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Lua error in mw.lua at line 143: bad argument #1 to 'time' (table expected, got boolean). CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things is the thirteenth Chapter DLC for Dead by Daylight, released on 17 September 2019, retracted on 17 November 2021, and re-enabled on 6 November 2023.


This DLC features the following content:

  • 1 Killer:
  • 2 Survivors:
  • 2 exclusive Cosmetic Pieces:
    • Scuffed Rolled Sleeves - Common Steve Harrington Torso
    • Torn Sweatshirt - Common Nancy Wheeler Torso


Description[]

The Stranger Things Chapter includes a new map, the Underground Complex, located below the Hawkins National Laboratory. The Demogorgon is the new untamable Killer. Against the Demogorgon stands not one, but two new Survivors: Nancy Wheeler, a tough aspiring journalist, and Steve Harrington, a former high school jock with a knack for finding trouble.

Killer: The Demogorgon[]

Main article: The Demogorgon


The Demogorgon's Info[]

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 bloodlust 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.

The Demogorgon's Power[]

This description is based on the changes announced for or featured in the upcoming Patch 7.6.0
"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.

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.

The Demogorgon's Perks[]

Cruel Limits Your ties to the otherworldly manifest when your prey attempts to get away.

Whenever a Generator is completed, Cruel Limits activates:

  • Blocks every Vault location on the Map for all Survivors for the next 20/25/30 seconds.
  • The Auras of the blocked Vault locations are highlighted to you in yellow.
"The specimen seems to be able to affect the state of nearby objects, as if they existed in some other form within a dimension alternate to our own." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Mindbreaker Your distressing presence drains and weakens your prey.

All Survivors repairing a Generator suffer from the following afflictions:

  • Incurs the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects for the duration of the Repair action.
    • If a Survivor was already suffering from Exhausted prior to Mindbreaker affecting them, the Status Effect's timer will be paused and not recover for the duration of the Repair action.
    • Both Status Effects linger for another 3/4/5 seconds after a Survivor stops repairing.
"The specimen's apparent telepathic ability can evoke feelings of dread and fatigue in nearby individuals." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Surge Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology.

Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with a Basic Attack, all Generators within 32 metres of your location instantly explode and start regressing.

  • Instantly regresses affected Generators by 6/7/8 %.
"The creature appears to have some unknown influence over electricity and nearby electronics." — Hawkins National Laboratory


Survivor: Nancy Wheeler[]

Main article: Nancy Wheeler


Nancy's Info[]

The Aspiring Journalist

Studious and rebellious, Nancy Wheeler is a stubborn investigator with an instinct for a good story. When her closest friend, Barb went missing, she did everything she could to unravel the truth and secure justice. A brilliant journalist, she chases stories and follows leads despite the inequality and chauvinism she encounters at the workplace. Pursuing a lead one evening, she fearlessly approaches the Hawkins National Laboratory before suddenly losing consciousness. A moment later she awakens in a strange misty realm with the sound of a familiar roar echoing through the air.

Nancy's Perks[]

Better Together You seek justice and uncover the truth no matter what obstacle stands in your way.
  • While repairing a Generator, its Aura is highlighted in yellow to all other Survivors within 32 metres.
  • Whenever the Killer downs a Survivor while you are repairing a Generator, the Auras of all other Survivors are revealed to you for 8/9/10 seconds.

"Let's burn that lab to the ground." — Nancy Wheeler

Fixated
This description is based on the changes announced for or featured in the upcoming Patch 7.3.3
When you have a goal in mind, there is no turning back; better to ask forgiveness than permission.
  • Increases your Walking speed by 10/15/20 %.
  • Unlocks the ability to see your own Scratch Marks.
"I wanna finish what we started. I want to kill it." — Nancy Wheeler
Inner Strength You look inwards and trust your instincts when you feel lost and alone.

Each time you cleanse a Totem, Inner Strength activates:

  • You are automatically healed 1 Health State while hiding inside a Locker for 10/9/8 seconds when injured or suffering from the Deep Wound Status Effect.
Inner Strength does not activate if you currently suffer from the Broken Status Effect.

