Developer Behaviour Interactive has revealed the launch date for Dead by Daylight’s next big collaboration, Castlevania, which sees Dracula and Trevor Belmont enter the fray as a new Killer and Survivor, respectively.
With PC players able to get into the new Castlevania Chapter via a test build starting today, the content will become widely available as of August 27th. It’s yet another in a string of collabs with Konami’s iconic IP, with the excellent Netflix animated series kicking joined by crossovers into games like Dead Cells and V Rising.
“So comes the very night, accursed and ravenous. It spreads from the Castle, through the woods and villages, a pervading nightmare. Whispers of terror in the night. The beating of black wings. Jaws frothing, spurred by insatiable hunger. The vampire stirs,” reads an appropriately expressive news entry on the official Dead By Daylight website.
“Even amidst the throes of paranoia, it is certain. First came the bats, swarming in legion, eyes watching with cunning purpose. Next came the wolf, a beast from the infernal depths, waiting in the shadow for some unspeakable savagery.
“It is said The Dark Lord can take many forms, each one proficient in tracking and killing victims. The Bat is as quiet as a creeping shadow, approaching at a moment’s notice and gaining ground with a blink. The Wolf is a relentless hunter, with a keen nose for fresh blood – even that which has yet to be spilled. Woe be to anyone on the receiving end of its bestial fury.”
Which is all a flowery way of saying that Dracula, as the game’s newest Killer, is able to shapeshift into Bat or Wolf forms, each giving him distinct advantages like Undetectable status or better senses and increased movement speed. Behaviour also revealed that Drac’s castle will loom over maps when he’s the featured Killer. Trevor, as the new Survivor, has his own appropriately-themed perks.
Here’s a rundown of each:
New Survivor – Trevor Belmont
New Perk: Eyes of Belmont
- When a generator is completed, the aura of the Killer is revealed to you for **1/2/3 seconds.**Any time the Killer’s aura is shown for a period of time, its duration is increased by 2/2/2 seconds.
New Perk: Exultation
- Stunning the Killer with a pallet upgrades your held item rarity to the next tier, then recharges 25% of the item’s maximum charges.*Rarity is not kept at the end of the trial.*This perk has a 40/35/30-second cooldown.
New Perk: Moment of Glory
- This perk activates after you open or rummage through **2/2/2 chests.**When you become injured, you become broken. Automatically heal 1 health state after 80/70/60 seconds. Then, this perk deactivates. This effect is cancelled if you enter the dying state. This perk will not activate if you are already suffering from the Broken status effect.
New Killer – The Dark Lord
Killer Power
His dark power allows him to exact revenge on humans, taking many forms to terrorize and slaughter them.
The Dark Lord has access to three Forms and can freely change between them. Each Form has unique abilities and strengths.
- Vampire Form – In his default state, The Dark Lord can use the powerful Hellfire spell, which creates pillars of flame that travel ahead of him and can be cast across low obstacles.
- Wolf Form – In Wolf Form, The Dark Lord has access to several abilities that allow for more effective tracking. Movement speed is increased, blood pools and scratch marks are more apparent, and Survivors leave a trail of Scent Orbs behind them. The Dark Lord can collect these Scent Orbs to charge a powerful Pounce attack.
- Bat Form – While in Bat Form, The Dark Lord gains the Undetectable status effect. Additionally, he moves faster, ignores vault points, and can Teleport to any vault points within 32 meters. Survivors become invisible, but scratch marks can be seen.
Perks
New Perk: Hex: Wretched Fate
- After one generator has been repaired, a random dull totem becomes a hex totem and curses the Obsession. The Obsession has a 27/30/33% repair speed penalty. They also see this Hex totem’s aura when within 12/12/12 meters. This effect persists until the Hex totem is cleansed.
New Perk: Human Greed
- You see Unopened Chests auras and Survivor auras are revealed for 3/3/3 seconds when they enter a 8/8/8-meter range. You also gain the ability to kick chests to close them. This ability has a 80/70/60 second cooldown. Survivors unlock these closed chests 50% faster.
New Perk: Dominance
- The first time each totem and each chest is interacted with by a Survivor, that totem or chest is blocked by the Entity for 4/6/8 seconds. The auras of blocked totems and chests are revealed to you in white.
