Albert Wesker — The Mastermind
| The Mastermind | |
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| Name | Albert Wesker |
| Gender | Man |
| Origin | American |
| Power | Virulent Bound |
| Power Attack Type | Special Attack
(Bound Attacks) |
| Weapon | Combat Knife |
Movement Speed   |
115 % | 4.6 m/s |
Terror Radius  |
40 metres |
Height   |
Average |
| DLC | CHAPTER 25: Resident Evil™: PROJECT W |
| Voice Actor | Connor Fogarty (The Monster Factory) |
| Cost | 500 Auric Cells  
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| Menu Music | |
| Terror Radius Music | |
| CharID | K29 |
Albert Wesker or "The Mastermind" is one of 38 Killers
currently featured in Dead by Daylight
.
He was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 25: Resident Evil™: PROJECT W, a Chapter DLC released on 30 August 2022.
He originates from the video game franchise Resident Evil, specifically Resident Evil 5 (2009).
Overview
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A visionary as brilliant as he is ruthless, Albert Wesker’s strategic mind is unrivalled. While some plans require intellect, others call for brute force. Rush forward to seize Survivors in your grasp and give them the gift of Uroboros – a necessary step on the path to evolution. | 
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Albert Wesker is a brilliant and ruthless mastermind infused with the Power of Uroboros.
His personal Perks, Superior Anatomy
, Awakened Awareness
, and Terminus
, allow him to vault faster, see other Survivors' Auras while carrying one, and cause Survivors to be permanently Broken when the Exit Gates are powered.
Difficulty Rating: Moderate
(These Killers require the Player to be comfortable with the basics of the role, though they share common mechanics with easier ones)
Lore
Albert Wesker was a high-ranking official in the Umbrella Corporation. While he made great strides with Umbrella, his ambition drove him to betray the corporation. Believing himself the best test subject, he exposed himself to the Prototype virus. Now with superhuman strength, Wesker faked his death and went underground with a new plan: expose the world to Uroboros, a biological weapon that would eliminate the weak and leave only the strong.
Wesker began to put his plan to action in Africa but was confronted by members of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance at a hangar stocked with missiles carrying Uroboros. Determined to be at the vanguard of evolution, he once again made himself a test subject. Exposing himself to Uroboros, he began to evolve in ways he could have never imagined. But as he felt his cells change, a strange black fog seeped into the hangar and filled his vision. When the fog finally dissipated, he found himself in another world surrounded by lesser beings that deserved to be put out of their misery.
Load-out
Unique Perks
The Mastermind comes with 3 Perks
that are unique to him:
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Awakened Awareness | Your genes have been altered to heighten your senses in intense situations.While carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effect:
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Superior Anatomy | Decades of research have culminated in you: something faster, stronger, and more dangerous than any human.
Whenever a Survivor performs a Rushed Vault within 8 metres of your location, Superior Anatomy activates:
Superior Anatomy has a cool-down of 30 seconds. |
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Terminus | You are a brilliant tactician who prepares for every eventuality.
Once the Exit Gates
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Prestige
Prestiging The Mastermind 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 Mastermind twice more to automatically add Tier II and Tier III respectively into the other Killers' inventories.
Weapon: Combat Knife
The Combat Knife is the Primary Weapon of The Mastermind.
A vicious blade with a serrated edge to aid in tearing up his opponents.
Power: Virulent Bound
"The Mastermind can barrel forwards, infecting Survivors with the Uroboros Virus or leaping over obstacles."
SPECIAL ABILITY: VIRULENT BOUND
The Mastermind starts the Trial with 2 Tokens.
SPECIAL ATTACK: BOUND ATTACK
Press and hold the Power button to charge Virulent Bound, reducing his Movement speed to 3.68 m/s while he prepares to strike.
Press the Attack button to initiate a Bound Attack, consuming -1 Token, or release the Power button to cancel it.
Press the Attack button again during the Chain Bound Window of 2 seconds to initiate a second, longer Bound Attack, if there is still a Token available:
- Increases his Movement speed to 14 m/s during a Bound Attack.
- The first Bound lasts for 0.5 seconds.
- The second Bound lasts for 1 second.
