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Survive the Trial.

Explore Killers, Survivors, Perks, builds, Realms, objectives, chase strategy, progression, alternate modes, and current guidance for both sides of the Trial.

Play as Survivor Play as Killer
Choose your side

Gather at the fire or answer the Entity.

The standard Trial pits four cooperative Survivors against one solo Killer. Each side has a different objective, information model, loadout, and path to improvement.

Survivor archive

Survivor

Repair generators, manage health states, rescue teammates, extend chases, power the gates, and find an escape together.

  • Generator repair
  • Healing and rescue
  • Chases and loops
  • Items and Perks
Enter the campfire archive
Killer archive

Killer

Track Survivors, use a unique power, choose productive chases, defend objectives, create Hook pressure, and control the endgame.

  • Finding Survivors
  • Power mastery
  • Chase decisions
  • Pressure and Perks
Open the Killer files
Currently in the Fog

Summer Screams changes the rules.

Temporary modes belong in a live briefing so their special loadouts, objectives, and availability never become confused with the standard Trial.

Live eventSummer Screams
Official update · July 28, 2026

Chaos, darkness, and double the terror.

Chaos Shuffle returned July 28 with randomized Level 3 Perks, Items, and Add-Ons. Lights Out and 2v8 also return during Summer Screams, each replacing major parts of the standard ruleset.

Read Behaviour's event overview
Chaos Shuffle
Randomized loadouts
Lights Out
No Perks, HUD, Terror Radius, or Scratch Marks
2v8
Classes and Cages of Corruption
Balance tracking
Live patch notes
Start your first Trial

Learn the objective before the loadout.

Perks can support good choices, but they cannot replace camera control, route planning, sound awareness, objective timing, or knowing when to abandon a bad position.

Beginner case file

Five decisions shape the escape.

Start with the Survivor flow, then play Killer to understand the pressure and information the other side experiences.

Review the official game overview
  1. 01Locate a generator
  2. 02Avoid or distract the Killer
  3. 03Rescue and heal teammates
  4. 04Power the Exit Gates
  5. 05Escape the Trial
Killer archive

Choose how you create fear and pressure.

Every Killer has a unique power. Start with the decisions and mechanical demands you enjoy, then learn how that power changes pathing, information, and chase rules.

01
FORCE THE HIT

Chase specialist

Use speed, anti-loop tools, or direct pressure to shorten each pursuit.

Chase · Anti-loopExplore official characters
02
HIDE THE WARNING

Stealth hunter

Reduce warning, approach from unexpected angles, and create early injuries.

Stealth · AmbushExplore official characters
03
THREATEN DISTANCE

Map controller

Project pressure across generators, objectives, or separated Survivors.

Mobility · ControlExplore official characters
05
PREPARE THE TILE

Trap planner

Turn routes and objectives into decisions that favor the Killer.

Traps · PredictionExplore official characters
06
READ THE TRIAL

Tracking expert

Use information, sounds, scratch marks, and habits to find the next chase.

Tracking · PressureExplore official characters
Survivor archive

Discover Survivors through their Perks.

Survivors share the same base capabilities, so character discovery centers on teachable Perks, theme, appearance, and the playstyles those Perks encourage.

Campfire records

A character begins the build, not the limit.

Progress characters to unlock broader Perk access, then build around the job your team needs and the situations you want to practice.

Browse official Survivors
Loops · Distance · Recovery

Chase

Hold attention without spending every pallet at once.

Repair · Efficiency · Position

Generator

Keep progress moving while tracking danger and rescue timing.

Reset · Sustain · Team

Healing

Restore health when it improves the team's next decision.

Timing · Trade · Protection

Rescue

Reach the Hook safely and prevent an avoidable next stage.

Auras · Awareness · Solo queue

Information

Reduce uncertainty and act on what teammates cannot call out.

Pathing · Sound · Survival

Stealth

Avoid detection without leaving the team permanently outnumbered.

Chase and looping academy

Read the tile from both sides.

Survivors connect safe resources while preserving distance. Killers identify the tile, hide intent, force resources, cut exits, and leave chases that cost too much time.

Training tile

Position first. Mind game second.

