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The Onryō
K27 charSelect portrait
Name Sadako Yamamura
Game Alias(es) "山村 貞子"
Gender Woman (Intersex)
Origin Japanese
Power Deluge of Fear
Power Attack Type Basic Attack
Weapon Ring of Fury
Movement SpeedIconHelp movementSpeed 115 % | 4.6 m/s
Terror RadiusIconHelp terrorRadius 24 metres
Lullaby Radius 24 metres (Otherworld)
Height IconHelp height Short
DLC CHAPTER 23: Sadako Rising
Voice Actor None
Cost 500 Auric CellsIconCurrency auricCells
Menu Music
Terror Radius Music
Lullaby

Sadako Yamamura (Japanese: 山村 貞子) or "The Onryō" is one of 35 KillersIconHelpLoading killer currently featured in Dead by DaylightIconHelp DBDlogo.

She was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 23: Sadako Rising, a Chapter DLC released on 8 March 2022.

She originates from the 1991 Horror Novel franchise, Ring (Japanese: リング, Ringu).


Overview

New Store Onryo
Quotes left Capable of condemning Survivors to death through a powerful cursed videotape, Sadako’s wrath is inevitable. Her presence conjures several televisions, through which she can teleport and emerge with malevolent purpose. The fleeting glimpse of her approach ensures that a chilling fate is not far behind. Quotes right

The Onryō is a vengeful ghost imbued with the power of Nensha, The Onryō is able to silently and invisibly traverse the Realm, manifesting when she is ready to strike.

Her personal Perks, Scourge Hook: Floods of RageIconPerks scourgeHookFloodsOfRage, Call of BrineIconPerks callOfBrine, and Merciless StormIconPerks mercilessStorm, allow her to expose hidden Survivors, survey Generators, and hamper Repair progress.

Difficulty Rating: Hard

(These Killers use mechanics that are specific to them and require more practice to be effective)


Lore

Onryo Lore1

A powerful and lethal onryō, Sadako Yamamura was the daughter of a famed seer from Izu Oshima, Japan.

Her mother left many questions unanswered. In her hometown, sailors disliked the way her mother would spend days on the beach, her eyes fixed on the foaming waves of the sea. Some said, frolic in brine, goblins be thine--if you keep playing in the water, the monster will come for you.

Nine months later, Sadako was born. As a child, her immense powers seemed impossible to control and flared in anger. This became apparent when she was unable to control her rage during a public demonstration of her mother’s powers. When a journalist called her mother a fraud, Sadako’s powers surged, and the journalist collapsed on the floor, struck dead.

Then everything went wrong. Her mother passed away and shortly after Sadako was lured to an old, crumbling well. As she leaned over the rim, a long shadow fell over her. She turned and a sudden jolt of pain hit her over the head, cracking it open. Her vision dimmed and her mind swirled into unconsciousness. She felt two hands pushing her over the rim.

Pain exploded in her skull as she hit the cold ground. A grinding noise came from above and the well darkened, all light obscured like a midday eclipse.

Every inch of her body screamed in pain. Looking up, she saw the only way out. She dug her nails into the muddy ground and slowly crawled toward the cobbled wall. She gripped the stones to climb but had neither hold nor strength. Each time she clawed up a few inches, her nails slid against the wet wall and she slipped down. Her fingers gushed with blood as the coarse cobblestone tore off her nails and lacerated the flesh underneath. And yet she tried, again and again.

Decades later, the meadow became a resort, and a log cabin was built above the well. When a visitor rented the cabin, Sadako found an opportunity for revenge. She summoned all her nensha power and projected a terrible curse on a videotape that killed its viewer after seven days.

Her wrath was like the tides of a stormy sea, violent and unforgiving. As she plunged into a fury, a dark fog coiled at her feet. The sound of crashing waves echoed through the old stone well.

Suddenly, a tidal surge came crashing down on the cabin's walls, wrecking its logs into a torrent of mud and filth. The black current flooded the well underneath and swallowed Sadako at once.

When she opened her eyes, she stood on a desolate beach facing a vast, stormy ocean. A thick, black fog caressed the water's surface.

Sadako walked into a coming wave and slowly disappeared into the opaque fog.


Load-out

Unique Perks

The Onryō comes with 3 PerksIconHelp perks that are unique to her:

IconPerks callOfBrine
Call of Brine Your psychic abilities influence technology in devastating ways.

After performing the Damage Generator Action on a GeneratorIconHelpLoading generators, Call of Brine activates for 60 seconds.

