Sally Smithson — The Nurse

	A new varmint has entered the arena. I spotted her as she, somehow, moved through a wall. Clad in bandages that tell an untold tale of something horrid. This...nurse as it seems, brings me new angst during my lonely nights, as my mind runs amok.
	~ Benedict Baker

The Nurse
Name	Sally Smithson
Gender	Woman
Origin	American of English descent
Realm	Crotus Prenn Asylum
Power	Spencer's Last Breath
Power Attack Type	Special Attack (Blink Attacks)
Weapon	The Bonesaw
Movement Speed	96.25 % | 3.85 m/s
Alternate Movement speed	333.25 % | 13.33 m/s (Blink)
Terror Radius	32 metres
Height	Average
DLC	CHAPTER 1: The Last Breath Chapter
Voice Actor	Anais Renevey (BHVR)
Breathing
Menu Music
Terror Radius Music

Sally Smithson or "The Nurse" is one of 40 Killers currently featured in Dead by Daylight.

She was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 1: The Last Breath Chapter, a Chapter DLC released on 18 August 2016.

Overview

Using her Blink ability, The Nurse can teleport great distances in moments, predicting and cutting off Survivor routes. A powerful process best honed by experience, careless Blinks are punished with a wave of fatigue. The epitome of high risk, high reward, The Nurse can end chases with surgical precision.

The Nurse is a warping Killer, able to blink through obstacles and quickly close gaps with her Power.

Her personal Perks, Stridor, Thanatophobia, and A Nurse's Calling, allow her to decrease Survivor abilities and track them when they are injured.

She is focused on spotting and tracking, making it harder for Survivors to hide.

Difficulty Rating: Very Hard
(These Killers require a high amount of practice and understanding, inexperienced Players are likely to find little success when using them)

Lore

Additional Lore can be found in Tome 6 - Divergence: The Cleansing of Crotus Prenn.

Sally Smithson came to town with dreams of children's feet and laughter in a wooden home built by her husband Andrew. But life came not with smiles but with plans of destruction. Andrew worked as a lumberjack - a job with its perils. One day, Andrew's foreman had to pay Sally a visit, forever changing her life. She was alone.

Without food on the table and no other option, Sally had to find a way, but the only employment she could get was at the Crotus Prenn Asylum. Nobody sought employment there unless they were in dire need. Just like Sally. Without any education, she started at the bottom, doing the hard night shift.

Over the years, her mind had reached its limits, two decades of seeing horrid things that violate the eyes. Memories that are re-played every night. Being abused verbally and physically, by people without limits. Sally saw insanity from the outside, just to catch it herself.

Finally she could not take it any more and concepts of purification emerged inside her. She did what she felt was necessary. As the morning staff arrived one day in September - they found over fifty dead patients, lifeless, in their bed along four staff members, also dead.

Only Sally had survived the night, but her mind was gone, rocking back and forth non-stop. Exactly what happened is only known by her, but it seems that some of them had been choked as they had marks around their necks. They got her into an ambulance, but that ambulance never reached the hospital. It was found crashed in a nearby wood, all the staff dead and Sally nowhere to be found.

Load-out

Unique Perks

The Nurse comes with 3 Perks that are unique to her:

	A Nurse's Calling	Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability. The Auras of Survivors who are healing or being healed are revealed to you within 20/24/28 metres. "Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help."
	Stridor	You are acutely sensitive to the breathing of your prey. Increases the volume of Grunts of Pain of injured Survivors by 30/40/50 %. Increases the volume of regular breathing of Survivors by 15/20/25 %. "If you do not stop and catch your breath... she will."
	Thanatophobia	Their courage fades in the face of their undeniable mortality. Each injured, dying, or hooked Survivor afflicts Survivors with a stack-able 1/1.5/2 % Action Speed penalty to Repairing, Sabotaging, and Cleansing, up to a maximum of 4/6/8 %. Increases the Action Speed penalty by a further 12 %, if there are 4 Survivors, who are either injured, dying, or hooked at the same time. "She plays with us and revels in our pain."

Prestige

Prestiging The Nurse 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 Bloodweb.

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

Weapon: The Bonesaw

The Bonesaw is the Primary Weapon of The Nurse.
Rusty metal implement for tearing through flesh and bone.