SPECIAL INTERACTION: SURVIVOR COLLISION
Colliding with a Survivor at any point during a Bound Attack has multiple possible effects and interactions, which depend on the Survivor's current states regarding their health, infection, and interaction:
- If the Survivor is interacting with a Prop or another Survivor, or is protected from entering the Dying State
by a third-party effect, The Mastermind attacks them with a quick swipe of his tentacles:
- Uninfected Survivors become infected with Uroboros and receive damage.
- Infected Survivors receive damage.
- Critically Infected Survivors receive double damage and are downed, unless they are protected.
- If the Survivor is not interacting with a Prop or another Survivor, The Mastermind grabs them with his tentacles and continues travelling the remaining distance of his Bound Attack.
- If he collides with an obstacle before ending the Bound Attack, either of the following applies:
- Uninfected Survivors become infected with Uroboros and receive damage.
- Infected Survivors receive damage, after which injured Survivors are released and dying Survivors are hoisted onto his shoulder.
- Critically Infected Survivors receive double damage and are hoisted onto his shoulder.
- If he does not collide with an obstacle before ending the Bound Attack, he throws the Survivor in a straight line, after which either of the following applies:
- Uninfected Survivors become infected with Uroboros and receive damage, if they collide with an obstacle during the throw, after which they are released.
- Infected Survivors receive damage, if they collide with an obstacle during the throw, after which injured Survivors are released and dying Survivors are downed.
- Critically Infected Survivors receive double damage, if they collide with an obstacle during the throw, after which they are downed.
- If he collides with an obstacle before ending the Bound Attack, either of the following applies:
- In any case, the Exit Gates
are blocked to the Survivor for the duration of the Bound Attack.
- This effect lingers for 5 seconds after they are released.
SPECIAL INTERACTION: VIRULENT VAULT
Colliding with a dropped Pallet
or a Window
during a Bound Attack causes The Mastermind to automatically vault over it.
SPECIAL AFFLICTION: UROBOROS INFECTION
Uroboros grows in strength over time, which is indicated with an Infection Meter on the Survivor Portraits in the HUD:
- Both Uninfected Survivors and Infected Survivors gain +20 Charges upon colliding with The Mastermind during a Bound Attack.
- Infected Survivors passively gain +0.8 c/s at all times, unless they are hooked or downed.
Being hooked resets the Infection Meter to 1 Charge.
Once the Infection Meter is full at 100 Charges, Infected Survivors become Critically Infected:
- Causes them to suffer from a permanent -4 % Hindered
Status Effect.
SPECIAL ITEM: FIRST AID SPRAY
Survivors can cure themselves or other Survivors from Uroboros by locating a Supply Case
and searching it for a First Aid Spray
:
- A total of 6 Supply Cases spawn in random locations in the environment.
- The Auras of Supply Cases are revealed to Infected Survivors at all times.
- Each Supply Case contains 1 First Aid Spray with 2 uses.
- Using the First Aid Spray triggers Killer Instinct for 4 seconds.
Power Trivia
Movement Speeds:
- Walking in the Chain Bound Window: 2.76 m/s
- Charging Virulent Bound: 3.68 m/s
- Walking: 4.6 m/s
- Performing a Virulent Bound: 14 m/s
Bound:
- Power Charge time: 1.5 seconds
- Power Recharge time: 5.5 seconds per Charge
- Reduced Power Recharge Time bonus for each Infected Survivor: -0.5 seconds
- Minimum Bound distance: 1 metre
- Below this threshold, a Bound will not be initiated.
- Chain Bound Window duration: 2 seconds
- This refers to for how long after a first Bound, a second one can be initiated.
- Bound Survivor-Grab duration: 0.86 seconds
Bound Durations:
- First Bound duration: 0.5 seconds
- Second Bound duration: 1 second
- This Bound is also referred to as the Chain Bound, since The Mastermind can chain it to the first Bound.
Bound Ranges:
The Mastermind's Bounds do not have a fixed range, only their individual durations and their shared Movement speeds are defined in code.
Due to this and the Bounds having acceleration curves, an exact calculation of their range is not possible without in-depth developer-knowledge, only approximations.
- The first Bound has an approximate range of 7 metres (the actual range is shorter due to acceleration).
- The second Bound has an approximate range of 14 metres (the actual range is shorter due to acceleration).