  • The damaged Generator regresses at 115/120/125 % of the normal Regression speed and its AuraIconHelp auras is highlighted to you in yellow.
  • Receive a Loud Noise Notification each time a Survivor hits a Good Skill CheckIconHelp skillChecks on the affected Generator.


IconPerks mercilessStorm
Merciless Storm Your horrible trauma is felt by everyone.
  • Whenever a GeneratorIconHelpLoading generators is repaired to 90 %, Survivors repairing it are faced with continuous Skill ChecksIconHelp skillChecks.
  • If they miss one or stop repairing, the Generator becomes blocked for 16/18/20 seconds.

Merciless Storm can only trigger once per Generator per Trial.

IconPerks scourgeHookFloodsOfRage
Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage You form a psychic connection with The EntityIconHelp entity and alter the rules of the Trial.

At the start of the Trial, 4 random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks:

  • The AurasIconHelp auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white.

Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply:

  • The Auras of all other Survivors are revealed for 5/6/7 seconds.

Prestige

Prestiging The Onryō will automatically add Tier I of her Unique Perks to the inventories of all other Killers and unlock the ability for their higher-tiered versions to spawn in their BloodwebIconHelp bloodweb.

Prestige The Onryō twice more to automatically add Tier II and Tier III respectively into the other Killers' inventories.

Weapon: Ring of Fury

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The Ring of Fury is the Primary Weapon of The Onryō.
Her thirst for vengeance remained and nothing could stop her flooding rage.

Power: Deluge of Fear

FulliconPowers delugeOfFear
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Quotes left Through the medium of a mysterious videotape, Sadako spreads her curse to unwitting viewers and causes their untimely deaths. Quotes right


The Onryō starts the Trial Demanifested, which has the following effects:

  • Grants the UndetectableIconStatusEffects undetectable Status Effect.
  • The Onryō is intermittently visible to Survivors who are within 24 metres of her and invisible to Survivors who are farther away.
    • The Undetectable Status Effect lingers for 1 second after Manifesting and the intermittent visibility lingers for 4 seconds.
  • The Onryō is unable to attack Survivors or interact with them, but can still interact with environmental objects.
  • The Onryō cannot be stunned by PalletsIconHelp pullDown.


SPECIAL ABILITY: MANIFESTATION / DEMANIFESTATION
The Onryō must Manifest in order to attack Survivors.
Press and hold the Power button at any time to Manifest into a material form at your current location.

The Onryō can Demanifest at any time by pressing and holding the Power button again.


SPECIAL ABILITY: PROJECTION Atl Hud AB IconTeleport
The Onryō may also Manifest by Projecting herself through a TVIconHelp tv.
Press the Ability button while looking at any powered TV to Project to it, temporarily shutting off that TV for 45 seconds and automatically Manifesting yourself while emerging from it.

After Projection, the Movement speed of The Onryō is temporarily boosted to 6.9 m/s for 2 seconds.


SPECIAL AFFLICTION: CONDEMNED
Survivors who interact with The Onryō's Power gain Stacks of Condemned, with a full 7 Stacks putting them in mortal danger:

Whenever The Onryō uses Projection while her Power Gauge is full, all Survivors within 16 metres of a powered TV gain +1 Stack of Condemned.

Hooking a Survivor locks in some of their Condemned, making the affected Stacks impossible to remove:

  • First time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 3 Stacks, leaving a minimum of 4 Stacks empty.
  • Second time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 6 Stacks, leaving a minimum of 1 Stack empty.


SPECIAL ABILITY: INEXORABLE STARE
A fully Condemned Survivor is revealed The Onryō for 6 seconds through Killer Instinct and can be killed with the Inexorable Stare, as soon as they are put into the Dying StateIconHelp dying.


SPECIAL INTERACTIONS: RETRIEVE TAPE / TURN-OFF TV
Survivors can walk up to any running TV and interact with it in order to retrieve its Cursed Tape, which in turn temporarily shuts off that TV for 70 seconds, and prevents The Onryō from Projecting to it.

Inserting the VHS TapeIconItems vhsTape taken from a TV into a different one spreads the message of The Onryō and removes -3 Stacks of Condemned.