Power: Spencer's Last Breath

"A powerful and violent last breath snatched from Crotus Prenn Asylum Warden Patrick Spencer.
Channelling its energy allows The Nurse to pierce and jump through the Spirit World in a blink multiple times in a row.
Doing so leaves her in a state of fatigue."

SPECIAL ABILITY: SPENCER'S LAST BREATH
The Nurse starts the Trial with 2 Tokens.
Press and hold the Power button to charge a Blink.
Release the Power button to initiate a Blink.

Using Spencer's Last Breath consumes -1 Token per Blink / Chain Blink.

SPECIAL LOCOMOTION: BLINK
A Blink allows The Nurse to pierce the Realm of the Entity and teleport through obstacles and walls in a straight line:

• Grants the ability to teleport for up to 20 metres.
  • The Nurse can adjust the Teleportation distance by aiming at any point closer to her.
  • The Nurse can teleport to other floors by aiming at the ceiling or floor of a room that has another one above or below it.

SPECIAL LOCOMOTION: CHAIN BLINK
After the first Blink, if there is at least 1 Token available, the Chain Blink Window automatically opens for 1.5 seconds, during which The Nurse can initate a Chain Blink:

• Grants the ability to teleport for up to 12 metres.
  • The Nurse can adjust the Teleportation distance by aiming at any point closer to her.
  • The Nurse can teleport to other floors by aiming at the ceiling or floor of a room that has another one above or below it.

SPECIAL STATE: FATIGUE
After either the Chain Blink Window closes or the final Chain Blink elapses, The Nurse enters a state of Fatigue for 2 to 3 seconds, depending on how many Blinks she chained.

Power Trivia

Movement Speeds:

Main Article

• Fatigue: 0.96 m/s
• Charging during Chain Blink Window: 1.16 m/s
• Walking during Chain Blink Window: 1.54 m/s
• Charging Blink: 2.89 m/s
• Walking: 3.85 m/s
• Blink Lunge: 6.16 m/s
• Blink: 13.33 m/s
  • This assumes a default Blink of 20 metres in 1.5 seconds, as this speed value is derived from those parameters.

Blink:

• Maximum Blink range: 20 metres
• Minimum Blink range: 1.5 metres
• Maximum Blink duration: 1.5 seconds
• Minimum Blink duration: 0.25 seconds
• Fastest Blink speed: 13.33 m/s
  • This is calculated based on maximum range using the maximum duration.
• Slowest Blink speed: 6 m/s
  • This is calculated based on minimum range using the minimum duration.
• Maximum Blink charges: 2 Charges
• Blink Recharge time: 3 seconds per Charge
• Blink Charge time: 2 seconds
  • The Charge duration determines the maximum available Blink distance and duration: the longer one charges, the farther she can Blink, up to her maximum distance and the longer that Blink will take to complete.
  • The Nurse can choose not to make use of the maximum distance available to her based on her Charge time, by aiming her camera to a location that is closer than her maximum available range.
    However, doing this will still use the Blink duration determined by the maximum available range.

Chain-Blink

• Chain Blink Window duration: 1.5 seconds

Fatigue:

• Base Fatigue duration: 2 seconds
• Chain-Blink penalty: +0.5 seconds each
  • 1 Blink: 2 seconds
  • 2 Blinks: 2.5 seconds
  • 3 Blinks: 3 seconds
• Blink Attack penalty: +1 second
  • This cool-down is added only to the other Fatigue cool-downs, if The Nurse has executed an Attack before going into Fatigue.
• The Nurse cannot be stunned during her Fatigue, Fatigue takes precedence and overrides other stuns.

Lightburn (obsolete):

This mechanic was removed in Patch 6.7.0.

• Shining a Flashlight on The Nurse's body at any time would block her from charging a Blink.
• Shining a Flashlight on The Nurse's body while she was already charging a Blink would instead stun her and force her into Fatigue.
• Lightburn induced by Flash Grenades or Firecrackers was applied instantly upon explosion.