Survivor route

01Create distance

02Reach a safe tile

03Watch the Killer

04Use the window or pallet

05Move toward the next resource

Killer route

01Read the tile

02Hide the Red Stain

03Force the pallet

04Cut off the exit

05Secure the hit

Maps and Realms

Learn landmarks, then learn the generated space.

Realm identity, main buildings, indoor routes, common tiles, visibility, and map size all affect the Trial. Not every tile or object appears in the same place every match.

Realm observation

Connect landmarks to playable resources.

Track generators, completed areas, pallets, windows, dead zones, Hooks, Totems, and possible endgame routes.

Urban · OutdoorThe Trickster's Delusion

Sleepless District

A neon downtown setting with shops, streets, and a nightclub.

Explore Trial Grounds
Outdoor · ClassicIndustrial realm

MacMillan Estate

Mining structures, walls, and familiar tiles beneath cold moonlight.

Explore Trial Grounds
Indoor · Multi-levelPolice station

Raccoon City

Tight hallways, fixed landmarks, stairs, and demanding route knowledge.

Explore Trial Grounds
Outdoor · VisibilityRural realm

Coldwind Farm

Fields, crops, farm structures, and long sightlines that change by map.

Explore Trial Grounds
Trial strategy

Create pressure, or survive it.

Both sides win by converting time. Survivor efficiency spreads objective progress and protects Hook states; Killer efficiency turns injuries, chases, Hooks, and defended generators into compounding pressure.

Survivor priorities
  1. 01Keep generator progress moving
  2. 02Avoid grouping without purpose
  3. 03Rescue before the next Hook stage
  4. 04Heal when it improves position
  5. 05Leave before the endgame collapses
Killer pressure
  1. 01Create an early injury
  2. 02Force Survivors off generators
  3. 03End unproductive chases
  4. 04Track rescue patterns
  5. 05Protect a manageable generator area
Items, Add-Ons, and Offerings

Know what changes this Trial.

Summarize practical use and important tradeoffs instead of memorizing text. Event rules and patches can change availability or effects.

TRIAL TOOLS

Survivor Items

Toolboxes, Med-Kits, Flashlights, Keys, Maps, and event items.

POWER MODIFIERS

Killer Add-Ons

Adjust power behavior, strengths, drawbacks, and strategic options.

ENTITY BARGAINS

Offerings

Influence Bloodpoints, Realms, Hook placement, luck, and events.

Bloodweb and progression

Spend with a character plan.

Bloodpoints move characters through the Bloodweb, where Perks, Items, Add-Ons, and Offerings become available. Prestige expands Perk access across the roster.

The Entity takes what remains.

Prioritize useful Perks and consumables while keeping the next character or Prestige goal visible.

Bloodpoints

Bloodweb progression

Prestige

Perk availability

Iridescent Shards

Earned currency

Auric Cells

Premium currency

Modes and modifiers

Separate standard knowledge from temporary rules.

Alternate modes can replace loadouts, visibility, teams, maps, Hooks, and objectives. Always read the event briefing before bringing standard assumptions into the queue.

Standard mode
1 KILLER · 4 SURVIVORS

Standard Trial

Normal powers, Perks, Items, Add-Ons, Offerings, Hooks, and objectives.

Summer Screams
RANDOMIZED LOADOUTS

Chaos Shuffle

Random Level 3 Perks plus randomized Survivor Items and Add-Ons.

Returning
DARKNESS MODIFIER

Lights Out

No Perks, HUD, Terror Radius, or Scratch Marks, with Lantern interactions.

Returning
EXPANDED TRIAL

2v8

Two Killers, eight Survivors, Classes, larger maps, and Cages of Corruption.

Patch and balance archive

Recheck the rules after every update.

Killer powers, Perks, maps, Items, Add-Ons, status effects, and temporary modes can change enough to invalidate old advice.

Open official live patch notes

Killer changePower and Add-On impact

Survivor changeItems and interaction impact

Perk changeBuild and synergy impact

Map or modeRoute and ruleset impact

Archive resources

Official and community tools.

Use official notes for current rules, then use community statistics, build tools, maps, and educational content to investigate a focused question.

Live observer feed

Watch Trials live.

Study chase decisions, camera work, tile recognition, pressure management, and how experienced players recover when the first plan fails.

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