Dead by Daylight (Windows)

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Dead by Daylight is a 4v1 survival horror game where you either work with other survivors to power a number of randomly located generators, or play as a deadly killer to hunt down and pick off a group of terrified survivors. Just think of it like a more lethal version of hide and seek, where the prize for winning is keeping your life! Or taking a few...

You can play as some familiar horror movie characters, such as Chucky, Laurie Strode, Freddy Krueger, Detective David Tapp, Leatherface, Pinhead, The Xenomorph, Nicholas Cage and more. Even Bill from Left 4 Dead makes a surprise appearance.

To do: Find and document any early names of add-ons, perks, and such. If at all possible, find a way to load the unused maps and get a picture of them. Find any unused files in the leaked Oman build. Virtually every category on the page still has stuff to add, based on the DBD Wiki. Might be worth making a development page for this, and moving some stuff to that page such as The Smasher (unless there's leftover assets of it in the final game).

Unused Characters#

Characters that were either referenced in the code, or scrapped during development.

The Smasher#

A killer cut extremely early into the game's development cycle that would have had the ability to, as their name suggests, destroy parts of the level. Was scrapped due to the difficulty that would have come from trying to balance a character who could effectively "delete" all stage elements. During one of Behaviour's developer streams, they also mentioned this killer being able to counter survivors climbing parts of the level (another cut feature) by simply knocking the platform out from under them.

The Teacher#

Three teacher-themed graphics (listed below in their respective categories) were added to the game on July 2016, shortly before the game's first DLC, "The Last Breath Chapter". This caused many people to speculate that a teacher killer would be added to the game in the near future. Ultimately, The Nurse was added to the game instead, and the files have yet to be used for any character.

It is thought that the Teacher's existence could have been a hoax created by the developers to fool dataminers and fuel community speculation, and that the Teacher never existed in the first place.

Unused Killer Power#

A killer power named "Detention" that would have most likely belonged to the Teacher killer. It's unknown what its abilities would have been, if it had any.

Unused Mode#

A Quick Play mode was available early in the game's life. In Quick Play, players would either join or create a ranked lobby as either a survivor or a killer respectively, based on whichever option was faster. You could not queue with friends or communicate with other players, and your rank was based on the amount of bloodpoints you earned in the match. Due to unpopularity with players and general disuse, it was removed from the game in patch 1.5.0 (April 27, 2017).

Unused Maps#

Some realms have maps that are listed in the game files, but are unused.

MacMillan Estate#

• Mini
• Seb's Dream

Crotus Penn Asylum#

• Infinite Gym

Backwater Swamp#

• Dead Lake
• Grim Gully

Unused Unlockables#

Unlockables that would have been earned through the in-game bloodweb. Many of these were once available in-game, but have since been patched out.

Unused Perks#

Perks that are found in the game files, but remain unused.

Icon	Name	Used by	Description	Notes
	Artefact Hunter	Survivors	N/A	Unknown effects.
N/A	In The Dark	Killers	Your Terror Radius is set to 32 metres/24 metres/16 metres depending on the amount of Survivors left alive in the trial.
	Last Standing	Survivors	For each Survivor escaped or killed, your Action speed is increased by 7½%/15%/25%	Early version of the in-game perk "Left Behind".
N/A	Overconfidence	Survivors	N/A	Unknown effects.
	Tough Runner	Survivors	N/A	Unknown effects.
	Underperform	Killers	N/A	Unknown effects.

Unused Unlicensed Perk Icons#

Unlicensed icons for the Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street chapter perks exist in the files. Before going unused, they were previously used on console versions as General Perks since license chapters came out at a later date then on PC.

Perk Name	Licensed Icon	Unlicensed Icon
Sole Survivor
Save the Best for Last
Vigil
Fire Up
Remember Me

Unused Items#

Items that are found in the game files, but remain unused.

Icon	Name	Description	Notes
	Trapple	N/A	Unknown effects.
N/A	Buck Shot (Firecracker)	N/A	A "default" firecracker used to set base values for other firecrackers. Meant to blind killers for a minimum of 1.5 seconds and a maximum of 2.5 seconds.
N/A	Flash Powder (Firecracker)	N/A	10% increased blindness duration.
N/A	Medium Fuse (Firecracker)	N/A	75% increased timer.
N/A	Gun Powder (Firecracker)	N/A	20% increased blindness duration.
N/A	Long Fuse (Firecracker)	N/A	150% increased timer.
N/A	Magnesium Powder (Firecracker)	N/A	2.5 metre range increase.
N/A	Black Powder (Firecracker)	N/A	5 metre range increase.
N/A	Large Pack (Firecracker)	N/A	Has 2 charges. Unknown effects.

Unused Add-ons#

Add-ons that are either unused or were replaced in an update and became unused.

