# Dead by Daylight 9.5.0 | All-Kill: Comeback

- Product: Dead by Daylight (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dead-by-daylight)
- Vendor: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
- Date: 2026-03-17
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/381210/view/510733750483551117
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dead-by-daylight/releases/2026-03-17-9.5.0-all-kill-comeback

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- **added** — New map Trickster's Delusion with the Sleepless District realm
- **added** — New survivor Kwon Tae-Young
- **added** — New survivor perk Flow State that grants faster cleansing, healing, and unhooking based on generator completions
- **added** — New survivor perk A Place For Us that grants Elusive while healing and after finishing healing the Obsession
- **added** — New survivor perk Five Moves Ahead that reveals nearby pallets and windows while in terror radius and speeds up pallet dropping
- **changed** — The Trickster's movement speed decreased to 4.4m/s from 4.6m/s
- **changed** — The Trickster's blade count decreased to 36 from 44
- **changed** — The Trickster's terror radius decreased to 24m from 32m
- **changed** — The Trickster's time to enter throw state decreased to 0.3s from 0.35s
- **changed** — The Trickster's time to exit throw state decreased to 1.15s from 1.25s
- **changed** — The Trickster's time between blade throws increased to 0.33s from 0.3s
- **changed** — The Trickster's laceration meter decreased to 6 from 8
- **changed** — The Trickster's laceration meter decay delay decreased to 12s from 15s
- **changed** — The Trickster's laceration stack decay time increased to 4.4s from 3s
- **changed** — The Trickster's main event duration increased to 10s from 8s
- **changed** — The Trickster now uses a style points and style ranks system that requires reaching S-Rank to activate main event
- **changed** — The Trickster's laceration visual feedback now displays on survivors instead of in the user interface
- **changed** — Memento Blades add-on reworked to display a reticle while aiming with blades
- **changed** — Killing Part Chords add-on reworked to increase style rank decay time by 20% for ranks D to A
- **changed** — Inferno Wires add-on reworked

##### **CONTENT**

##### **NEW MAP: TRICKSTER'S DELUSION**

- The Sleepless District will be the new Realm

##### **NEW SURVIVOR: KWON TAE-YOUNG**

**New Survivor Perks:**

**Flow State**

- Whenever a generator is completed, earn **1** token, up to **5**.

- For each token:

- You bless and cleanse Totems **8/9/10%** faster.

- You heal **8/9/10%** faster.

- You unhook Survivors **8/9/10%** faster.

**A Place For Us**

- While healing another Survivor, you both gain **Elusive**.

- Whenever you finish healing The Obsession, you both gain **Elusive **for **20/25/30**s.

- When the trial starts, you are less likely to be the Obsession.

**Five Moves Ahead**

- While you are in the Killer's Terror radius or chased by the Killer:

- You see the Auras of the **5** closest Pallets and Windows.

- After you drop a Pallet, you start moving **50%** earlier.

- Whenever you drop a Pallet, cooldown: **40/35/30**s.

##### **GAMEPLAY FEATURES**

##### **Killer Updates**

**Killer Update - The Trickster**

**Summary**

- The Trickster now gains Style Points by throwing Blades, injuring Survivors and performing distinct gameplay actions back-to-back

- The Trickster goes up in Style Ranks by earning Style Points.

- Each Style Rank improves The Trickster's Blade throw rate and Locker Restocking speed.

- Main Event can now only be activated once reaching the highest Style Rank.

- Style Points and Style Ranks are tracked via a new user interface element custom-made for The Trickster.

**Basekit**

- The Trickster's movement speed decreased to **4.4m/s** _(was 4.6 m/s)_.

- Blade count decreased to **36 **_(was 44)_.

- Decreased Terror Radius to **24m **_(was 32m)_.

- Decreased time to enter Throw State to **0.3s **_(was 0.35s)_.

- Decreased time to exit Throw State to **1.15s** _(was 1.25s)_.

- Increased time between Blade throws to **0.33s** _(was 0.3s)_.

- Decreased base Throw State movement speed to **3.86m/s **_(was 3.68m/s)_.

- After **5 **consecutive Blade throws, Throw State movement speed is decreased to** 3.53 m/s**.

- After **10** consecutive Blade throws, Throw State movement speed is decreased to **3.16 m/s**.

- Increase Blade throw rate per Blade thrown:

- After **5** consecutive Blade throws, the throw rate increased by **50%**.

- After **10** consecutive Blade throws, the throw rate is increased by **100%**.

**Laceration**

- Laceration now only counted using whole numbers _(previously decayed into decimals)_.

- Laceration Meter decreased to **6** _(was 8)_.

- Laceration Meter decay delay decreased to **12s** _(was 15s)_.

- Increase Laceration stack decay time to **4.4s** _(was 3s)_.

- Laceration visual feedback updated.

- Now displayed on the Survivor directly, for both Survivors and Killer.

- Laceration cuts removed from Survivors' user interface.

**Style Points**

- The Trickster performing combo actions generates Style Points.

- A combo action is triggered when two back-to-back gameplay actions are distinct.

- The following actions generate **1 Style Point**:

- Hitting a Survivor with a Blade _(first-hit only)._

- Injuring a Survivor _(from Laceration or basic-attack)._

- Hooking a Survivor.

- Basic-breaking a Downed Pallet.

- Basic-breaking a Breakable Wall.

- Damaging a Generator.

- Snuffing a Boon Totem.

- The following actions generate **2 Style Points**:

- Hitting a Survivor with **4** Blades from at least **4m **_(without missing or exiting the Throw State)._

- Hitting a Survivor with a Blade from more than **16m **away.

- Interrupting a Survivor.

- The following actions generate **3 Style Points**:

- Hitting a Survivor with a Blade through small gaps.

**Style Ranks**

- There are 6 Style Ranks: E, D, C, B, A and S-Rank.

- Style Ranks each have their respective bonus maximum throw rate and Locker restocking speed modifiers.

- Higher bonuses at higher ranks.

- Higher Style Ranks require more Style Points to reach.

- Higher Style Ranks feature progressively shorter combo timers.

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