Cursed

Cursed is a Status Effect featured in Dead by Daylight that is applied exclusively to Survivors.

Mechanic

The Cursed Status Effect is a debuffing effect applied map-wide as soon as its activation conditions are triggered and emanate from Hex Totems that are conjured by the Killer equipping one or multiple Hex Perks.

The specific effects applied by Cursed depend on the Hex Perks that are equipped by the Killer and apply for as long as a Perk's associated Hex Totem remains standing.

Survivors can remove the Cursed Status Effect by finding Hex Totems and either cleansing or blessing them.

Unlockables

Killer

The following Unlockables apply the Cursed Status Effect:

	Hex: Blood Favour	A Hex that gains the favour of The Entity when blood is spilt. Whenever a Survivor loses a Health State by any means, Hex: Blood Favour triggers its effect: Blocks all upright Pallets within 24/28/32 metres of that Survivor's location at the time for 15 seconds. Blocked Pallets cannot be dropped. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "It would be no leap of the imagination to suggest that the Trials are a biological response of sorts." — Journal of Talbot Grimes
	Hex: Crowd Control	A Hex that ensures those lesser than you are properly herded. Whenever any Survivor performs a Rushed action to vault a Window, Hex: Crowd Control triggers its effect: Permanently blocks the last 3/4/5 Windows to all Survivors. Any successive trigger unblocks the oldest Blocked Window. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "You have no control. People like you never did." — Ji-Woon Hak
	Hex: Devour Hope	A Hex rooting its power on hope. The false hope of Survivors ignites your hunger. Whenever a Survivor is rescued from a Hook while you are at least 24 metres away, Hex: Devour Hope is granted +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens: 2 Tokens: Grants a 3/4/5 % Haste Status Effect for 10 seconds after 10 seconds of having hooked a Survivor. 3 Tokens: Causes all Survivors to suffer from a permanent Exposed Status Effect. 5 Tokens: Grants the ability to kill all Survivors by your own hand. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "If you do nothing, you have their blood on your hands. If you save them, her hunger grows."
	Hex: Face the Darkness	You make an example of one of your victims, forcing their allies to become awed by your power. Whenever you injure a Survivor by any means, if there is still a Dull Totem remaining on the Map, Hex: Face the Darkness activates and lights it, cursing that Survivor: Causes all other Survivors to scream every 35/30/25 seconds, if they are outside of the Terror Radius, revealing their Auras for 2 seconds each time. Hex: Face the Darkness deactivates once the Cursed Survivor either enters the Dying State or is fully healed, which extinguishes the Totem. Hex: Face the Darkness is disabled for the remainder of the Trial, if a Survivor manages to cleanse its Hex Totem. "I shall make an example of one. These mewling worms will never know peace." — Tarhos Kovács
	Hex: Fortune's Fool	"A Hex that toys with a victim's suffering." Each time you hook a Survivor for the first time, if there is at least one Dull Totem in the environment, Hex: Fortune's Fool activates and lights a Hex Totem: Causes that Survivor to suffer permanently from the Oblivious Status Effect. Blocks their Hex Totem from being cleansed by any other Survivor for 90 seconds. The Aura of their Hex Totem is revealed to the Cursed Survivor within 24/20/16 metres. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
	Hex: Haunted Ground	At the start of the Trial, Hex: Haunted Ground spawns 2 Hex Totems in the environment. When either Hex Totem is blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, the following effects apply: Causes all Survivors to suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds. Transforms the second Hex Totem into a Dull Totem. "Her home become profane."
	Hex: Huntress Lullaby	A Hex rooting its power in despair. Your hunt is an irresistible song of dread which muddles your prey's attention. Increases the default Progression penalty incurred by Failed Skill Checks by 2/4/6 %. This only affects Healing and Repairing actions. Whenever a Survivor is hooked, Hex: Huntress Lullaby grows in power and gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens: Increasingly shortens the time between an affected incoming Skill Check appearing and triggering its audio cue beforehand: 1 Token: -14 % 2 Tokens: -28 % 3 Tokens: -42 % 4 Tokens: -56 % 5 Tokens: Suppresses the audio cue altogether. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "That song, it drives me crazy!"
	Hex: No One Escapes Death	A Hex rooting its power on hope. You are animated by the power of your Hex Totem when the Survivors are on the verge of escaping. Once the Exit Gates are powered, if there is still a Dull Totem remaining in the environment, Hex: No One Escapes Death activates and lights it: Grants a 2/3/4 % Haste Status Effect. Causes all Survivors to suffer from the Exposed Status Effect. Once the Status Effect is revealed to Survivors, Hex: No One Escapes Death triggers the following effect: The Aura of its Hex Totem is revealed to all Survivors within 4 metres. This range gradually expands to 24 metres over the course of 30 seconds. Hex: No One Escapes Death remains inactive if no Dull Totems are available. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "And the beast became faster and more powerful as if The Entity's shadowy whips were lashing at its back."