Add-ons for Spencer's Last Breath

Icon	Name	Description
	Metal Spoon	A dull, partially rusted and stained metallic spoon. Confiscated from Room 202's patient, the "Bad Man". Survivors hit by a Special Attack have the volume of their Grunts of Pain increased by +50 % for the next 60 seconds.
	Plaid Flannel	A torn piece of red and black plaid flannel. The scrap of fabric imbues The Nurse with devastating focus. Unlocks the ability to see the Landing zone of the Blink.
	White Nit Comb	A parasitic nit comb taken from the clinic. Once the symbol of a deep connection between an anxious patient and her nurse. Grants +100 % bonus Bloodpoints for Blink Attack Score Events. Reduces the Lunge duration of Special Attacks by -0.15 seconds, which reduces your Attack range by -50 %.
	Wooden Horse	An unpainted toy carved out of cheap wood to resemble a horse. Once the symbol of a deep connection between a catatonic patient and his nurse. Reduces the additional Fatigue applied by missed Special Attacks by -0.5 seconds.
	Bad Man Keepsake	A rotten molar ripped from the "Cataontic Boy's" cold dead hand. Normally stable and calm, it becomes incredibly agitated at The Nurse's touch. Survivors hit with a Special Attack have their Auras revealed to you, if they are healing or being healed within 28 metres of your location for 60 seconds.
	Catatonic Boy's Treasure	A pine-cone which unexpectedly calmed a patient's repetitive movement. Taken from the "Catatonic Boy's" body. Reduces the additional Fatigue applied by Chain Blinks by -65 %.
	Dark Cincture	A black rope used as a belt in times of mourning. Taken from Father Campbell's body. Increases your Movement speed during the Chain Blink Window by +30 %.
	Dull Bracelet	A worthless piece of jewellery that might have an important significance to someone. Taken from the "Anxious Girl's" body. Grants +100 % bonus Bloodpoints for Precise Blink Score Events. Reduces the maximum range of the Blink by -20 %.
	Pocket Watch	A charred and broken pocket watch with rattling pieces. Taken from Nurse Moris' body. Increases the duration of the Chain Blink Window by +0.2 seconds.
	Anxious Gasp	The gasp of surprise collected from the asylum patient Mary Jenner, also known as the "Anxious Girl" that The Nurse was fond of. Twitches vigorously at The Nurse's touch. Coming within 1 metre of Survivors while teleporting causes them to scream and reveal their location. Grants 200 Bloodpoints in the Deviousness Category.
	Ataxic Respiration	The irregular and deteriorating breath collected from the asylum patient known as the "Catatonic Boy". Normally stable and calm, it becomes incredibly agitated at The Nurse's touch. Reduces the duration of Fatigue by -7 %.
	Fragile Wheeze	The whistling and rattling breath stolen from Father Campbell. Silently curves and bends at The Nurse's touch. Survivors hit with a Special Attack suffer from the Mangled Status Effect for 70 seconds.
	Heavy Panting	The slow and bulging breath stolen from Harvey Kavanagh, the asylum's "Fat Orderly". Dimly oscillates at The Nurse's touch. Extends the Lunge duration of Special Attacks to 130 %, which increases your Attack range by +30 %. This effect only applies after the second or third Blink.
	Spasmodic Breath	The twitchy and tremulous breath stolen from the "Bad Man". Aggressively pulses and jumps at The Nurse's touch. Hitting a Survivor with a Special Attack causes the following effects for 60 seconds: Increases your Movement speed to 4.6 m/s. Disables your Power.
	"Bad Man's" Last Breath	A powerful last breath snatched from the asylum patient known as the "Bad Man". In the hands of The Nurse, it jolts with intensity. Hitting Survivors with a Special Attack grants the Undetectable Status Effect for 25 seconds. "Bad Man's" Last Breath" has a cool-down of 45 seconds.
	Campbell's Last Breath	A powerful last breath snatched from the asylum priest Father Campbell. In the hand of The Nurse, it crackles with intensity. Reappearing from a fully charged Blink, you automatically Blink at full charge in the direction you are facing. This requires that you have at least 1 Charge left after the initial Blink.
	Jenner's Last Breath	A powerful last breath snatched from the asylum patient Mary Jenner, also known as the "Anxious Girl". In the hands of The Nurse, it trembles with intensity. After exhausting all of your Blinks, but before succumbing to Fatigue, press the Active Ability button to immediately Blink back to your starting location. Recharges your Power by +1 Charge.
	Kavanagh's Last Breath	A powerful last breath snatched from the asylum orderly Harvey Kavanagh, also known as the "Fat Orderly". In the hands of The Nurse, it wobbles with intensity. When succumbing to Fatigue, all Survivors within 8 metres of your location suffer from the Blindness Status Effect for 60 seconds.
	Matchbox	A matchbox containing an odd collection of mismatched buttons. Serves as a reminder of a horrible place. Increases your Movement speed to 4.4 m/s for the entire Trial. Restricts your Power to just 1 Blink. This cannot be altered by other Add-ons.
	Torn Bookmark	A white and pristine piece of ribbon once attached to a sacred book. Serves as the symbol of a dispute. Increases the number of available Power Tokens by +1. Increases the Power Recharge time to 130 %.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