Bound Camera Modifiers:
- Yaw multiplier: x1
- Yaw refers to left-right movement of the camera.
- Yaw limit: 140 °
- Pitch multiplier: x1
- Pitch refers to up-down movement of the camera.
Infection:
- Maximum Infection level: 100 Charges
- If a Survivor reaches this level, they will enter Critical Infection and receive the Hindered Status Effect.
- Passive Infection gain : 0.8 Charges per second
- Initial Infection level: 20 Charges
- This refers to the amount of Infection a Survivor receives when they first become infected.
- Infection Incubation threshold: 20 Charges
- Below this threshold, the Infection is essentially non-existent.
The HUD icon and Passive Infection gain only start appearing / taking effect once the threshold is reached.
- Below this threshold, the Infection is essentially non-existent.
- Infection Penalty when grabbed while already infected: +20 Charges
- Infection Removal Killer Instinct duration: 4 seconds
- Infection Removal Interaction duration: 5 seconds
- Infection Healing multiplier: x1 (base used for Add-ons)
Cool-downs:
- Bound Cancellation cool-down: 1.5 seconds
- Bound cool-downs:
- Vaulting an obstacle: 1.5 seconds
- Slamming into a Breakable Wall or Pallet: 2 seconds
- Letting the Chain Bound Window elapse: 3 seconds
- Dropping from a ledge: 3 seconds
- Completion with or without hitting a Survivor: 3 seconds
- Completion with throwing a Survivor: 5 seconds
Collision Detection:
- This refers to the Collision Boxes used to detect environmental objects or Survivors during a Bound
- Horizontal angle: ±10 °
- Vertical angle: ±20 °
- Size for Environmental-Object Detection: 20 centimetres
- Size for Survivor-Grab Detection: 30 centimetres
Throw:
- Throw duration: 0.6 seconds
- Throw Damage distance: 0.75 metres
- If a Survivor is thrown into an obstacle within that distance, they receive damage and are immobilised.
- Throw Movement Block duration: 1.9 seconds
- This refers to how long after being thrown, Survivors are unable to move for.
Add-ons for Virulent Bound
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Jewel Beetle | A beautiful and valuable insect. While difficult to capture, it is worth a pretty penny.
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R.P.D. Shoulder Walkie | Without the ability to communicate, the cops of Raccoon City are isolated and don’t stand a chance.
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Unicorn Medallion | An old medallion depicting a majestic unicorn. It was placed in storage for years.
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Uroboros Tendril | The result of decades of Bio Organic Weapon research. It will not rest until it has swallowed the entire world.
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Bullhorn | The commands screamed into this device riled up some and disoriented others.
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Chalice (Gold) | A chalice of pure gold used to celebrate the summer solstice.
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Leather Gloves | Gloves of a cold, calculating schemer. They impart an air of icy professionalism.
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Lion Medallion | An old medallion depicting a brave lion. It was made when the Raccoon Police Station was still an art museum.
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Loose Crank | To the person whose only tool is a crank, the whole world looks like a crank-shaped hole.
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Egg (Gold) | A highly coveted foodstuff. The cash worth is second only to its regenerative effects.
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Maiden Medallion | A medallion depicting a beautiful maiden. Its purpose was unknown for many years.
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Portable Safe | A small container that requires a complicated combination to unlock.
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Red Herb | Acts as a reagent that strengthens the effect of that with which it is combined.
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Video Conference Device | Many intricate conspiracies were orchestrated on devices just like this one.
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Dark Sunglasses | Glasses enhanced with AR that grant the wearer an invaluable advantage on the battlefield.
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Green Herb | A common plant, usually known for its restorative properties.
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Helicopter Stick | Debris from a helicopter crash. Few jobs are more dangerous than a helicopter pilot's when Wesker is involved.
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Uroboros Virus | For some, the strength and resistance was worth the trade-off.
"The balance of the world is changing… and you're completely oblivious to it." — Ricardo Irving |
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Iridescent Uroboros Vial | The perfect bio-weapon. Decades of research have led to this.
"The entire world will be infected. A new Genesis is at hand and I will be the creator!" — Albert Wesker |
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Lab Photo | Wesker was as much a researcher as he was a guinea pig for Umbrella's bio-weapons.
