CHAPTER 37: Sinister Grace
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| Release Date | 23 September 2025 (Tuesday) |
| Category | Chapter DLC |
| Cost | $7.99 |
1,000 Auric Cells  
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18,000 Iridescent Shards  
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CHAPTER 37: Sinister Grace is the thirty-seventh Chapter DLC for Dead by Daylight
, released on 23 September 2025 alongside Patch 9.2.0.
This DLC features the following content:
- 1 Original Killer:
- The Krasue
- The Krasue
- 1 Original Survivor:
- 2 exclusive Cosmetic pieces:
- Relaxed Reds - Common The Krasue Body
- Camo Cami - Common Vee Boonyasak Torso
Patch 9.2.0 did not add a new Chapter-themed Realm or Map to the Base Game.
Description
Play as The Krasue, a gruesome Killer with two terrifying forms, or Vee Boonyasak, an electrifying survivor from the rising punk band Axekick. Experience a terrifying take on Thai Folklore rooted in visceral Dead by Daylight: Sinister Grace.
An opera singer consumed by a gruesome curse. A young drummer seeking to make it big. Dead by Daylight: Sinister Grace is an original Chapter featuring a new Killer, The Krasue, and a new Survivor, Vee Boonyasak.
Killer: The Krasue
The Krasue's Info
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By day, Burong Sukapat was a beautiful and talented performer. By night, The Krasue's curse awakened, plunging her into a nightmare of torn flesh, sopping blood, and insatiable hunger. |
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The Krasue's Power
SPECIAL ABILITY: CORPOREAL WEAVE
The Krasue can shift between Body Form and Head Form at will.
Press the Secondary Power button to initiate a shift.
SPECIAL SHAPE: BODY FORM
The Krasue always starts the Trial in this state:
- Regular Terror Radius
of 32 metres. - Regular Movement speed of 4.6 m/s.
- Grants access to the Regurgitate special ability.
SPECIAL SHAPE: HEAD FORM
This Form provides The Krasue with the following effects and abilities:
- Larger Terror Radius of 40 metres.
- Faster Movement speed of 4.8 m/s.
- Grants access to the Headlong Flight special ability.
- Grants access to the Intestinal Whip special attack.
- Replaces the ability to break dropped Pallets with the ability to vault across them.
- Vaulting times:
- Longer Pallet Stun duration of 2.5 seconds.
- Disables the Bloodlust
Status Effect.
SPECIAL AFFLICTION: LEECHED
Hitting Survivors with a Leeching Gland or the Intestinal Whip fills their Leech Meter, indicated on their HUD portrait.
Once the meter is full at 100 Charges, affected Survivors suffer from Leeched I:
- Causes the Intestinal Whip attack to incur damage.
- Causes the Leech Meter to charge passively at a rate of +1.665 c/s.
If Survivors afflicted with Leeched I passively fill the Leech Meter a second time, they will suffer from Leeched II:
- Healthy Survivors receive damage and become injured.
- Incurs the Broken
Status Effect, regardless of their Health State.
SPECIAL ABILITY: REGURGITATE
While in Body Form, press and hold the Power button to initiate the Charge Regurgitate interaction.
Releasing the Power button will cancel it.
Press the Attack button when fully charged to spew a Leeching Gland:
- Rebounds off of environmental objects and splits into 4 smaller mini-glands that home-in on nearby Survivors.
- Adds +100 Charges to the Leech Meter of Survivors hit with either projectile-type, filling it completely.
- Cannot exeed Leeched I.
Regurgitate has a cool-down of 2.5 seconds.
SPECIAL ABILITY: HEADLONG FLIGHT
While in Head Form, with the Power Gauge filled to at least 25 %, press and hold the Power button to speed through the air at 7.0 m/s:
- The Power Gauge has a capacity of 12 Charges.
- Flying depletes the Power Gauge at a rate of -1 c/s.
- The Power Gauge recharges at a rate of +0.4 c/s.
SPECIAL ATTACK: INTESTINAL WHIP
While in Head Form, press the Attack button to lash out with your internal organs:
- Ignores obstructions for the initial 0.35 seconds of the attack.
- Adds +34 Charges to the Leech Meter of hit Survivors, partially filling it.
- Cannot exceed Leeched I.
- Damages Survivors already afflicted with at least Leeched I.
SPECIAL ITEM: GLOWING FUNGUS
The Glowing Fungus
can be found randomly throughout the environment.
- Can be eaten by Survivors afflicted with Leeched I to lower their Leeched Meter over time.
- This effect ends after being hit.
The Trial starts with 5 Glowing Fungi located throughout the environment, with a maximum of 6 able to exist at the same time.
Glowing Fungi spawn under the following conditions, up to that limit:
- Whenever The Krasue transitions from Body Form to Head Form while at least 5 metres away from any interactable object or other Glowing Fungi.
- After 90 seconds of consuming a Glowing Fungus by any means.
The Krasue's Perks
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Hex: Overture of Doom | "A hex that plays on the paranoia of others."
Creates a Hex Totem that curses the farthest Generator
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial. "From salvation's ruin, be warned/death comes from all around." — Giovanni Serrata's "Fog Hill" |
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Ravenous | "The scent of blood is in the air. Time to feast." Whenever you hook a Survivor for the first time, Ravenous gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 4 Tokens.
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Wandering Eye | "Bloodied prey surrounds you, vying for your attention."
Whenever you start chasing a Survivor, Wandering Eye triggers the following effect:
"A drop does not satiate/when a river is needed." — Elliot Campbell's "Grandeur of Samuel" |
Survivor: Vee Boonyasak
Vee's Info
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The beating heart of Axekick, drummer Vee Boonyasak's infectious attitude, up-tempo pace, and kinetic energy bring a new dynamic to every Trial. |
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Vee's Perks
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Ghost Notes | "You know that the best breakdowns precede the biggest build-ups."
While suffering from the Exhausted
"Let's take it to the bridge!" — Vee Boonyasak |
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One-Two-Three-Four! | "A steady beat makes for steady work."
While standing and idle, press the Active Ability button to start a Performance:
"We are loud! We are heavy! WE ARE AXEKICK!" — Vee Boonyasak |
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Road Life | "Faulty amps, sweaty dives, broken-down vans... nothing makes you feel more alive."
While injured and repairing a Generator
 Status Effect.Road Life does not interact with special Skill Checks triggered by outside effects. "Remind me to teach you how to patch your own pedals, Krit." — Vee Boonyasak |
Trivia
- CHAPTER 37 was teased with the reveal of the Year 10 Roadmap during PAX on 9 May 2025.
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