The Demogorgon
| The Demogorgon | |
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| Game Alias(es) | "The Monster"
"The Beast" |
| Gender | Not applicable (not human) |
| Origin | None (Creature, Extradimensional Origin) |
| Realm | Hawkins National Laboratory |
| Power | Of the Abyss |
| Power Attack Type | Special Attack
(Shred) |
| Weapon | Barbarous Claw |
Movement Speed   |
115 % | 4.6 m/s |
| Alternate Movement speed | 96.5 % | 3.86 m/s (Of the Abyss) 460 % | 18.4 m/s (Shred) |
Terror Radius  |
32 metres |
Height   |
Tall |
| DLC | CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things |
| Voice Actor | None (Digital SFX) |
| Cost | 500 Auric Cells  
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| Breathing | |
| Menu Music | |
| Terror Radius Music | |
| CharID | K17 |
The Demogorgon is one of 42 Killers
featured in Dead by Daylight
.
It was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things, a Chapter DLC released on 17 September 2019.
It originates from the 2016 Sci-Fi-Horror Web Television series Stranger Things.
The Chapter was temporarily retracted from Dead by Daylight between 17 November 2021 and 6 November 2023, but it remained a playable Character for anyone who already owned it.
Overview
The Demogorgon is an unidentified Killer, able to open multiple Portals and traverse between them to cover large distances. Using its Power, Of the Abyss, it can detect any Survivors within a close proximity to the Portals then unleash a leaping attack to inflict damage from a distance.
Its personal Perks, Surge
, Mindbreaker
, and Cruel Limits
, impact the environment close to Generators and affect nearby Survivors in unexpected ways.
During the Chapter's temporary departure from Dead by Daylight, these Perks were replaced with a generic variant each: Jolt
, Fearmonger
, and Claustrophobia. These generic perks have been replaced with The Demogorgon's original Teachable Perks with the Chapter's return to Dead by Daylight.
Lore
A blooming mouth full of needle-like teeth for a face, large, curved, razor-sharp claws, and powerful legs to pounce on victims, make The Demogorgon a frightening monster to face in any dimension. It is a nightmare of unrestrained, feral rage as it hunts down its prey and rips it to pieces, devouring every last morsel of flesh and gore, leaving nothing for scavengers. The creature is untouched by any sense of compassion or restraint. Looming over its victim, it shows no doubt or mercy, just the pure instinct of its insatiable blood lust as it delivers the deathblow. A perfect hunter, The Demogorgon is a macabre testament to the horrors lurking in the Upside Down and why it was choice pickings for The Entity.
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Unique Perks
The Demogorgon comes with 3 Perks
that are unique to it:
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Cruel Limits | "Your ties to the otherworldly manifest when your prey attempts to get away."
Whenever a Generator
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Mindbreaker | "Your distressing presence drains and weakens your prey."
While repairing a Generator
"The specimen's apparent telepathic ability can evoke feelings of dread and fatigue in nearby individuals." — Hawkins National Laboratory |
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Surge | "Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology."
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State
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Prestige
Prestiging The Demogorgon will automatically add Tier I of its Unique Perks to the inventories of all other Killers and unlock the ability for their higher-tiered versions to spawn in their Bloodweb
.
Prestige The Demogorgon twice more to automatically add Tier II and Tier III respectively into the other Killers' inventories.
Weapon: Barbarous Claw
The Barbarous Claw is the Primary Weapon of The Demogorgon.
A gargantuan hand of immense strength.
Its long fingers can brutalise prey.
Power: Of the Abyss
"An unknown and otherworldly power surged through its body.
Suddenly the ground ripped open, swallowing The Demogorgon whole."
SPECIAL ABILITY: OF THE ABYSS
Press and hold the Power button to channel Of the Abyss:
- Triggers Killer Instinct on Survivors inside the Area of Effect of Active Portals.
- Unlocks the ability to perform a Shred Attack.
SPECIAL ATTACK: SHRED
Press the Attack button after charging Of the Abyss to at least 65 % to dash forwards and unleash a vicious slash:
- Causes The Demogorgon to lunge forwards at 18.4 m/s.
- Grants the ability to destroy Breakable Walls
and dropped Pallets
.
SPECIAL OBJECTS: PORTALS
The Demogorgon starts the Trial with 6 Portals.
