Obsession



''' is an integral Game Mechanic in '.

It was implemented with Patch 1.2.1 alongside the Perks of The and Laurie Strode, the first ones to use this new mechanic before it became part of every Trial.

Overview
The  Mechanic was a major part of the Perks brought into Dead by Daylight in CHAPTER II: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter, bringing with it a unique interplay of Killer and their designated .

The Obsession
The  mechanic designates a random Survivor as the Killer's . The  is marked by spider legs surrounding the 's icon in the Status HUD and announced by a global sound cue playing at the start of the Trial. The spider legs will wiggle from side-to-side whenever the  is in a Chase.

Each Trial uses the  Mechanic, assigning an equal base chance to each Survivor to become the Killer's . This base chance can be modified by Survivors, since their  Perks tend to come with a modifier that either increases or decreases the odds of their user to be chosen as the initial .

Chance and Modifiers
Every Unlockable stating that it changes the odds of becoming the Killer's  will have the same modifier of either  (increased odds) or  (decreased odds). However, due to how the  Mechanic works, having a Perk that increases the odds of becoming the Killer's  does  guarantee it being so, despite the common (here false) assumption that +100 % should be a guarantee.

Generally, it can be said that the more  Perks a Survivor uses (that increase the odds), the higher their chances are to be chosen as the Killer's initial  upon starting a Trial. However, it is still possible for someone not running any  Perks to be chosen instead, due to the base chance all Survivors have to be chosen as the , just less likely.

Unless the Killer or any of the Survivors use  Perks that designate a specific Survivor as the next  after a specific interaction occurs, the initially chosen  will remain the  for the remainder of a Trial. Death of the initial  does not automatically choose a new  to replace it.

Unlockables
If any Survivor or the Killer brings any of the following Unlockables, the  Mechanic is triggered for the Trial:

Patch 2.1.0

 * : the  Status is no longer hidden from the other Survivor until the 's death.

Patch 4.7.0

 * : each Trial will now feature an Obsession, regardless of the presence or absence of Obsession Perks.

Trivia

 * Even though some Perks trigger the  Mechanic, they do not necessarily benefit from it.
 * Up to Patch 3.2.0, there was no way to lower one's chance of being the .
 * Before Patch 4.7.0, was the only Obsession Unlockable that would not cause Dead by Daylight to chose a Survivor as the Killer's  at the start of the trial.

Besessenheit Obsesión Ossessione