Power Trivia

Movement Speeds:

Main Article
  • Walking while Manifesting: 4.0 m/s
  • Walking in general: 4.6 m/s
  • Walking while Demanifesting: 4.6 m/s
  • Walking after Projection: 6.9 m/s for 2 seconds


Condemned:

  • Activation threshold: 7 Stacks
    • At this point, Survivors will have filled their Condemned Meter.
  • Stacks gained from hooking a Survivor with a Cursed Tape: +1 Stack
    • This only applies to the other Survivors and only when using the Ring DrawingIconAddon ringDrawing Add-on.
  • Stacks gained from Projection: +1 Stack
    • This only applies to Survivors who are within 16 metres of any powered TV.
  • Stacks gained from turning off a TV: +1 Stack
  • Stacks gained from retrieving a Cursed Tape from a TV: +0 Stacks
  • Stacks lost from inserting a Cursed Tape into a TV: -3 Stacks
  • Duration of Killer Instinct when fully Condemned: 6 seconds


Passive Condemned (unused mechanic):

  • Stacks gained passively while carrying a Cursed Tape: +0 Stacks per second
    • Paused while being chased.
    • Pause-Buffer after a Chase: 16 metres
      • If the Killer remained within that range after ending a Chase, Passive Condemned would remain paused.
    • Delay timer after Pause-Buffer is exceeded: 6 seconds
      • If the Killer remained outside the Pause-Buffer for this long, Passive Condemned would resume.


TVs:

  • Minimum distance for the farthest TV: 32 metres
  • Maximum distance for the farthest TV: 76 metres
  • Area of Effect radius: 16 metres
    • This radius (around powered TVs only) is used to apply global Condemned after Projection as well as apply any other effects from Add-ons.
  • Turned-off duration from Survivors: 70 seconds
  • Turned-off duration from Cursed Tape insertion: 70 seconds
  • Turned-off duration at start of Trial: 30 seconds
  • Turned-off duration from Projection: 45 seconds
  • Turn-off Interaction time: 0.5 seconds
  • Retrieve/insert Cursed Tape Interaction time: 1 second
  • Distance to play Cursed Tape VFX: 16 metres
    • This refers to how close a Survivor must be for the TV to start playing the Tape.
  • Distance threshold to Generators: 16 metres
    • If a TV spawns within this threshold, the Game will attempt to spawn the next TV further away than usual.
  • Repower all TVs if the last one is turned off: disabled feature
    • This mechanic would work similarly to how The PlagueIconHelpLoading plague automatically receives Corrupt Purge if all Pools of DevotionIconHelp poolsOfDevotion become corrupted.


Projection:

  • Interaction time: 0.3 seconds
    • The Onryō must press the button to activate Projection for this long to commit to a teleport.
  • Teleport duration: 2.7 seconds
  • Cancellation Cool-down duration: 0.5 seconds
  • Maximum angle: 45 °
  • Lingering Undetectable Status Effect duration: 1 second
  • Power Gauge Recharge time: 10 seconds
    • It should be noted that Projection can still be used even if the Power Gauge is recharging, but doing so will not apply any Condemned.


Otherworld:

  • Charge time for Manifestation and Demanifestation: 1.5 seconds
  • Cool-down duration of Demanifestation: 1.25 seconds
  • Lingering Flicker-State duration: 4 seconds
  • Maximum Visibility distance for Survivors: 24 metres
    • Beyond this range, The Onryō is completely invisible to Survivors.


Flickering:

  • Otherworld Visible duration: 1.5 seconds
  • Otherworld Invisible duration: 1.2 second
  • Lingering Visible duration: 0.5 seconds
  • Lingering Invisible duration: 0.75 seconds

Add-ons for Deluge of Fear

Icon Name Description
IconAddon cabinSign
Cabin Sign The cabin where both Tomoko and Reiko watched the tape.
Carries the memory of those first curses.
  • Reduces the time it takes for TVsIconHelp tv to turn back on after Projection by -4.5 seconds.


IconAddon mothersMirror
Mother's Mirror A mirror from Sadako's mother's house.
A reminder of what Sadako has lost.
  • Increases the duration of your intermittent Invisibility after Manifesting by +2 seconds.


IconAddon oldNewspaper
Old Newspaper It tells of a local woman who predicted a volcanic eruption, evidence used to initially find Sadako.
  • Increases the duration of your full Invisibility after Manifesting by +33 %.


IconAddon videotapeCopy
Videotape Copy A copy of the deadly videotape imprinted upon by Sadako.
It dampens the desire for vengeance.
  • Extends the radius around TVsIconHelp tv within which Survivors gain Condemned from Projection by +2 metres.


IconAddon clumpOfHair
Clump of Hair Once beautiful and long, Sadako now hides behind her ragged, matted locks.
  • Reduces the threshold for full Invisibility while Demanifested by -4 metres.


IconAddon reikosWatch
Reiko's Watch The watch that Reiko left her son Yoichi.
A distracting and constant reminder of one's impending doom.
  • Increases the duration of your full Invisibility while Demanifested by +25 %.