There are 3 Achievements related to The Nurse:

Icon	Name	Description
	Adept Nurse	Playing as The Nurse, achieve a Merciless Victory using only her 3 Unique Perks: Stridor Icon Cost 2,500 3,250 4,000 Description You are acutely sensitive to the breathing of your prey. Increases the volume of Grunts of Pain of injured Survivors by 30/40/50 %. Increases the volume of regular breathing of Survivors by 15/20/25 %. "If you do not stop and catch your breath... she will." , Thanatophobia Icon Cost 2,500 3,250 4,000 Description Their courage fades in the face of their undeniable mortality. Each injured, dying, or hooked Survivor afflicts Survivors with a stack-able 1/1.5/2 % Action Speed penalty to Repairing, Sabotaging, and Cleansing, up to a maximum of 4/6/8 %. Increases the Action Speed penalty by a further 12 , if there are 4 Survivors, who are either injured, dying, or hooked at the same time. "She plays with us and revels in our pain." , and A Nurse's Calling Icon Cost 2,500 3,250 4,000 Description Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability. The Auras of Survivors who are healing or being healed are revealed to you within 20/24/28 metres. "Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help." .
	In the Void She Walks	Playing as The Nurse, successfully land 500 / 100 (For consoles) Blink Attacks.
	From the Void She Kills	Playing as The Nurse, equip the Torn BookmarkAdd-on and chain together 3 Blinks to grab and interrupt a Survivor interacting with a Prop.

Cosmetic Options

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

Base Cosmetics

Default

Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Additional Notes
	Linen Pillow Case		Common	Linen pillow case held over the face until the victim stops breathing.
	Classic Nurses Outfit		Common	Standard issue nurses uniform in the early twentieth century.
	Bonesaw		Common	Rust metal implement for tearing through flesh and bone.
	Full Bonesaw		Common	Carved metal reinforcement cuts through flesh and bone alike.	Alternate customisation of the default bonesaw

Prestige

Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Additional Notes
	Bloody Bag		Rare	A disgusting pillowcase, so thick it can block airways and suffocate.	Prestige Level 6 Reward
	Bloody Nurse		Rare	A rotten uniform, thick with the blood of someone or something.	Prestige Level 5 Reward
	Bloody Bonesaw		Rare	Wrought from the bloody hands of some terrible darkness.	Prestige Level 4 Reward

Perk Charms

Prestige Level 7 Reward	Prestige Level 8 Reward	Prestige Level 9 Reward
A keepsake gained upon mastery of a particular skill.

Alternatives

DLC

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Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	DLC
	Sand Bag		Uncommon	A jute sand bag emptied and tightly wrapped to suffocate. Ironically accessorised with a gas mask.	Bloodstained Sack
	WW2 Nurse Uniform		Uncommon	Standard uniform for nurses in military service during World War 2.	Bloodstained Sack
	Is That A Panda?		Uncommon	A unique bag for the Nurse, created for TheSwiftLegend.	Charity Case
	Smiley		Uncommon	A unique bag for the Nurse, created for Smiley.	Charity Case
	The Dark Nurse		Uncommon	A unique dress for the Nurse, created for Peng.	Charity Case

Special

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Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Event
	Marked Bridal Saw		Common	A grim bouquet of red rose and sharp steel. An almost imperceptible whisper echoes in the wielder's mind: "anoyk yeqkany'ye hvay'k l'gnoo eydokl'x : sekall'o ammk'ix"	1 Year Anniversary
	Sally of the Lantern		Uncommon	The fires of insanity burn within. "Have a horribly good Halloween 2017!" - The Dead by Daylight Team	All Hallows' Eve
	Frosty Eyes		Uncommon	Heart chilling eyes of the cold blooded. "Have a Wonderful Winter 2017-2018!" - The Dead by Daylight Team	Winter Solstice 2017