Press and hold the Secondary Power button to bend down and create an Inactive Portal in the ground:
- Inactive Portals are invisible to Survivors and cannot be sealed.
- Inactive Portals do not have an Area of Effect and thus do not trigger Killer Instinct.
When The Demogorgon interacts with Inactive Portals to traverse the Upside Down, both the Portal he travels from and the one he travels to are transformed into Active Portals:
- Active Portals are visible to Survivors and can be sealed.
- Active Portals have an Area of Effect of 4 metres around them.
- Survivors inside the Area of Effect suffer permanently from the Oblivious
Status Effect and are revealed by Killer Instinct while The Demogorgon is channelling Of the Abyss.
- Survivors inside the Area of Effect suffer permanently from the Oblivious
SPECIAL INTERACTION: SEALING PORTALS
Survivors can interact with Active Portals to seal them, either alone or together with other Survivors, though at increasingly reduced efficiency:
- 1 Survivor seals a Portal in 12 seconds.
- 2 Survivors seal a Portal in ~9 seconds.
- 3 Survivors seal a Portal in 8 seconds.
- 4 Survivors seal a Portal in 6 seconds.
Sealing a Portal will recycle it into the inventory of The Demogorgon.
SPECIAL LOCOMOTION: TRAVERSING THE UPSIDE DOWN
Press and hold the Secondary Power button while standing atop any Portal and aiming at any Highlighted Portal to enter the first Portal and traverse the Upside Down, appearing at the second Portal:
- Transforms Inactive Portals into Active Portals.
- Grants the Undetectable
Status Effect for 5 seconds.
Power Trivia
Movement Speeds:
- Channelling Of the Abyss: 3.86 m/s
- Walking: 4.6 m/s
- Shred attack: 18.4 m/s
- Traversing the Upside Down: 32 m/s
Shred:
- Charge time: 1 second
- Shred must be charged to at least 65 %, otherwise The Demogorgon will perform a normal Lunge attack instead.
- Cancelling a fully charged Shred results in a cool-down of 0.45 seconds, during this time The Demogorgon cannot interact or attack.
- Field of View bonus angle: +15 °
Attack Cool-downs:
- Shredding a Pallet or a Breakable Wall: 1.8 seconds
- Missed Shred Attack: 2.25 seconds
- Successful Shred Attack: 2.7 seconds
Portals:
- Capacity: 6 Portals
- Setting time: 0.85 second
- Entering time: 1.35 seconds
- Area of Effect radius: 4 metres
- Noise radius: 8 metres
- Sealing times:
- 1 Survivor: 12 seconds (1 c/s each; no efficiency penalty)
- 2 Survivors: ~9 seconds (0.67 c/s each; 33 % efficiency penalty)
- 3 Survivors: 8 seconds (0.5 c/s each, 50 % efficiency penalty)
- 4 Survivors: 6 seconds (0.5 c/s each, 50 % efficiency penalty)
- Sealing a Portal will reveal its Aura
to all other Survivors, so that they may come help.
- It will also play a global sound cue to all Survivors that is very similar to the regular SFX while sealing a Portal, meaning Survivors can hear map-wide when someone is sealing a Portal.
- Sealing a Portal will occasionally spawn Skill Checks
, but without a Great Success zone.
Miscellaneous:
- Footstep Noise range: 16 metres
- Undetectable duration: 5 seconds
- Power Recovery time: 10 seconds
Restrictions:
- It is impossible to place a Portal within a specific radius of the following Props:
- within 2.5 metres of a Pallet
- within 4 metres of an Exit Gate or a Hook
- within 8 metres of another Portal
Add-ons for Of the Abyss
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Black Heart | A black fermented heart ripped from the chest of a tentacled creature in the Upside Down.
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Rat Liver | A soggy pile of salty, soft liver.
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Rat Tail | A chewy rat tail for The Demogorgon to consume.
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Rotten Pumpkin | Pumpkin flesh infected by the rotten soil in Hawkins.
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Barb's Glasses | A broken pair of glasses that travelled to the Upside Down.
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Mews' Guts | The tasty guts of an unfortunate victim.
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Rotten Green Tripe | Rotten tripe that fuels The Demogorgon.
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Sticky Lining | A fetid, viscous layer that covers and expands the interdimensional tunnels.
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Viscous Webbing | Wet, elastic webs that broaden the interdimensional tunnels.
