Killers
These are the first three Killers in DBD when the game launched in 2016.
Who are... The Trapper, The Wraith and The Hillbilly?
(Evan MacMillan, Philip Ojomo, Max Thompson Jr.)
These are the first four Survivors in DBD when the game launched in 2016.
Who are... Dwight Fairfield, Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel and Jake Park?
This is the ruler of The Realm, It hosts the Trials and pulls the characters within DBD from anywhere in the omniverse at any time it pleases.
What is... The Entity?
This is a Survivor's primary objective in DBD
What is... To escape a Trial?
The most highly requested license for DBD, Five Nights at Freddy's, Was announced to come to the game at this point in time.
What is... Summer 2025?
This killer is famous for not only having defied The Entity, but to have fought back against it.
Who is... The Trapper?
(Evan MacMillan)
This Survivor is the only person from OUR Universe in DBD.
Who is... Nicolas Cage
These three Killers made a DEAL with the entity in order to join its realm and serve it.
Who are... The Spirit, The Executioner and The Onryo?
(Rin Yamaoka, Pyramid Head, Sadako Yamamura)
Killers can kill a Survivor by their own hand by bringing one of these offerings.
What is... A Memento Mori?
Mathieu Cote, the head of partnerships for DBD, said this License has a standing invitation to come the game at any time.
What is... Friday the 13th?
This Killer is the only Killer to have had a different Title (names starting with 'The') on the PTB vs. Live Release.
Who is... The Ghost Face?
(Titled simply 'The Ghost' on the PTB)
This Survivor entered The Realm completely by accident, having misread a passage in The Necronomicon.
Who is... Ash Williams?
(Ash Vs. Evil Dead)
This character plays a very important role in the lore, he is quoted on various items on the survivor side, and is believed by some to have invented The Hatch; an alternative way to escape a trial.
Who is... Vigo?
A Killer must have this many kills to achieve the title of "Merciless Killer" in the post-game screen.
What is... Four Kills?
This license was lost in the fall of 2021, and came back in the fall of 2023.
What is... Stranger Things?
This Killer is the only Killer to have entered The Entity's Realm by complete unknown circumstances - with no lore explanation provided.
Who is... The Shape?
(Michael Myers - Halloween, 1978)
These are the only two Survivors who lack the likeness of their original actor.
Who are... Laurie Strode and Ellen Ripley?
(Jamie Lee Curtis - Halloween, 1978)
(Sigourney Weaver - Alien, 1979)
These three LICENSED characters, two Survivors and a Killer, had to have a unique narrative written, exclusive to DBD.
Who are... Yoichi Asakawa, Nicolas Cage and The Ghost Face?
(Yoichi Asakawa - Ringu, 1998)
These are the types of items that a Survivor can bring into a Trial.
What are... Toolboxes, Med-Kits, Flashlights, Maps, and Keys?
The license holder of this IP has publicly tried to contact BHVR about putting this character in DBD.
What is... Terrifier, and/or Art the Clown?
This Killer was introduced in Benedict Baker's Journal entries during the 2018 Halloween event, 'The Hallowed Blight' long before his chapter release - Showing his travels within The Void (A subsection of The Entity's Realm) where he was referred to as 'The Alchemist'. He is also the only Killer to have been rejected by The Entity before entering the Trials.
Who is... The Blight?
(Talbot Grimes)
This Survivor is the only LICENSED Survivor to come to the game completely free, with no requirement of spending money to unlock cosmetics.
Who is... William "Bill" Overbeck?
(Left 4 Dead)
This is the method The Entity takes when it develops maps, gives powers, cosmetics, perks, items, and everything else within it's Realm.
What is... Manipulating memories? (or similar phrasing)
(The Entity digs up memories from killers and survivors within it's realm and distorts them to manifest whatever else it desires, to fit the rules of it's trials.)
This is the only Interaction, present in every Trial, that can only be interacted with by the Killer.
What are... The Basement Hooks?
This license came to DBD as a complete shock to the player base, as BHVR had previously stated they would never add it to the game due to it being "Too comedic for Dead by Daylight."
What is... Child's Play