IconAddon seaSoakedCloth
Sea-Soaked Cloth The hood worn by the mysterious figure in the tape.
Makes those near it unable to trust what they see.
  • Survivors suffer from the BlindnessIconStatusEffects vision Status Effect when within 8 metres of powered TVsIconHelp tv.
    • This effect lingers for 7 seconds after turning off a TV.


IconAddon wellStone
Well Stone A piece of the well where Sadako was trapped, an image burned into the mind of all those who have watched the tape.
  • Reduces the time it takes for TVsIconHelp tv to turn back on after Projection by -7 seconds.


IconAddon yoichisFishingNet
Yoichi's Fishing Net The net Yoichi used while fishing with his grandfather.
A reminder that death comes to us all.
  • Survivors suffer from the BlindnessIconStatusEffects vision Status Effect after acquiring at least 4 Stacks of Condemned.


IconAddon bloodyFingernails
Bloody Fingernails Sadako's bloody fingernails, lost as she tried to claw her way out of the well.
Evidence of her single-minded need to kill.
  • Increases the Speed Boost duration after Projection by +50 %.


IconAddon mothersComb
Mother's Comb The comb Sadako's mother used in the tape.
Sadako's psychic abilities are enhanced when she focuses on it.


IconAddon ricketyPinwheel
Rickety Pinwheel A pinwheel found in the caves of Izu Oshima.
It spins even when there is no wind, disorienting those who see or hear it.
  • Survivors suffer from the ObliviousIconStatusEffects oblivious Status Effect when within 8 metres of powered TVsIconHelp tv.
    • This effect lingers for 7 seconds after turning off a TV.


IconAddon ringDrawing
Ring Drawing A drawing of the view from inside the well, as drawn by a young Yoichi.
Helping those cursed by the tape can only bring misfortune.
  • Hooking a Survivor carrying a VHS TapeIconItems vhsTape causes all other Survivors to gain +1 Stack of Condemned.


IconAddon wellWater
Well Water Water from the well where Sadako was left to die.
Murky and black, it obscures everything around it.
  • Increases the duration of the UndetectableIconStatusEffects undetectable Status Effect by +2 seconds after Manifesting by any means.


IconAddon distortedPhoto
Distorted Photo Those who have watched the tape find all photos of themselves distorted, a reminder of their impending doom.
  • Causes all Survivors within 16 metres of your location who witness your Manifestation to scream and reveal their AurasIconHelp auras for 4 seconds.

"Why is it only you were saved?" — Sadaoka Yamamura

IconAddon tapeEditingDeck
Tape Editing Deck The editing deck used by Reiko and Ryuji to analyse and copy the tape.
Copying and sharing the tape is the only way to survive the curse.
  • Causes all Survivors start the Trial with a VHS TapeIconItems vhsTape.
    • All Survivors must bring their VHS Tape to the TVIconHelp tv that is farthest from their current location.
  • The AurasIconHelp auras of Survivors inserting a VHS Tape into a TV are revealed to you for 6 seconds.

"Frolic in brine, goblins be thine." — Message hidden in Sakado's Tape

IconAddon telephone
Telephone After watching the video, victims receive a phone call.
They are frozen in fear as they realise they have seven days left to live.
  • Survivors suffer from a -3 % HinderedIconStatusEffects hindered Status Effect for 3 seconds when Manifesting within 7 metres of them.

"I saw a weird video the other day... after it ended, someone called us. Some kind of prank call." — Tomoko Oishi

IconAddon vcr
VCR The original VCR that played Sadako's Tape.
It is still warm to the touch.
  • Causes all TVsIconHelp tv to play the Projection Effects when using Projection.


IconAddon iridescentVideotape
Iridescent Videotape The original tape containing Sadako's curse.
  • Projection no longer turns off TVsIconHelp tv, but also no longer applies any Condemned.
  • Increases the time required for TVs to turn back on after having been turned off by Survivors by +20 %.

"That video... It's not of this world. It's Sadako's rage." — Ryuji Takayama

IconAddon remoteControl
Remote Control A remote for the VCR at the cabin.
It allows Sadako to focus on those enemies at a distance.
  • The AurasIconHelp auras of all Survivors within 12 metres of powered TVsIconHelp tv are revealed to you for 7 seconds after using Projection.

"She killed a man just by willing him dead. That's power of a different order from her mother." — Ryuji Takayama


Achievements

Main article: Achievements


There are 2 Achievements related to The Onryō:

Icon Name Description
Ach adeptOnryō Adept Onryō Playing as The Onryō, achieve a Merciless Victory using only their 3 Unique Perks: Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage, Call of Brine, and Merciless Storm


Cosmetic Options

Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise The Onryō:

Default

Icon Name Body Rarity Description
K27 Head01 Sadako Yamamura CategoryIcon head Common A powerful and unforgiving onryō, Sadako Yamamura sought revenge for her tragic end.
K27 Body01 White Gown CategoryIcon body Common A white dress soiled by mud and water.
K27 Weapon01 Ring of Fury CategoryIcon weapons Common Her thirst for vengeance remained and nothing could stop her flooding rage.