Event

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Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Event	Exclusive to Event Participation
	Crown of the Entity		Event	A crown emanating a festive and ominous aura created by the Entity's biggest fan.	Fourth Year Anniversary	Yes
	5th Anniversary Crown		Event	A crown crafted for a very special anniversary. "Thank you for supporting & inspiring us along the years!" - The Dead by Daylight Team	Fifth Year Anniversary	Yes
	Festive Gown		Event	A long lavish gown, lined with silky, golden fabric. Once worn to celebrate her wedding anniversary.	Lurking Stripes	Yes
	Bonbon Bonesaw		Event	A spoonful of sugar won’t make this medicine go down any easier.	Haunted by Daylight 2022	Yes
	Nurse's Mask		Event	A mask she found herself wearing at the masquerade ball.	Twisted Masquerade 2023	Yes

Exclusives

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Icon	Name	Body	Rarity	Description	Event
	Legacy Nurse 2		Very Rare	The touch of the Entity leaves burning scars and blisters of light. Is it a gift or a curse?	Legacy Prestige Reward
	Legacy Nurse 3		Very Rare	The touch of the Entity leaves burning scars and blisters of light. Is it a gift or a curse?	Legacy Prestige Reward
	Legacy Nurse I		Very Rare	The touch of the Entity leaves burning scars and blisters of light. Is it a gift or a curse?	Legacy Prestige Reward

