Pyramid Head — The Executioner
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| Name | Pyramid Head |
| Game Alias(es) | "Red Pyramid Thing" |
| Gender | Man |
| Origin | None (Creature, Manifestation of Guilt) |
| Realm | Silent Hill |
| Power | Rites of Judgement |
| Power Attack Type | Special Attack
(Trail Attacks) |
| Weapon | Great Knife |
Movement Speed   |
115 % | 4.6 m/s |
| Alternate Movement speed | 92 % | 3.68 m/s (Charging Torment Mode) 110 % | 4.4 m/s (Torment Mode) |
Terror Radius  |
32 metres |
Height   |
Tall |
| DLC | CHAPTER 16: Silent Hill |
| Voice Actor | Jean-Baptiste Garnier (BHVR) |
| Cost | 500 Auric Cells  
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| Breathing | |
| Menu Music | |
| Terror Radius Music | |
| CharID | K20 |
Pyramid Head or "The Executioner" is one of 39 Killers
currently featured in Dead by Daylight
.
He was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 16: Silent Hill, a Chapter DLC released on 16 June of 2020.
He originates from the video game franchise Silent Hill, specifically Silent Hill 2 (2001).
Overview
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Merciless and unforgiving, The Executioner brings his own form of twisted justice to The Fog, tormenting Survivors with hazards around the map. Hooks are an effective tool, but nothing punishes quite like a Cage of Torment. All hope will swiftly fade the moment Pyramid Head raises his mighty blade to deliver the Final Judgment. | 
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The Executioner is a map-manipulation Killer, able to torment Survivors with the hazards he creates.
Affected Survivors will be vulnerable to his special Hook, the Cage of Atonement and his special Mori, Final Judgement.
His personal Perks, Forced Penance
, Trail of Torment
, and Deathbound
, allow him to aggressively defend his prey while deceiving and tracking Survivors.
Difficulty Rating: Very Hard
(These Killers require a high amount of practice and understanding, inexperienced Players are likely to find little success when using them)
Lore
A sadistic and merciless executioner, Pyramid Head is fixated on dispensing punishment through pain.
Encumbered by the steel frame upon his head and with a hulking great blade in tow, he stalked the hellish corridors of Silent Hill, committed to a duty that no one truly understood. Where he trod, even monsters fled for the shadows, and those who crossed his path fell victim to unrestrained acts of aggression.
When his duty was complete and his presence no longer needed, he prepared for the long rest — and yet, his skills were required elsewhere. The Fog that streamed over him was somehow different than that he was accustomed to in Silent Hill, as if each wisp contained the nerves of a creature, writhing, seeking him out.
There was an unspoken agreement in that moment. The billowing cloud was an invitation to duty and sadism, and Pyramid Head, taking a step into The Fog, accepted his obligation once more.
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Unique Perks
The Executioner comes with 3 Perks
that are unique to him:
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Deathbound | "Those whose lives are intertwined in darkness are destined to suffer together."
Whenever a Survivor finishes healing another Survivor for the equivalent of 1 Health State
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Forced Penance | Those who stand in the way of duty will suffer harsh judgement. Survivors who take a Protection Hit suffer from the Broken |
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Trail of Torment | You guide your victims along a path of pain and punishment.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator
Trail of Torment has a cool-down of 60/45/30 seconds. |
Prestige
Prestiging The Executioner will automatically add Tier I of his 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 Executioner twice more to automatically add Tier II and Tier III respectively into the other Killers' inventories.
Weapon: Great Knife
The Great Knife is the Primary Weapon of The Executioner.
A massive chef's knife to reap affliction and misery from his victims.
Power: Rites of Judgement
"Open the Gates of Suffering and be judged! The Great Knife splits the ground, giving rise to an infernal construct and spreading agony to all who approach."
SPECIAL ABILITY: RITES OF JUDGEMENT
Press and hold the Power button while moving to carve a Torment Trail into the ground for up to 5 seconds:
- The Power Gauge pauses when standing still while carving.