Icon	Name	Used by	Description	Notes
	"Blind Warrior" - Soot	The Wraith	The Baikra-Kaeug symbol, representing imperviousness, is finger-drawn out of soot on the body of the Bell.	Slightly increased lightburn resistance. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.
	"Swift Hunt" - Soot	The Wraith	The Kuntin-Takkho symbol, representing a rapid descent on a prey, is finger-drawn out of soot on the body of the Bell.	Slightly reduced the Wraith's reappearance time. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.
	"Shadow Dance" - Soot	The Wraith	The Yiwarick symbol, representing dark synergy, is finger-drawn out of soot on the body of the Bell.	Slightly reduced the time it took to vault windows, break pallets, and damage Generators while cloaked. Unused.
	"All Seeing" - Mud	The Wraith	The Kra-Frabai symbol, representing the Entity watching over us, is finger-drawn in mud on the head of the Bell.	Allowed the killer to see survivors' auras within 6 metres while invisible. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.
	"All Seeing" - White	The Wraith	The Kra-Frabai symbol, representing the Entity watching over us, is stamped in white ink on the head of the Bell.	Allowed the killer to see survivors' auras within 8 metres while invisible. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.
	"Blind Warrior" - Blood	The Wraith	The Baikra-Kaeug symbol, representing imperviousness, is stamped in blood on the body of the Bell.	Tremendously increased lightburn resistance. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.
	"Blind Warrior" - Spirit	The Wraith	The Baikra-Kaeug symbol, representing imperviousness, ominously glows on the body of the Bell.	Granted immunity to lightburn. Removed with The Wraith Add-on Pass.

Unused Offerings#

To do: The common/uncommon realm offerings were retired in Patch 6.1.0, so they can be added here.

Offerings that were removed from the in-game bloodweb and became effectively unused.

Icon	Name	Used by	Description	Notes
	New Moon Bouquet	All characters	Calls upon the entity for the darkest Moonlight. "Better go back to sleep, there is no moon this night."	Decreased map brightness by 70%. Removed from the bloodweb for balance reasons.
	Crescent Moon Bouquet	All characters	Calls upon the entity for a dimmed Moonlight. "The moon slowly fades into a smile: "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Or is it a grin?"	Decreased map brightness by 30%. Removed from the bloodweb for balance reasons.
	Quarter Moon Bouquet	All characters	Calls upon the entity for a brighter Moonlight. "The old moon shows her face, looking down on the preys."	Increased map brightness by 30%. Removed from the bloodweb for balance reasons.
	Full Moon Bouquet	All characters	Calls upon the entity for the brightest Moonlight. "As the moon rises, the wolves howl, marking the beginning of the hunt."	Increased map brightness by 70%. Removed from the bloodweb for balance reasons.
	Dusty Noose	All characters	Tremendously increases the chances of being sent to Grave of Glenvale when burnt. "Ask anyone trying to survive on this dust-choked land and they'll tell you what a noose really is — a damn mercy."	Increased the odds of being sent to the Grave of Glenvale Realm by 9,999. Replaced with the Shattered Bottle offering (with the same effect) in Patch 6.5.0.
	Black Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Shape for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used. "He came home!" - Dr. Sam Loomis	Allowed the player to play as the Shape killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Muddy Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Hag for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used. "Avoid walking in the mud or the Hag will eat your bones."	Allowed the player to play as the Hag killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Shock Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Doctor for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used. "Your secrets are safe with me."	Allowed the player to play as the Doctor killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Bone Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Cannibal for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used. "You like this face? " -Hitchhiker	Allowed the player to play as the Cannibal killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Smoking Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Nightmare for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used.	Allowed the player to play as the Nightmare killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Glass Splinter	Killers	Allows you to take on the role of The Pig for the next trial. Your current perks and add-ons will not be used. "Amanda, do not be afraid. Your life has just begun."-Jigsaw	Allowed the player to play as the Pig killer. Removed with the addition of an in-game store.
	Graduation Cap	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown effect.

Unused Status Effect#

An unused proficiency indicator named "Skills" with an unknown effect. Its icon is simply a hand.

Unused Loadout Categories#

Perks#

Listed within the files are graphics for what's known internally as "Loadout Categories". This first set would likely be used to categorize perks.

Adaptation	Chasing	Concealment	Cruelty
Enhancement	Hinderance	Navigation	Obstruction
Perception	Safeguard	Strategy	Support
Tracking	Trickery

Offerings#

Like the above, these would likely be used to categorize offerings.

Bonus Bloodpoints	Luck	Map Modifications	Memento Moris
Realms	Shrouds	Wards	XP

Notably, an icon for XP offerings exists, despite the fact that XP offerings only exist on Dead by Daylight Mobile.

Unused Strings#

Placeholder / Internal Strings#

"@#this text is placeholder dont worry i will delete it",
"@#{H} Auto-Repaired from Sabotage" - Debug Text for when Hooks are automatically repaired after Sabotage

Early Character Names#

The files commonly refer to killers as Slashers and survivors as Campers. This is most likely because of killers being inspired by old slasher films and survivors sitting around a campfire between trials respectively.

Killers were often referred to by different names during their development. This is reflected in the files as well, with some killers having multiple names:

Early Realm & Map Names#

Early names for realms and their maps. Following the addition of the Springwood realm with the "A Nightmare on Elm Street™" DLC, realms are referred to by seemingly random countries corresponding to the letters of the alphabet in A-Z order (England for E, Finland for F, Haiti for H, etc.):

Early Prop Names#

Some props found throughout the maps are referred to by early names in the game's files:

Early Perk Names#

Some perks are referred to by different names in the game's files, indicating they were changed at some point:

The Pig's Hidden Face#

To do: Change this to a general "Hidden Details" section for killers and survivors? Needs an update since she now has cosmetics that show her face partially with the Amanda's Rebirth outfit.

While roughly a third of the killers wear masks, a few of them do have fully modeled faces under their masks, such as the Trapper and the Huntress. A rather odd example though would be the Pig killer, who has a fully modeled face underneath her pig head mask. It can never be seen in-game as the pig head covers her face entirely and is never removed, but it can be viewed with a model viewer or by simply clipping the camera into the Pig's head.