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Hex: Thrill of the Hunt is a General Perk available to all Killers.

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Cost
2,500
3,250
4,000
Description
A Hex rooting its power on hope.

The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem remaining in the environment, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt is granted 1 Token.

  • For each Token, all Survivors suffer from a stack-able 10/12/14 % Action Speed penalty to Cleansing and Blessing Totems, up to a maximum of 50/60/70 %.
  • Grants a stack-able 10 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Hunter Category per Token, up to a maximum of 50 %.

All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.


History

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
4 %

4 %

6 %

7 %

8 %

10 %

A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

Each time a Survivor is rescued from a Hook when you are at least 24 metres away, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt receives 1 Token:

  • Grants 4/6/8 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Hunter Category per Token.
  • Reduces the Cleansing speed of Survivors by 4/7/10 % per Token.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
6 %

4 %

8 %

5 %

10 %

6 %

A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem still remaining on the Map, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt has 1 Token:

  • Grants 6/8/10 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Hunter Category per Token.
  • Reduces the Cleansing speed of Survivors by 4/5/6 % per Token.

Hex: Thrill of the Hunt triggers a Loud Noise Notification when a Survivor starts cleansing a Hex Totem.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
4 % 5 % 6 % A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem still remaining on the Map, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt has 1 Token:

  • Grants 10 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Hunter Category per Token.
  • Reduces the Cleansing speed of Survivors by 4/5/6 % per Token.

Hex: Thrill of the Hunt triggers a Loud Noise Notification when a Survivor starts cleansing a Hex Totem.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
8 %

40 %

9 %

45 %

10 %

50 %

A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem still remaining on the Map, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt has 1 Token:

  • Grants a stack-able 10 % bonus Bloodpoints for actions in the Hunter Category per Token, up to a maximum of 50 %.
  • Reduces the Cleansing and Blessing speed of Survivors by 8/9/10 % per Token, up to a maximum of 40/45/50 %.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
10 %

50 %

12 %

60 %

14 %

70 %

A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem still remaining on the Map, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt has 1 Token:

  • Reduces the Cleansing and Blessing speed of Survivors by 10/12/14 % per Token, up to a maximum of 50/60/70 %.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Icon Tier I Tier II Tier III Description
8 %

40 %

10 %

50 %

12 %

60 %

A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems.

For each Totem still remaining on the Map, Hex: Thrill of the Hunt has 1 Token:

  • Reduces the Cleansing and Blessing speed of Survivors by 8/10/12 % per Token, up to a maximum of 40/50/60 %.

The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

Change Log

Patch 1.5.0

  • QoL: removed the Hook Save condition required to obtain a Token.
    • QoL: Tokens will be applied for all remaining Totems on the Map.
  • QoL: The Killer will receive a noise notification when a Survivor starts cleansing any Hex Totem.

Patch 1.5.2

  • Buff: increased the Bloodpoint Bonus gains to 6/8/10 % per Token.
  • Nerf: decreased the Cleansing Time penalty to 4/5/6 % per Token.

Patch 2.6.0

  • Buff: changed the Bloodpoint Bonus gains to 10 % across all Tiers.

Patch 5.3.0

  • Buff: Blessing is now affected, at the same strength as is Cleansing.
  • Buff: increased the Cleansing Time penalty to 8/9/10 %
  • Nerf: removed the Loud Noise Notification when a Survivor starts Cleansing a Hex Totem.

Patch 8.4.0

  • Buff: Increased Cleansing Time penalty to 10/12/14 % per token.
  • Nerf: Removed the Bloodpoint Bonus gains across all tiers.

Patch 8.4.2

  • Nerf: Decreased Cleansing Time penalty to 8/10/12 % per token.

Calculations

Tier, Token Penalty Cleansing/Blessing speed Cleansing/Blessing Time Hex Blessing speed Hex Blessing time
Default 0 % 1 c/s 14 seconds 0.5 c/s 28 seconds
III, 1 -12 % 0.88 c/s ~16 seconds 0.44 c/s ~32 seconds
III, 2 -24 % 0.76 c/s ~18 seconds 0.38 c/s ~36 seconds
III, 3 -36 % 0.64 c/s ~22 seconds 0.32 c/s ~44 seconds
III, 4 -48 % 0.52 c/s ~27 seconds 0.26 c/s ~54 seconds
III, 5 -60 % 0.4 c/s ~35 seconds 0.2 c/s ~70 seconds

Trivia

  • Hex: Thrill of the Hunt can regain Tokens if a cleansed Totem is rekindled with Hex: Pentimento.
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