SPECIAL AFFLICTION: TORMENT
Survivor walking or running over the Torment Trail suffer from the following effects:
- Triggers Killer Instinct for 3 seconds.
- Inflicts Torment.
Survivors can avoid these afflictions by crouching over the Torment Trail and completely remove Torment by being rescued or rescuing another Survivor from a Cage of Atonement
.
The Executioner can choose to send downed Tormented Survivors to a Cage of Atonement, instead of hooking them.
SPECIAL OBJECT: CAGE OF ATONEMENT
Press the Secondary Power button while standing over a downed Tormented Survivor to send them to a Cage of Atonement.
SPECIAL ATTACK: PUNISHMENT OF THE DAMNED
Press the Attack button during Rites of Judgement to unleash a wave of force in the form of an Attack Trail, damaging any Survivors in its path.
SPECIAL INTERACTION: FINAL JUDGEMENT
Press the Secondary Power button while standing over a downed Tormented Survivor that has reached the second Hook Stage to execute them on the spot, performing a Mini-Mori.
Power Trivia
Movement Speeds:
- Walking while charging Punishment of the Damned: 3.68 m/s
- Refers to the ranged attack.
- Walking while using Rites of Judgement: 4.4 m/s
- Refers to drawing Torment Trails.
- Walking (default): 4.6 m/s
Rites of Judgement / Torment Mode:
- Power Activation time: 1 second
- Power Cancellation time: 1 second
- Power Capacity: 5 Charges
- This refers to for how long The Executioner can draw a Torment Trails before the Power runs out and he needs to recharge it.
- Power Depletion rate: -1 c/s
- This results in a Depletion time of 5 seconds.
- Power Recharge rate: +0.25 c/s
- This results in a Recharge time of 20 seconds.
- Killer Instinct duration: 3 seconds
Cages of Atonement:
- Interaction time: 1 second
- Auto-relocation Trigger radius: 10 metres
- Auto-relocation Trigger timer: 3.5 seconds
- Auto-relocation Entity-Progression Cool-down duration: 10 seconds
Punishment of the Damned:
- Attack time (open-phase): 0.3 seconds
- Attack time (hitting-phase): 0.6 seconds
- Attack Cool-down time: 2.25 seconds
- Post-hit Immunity buffer: 1 second
- This aims to prevent Survivors from being hit multiple times by the same attack.
- Trail length: 8 metres
- Initiation Power Gauge penalty: -20 %
- This penalty prevents The Executioner from spamming his attack, forcing him to wait for the Power Gauge to fully recharge first.
Torment Trail:
The Torment Trail consists of individual pieces spawned in the environment.
There is a limit to how many can coexist at the same time.
If The Executioner continues to draw new Trails past that limit, the oldest elements in the environment will be recycled.
- Spawn-limit of regular Torment Trail elements: 100
- Spawn-limit of restricted Torment Trail elements: 25
- Restricted Torment Trails are those drawn too close to certain Props (see "Restricted Trail Zones" below), which have a much shorter life-time.
- Spawn-distance between Torment Trail elements: 0.8 metres
- Aura-reveal range of Torment Trail elements: 32 metres
- Life-time of regular Torment Trail elements: 75 seconds
- Life-time of restricted Torment Trail elements: 3 seconds
Restricted Trail Zones:
Torment Trail elements drawn in these zones are marked as restricted and will de-spawn within just a few seconds.
- Generators and Hooks: 4 metres
- Exit Gate Switch and Hatch: 3 metres
- Both the Basement
and any staircase in the environment are restricted zones entirely.
Add-ons for Rites of Judgement
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Black Strap | A nylon strap that was used to restrain a victim to a metal frame. The colour makes it difficult to see the blood-soaked into it.
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Copper Ring | Found in the basement of Brookhaven Hospital. It's engraved with a picture of a spider.
"I was locked up inside the basement's basement. It was so small and dark, and I was so afraid. I dropped my precious ring. But I'll never ever go back there." |
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Dead Butterfly | A butterfly found on a bed at Wood Side Apartments. It's frail and nearly falls apart when touched.
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Lead Ring | Found in a refrigerator. It's engraved with a disgusting, bloated face.