Prestige

Icon Name Body Rarity Description Additional Notes
K27 Head01 P01 Bloody Sadako CategoryIcon head Rare A deadly and terrifying onryō, Sadako Yamamura sought revenge for her tragic end. Prestige Level 6 Reward
K27 Body01 P01 Carnage Dress CategoryIcon body Rare A white dress soiled by blood and water. Prestige Level 5 Reward
K27 W01 P01 Ring of Blood CategoryIcon weapons Rare Her thirst for vengeance was insatiable. Prestige Level 4 Reward
Perk Charms
Prestige Level 7 Reward Prestige Level 8 Reward Prestige Level 9 Reward
K27 PCharm001 K27 PCharm002 K27 PCharm003
A keepsake gained upon mastery of a particular skill.

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Boils spread beneath her rotting skin due to over-injection.
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A golden protuberance emerged on the side of her head.
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Her skin was oozing with excess serum.
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The serum corrupted the ring, creating incandescent ripples on its edges.
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She dug her nails into the muddy ground and slowly crawled toward the cobbled wall inside the well. She gripped the stones to climb but had no hold or strength.
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A pile of muddy, grime dripping hair.
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A muddy and moldy dress in tatters.
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A grinding noise came from above and the well darkened, all light obscured like an eclipse in midday.


DLC

Main article: Downloadable Content


The Onryō is part of 1 DLC:


History

Up to Patch 7.1.0

  • Survivors would passively gain Condemned from carrying Cursed Tapes (see Passive Condemned in Power Trivia).
  • Survivors could insert their Cursed Tape into any TV, but it would increase their Condemned.
    • Only inserting it into the highlighted TV would reduce their Condemned.
  • Survivors would only gain Condemned when within 16 metres of a powered TV during Projection (reinstated in Patch 7.5.0).

Up to Patch 7.5.0

  • Survivors would receive +¾ Stacks of Condemned from Projection anywhere on the Map if they did not carry a Cursed Tape, which would shield them.
  • There was a Cool-down of 10 seconds to using Projection.
  • Survivors could insert Cursed Tapes into any nearby TV to lose Condemned, unless a specific Add-on was equipped that forced them to insert it into a specific TV.


Change Log

Patch 6.6.0

  • QoL: removed the HUD elements when using the Inexorable Stare to allow for a more cinematic experience when killing Survivors this way.

Patch 7.1.0

  • Rework: reworked Deluge of Fear to make The Onryō more terrifying to deal with.
    • Buff: Projecting to a TV now applies Condemned to all Survivors not holding a VHS Tape instead of them being near a powered TV.
    • Buff: reduced the Cool-down duration of TVs turned-off from Projection from 100 seconds to 45 seconds.
    • Buff: injuring a Survivor carrying a VHS Tape destroys the tape and applies Condemned.
    • Buff: The Onryō cannot be stunned by any means while Demanifested.
    • Nerf: Projecting to a TV only applies 0.75 Stacks of Condemned instead of an entire stack.
    • Nerf: Projecting to a TV now has a base Cool-down of 10 seconds.
    • Nerf: increased the Cool-down duration of TVs turned off by Survivors from 60 seconds to 70 seconds.
    • Nerf: Survivors no longer acquire or passively gain Condemned when retrieving and carrying a VHS Tape.
    • Nerf: VHS Tapes can now be inserted into any TV to lose Condemned.
  • Change: received an Add-on Pass, which brings her strongest and her weakest Add-ons in line with the rest.
  • Change: added a static visual effect after killing Survivors with Inexorable Stare.
    • Change: chases no longer trigger while The Onryō is Demanifested, allowing her to be harder to track, but at the cost of no longer building BloodlustIconHelp bloodlust.

Patch 7.1.1

  • Change: added a static visual effect and SFX when avoiding Pallet stuns while Demanifested.

