perks that can be equipped for Killers and Survivors. The Skull Merchant herself will also have her own unique power.

The Skull Merchant’s power involves placing drones that scan an area before sweeping the map. When a Survivor enters their area, the drone enters an active mode and will start to lock-on to nearby Survivors.

Survivors who are fully locked-on will be Exposed (meaning one hit will put them in the dying state). Their location is also exposed using a special radar The Skull Merchant has.

Her perks are:

THWACK!

After hooking a Survivor, THWACK! activates for the next 45/60/75 seconds:

The next time you break a Breakable Wall or Pallet all Survivors within 32 metres of your location will scream and reveal their Aura for 4 seconds.

Leverage

Each time you hook a Survivor, Leverage activates and gains 1 Token, up to a maximum of 10 Tokens:

For each Token, the Healing speed of Survivors is reduced by a stack-able 3/4/5 % for the next 30 seconds, up to a maximum of 30/40/50 %.

Game Afoot

While you are chasing the Obsession, Game Afoot activates:

Whenever you hit the Survivor with the total most time in Chase with a Basic Attack, they become the Obsession.

Grants a 5 % Haste Status Effect for 8/9/10 seconds after damaging a Generator or breaking a Breakable Wall or Pallet.

The two new Dead by Daylight survivors are Brazilian siblings Renato and Thalita Lyra, their perks are:

Blood Rush

Once you are one Hook away from instant death, Blood Rush activates:

Press the Active Ability button to lose a Health State and instantly recover from the Exhausted Status Effect.

Causes the Broken Status Effect for 28/24/20 seconds, while you are automatically healing back to Healthy.

Cancels the healing effect upon taking damage.

Blood Rush is disabled for the remainder of the Trial after use.

Teamwork: Collective Stealth

Whenever another Survivor finishes healing you, Teamwork: Collective Stealth activates and both you and the Survivor who healed you benefit from the following effect:

Suppresses your Scratch Marks for as long as you stay within 12 metres of one another or one of you loses a Health State.

Teamwork: Collective Stealth has a cool-down of 180/160/140 seconds.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Teamwork: Collective Stealth at a time.

Background Player

After unhooking another Survivor, break into a sprint at 150 % of your normal Running Movement speed for 6 seconds.

Background Player causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.

Background Player cannot be used when Exhausted.

Friendly Competition

Whenever you complete a Generator with at least one other Survivor, Friendly Competition activates:

Increases your Repair speed, and that of the other Survivor(s) who completed the repairs with you, by +5 % for the next 45/60/75 seconds.

Teamwork: Power of Two

Whenever you finish healing another Survivor, Teamwork: Power of Two activates and both you and the healed Survivor benefit from the following effect:

Grants a 5 % Haste Status Effect for as long as you stay within 12 metres of one another or one of you loses a Health State.

Teamwork: Power of Two has a cool-down of 180/160/140 seconds.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Teamwork: Power of Two at a time.

Cut Loose

After performing a rushed vault in a Chase, Cut Loose activates for the next 4/5/6 seconds:

Suppresses both the Loud Noise Notification and the sound effects triggered by rushing to vault.

Successfully performing a rushed vault while Cut Loose is active resets the timer.

Cut Loose has a cool-down of 45 seconds.

Of note is the perk Cut Loose which seems like an almost better version of the Meg Thomas perk Quick and Quiet.

Dead by Daylight chapter 27 “Tools of Torment” is available now on the PTB and will release live on March 7.

Dead by Daylight is available now on Windows PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Android, and iOS. In case you missed it, you can find our review here (we recommend it!)