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Cinderella Music Box | A music box with a figure from the fairy tale Cinderella, found inside a suitcase adorned with stickers from multiple destinations.
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Forgotten Videotape | A videotape of two lovers vacationing in Silent Hill. Despite its sentimental value, it was left behind in the Lakeview Hotel.
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Leopard-Print Fabric | A shred of pink, leopard-print fabric. It's difficult to tell what it was used for.
"It doesn't matter who I am. I'm here for you, James." — Maria |
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Spearhead | The sharp, rusted tip of a spear. It is flaked with blood from its last victim.
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Wax Doll | A doll carved from wax, handcrafted by a prisoner who would soon face their judgement.
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Burning Man Painting | A diagram of the Lakeview Hotel. Red flames are painted over this place of guilt.
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Mannequin Foot | The smooth grey foot of a mannequin, brutally torn from its leg.
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Misty Day, Remains of Judgement | A painting of an imposing figure wearing a steel pyramid atop his head. Victims are caged in the background.
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Tablet of the Oppressor | A metal tablet engraved with Aztec figures.
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Valtiel Sect Photograph | A photograph of two figures in red hoods. Entitled Crimson and White Banquet for the Gods.
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Crimson Ceremony Book | A book about an ancient god. Author unknown.
"Speak! I am the Crimson One! The lies and the mist are not they, but I!" |
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Lost Memories Book | A book about the history and legends of Silent Hill and the surrounding area.
"They called this place 'The Place of the Silent Spirits'." |
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Rust-Coloured Egg | An old-looking egg, coloured reddish orange, about the size of a quail's egg.
"James... you made me happy." — Maria |
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Scarlet Egg | A fresh egg, strikingly red in colour, about the size of a quail's egg.
"I've never been so scared in my whole life! You couldn't care less about me... could you?" — Maria |
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Iridescent Seal of Metatron | A talisman with an odd design inscribed on it. The Entity's influence seems to have altered it.
"This magic square, with strong protective and dispelling properties, is called the 'Virun VII Crest' or the 'Seal of Metatron'." |
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Obsidian Goblet | An ancient looking goblet carved from pure obsidian.
"Forgive me for waking you. But without you, I just can't go on." — James Sunderland |
Achievements
There are 2 Achievements related to The Executioner:
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Adept Executioner | Playing as The Executioner, achieve a Merciless Victory using only his 3 Unique Perks: Forced Penance, Trail of Torment, and Deathbound |
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Cleansed in Agony | Playing as The Executioner   , send Survivors to a Cage of Atonement a total of 30 times.
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Cosmetic Options
Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise The Executioner:
Base Cosmetics
Default
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description |
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Pyramid Head | 
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Common | A manifestation of guilt, this punishing force took shape in the nightmares of the tormented. |
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Butcher's Apron | 
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Common | Born from the unhinged minds of his victims tormented by guilt. |
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Great Knife | 
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Common | A massive chief's knife to reap affliction and misery from his victims. |
Prestige
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Additional Notes |
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Blood-Soaked Pyramid Head |
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Rare | A manifestation of guilt, this punishing force took shape in Cheryl's dreams and tormented her with nightmarish visions of gore. | Prestige Level 6 Reward |
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Gory Butcher's Apron |
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Rare | Born from the unhinged minds of his victims that he tormented with brutal and sanguinary methods. | Prestige Level 5 Reward |
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Bloodthirsty Great Knife |
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Rare | A massive, bloodstained chef's knife to reap affliction and misery from his victims. | 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. | ||
In-Game Store
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Straight from the fiery forge, an inferno of cruelty and malice rages.
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A red-hot slab of metal burning endlessly at extreme temperatures. Pain is atonement.
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Fiery rage courses through his veins, scorching his vestments and peeling skin from muscle.
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A searing blade that lights the night, warning of the blistering pain to come.
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The putrid serum took hold of the creature born from a dark wish, rotting with putrid ways to punish the guilty.
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A vile mass of fetid secretions, festering in his entrails.