Rift

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In-Game Store

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An underwater grave. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Weighted Tarpaulin The Disposed This was once weighed down with heavy rocks that have since been removed. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Bloodied Bone Cutter The Disposed This used to be a medical instrument. Now it is used as an instrument of death. 250 4500 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Hazardous Material The Disposed 12 June 2018 (Tuesday) Description Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. 750 13500 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Contaminated Trash Bag The Disposed A plastic bag wrapped tightly with duct tape. No room to move. No way to see. No air to breath. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Biohazard Tarpaulin The Disposed A heavy, plastic tomb sealed tightly with duct tape. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Bronze Bone Cutter The Disposed This used to be a medical instrument. 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Ideal for severing limbs, an action that helps numb the painful void in her chest. 250 4500 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price The Accident Grim Resolutions Collection 23 May 2023 (Tuesday) Description The ambulance that was supposed to take her to the hospital never made it. 750 13500 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Medical Shrapnel Grim Resolutions Collection 16 As the vehicle turned and tumbled off of the road, its contents crashed into her. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Annihilated Uniform Grim Resolutions Collection 24 Her outfit, already crimson with the blood of her victims, ran bright red from her fresh wounds. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Improvised Steel Grim Resolutions Collection 31 She was forced to cut herself loose from the wreckage with whatever she could pluck from the wreckage—or herself. 250 4500 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Hope Slayer Blood And Bones 25 July 2024 (Thursday) Description Her rage subsided as she was freed from the fog and released into a new realm. 750 13500 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Spiked Bonnet Blood And Bones She could see without seeing and was taken aback by her own appearance. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Distinguished Bodice Blood And Bones She never imagined such finery could ever exist, much less be made for her to wear. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Festooned Bonesaw Blood And Bones The screams of past patients rang in her ears as she readied her latest instrument of pain. 250 4500 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Blood Bag The Disposed 12 June 2018 (Tuesday) Description Wrapped up. Disposed of. Left for dead. It's time to break free. It's time for revenge. 750 13500 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Suffocation Trash Bag The Disposed A plastic bag wrapped tightly with duct tape. No room to move. No way to see. No air to breath. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Landfill Tarpaulin The Disposed A heavy, plastic tomb sealed tightly with duct tape. 250 4500 Piece Name Collection Oxidized Bone Cutter The Disposed This used to be a medical instrument. Now it is used as an instrument of death. 250 4500 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Mother Mercy War Is Hell 21 August 2019 (Wednesday) Description A spoonful of sugar helps the mustard gas go down. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Gasp Mask War Is Hell This shrapnel-torn gas mask would be the death of many, but some have a greater service to fulfill. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Medical Casualty War Is Hell A nurse’s military uniform, clearly violating regulations due to the torn skirt, mutilated arm, and soaked blood. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Assisted Euthanasia War Is Hell A bonesaw to mercifully end the suffering of those snagged on its barbed wire. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Until Death Parts The Bride 12 June 2018 (Tuesday) Description A special day. Left at the altar. No one shall rest until a soulmate is found. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Grim Veil The Bride This one symbolizes mourning… for the death of innocence. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Reaper Wedding Gown The Bride A vintage wedding gown, perfect for that special day tragedy. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Oxidized Bone Cleaver The Bride An old-fashioned hand axe, specifically designed for chopping through hard bone. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Anguished Walk Days Gone By Collection 16 January 2024 (Tuesday) Description Sally watched the woman dressed in black roam through the asylum corridor during visiting hours, as she did every day. 1080 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Hidden Sorrow Days Gone By Collection The woman always held her head high, despite covering her face with a black linen veil. Piece Name Collection Kin Burden Days Gone By Collection Her weathered black dress inspired pity and despair in anyone who laid eyes upon her. Piece Name Collection Deadly Stain-Glass Days Gone By Collection She found her patient’s body on the cell’s floor, surrounded by shattered stained glass. Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Kampo Trainee Grim Matsuri 29 January 2020 (Wednesday) Description She began her work at a private lunatic asylum created to provide humane care for domestic detainees. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection High-Top Hat Grim Matsuri She bandaged her face and pierced the dressing with rusty acupuncture needles. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Frostbitten Robe Grim Matsuri Her tattered robe was stocked with rancid mushrooms, dirty roots, and foul herbs. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rusted Amputation Saw Grim Matsuri A sharp, rusted blade used to saw off frozen limbs. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price In Sickness, In Health The Bride 12 June 2018 (Tuesday) Description It’s a nice day to start again. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Ill Veil The Bride The bridal veil symbolizes innocence… but not today. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Plague Wedding Gown The Bride A vintage wedding gown, perfect for that special day tragedy. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Bloodied Bone Cleaver The Bride An old-fashioned hand axe, specifically designed for chopping through hard bone. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Fading Fire Aftermath 02 May 2024 (Thursday) Description She was one with the embers that smoldered in the furthest reaches of the darkness. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Molten Skin Aftermath Her skin was wracked with pain, and she couldn’t understand why. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Consumed Uniform Aftermath The hem of her dress smoldered with the dying remains of a once-raging fire. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Red-Hot Saw Aftermath The blade still glowed as if it would never lose its heat. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Flashforward Holiday Horror 14 December 2023 (Thursday) Description One of her most reclusive patients spent his days drawing a creature that drifted around while draped in a long robe. 1200 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Nailed Crown Holiday Horror Her small golden crown clashed with the numerous nails that pierced her skull. 400 Piece Name Collection Red Robe Holiday Horror The creature was clothed in a long crimson woolen robe decorated with fur borders and shining golden stars. 400 Piece Name Collection Sawing Star Holiday Horror The patient's drawing depicted in detail the creature using a star-topped wood saw to sever people's limbs. 400 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Vengeful Enchantress Greek Legends 27 July 2021 (Tuesday) Description She projected a false image of serenity that deluded those around her. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Shrouded Face Greek Legends A silky scarf wrapped around her neck, concealing her true nature. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Luxurious Tunic Greek Legends A delicate, smooth tunic covering her venomous, arachnid legs. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Poisonous Scythe Greek Legends A sharp, poisoned blade wielded at night with grief. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Lady Lunatic Vicious Victorian 07 November 2018 (Wednesday) Description After breaking free from the madhouse, rejoin society to inflict your dark treatment. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Smothering Bonnet Vicious Victorian A floral headdress dusted with brilliant hues of arsenic. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Choking Corset Vicious Victorian Rows of lace knotting the waist into a suffocating garment, pressing a curvature of the spine and deformity of the ribs. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Metacarpal Saw Vicious Victorian A Benjamin Bell-type instrument designed to cut through thick bones during your arbitrary amputation rounds. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price The Ashen Lady Divergence 12 May 2022 (Thursday) Description The life and love she had was no more, turned to dust and blown away. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Weeping Mask Divergence 19 All she could do was cover her eyes and wish the horror would end. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Withering Soul Divergence 1 Once a symbol of love; now a reminder of death. The cloth decays in the wind and drifts away. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Rose Decay Divergence 68 A bonesaw decorated with roses, it decays with the heart of its wielder. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Miss Smithson Tragic Love Opera 09 August 2019 (Friday) Description After the loss of her husband, she worked twelve-hour shifts at an asylum to pay the bills. In the halls at night, she’d hum a sad tune to numb her pain. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection White Rose Gauze Tragic Love Opera Lush curls adorned with gleaming pearls wrapped by a linen cloth that covers her eyes. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Sumptuous Gown Tragic Love Opera A long lavish gown lined with delicate lacework that covers up the bleeding cavity where her heart should be. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Barbed Saw Tragic Love Opera A forged instrument with intricate, flowery metal work. Ideal for severing limbs, an action that helps numb the painful void in her chest. 400 7200 Thumbnail Contains Name Collection Name Release Date Price Fluid Nightingale Hallowed Catalyst 20 October 2020 (Tuesday) Description With foul serum still dripping from her wound, she broke free from her captor. 1200 21600 ⇓ Expand ⇓ Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Malignant Growth Hallowed Catalyst 7 There was no cure for the scorching mass expanding from her skull. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Dripping Uniform Hallowed Catalyst 15 Her robe was torn by her swollen entrails, which extended to her chest and fused with her lungs. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rift Tier Needle Saw Hallowed Catalyst 23 An amputation saw injected with putrid serum to torture her patients with the pain she suffered. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Rusted Bone Cleaver The Bride An old-fashioned hand axe, specifically designed for chopping through hard bone. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Bonbon Bonesaw Tricks And Treats A spoonful of sugar won’t make this medicine go down any easier. 250 Piece Name Festive Gown A long lavish gown, lined with silky, golden fabric. Once worn to celebrate her wedding anniversary. 400 7200 Piece Name Collection Nurse’s Mask Twisted Masquerade Collection A mask she found herself wearing at the masquerade ball. 400