Patch 7.5.0

  • Rework: reworked Deluge of Fear again to partially restore her original, more strategic gameplay, while keeping Condemned more prominent:
    • Buff: Condemned is now partially locked-in upon being hooked, making the locked-in part of the meter impossible to remove.
      • First time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 2 Stacks.
      • Second time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 4 Stacks.
    • Buff: increased the duration of full Invisibility while Demanifested from 1 second to 1.2 seconds.
    • Buff: Survivors are now forced to bring their Cursed Tape to a specific TV.
    • Nerf: Condemned gained from Projection is no longer global, but restricted to a radius of 16 metres around all powered TVs.
    • Nerf: added a Cool-down to the Power Gauge that does not affect Projection itself, but its ability to apply Condemned when used.
    • Nerf: reduced the Interaction time with TVs for Survivors from 2 seconds to 1 second.
    • Reversal: removed the previously added Cool-down to using Projection.
    • Reversal: chases once again trigger while The Onryō is Demanifested, as it made it too obvious when she transitioned states mid-Chase.

Patch 7.5.1

  • Buff: increased the number of locked-in Condemned by +1 Stack each:
    • First time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 3 Stacks.
    • Second time being hooked locks in all current Condemned up to 6 Stacks.
  • Buff: increased the duration of the Movement Speed boost after Projection from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
  • Buff: increased the Movement speed while Manifesting from 3.68 m/s to 4 m/s.
  • Reversal: removed the previously added Cool-down to the Power Gauge that affected the application of Condemned when using Projection.


Trivia

  • The Onryō can still be blinded by Survivors when she is Demanifested.
  • Score Events that require a recent Manifestation to trigger track that state for 8 seconds
  • The Onryō was the first Killer to be of short height, with the previous shortest Killers being considered of average height.
  • The Onryō's last name, Yamamura (山村), consists of the characters yama (山), meaning "mountain", and mura (村), meaning "town" or "village". As such, her last name can be roughly translated to "Mountain Village".
  • The Onryō is the first and to date only Killer that does not use an object or her own fists to injure Survivors, conjuring a Kanji glyph which she projects forward and uses to injure Survivors with.
  • The Onryō is the fourth Killer to have a Lullaby, which is active whenever she is Demanifested.
  • The Onryō has a unique breathing sound which resembles ocean waves. This is a reference to her supposed biological father, a malevolent entity which lives in the ocean.
  • According to Nicolas Cage during Summer Game Fest 2023, The Onryō is one of the reasons Nicolas Cage became interested in a collaboration with Behaviour Interactive, with horror being his favourite genre.
  • Purchasing the "Sadako Rising" DLC or The Onryō through the in-game store will start a hidden one week timer. After this timer is up, a special video will play when loading up the game, referencing the cursed video from the films.
  • The Onryō is one of just a few Killers with the base-kit ability to kill Survivors using her Power.
  • The Onryō is the third Japanese killer added to Dead by Daylight

Kanji Characters

  • The Kanji glyph in her default outfits is , meaning "Curse".
  • The Kanji glyph in her Rotten Remains outfit is , meaning "Resentment".
  • The Kanji glyph in her Blighted outfit changes is , meaning "Grudge, Resentment, or Jealousy".

Lobby Jump-Scare

  • When idling in the menu or levelling up her Bloodweb, The Onryō will occasionally jump-scare the Player by swiftly teleporting up close to the camera and staring at the Player.
  • If the Player turns The Onryō around to prevent the jump-scare, she will instantly turn herself back to face the camera for the jump-scare, then return to the position the Player left her facing.

Cursed Video

  • The Cursed Video plays on a TV whenever a Survivor is within 16 metres of it, otherwise it just plays static.
    This can be used to gauge a Survivor's whereabouts if they are stealthy.

Mori

  • The Onryō, in a technical sense, is the fifth Killer to have two Memento Mori animations.
  • The Onryō is the second Killer to have two entirely different Moris.
    • The Onryō's default Mori features her lifting the Survivor up with telekinetic powers, breaking their right arm, then left leg, and dropping them to the ground as she stares into their eyes.
    • The Onryō's Inexorable Stare features her simply staring into the Survivors eyes and giving them a heart attack.
  • The Onryō's Inexorable Stare is a reference to how she kills her victims in the films.
  • The Onryō is the second Killer with a Mini-Mori ability.

Gender Identity

  • The Onryō is the first Intersex Character introduced to Dead by Daylight.
    • In the original novel, Sadako is described as suffering from Testicular Feminisation Syndrome, which causes a genetic male (XY chromosomes) to remain unaffected by male hormones due to abnormalities on the X chromosome.
      This results in their body not forming male genitalia and remaining with a female phenotype (observable outside characteristics of an organism).
    • This fact is absent from most adaptations of the original source material and Sadako is presented as female.
    • Her name provides a hint to her being intersex, as it translates to "chaste child" (Japanese: sada ko), likely referring to her infertility due to TFS, but also explaining her obsession with procreation in the later novels.