"All this time I've been trying so hard to pretend like everything's fine, but it's not." — Nancy Wheeler

Nancy's Cosmetic Piece[]

Torn Sweatshirt - Crawling into the Upside Down has its ups and downs... like ripping your favourite sweater. Thankfully, you'll live.

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Icon Name Body Rarity Description DLC
Torn Sweatshirt Common Crawling into the Upside Down has its ups and downs... like ripping your favourite sweater. Thankfully, you'll live. CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things


Survivor: Steve Harrington[]

Main article: Steve Harrington


Steve's Info[]

The Former Jock

Popular and arrogant, yet compassionate, Steve Harrington is an unlikely mentor and leader. He often acts as a surrogate big brother to a younger boy named Dustin. He even helped him find his slimy inter-dimensional pet Demogorgon, D'Artagnan. His reputation as a protector grew and he soon became a sort of "babysitter" for a group of kids in Hawkins with a knack for messing around with strange and dangerous things. His courage is unmatched so that he was even able to fend off a Demogorgon when it threatened his friends. One evening he received a call for assistance from his friend Nancy Wheeler. He drove all the way to the Hawkins National Laboratory to see if she was okay. He searched the area but only found her notebook. Before he realised what was happening the ground opened up and a swirl of black mist filled his eyes. When he awakened he was in a strange place that seemed familiar but unfamiliar at the same time.

Steve's Perks[]

Babysitter
This description is based on the changes announced for or featured in the upcoming Patch 8.1.0
While you have a reputation for being self-centred, you risk it all to help those in need.

Whenever you unhook a Survivor, the Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 8 seconds, while the unhooked Survivor benefits from the following effects for 20/25/30 seconds instead:

"I promised to keep you shitheads safe, and that's exactly what I plan on doing." — Steve Harrington
Camaraderie Life has taught you the importance of friendship which has given you strength.

If you are hooked and enter the Struggle Phase, Camaraderie activates:

  • Pauses the Struggle Phase timer for 26/30/34 seconds as soon as any Survivor comes within 16 metres of your Hook.
"So, remember once you get in there... pretend like you don't care. There you go, you're learning my friend. You're learning." — Steve Harrington
Second Wind You have learnt to avoid awkward situations with parents.
Part of you still thinks your best option is to run away and hope things will take care of themselves.

When you heal another Survivor for the equivalent of 1 Health State, Second Wind activates:

  • The next time you are unhooked or unhook yourself, you suffer from the Broken Status Effect until Second Wind deactivates.
  • You are automatically healed 1 Health State after 28/24/20 seconds.
While Second Wind is active, the following conditions will deactivate it:
  • Successfully being healed by Second Wind.
  • Being put into the Dying State before the timer elapses.
Second Wind does not activate if you already suffer from the Broken Status Effect.

"Yeah, that's a no." — Steve Harrington

Steve's Cosmetic Piece[]

Scuffed Rolled Sleeves - A relaxed look that Steve wore in the halls of Hawkins High School.

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Icon Name Body Rarity Description DLC
Scuffed Rolled Sleeves Common A relaxed look that Steve wore in the halls of Hawkins High School. CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things


Chapter Retraction (2021-2023)[]

On 16 August 2021, one month short of two years after the Chapter was introduced to Dead by Daylight, the Developers had announced on their website that the Chapter would be leaving the Game three months later by 17 November 2021.

After that date, none of the Stranger Things content can be purchased anymore on any platform and there will be no new content made for the Chapter.
Any previously bought content will remain in the Game and usable, with Players continuing to be able to play with and against the Stranger Things characters in the Trials.

On 6 November 2023, almost two years after the Chapter left, it was announced that all of the content would be coming back to the game, including the map and the Character perks being exclusive again.


Trivia[]

  • This Chapter marked the first Chapter to feature two Survivors instead of just one.
  • This Chapter marked the first Chapter to leave Dead by Daylight in any form.
  • This Chapter was first teased after the official Netflix Twitter account posted a tweet during E3 2019 which told players to "watch out" for upcoming projects with different companies. Behaviour, the developers behind Dead By Daylight, was one of them. Link


Gallery[]


Trailers[]


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CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35
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