50+ Ideas & Concepts for Dead by Daylight

Licensed Character Ideas, Perk Ideas, Balance Changes, and more... everything I want to see changed in Dead by Daylight this year!

0:07 - Licensed Chapters
4:28 - Killer Powers
6:00 - Perk Ideas
6:16 - Boon Perk Ideas
8:48 - Scourge Hook Ideas
11:03 - Rekindle Hex Perk Ideas
13:59 - Balance Changes
14:11 - 5 Killers I'd Like Buffed
17:21 - 5 Killers I'd Like Nerfed
20:11 - 5 Killer Perks I'd Like Buffed
24:21 - 5 Survivor Perks I'd Like Buffed
29:54 - Item Ideas
33:33 - Gamemodes
35:00 - Quality of Life Ideas
37:20 - Misc
38:39 - Variety Incentives

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About Dead by Daylight:
Dead by Daylight is a multiplayer (4 vs 1) horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors, trying to escape the Killer and avoid being caught and killed.

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[KytoYT]

What do you want to see in Dead by Daylight this year?

[queenpegwig]

My most wanted licence is easily Until Dawn. It'd fit so perfectly. Sam and Mike as survivors, the cabin/mountain as a map with a Wendigo killer. I beg

[KiTho]

I've had the idea for a "Random Game Mode" Basically, everything is Random.

You Que up as a Solo, and the Match just starts once 5 People are found. You don't get a Pregame Lobby or anything.

Then one of the Players is choosen as a Random Killer (the Person does not need to posses that Killer)
With Random Perks and Addons.

Same for Survivors, Random Survivor (Again, no need to Posses that Survivor), Random Cosmetic, Random Perks/Items/Addons.

No Offerings Nothing.


Also, no Matchmaking. You are thrown in with anyone. And since you cant que as a team, everyone else is a Random aswell.




It would Give you the Chance to not only try out new Characters you maybe dont even have yet, but also some Perks or Addons you have never tried.

And since you dont even get to choose which Killer you want to play, its also fair that all Survivors are Random.

[Zerphynx_-]

This already exists in dbd mobile but what if every 1-2 weeks a random non licensed killer and survivor is unlocked for a few days or so, this can help new players with testing out different killers and using their perks in different ways would just sound great

[SniperSnaiposa]

9:37 ghostface perk, furtive chase: Each time you hook your Obsession, you benefit from the following effects for 14/16/18 seconds:
Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.

Grants a +5 % Haste Status Effect.

[Pyrax-Tunneled-You]

The Shining is a possibility for a future license and would have an incredibly atmospheric map, hope to see The Overlook Hotel in the fog one day.

[Isaverse-com]

Little nightmares colab would be insane

[Suri-phjf]

What about a slenderman chapter? Or a map where survivors have to swim, or a killer that relies on being in water? So many possibilities

[cupnoodle]

Never thought of Silent Place being in dead by daylight, but that would be such a good killer to bring in.

[ebinmenes]

they should add the no vault animation thing to Onryo when she's demanifested. not only does she need a buff in chase but this actually suits her.

[Chercancito]

Werewolf killer, But without control of when you transform, playing with this killer cloud sky darkening the game, and in random moments during the match the full moon appear trigger a long transformation scene that gives plenty of time to survivors to run, but once transformed it becomes an absolute monster. I can think of lots of small ideas to balance him, but it would make the comment even longer

[Another_Madell]

The Quiet Place one would be gold since Lee is pretty much dead in the movies but for DbD we can just say “he was left heavily injured by the Death Angel but before he died the fog took him along with his attacker” 😊

[shadesfederate]

I'd love to see a death angel in dbd. It could have so cool mechanics like you don't see the survivors only their steps and you got a ability where the killer screams and sees the auras of the survivors. And you can charge a long shred where you can navigate good and speed vault and instant destroy pallets but you don't see the auras and footprints of the survivors.

[basicsimp]

Perk Ideas.

Damsel In Distress
= When you are pick up by the killer. Show the killer to your allies. Increase the movement speed of nearby allies by 7 percent.

My Hero
= Whenever you are dropped from the killers shoulders, you gain an additional 2 seconds burst of speed. This has a 160 cool down.

Boon: Lucky Break
= After activating a totem, increase the chance to free yourself from a hook. Using items in the Boon's radius may include an addon or lessen the item consumption.

