Dead by Daylight The Dark Lord (Dracula) power, perks, and release date

The latest Dead by Daylight Chapter is a Castlevania crossover, and the legendary vampire Dracula is joining the game’s roster of killers. While it’s sad that there isn’t a new castle map for Dracula to patrol, Dead by Daylight players will still be pleased with The Dark Lord’s power and abilities.

Dead by Daylight Dracula release date

The Dark Lord will arrive in Dead by Daylight when the Castlevania crossover Chapter releases on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Both Dracula and Trevor Belmont will be available for purchase when the Chapter goes live on all platforms, but PC players can get a taste of the new Castlevania content a bit earlier than everyone else.

The Dark Lord is currently available for testing on the Dead by Daylight PTB on PC along with all the new content and changes coming with the Castlevania chapter. Things will most likely be tweaked on the road to release as players test The Dark Lord and Trevor Belmont, but the core of their kits will remain the same. If you want to get hands-on with Dracula early, then just install the Dead by Daylight PTB and enjoy!

Dead by Daylight The Dark Lord abilities explained

The Dark Lord’s main gimmick is the ability to transform between multiple forms to terrorize survivors. Here’s a full breakdown of Dracula’s killer power and perks in Dead by Daylight.

Dead by Daylight Dracula killer power

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.

Dead by Daylight Dracula perks

The Dark Lord has three new perks that place a ton of pressure on survivors as they get closer to escape.

• 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 meters. This effect persists until the Hex totem is cleansed.
• Human Greed
  • You see Unopened Chests auras and Survivor auras are revealed for 3/3/3 seconds when they enter an 8-meter range. You also gain the ability to kick chests to close them. This ability has an 80/70/60 second cooldown. Survivors unlock these closed chests 50% faster.
• 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.

The Dark Lord has one of the most unique kits in Dead by Daylight, and Behaviour Interactive is doing the Castlevania IP justice with this new crossover. Trevor Belmont is also one of the game’s coolest survivors to date, and the vampire hunter’s perks make him a perfect counter to Dracula.