"Only a handful of humans truly matter. Everyone else is just so much chaff. So now I have to separate this chaff from the wheat." — Albert Wesker |
Achievements
There are 2 Achievements related to The Mastermind:
| Icon | Name | Description |
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Adept Mastermind | Playing as The Mastermind, achieve a Merciless Victory using only his 3 Unique Perks: Superior Anatomy, Awakened Awareness, and Terminus |
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Collision Course | Playing as The Mastermind   , slam one Survivor into another Survivor a total of 10 times.
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Cosmetic Options
Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise The Mastermind:
Default
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description |
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The Mastermind | 
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Common | A brilliant and driven scientist intent on taking humanity to the next level. |
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Intimidating Jacket | 
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Common | Clad head to toe in all-black leather, he cuts an intimidating silhouette. |
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Combat Knife | 
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Common | A vicious blade with a serrated edge to aid in tearing up his opponents. |
Prestige
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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The Bloody Mastermind |
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Rare | A bloody and driven scientist hellbent on taking humanity to the next level. | Prestige Level 6 Reward |
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Contaminated Jacket |
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Rare | Clad head to toe in all-black, bloody leather, he cuts a terrifying silhouette. | Prestige Level 5 Reward |
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Soiled Knife |
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Rare | A bloodied blade with a serrated edge that has torn up his opponents. | 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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His time leading a S.T.A.R.S. team was really a cover for more underhanded motivations.
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His eyes glow red with power granted him from the virus.
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He dressed the part, and inspired trust. That trust, however, was misplaced.
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A wicked blade, different from those used by the rest of S.T.A.R.S.
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He maintained constant communication with his agents while they were in the field.
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He watched the screen from behind his sunglasses, watching his plans come together.
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He never lost his cool, even when he learned he'd been betrayed.
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Whatever happened, he knew the age of man was coming to an end.
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Nobody could predict the complex interactions that would occur between the serum and Uroboros, but that didn’t stop him from testing it on himself.
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His slick, clean-cut hair belied a dangerous mind.
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An ichorous substance pulsed and grew upon his body, pressing through his clothes.
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Its blade glowed with a power he had never before seen.
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DLC
The Mastermind is part of '1 DLC:
Change Log
Patch 6.2.1
- Buff: increased the Survivor-Collision detection during a Bound Attack from 20 centimetres to 30 centimetres.
- This change was motivated by negative Community Feedback towards the Developers having reduced the size for the release of 6.2.0 from originally 40 centimetres on the 6.2.0 PTB.
The size of the Collision Box for environmental objects, however, remained the same after a reduction from originally 45 centimetres on the 6.2.0 PTB, which benefits The Mastermind.
- This change was motivated by negative Community Feedback towards the Developers having reduced the size for the release of 6.2.0 from originally 40 centimetres on the 6.2.0 PTB.
Patch 7.0.1
- Undocumented Quality of Life: added collision to The Mastermind after he has completely vaulted a Pallet.
- This change was motivated by his lack of collision at the end of the vaulting animation, allowing Survivors to clip through him enough to vault the Pallet while he is locked in the animation unable to do anything.
Patch 7.1.2
- Undocumented Quality of Life: updated and improved the hit validation when performing Virulent Bound on Survivors performing rushed actions or unhooking Survivors.
- This change was motivated by inconsistencies with The Mastermind being able to grab Survivors with Virulent Bound from various actions that he was not intended to do.
Patch 8.0.0
- Nerf: reduced the Movement Speed penalty experienced by Critically Infected Survivors from -8 % to -4 %.
- Nerf: reduced the maximum Infection Progression a Survivor can have when hooked from 50 % to 1 %.
Patch 8.4.0
- Buff: reduced the Power Recovery time from 6 seconds to 5.5 seconds.
Trivia
- The Mastermind is one of the most normal-looking Killers in Dead by Daylight, with no initially visible physical alterations to him other than his glowing eyes, which he hides behind his sunglasses most of the time.
- The Mastermind was the first Killer with a Power that allows him to immediately grab Survivors that is separate from a basic grab.
- The Mastermind was the first Killer with the ability to throw Survivors as a means of damaging them.
- Up until Patch 8.6.0, The Mastermind was the only killer with a Terror Radius of 40 metres.