Boon: To freedom!
= After blessing a totem, increase the gen repair speed of nearby generators by 4 percent. The Killers aura is revealed when they step in the boon radius. The effect persists after 2s of leaving.

Big surprise
= After fixing a generator for a certain percentage, go to a locker and make a tiny explosion. The next time the killer interacts with the locker they are blinded and suffers a movement speed reduction for a brief moment.

[theanomalyfactory]

Little nightmares has been my favourite game for a very long time. it got me into horror. I'd love to see it in DBD.

[GareBearGamingDood]

I would LOVE a Supernatural collab, Sam & Dean are PERFECT for Dead by Daylight! For a more "funny-ish" one they can do Scooby-Doo since they did have that one cosmic book of what if the zombies apocalypses happened in there world.

[averagegarbageenjoyer]

I feel like the Tall Man from Phantasm would be an extremely cool licensed character. He could be similar to Artist and Nemesis and would allow a fun playstyle somehow.

[Idk]

One concept I thought up while on a plane ride was some kind of murderous orchestra conductor that uses sound to disorient the survivor, along with a killer-specific item that is a pair of earplugs that stop the noise of the power but also sound cues from things like skill checks, as well as shortening the terror radius by like 2 meters

[beakatronn]

a licensed killer id love to see is the big daddy from bioshock specifically the bouncer, and make a rapture map that would be so cool.

[Jaqoum_The_Wizard_King]

I wrote a little nightmares chapter ages ago when i was really into both dbd and ln2 hadn’t come out yet:

The Janitor’s Power:
Power: …From above: the janitor climbs on the walls and ceiling, over terrain with an ambush grab that picks up survivors instantly with an audio cue. If missed, cooldown the ability. If flashlight stunned, you are not flashlight stunned. You are immune.
The Janitor’s Addons:
Recharge increases: Music Box (moderately), Wooden mannequin (slightly), gnome’s head (considerably)
Lunge distance increases: hand crank (slightly), dead rat (moderately), small cage (considerably)
Misc. purple addons:
Iridescents: 1: Porcelain Statuette; …From Above is now infinite and you are undetectable for the entire duration. 2: small shackle: for every survivor who is grabbed, gain a token up to four tokens. For every token, the audio cue for …From Above, gets quieter and the delay between the grab being launched and the audio cue.
The Janitor’s teachable Perks:
Purposeful stride: vault windows 40/50/60% faster, can now slowly vault pallets. “Ducking and jumping, they’re above and under me!”
Hands from the shadows: can instantly pick up any injured survivor, instead of downing and then picking up, when you are behind them from 0.5/0.75/1m away. “I thrive in the shadows, untrusting of light”
Forward thinking: when a generator is completed, all pallets in the surrounding 20/30/40m radius is destroyed “A knife or a noose is with why you’ll be met, if you try to play nice and stick out your neck.”

Six’s teachable perks:
Hard to the Core: you are constantly inflicted with the exposed status effect but cannot be injured. You can recover fully in the dying state, wiggle faster by 15/20/25%, (stacks). “I tell myself it’s all a dream and monsters are not all they seem.”

Elusive: you are unaffected by perks which reveal your aura unless you are 20/15/10m away from another survivor. “This nightmare ain’t over. I watch my window for the morning sun.”
Little Lost Things: recruit nomes to your cause. When the killer is within 30/40/50m of you, the nomes make a small audio cue that does not trigger a noise notification. “At least I’m not alone, I hope the nomes know best.”
(Or) Highly Sprung: you vault obstacles 10/15/20% faster. “You’d jump even higher if you knew what slept there”

Mono’s teachable perks:
In the palm of my hand: when within 10/15/20m of 1 or more other survivors, you and all survivors in range gain a stacking 5/10/15% increase in movement speed and a stacking 10/15/20% increased action speed while healing, repairing generators, cleansing totems and sabotaging hooks. “Hold on tight and we’ll be just fine!”

Evasive Prey: While being chased by the killer, you can press the active ability button to gain a 15/20/25% movement speed increase for 5 seconds. This inflicts the exhausted status effect for 40/35/30 seconds “Not today!”

…And Stay Dead!: all stuns you deal to the killer last 1/2/3 seconds longer. “Better to be safe than sorry.”

Edit: having reread this, it shows it’s age. Badly. I wrote this in 2020, during lockdown. That’s how out of date it is. I think it still holds ok in some ways