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Brass Case Lighter | A lighter used to ignite trouble.
"Emits a strong electromagnetic field: it must have come into contact with the Upside Down." — Hawkins National Laboratory |
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Deer Lung | A raw, rubbery lung that reinvigorates The Demogorgon.
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Eleven's Soda | A soda can charged with psychic energy.
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Thorny Vines | Thick, thorny vines that stretch and reinforce the interdimensional tunnels.
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Violet Waxcap | A dark fleshed mushroom from the Upside Down that allows The Demogorgon to telepathically distort the senses in its prey.
After traversing the Upside Down, the following effect applies:
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Lifeguard Whistle | A rusty, metal whistle that once ruled the Hawkins public pool.
You benefit from the following effect:
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Unknown Egg | A large, warm egg coated in gruesome webbing.
"A large egg was sighted in the Upside Down, but no sample survived the trip to the lab for proper examination." — Hawkins National Laboratory |
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Upside Down Resin | A sticky, flammable sap that fortifies the gateway to the interdimensional tunnels.
"A sample taken from the bark of the tree once used as a gate. So far our conclusion as to its effect are inconclusive." — Hawkins National Laboratory |
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Vermilion Webcap | A bright red poisonous mushroom from the Upside Down.
After traversing the Upside Down, the following effect applies:
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Leprose Lichen | A potent lichen that grows like dust on the rocks in the Upside Down.
"One small dose can cause severe hallucinations." — Hawkins National Laboratory |
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Red Moss | A psychedelic moss that grows on tree barks in the Upside Down.
After traversing the Upside Down, the following effects apply:
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Achievements
Main article: Achievements
When CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things was retracted from Dead by Daylight, all Achievements related to it were replaced by generic ones.
Before that, there were 2 unlockable Achievements related to The Demogorgon:
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Adept Demogorgon | THIS HAS BEEN RETIRED. Playing as The Demogorgon, achieve a Merciless Victory using only its 3 Unique Perks: Surge, Mindbreaker, and Cruel Limits |
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Savage Take-Down | THIS HAS BEEN RETIRED.
Playing as The Demogorgon |
Cosmetic Options
Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise The Demogorgon:
Base Cosmetics
Default
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Split Jaw | 
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Common | A face that blooms into five thick, fleshy strips to reveal a gaping mouth with needle-like teeth. How such a beast evolved is unknown. |
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Terror from the Upside Down | 
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Common | An adult Demogorgon. It emerged through a rift and now wreaks terror in Hawkins, Indiana. |
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Barbarous Claw | 
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Common | A gargantuan hand of immense strength. Its long fingers can brutalize prey. |
Prestige
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Additional Notes |
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Gore-soaked Jaw |
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Rare | Blood and gore drips from the stretched jaws of The Demogorgon. What became of its victim is better left unsaid. | Prestige Level 6 Reward |
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Splattered Demogorgon |
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Rare | Is that deer blood or human blood? Probably both. | Prestige Level 5 Reward |
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Crimson Claw |
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Rare | Blood trickles along the slick creases of The Demogorgon's hand. The Hawkins Police may have another missing persons case on their hands. | Prestige Level 4 Reward |
Perk Charms
| Prestige Level 7 Reward | Prestige Level 8 Reward | Prestige Level 9 Reward |
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| A keepsake gained upon mastery of a particular skill. | ||
Prestige Badges
| Prestige Level 25 Reward | Prestige Level 50 Reward | Prestige Level 75 Reward | Prestige Level 100 Reward |
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Rift
In-Game Store
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A live subject was necessary to continue the research… except something went very wrong.
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The metal collar is pressed tightly around the creature’s neck, much to its irritation. Three men were lost in the process of fitting it.
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There were a number of security measures in place, the chains being one of many fail-safes that ultimately failed.
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The metal cuffs were, in hindsight, a bad idea, having done nothing but enrage the beast with even more fury than before.
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The creature was altered by the dark Fog as it hunted and fed, becoming part Demogorgon, part something else...
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A crustacean mouthpart with rows of razor-sharp teeth, dripping with foul saliva. Ideal to pierce, shred, and chew through thick layers of flesh.
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Its slick body was covered with a glistening, chitinous carapace. Its thorax swelled with gruesome, clutching appendages.
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As its claw dug into human flesh, warm blood curled under its sharp nails. Hawkins Police would never find this body.