- The Mastermind was the first Killer to be referred to by his real name in the Killer Selection Menu rather than by a descriptive type or his Killer alias.
- The Mastermind and The Nemesis are the first and currently only licensed killers to be added in the 2v8 game mode.
Animations & Model
- The Mastermind's running animation is a reference to Wesker's running dash attack from Resident Evil 5.
- The way The Mastermind swings his knife is a reference to the way the characters swing their knife in Resident Evil games.
- The Mastermind's default knife is the knife he uses when he is playable in the mercenaries mode of Resident Evil 5.
- The Mastermind's Mori is a reference to both the first confrontation between Chris Redfield and himself in Resident Evil CODE: Veronica, and Excella Gionne's death in Resident Evil 5.
- When stunned, The Mastermind's glasses may fall off, resulting in him pulling out another pair from his coat.
- The Mastermind's pose in his bio is a reference to one of his artwork from Teppen', which also originated from The Mastermind's render from Resident Evil 5.
- The same pose from Teppen appears in one of The Mastermind's menu animations.
Skins
- All of Wesker's skins with the exception of Blighted outfit is based off his appearances through the franchise
- The Albert Wesker (S.T.A.R.S) is based off his design from Resident Evil (2002) .
- This skin shares the same knife as HUNK with The Mastermind's being more dirtier and bloodier.
- New Dawn is based off his design from Resident Evil 4 (2023).
- This skin's description references the events of Resident Evil 4 (2023) and its DLC Separate Ways, with Ada Wong betraying him, by taking the dominant Plaga parasite contained within the Amber away from him.
- The knife wielded in this skin belongs to Jack Krauser.
Lore
- Wesker was taken by the The Entity during the final level of Resident Evil 5.
- According to his Blighted Wesker Cosmetic, The Mastermind is the only Killer to inject the Blight Serum into himself, as opposed to The Blight administering them.
Voice Actor
- Despite some initial beliefs and theories pointing to Albert Wesker's original voice actor from ten Resident Evil games, D.C. Douglas, reprising his role for Dead by Daylight, he himself confirmed that someone else stepped into his shoes for Dead by Daylight, and wished the new voice actor best of luck taking on the role of Albert Wesker.
- It was ultimately revealed that actor and voice actor Connor Fogarty had taken on the role of voicing Albert Wesker for Dead by Daylight in collaboration with The Monster Factory Inc.
Voice-Lines
- The Mastermind was the third Killer in the Game to actively speak in Trials.
- All of his voice lines originate from Resident Evil 5.
- Keeping with their infamous rivalry, The Mastermind has special voice lines when interacting with Chris Redfield.
| Action | Voice Line | Audio |
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| Using Virulent Bound. | "Playtime is over." | |
| "Is that all you have?" | ||
| "I expected more from you." | ||
| "Do you actually think you can defeat me?" | ||
| Downing Survivors. | "Poor performance indeed." | |
| "You disappoint me. Is that the best you've got?" | ||
| "Too bad you won't make it much further." | ||
| Survivor escaping from his grasp. | "You've really become quite an inconvenience for me." | |
| "This isn't over, Chris." (Chris Redfield only) | ||
| Grabbing a Survivor. | "Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you." | |
| "I'll see you dead!" | ||
| Hooking a Survivor. | "I'm just getting started." | |
| "I tire of wasting my time with you." | ||
| "You will not live to see the dawn!" | ||
| "I expected more of a challenge." | ||
| "Farewell, old friend!" (Chris Redfield only) | ||
| Grabbing a Survivor. | "Your feeble attempts only delay the inevitable. | |
| Finding a Survivor in a Locker. | "There's no point in hiding." | |
| "You can't hide forever!" | ||
| Using a Memento Mori. | "Let's finish this." | |
| "Time to die, Chris." (Chris Redfield only) | ||
| Getting stunned by Survivors. | "You'll pay for that!" | |
| "Just accept your fate." | ||
| "You're merely postponing the inevitable!" | ||
| "Are you trying to make me angry?" | ||
| Once all Survivors are infected (triggers the Global Saturation Score Event). | "I shall release Uroboros!" |
Gallery
In-game assets
The Mastermind
The Mastermind (Portrait render)
The Mastermind (Background image)
D.C. Douglas confirming on Instagram that he is not reprising his role for Dead by Daylight.