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A massive knife dripping with sour, rotting matter.
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Born from a dark wish, his purpose was to find and punish the guilty.
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A venous head pulsating with the will to execute the guilty consciousness of his victims.
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He pierced his victims' psyche, wearing shredded leather and barbed wire.
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A massive chef's knife wielded to reap torment from guilty victims.
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DLC
The Executioner is part of 1 DLC:
Change Log
Patch 4.0.2
- Nerf: disabled The Executioner's ability to see Survivors inside of a Cage of Atonement.
- QoL: added a system that relocates Survivors inside of a Cage of Atonement should The Executioner stand within a 5 metres radius of the Survivor.
- This system was to prevent camping a Survivor in a Cage, as hook-related Perks and their effects did not benefit Survivors being rescued from a Cage of Atonement.
- QoL: relocated Survivors will have their Sacrifice progress paused during the relocation process and for a few seconds after relocating.
Patch 4.3.0
- Nerf: cancelling Rites of Judgement now applies the same slow-down for the same duration as activating it (3.68 m/s for 1 second).
- During this time, The Executioner is also prevented from initiating a Basic Attack.
- Buff: reduced the cool-down after using Punishment of the Damned to 2.25 seconds from 2.75 seconds.
Patch 6.6.0
- QoL: removed the HUD elements when performing The Final Judgment to allow for a more cinematic experience when killing Survivors this way.
Patch 7.1.0
- Nerf: increased the required range of the relocation mechanic for Caged Survivors to 10 metres.
Patch 8.1.0
- Indirect Buff: significantly reduced the time it takes to send Survivors to a Cage of Atonement.
- This change coincides with the introduction of the Cage of Corruption exclusive to 2v8, which functions identically to the Cage of Atonement.
Trivia
- The Executioner was the thirteenth licensed Character to be introduced to Dead by Daylight.
- He is also the first video game licensed killer.
- The Executioner was the second non-human Killer featured in Dead by Daylight, being a physical manifestation of James Sunderland's guilt.
- The Executioner was the fifth Killer to have a special chase music.
- Cages of Atonement are internally referred to as "Deathbeds".
- The Executioner is the tallest Killer in the game based on absolute model-height.
- The Executioner possesses an unused model of a tongue in the Game Files.
- The Executioner's tongue originally appears in Silent Hill 2, when he grabs James Sunderland by the throat in a boss fight.
- The Executioner's creator, Masahiro Ito, explained that it "[s]trictly speaking [is] something like a tongue.
[He] used [the] word tongue for [the sake of] convenience.
There is no way the helmet is his actual head.
Also, the bottom left of the front plate of Pyramid Head's helmet is turned up."[1]
- Unlike all other Killers and due to the size of his head, The Executioner does not have any animations for looking upwards or down at the ground. Instead, the position of his left hand shows whether he is looking up or down.
- The Executioner is the first and only Killer to receive a Power that affects a Survivor's Sacrifice Process.
- The Executioner is one of just a few Killers with the base-kit ability to kill Survivors using his Power.
Mori
- The Executioner, in a technical sense, was the third Killer to have two Memento Mori animations.
- The Executioner was the first Killer with two entirely different Moris.
- The Executioner's default Mori features him lifting a Survivor up with his right hand, then wrapping them in barbed wire and twisted steel before finally piercing them with his Great Knife.
- The Executioner's Final Judgement features him simply cutting the Survivor in half lengthwise with his Great Knife with an overhead swing.
- The Executioner was the first Killer with a Mini-Mori ability.
- The Executioner's default Mori appears to be partially inspired by a kill animation in Silent Hill 2, where he grabs James Sunderland by the throat in a boss fight.
Voice Actor
- The Executioner is voiced by Jean-Baptiste Garnier, who at that time worked as the Senior Sound Designer on the Game.
Gallery
In-game assets
The Executioner
The Executioner (Portrait render)
The Executioner (Background image)
Official art
Edited lighting
Models
Side view of the tongue
3/4 view of the tongue
Close-up of the tongue
Others
Pyramid Head as he appears in Silent Hill 2, with tongue