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An unusual mutation formed in The Entity’s realm, causing rock-like chitin to grow from the creature’s flesh.
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A stony outcropping surrounding the terrifying split-mandible.
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Rocky blemishes protrude from its body, covered in sticky strings of membrane.
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Hardened chitin grows unnaturally from its murderous claws.
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DLC
- Main article: Downloadable Content
The Demogorgon is part of 1 DLC:
Change Log
Patch 3.2.1
- Buff: added the ability to destroy Pallets and Breakable Walls to The Demogorgon's base-kit by using Shred.
Patch 4.7.0
- Rework: reworked Of the Abyss and the majority of its Add-ons.
- Buff: reduced the Teleportation-Power cool-down from 14 seconds to 10 seconds.
- Buff: increased the Teleportation speed from 17 m/s to 20 m/s.
- Buff: increased the Undetectable duration after exiting a Portal from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Buff: increased the Movement speed while channelling Of the Abyss from 3.68 m/s to 3.86 m/s.
- Quality of Life: removed the audio from inactive Portals for Survivors, which had previously allowed them to determine their location despite being invisible.
Patch 7.2.0
- Buff: further increased the Undetectable duration after exiting a Portal from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
Patch 7.6.0
- Buff: reduced the Cool-down time after successful Shred Attacks from 3 seconds to 2.7 seconds.
- This change was motivated by the Developers wishing to standardise the Cool-down durations of Special Attacks.
- Buff: reduced the Cool-down time after successful Shred Attacks that destroy Breakables from 2 seconds to 1.8 seconds.
Patch 8.4.0
- Buff: reduced the Setting time of Portals from 1 second to 0.85 seconds.
- Buff: reduced the Entering time of Portals from 1.5 seconds to 1.35 seconds.
- Buff: further increased the Teleportation speed from 20 m/s to 28 m/s.
Patch 8.4.1
- Buff: further increased the Teleportation speed from 28 m/s to 32 m/s.
Trivia
- The Demogorgon was the first non-human Killer featured in Dead by Daylight, being a creature from a parallel dimension, that entered Hawkins National Laboratory.
- The Demogorgon was the second Killer to have a unique Terror Radius and Chase Music.
- The Demogorgon was the second Killer to not attack with an actual weapon, but instead using its claws.
- The Demogorgon was the third Killer to break Generators and Pallets with its hands, albeit using both of them.
- The Demogorgon was the fourth Killer to be able to teleport.
- The Demogorgon was the tenth licensed Character to be introduced to Dead by Daylight.
- It was also the first license to leave Dead by Daylight, before ultimately returning.
- The Demogorgon, unlike other tall Killers, does not step over vaults, but rather crawls through them.
- The Demogorgon features a unique Hatch-closing animation.
- The Demogorgon shares his lobby theme with The First and the Stranger Things survivors.
Name
- The name of The Demogorgon originates from the board game Dungeons & Dragons, which the main characters used as a source of inspiration to name and explain the strange happenings in Hawkins.
Development
- The Demogorgon featured in Dead by Daylight was modelled after the Demogorgon seen in a post-credit scene of the last episode of Stranger Things' Season 3, with Netflix providing the Developers with their model.
- The name Of the Abyss is a reference to Dungeons and Dragons - 5th Edition, since the Dungeons and Dragons character Demogorgon appears as an enemy in an adventure titled "Out of the Abyss".
- This connection is further cemented by the fact Dungeons & Dragons joined Dead By Daylight long after Stranger Things joined.
Terror Radius
- The Demogorgon was the first Killer to have had its Terror Radius changed twice.
(PTB Version 1)
(PTB Version 2)- Both versions were only used in the Public Test Build of Patch 3.2.0, with the first version having only been on the PTB for a single day, before it was replaced with the second version in 3.2.0a (PTB).
- The Demogorgon was also the first Killer to have had an entire layer of its Terror Radius changed completely at a later date.
Gallery
For more go to The Demogorgon's Gallery
In-game assets
The Demogorgon
The Demogorgon (Portrait render)
The Demogorgon (Background image)
Old assets
The Demogorgon's previous portrait
Official art
Promotional artwork for the Escaped Specimen Outfit
Promotional artwork for the Twisted Demogorgon Outfit
Promotional artwork for the Geo Mutation Outfit
Concept arts
'Twisted Demogorgon' Concept Art