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K01 charSelect portrait Evan MacMillan - The TrapperIconHelpLoading trapper K02 charSelect portrait Philip Ojomo - The WraithIconHelpLoading wraith K03 charSelect portrait Max Thompson Jr. - The HillbillyIconHelpLoading hillbilly K04 charSelect portrait Sally Smithson - The NurseIconHelpLoading nurse K05 charSelect portrait Michael Myers - The ShapeIconHelpLoading shape
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3 - 6
K06 charSelect portrait Lisa Sherwood - The HagIconHelpLoading hag K07 charSelect portrait Herman Carter - The DoctorIconHelpLoading doctor K08 charSelect portrait Anna - The HuntressIconHelpLoading huntress K09 charSelect portrait Bubba Sawyer - The CannibalIconHelpLoading cannibal K10 charSelect portrait Freddy Krueger - The NightmareIconHelpLoading nightmare
CHAPTERS
7 - 11
K11 charSelect portrait Amanda Young - The PigIconHelpLoading pig K12 charSelect portrait Jeffrey Hawk - The ClownIconHelpLoading clown K13 charSelect portrait Rin Yamaoka - The SpiritIconHelpLoading spirit K14 charSelect portrait Frank, Julie, Susie, Joey - The LegionIconHelpLoading legion K15 charSelect portrait Adiris - The PlagueIconHelpLoading plague
CHAPTERS
12 - 16
K16 charSelect portrait Danny Johnson - The Ghost FaceIconHelpLoading ghost K17 charSelect portrait The DemogorgonIconHelpLoading demogorgon K18 charSelect portrait Kazan Yamaoka - The OniIconHelpLoading oni K19 charSelect portrait Caleb Quinn - The DeathslingerIconHelpLoading deathslinger K20 charSelect portrait Pyramid Head - The ExecutionerIconHelpLoading wales
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K21 charSelect portrait Talbot Grimes - The BlightIconHelpLoading blight K22 charSelect portrait Charlotte & Victor Deshayes - The TwinsIconHelpLoading twins K23 charSelect portrait Ji-Woon Hak - The TricksterIconHelpLoading trickster K24 charSelect portrait Nemesis T-Type - The NemesisIconHelpLoading nemesis K25 charSelect portrait Elliot Spencer - The CenobiteIconHelpLoading cenobite
CHAPTERS
22 - 26
K26 charSelect portrait Carmina Mora - The ArtistIconHelpLoading artist K27 charSelect portrait Sadako Yamamura - The OnryōIconHelpLoading onryo K28 charSelect portrait The DredgeIconHelpLoading dredge K29 charSelect portrait Albert Wesker - The MastermindIconHelpLoading mastermind K30 charSelect portrait Tarhos Kovács - The KnightIconHelpLoading knight
CHAPTERS
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K31 charSelect portrait Adriana Imai - The Skull MerchantIconHelpLoading skullMerchant K32 charSelect portrait HUX-A7-13 - The SingularityIconHelpLoading singularity K33 charSelect portrait The XenomorphIconHelpLoading xenomorph K34 charSelect portrait Charles Lee Ray - The Good GuyIconHelpLoading goodGuy K35 charSelect portrait The UnknownIconHelpLoading unknown
THE SURVIVORS IconHelpLoading survivor
BASE GAME /
CHAPTER 1
S01 charSelect portrait Dwight FairfieldSurvivorDwight S02 charSelect portrait Meg ThomasSurvivorMeg S03 charSelect portrait Claudette MorelSurvivorClaudette S04 charSelect portrait Jake ParkSurvivorJake S05 charSelect portrait Nea KarlssonSurvivorNea
CHAPTERS
2 - 5
S06 charSelect portrait Laurie StrodeSurvivorLaurie S07 charSelect portrait Ace ViscontiSurvivorAce S08 charSelect portrait Bill OverbeckSurvivorBill S09 charSelect portrait Feng MinSurvivorFeng S10 charSelect portrait David KingSurvivorDavid
CHAPTERS
6 - 10
S11 charSelect portrait Quentin SmithSurvivorQuentin S12 charSelect portrait David TappSurvivorTapp S13 charSelect portrait Kate DensonSurvivorKate S14 charSelect portrait Adam FrancisSurvivorAdam S15 charSelect portrait Jeff JohansenSurvivorJeff
CHAPTERS
11 - 14
S16 charSelect portrait Jane RomeroSurvivorJane S17 charSelect portrait Ash WilliamsSurvivorAsh S18 charSelect portrait Nancy WheelerSurvivorNancy S19 charSelect portrait Steve HarringtonSurvivorSteve S20 charSelect portrait Yui KimuraSurvivorYui