	Hex: Nothing but Misery	"You've been driven to the absolute depths of pain, and now you're ready to inflict that pain on others." After damaging Survivors a total of 8 times with Basic Attacks, a random Dull Totem becomes a Hex Totem, cursing all Survivors: Survivors damaged by a Basic Attack suffer from a -5 % Hindered Status Effect for 10/12.5/15 seconds. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "All of the liabilities of this world are due to the inadequacies of the person involved." — Ken Kaneki
	Hex: Pentimento	"You reveal the true power of the Totems, hidden within their remains." Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability: The Auras of cleansed Totems are revealed to you in white. Press the Interaction button over the remains of a cleansed Totem to resurrect it as a Rekindled Totem. For each Rekindled Totem, Hex: Pentimento gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens: 1 Token: Reduces the Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by -20 %. 2 to 5 Tokens: Increase the strength of the Action Speed penalty by a stackable 1/2/3 % per Token, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %. Survivors cursed by Hex: Pentimento see the Auras of Rekindled Totems within 16 metres. Once Hex: Pentimento has reached its limit of 5 Tokens, it calls upon The Entity for the following effect: Blocks all Rekindled Totems for the remainder of the Trial. Totems may only be rekindled once per Trial, with The Entity consuming the remains of Rekindled Totems once they are cleansed. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "Though a pentimento is an inherently concealed piece of art, there is something to be said of the desire to discover that which is beyond." — A Guide to Art & Process (1961)
	Hex: Retribution	"A Hex that lashes out upon its destruction. Those who cross you will be punished." Whenever a Survivor blesses or cleanses a Totem, Hex: Retribution triggers its primary effect: Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds. Whenever a Hex Totem is removed by any means, including its own, Hex: Retribution triggers its secondary effect: The Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 20 seconds. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "Bloody fool, you pulled the trigger on yourself." — Caleb Quinn
	Hex: Ruin	A Hex that affects the Generator Repair progress of all Survivors. Whenever a Generator is not being repaired by a Survivor, it will immediately and automatically regress its Repair progress at 50/75/100 % of the normal Regression speed. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin."
	Hex: The Third Seal	A Hex that hinders the Survivors' Aura-reading abilities. The last 2/3/4 Survivors you hit with a Basic or Special Attack suffer permanently from the Blindness Status Effect. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "She touched your skin, you bear the witch's mark!"
	Hex: Thrill of the Hunt	A Hex rooting its power on hope. The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems. Start the Trial with 5 Tokens, one per Totem: Reduces the Action speeds for Blessing and Cleansing by a stack-able 8/10/12 % per Token, up to a maximum of 40/50/60 %. Hex: Thrill of the Hunt loses -1 Token whenever a Totem is cleansed. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
	Hex: Two Can Play	"A Hex that teaches those who mess with you a lesson." Anytime you are stunned or blinded by any Survivor a total of 4/3/2 times, and if there is not yet a Hex Totem already associated with Hex: Two Can Play and there is at least one Dull Totem remaining in the Trial Grounds, Hex: Two Can Play activates on a random Totem: Blinds all Survivors who stun or blind you for 1.5 seconds. This does not affect carried Survivors. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed. "From now on, no more Mr Good Guy." — Chucky
	Hex: Undying	A Hex which maintains the vile powers that flow throughout the Trial. The Auras of Survivors within 2/3/4 metres of any Dull Totem are revealed to you. When another Perk's Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed, its Hex is transferred to the Hex: Undying Totem, including any accumulated Tokens, disabling Hex: Undying instead. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
	Hex: Wretched Fate	You see your victim from afar and resolve to prolong their suffering. After a Generator is completed, Hex: Wretched Fate activates and lights a random Dull Totem, cursing the Obsession: Reduces their Repair speed by 27/30/33 %. The Aura of the Hex Totem is revealed to them within 12 metres. "So toil, mortal, toil! Your effort will be for naught!" — Dracula

Survivor

The following Unlockable interacts with the Cursed Status Effect:

	Soul Guard	You have been through immense hardship and you're stronger for it. After being healed from or having recovered from the Dying State, you benefit from the following effect: Grants the Endurance Status Effect for 4/6/8 seconds. Endurance is cancelled prematurely when performing a Conspicuous Action. While suffering from the Cursed Status Effect, you benefit from the following effects: Grants the ability to fully recover yourself from the Dying State. Soul Guard has a cool-down of 30 seconds.

Change Log

Patch 5.3.0

• Change: updated the icon from to .
  • This change was motivated by the introduction of Boon Perks and their associated Blessed Status Effect, so Players can better visually distinguish between the two.