CHAPTERS
15 - 19
S21 charSelect portrait Zarina KassirSurvivorZarina S22 charSelect portrait Cheryl MasonSurvivorCheryl S23 charSelect portrait Felix RichterSurvivorFelix S24 charSelect portrait Élodie RakotoSurvivorElodie S25 charSelect portrait Yun-Jin LeeSurvivorYun-Jin
CHAPTERS
20 - 23
S26 charSelect portrait Jill ValentineSurvivorJill S27 charSelect portrait Leon Scott KennedySurvivorLeon S28 charSelect portrait Mikaela ReidSurvivorMikaela S29 charSelect portrait Jonah VasquezSurvivorJonah S30 charSelect portrait Yoichi AsakawaSurvivorYoichi
CHAPTERS
24 - 27
S31 charSelect portrait Haddie KaurSurvivorHaddie S32 charSelect portrait Ada WongSurvivorAda S33 charSelect portrait Rebecca ChambersSurvivorRebecca S34 charSelect portrait Vittorio ToscanoSurvivorVittorio S35 charSelect portrait Thalita LyraSurvivorThalita
CHAPTERS
27 - 30.5
S36 charSelect portrait Renato LyraSurvivorRenato S37 charSelect portrait Gabriel SomaSurvivorGabriel S38 charSelect portrait Nicolas CageSurvivorNicolas S39 charSelect portrait Ellen RipleySurvivorEllen S40 charSelect portrait Alan WakeSurvivorAlan
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31
S41 charSelect portrait Sable WardSurvivorSable
LEGENDARY CHARACTERS
S27 Carlos charSelect portrait Carlos Oliveira K25 Chatterer charSelect portrait The Chatterer S27 Chris charSelect portrait Chris Redfield S26 Claire charSelect portrait Claire Redfield S22 Cybil charSelect portrait Cybil Bennett K07 Pharaoh Eddie charSelect portrait Pharaoh Eddie
K19 Stranger Eddie charSelect portrait Stranger Eddie K28 Eddie's Tribute charSelect portrait Eddie's Tribute K18 Samurai Eddie charSelect portrait Samurai Eddie K14 HUNK charSelect portrait HUNK S22 James charSelect portrait James Sunderland S19 Jonathan charSelect portrait Jonathan Byers
S22 Lisa charSelect portrait Lisa Garland K07 Look-See charSelect portrait The Look-See S22 Maria charSelect portrait Maria K08 Mordeo charSelect portrait The Mordeo K01 Naughty Bear charSelect portrait Naughty Bear S40 Rose Marigold charSelect portrait Rose Marigold
S40 Saga Anderson charSelect portrait Saga Anderson S26 Sheva charSelect portrait Sheva Alomar K34 Tiffany Valentine charSelect portrait Tiffany Valentine S36 Tubarão charSelect portrait Tubarão K21 Birkin charSelect portrait William Birkin K33 Xenomorph Queen charSelect portrait The Xenomorph Queen
MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS
K18 Armoured Titan charSelect portrait The Armoured Titan K08 Baba Yaga charSelect portrait The Baba Yaga K30 Draugr charSelect portrait The Draugr K21 Ferryman charSelect portrait The Ferryman K26 Jabberwock charSelect portrait The Jabberwock K01 Krampus charSelect portrait The Krampus
K18 Minotaur charSelect portrait The Minotaur K13 War Hammer Titan charSelect portrait The War Hammer Titan
COSTUME CHARACTERS
S22 Alessa charSelect portrait Alessa Gillespie S02 Annie charSelect portrait Annie Leonhart S23 Armin charSelect portrait Armin Arlert K06 Birch charSelect portrait The Birch S23 Blitz charSelect portrait Blitz S01 Eren charSelect portrait Eren Yeager
K23 God Of Desire charSelect portrait The God of Desire K33 Grid Xenomorph charSelect portrait The Grid Xenomorph S21 Hange charSelect Portrait Hange Zoë S13 Historia charSelect portrait Historia Reiss S07 Kenny charSelect portrait Kenny Ackerman S04 Levi charSelect Portrait Levi Ackerman
S20 Mikasa charSelect portrait Mikasa Ackerman S39 Ripley 8 charSelect portrait Ripley 8 K27 Rotten Remains charSelect portrait The Rotten Remains S40 Mr Scratch charSelect portrait Mr Scratch S14 Wamai charSelect portrait Wamai K33 Xenomorph Clone charSelect portrait The Xenomorph Clone
LORE CHARACTERS
Alex Benedict Baker The EntityIconHelp entity The ObserverIconHelp archivesGeneral Vigo and many more...
UNUSED CHARACTERS
The Smasher The Teacher
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