DLC

Main article: Downloadable Content

The Nurse is part of 3 DLCs:

• CHAPTER 1: The Last Breath Chapter (comes pre-installed)
• The Bloodstained Sack
• Charity Case

History

Lightburn

Main article: Lightburn

Up to Patch 6.7.0, 'The Nurse was affected by a unique mechanic when Survivors would use light-emitting Items against her when or before charging a Blink:

SPECIAL VULNERABILITY: LIGHTBURN
Interacting with the Spirit World causes The Nurse to suffer from Lightburn, which leaves her vulnerable to bright lights while using her Power:

• Shining Flashlights directly at The Nurse prevents her from charging a Blink for as long as the light is shining at her.
• Shining Flashlights directly at The Nurse, or detonating Firecrackers or Flash Grenades near her, while she is in the process of charging a Blink will stun her, forcing her into Fatigue.

Change Log

Patch 1.1.2

• Nerf: added Lightburn vulnerability.
• Nerf: reduced the default charges of Spencer's Last Breath from 3 Blinks to 2 Blinks.
  • This, in conjunction to a Nerf to Fragile Wheeze, reduced the maximum number of available Blinks and Chain Blinks from 7 Blinks to 5 Blinks.
    • 7 Blinks were possible with the 1.1.0-1.1.1 versions of Fragile Wheeze and Campbell's Last Breath.
• Nerf: reduced The Nurse's default Movement speed from 4.0 m/s or 100 % to 3.85 m/s or 96.25 %.

Patch 1.3.0

• QoL: increased The Nurse's Carrying Movement speed from 3.504 m/s or 87.6 % to 3.68 m/s or 92 %, to match that of the other Killers.

Patch 1.9.0

• QoL: standardised The Nurse's post-Blink Lunge to the default variation shared by all Killers now.
  • This now allows for full rotation mid-Lunge compared to the former Lunge which was restricted to a straight path and could not avoid potential obstacles by curving around them.
• QoL: a Blink's duration is now determined by how long a Blink was charged for. Charging duration still determines the maximum available Blink distance, but The Nurse is no longer committed to that distance and can shorten her travel path by aiming her camera to a desired spot closer to her.
• QoL: The Nurse can now blink upwards and downwards, including through floors and ceilings.

Patch 3.3.1

• Nerf: reworked Spencer's Last Breath to be based on Charges, requiring The Nurse to wait for her Blink Charges to reload instead of having the maximum amount available immediately post-Fatigue.
• Nerf: reworked several Blink Charge Add-ons, reducing the maximum number of available Blinks (with Add-ons) from 5 to 3.

Patch 5.5.0

• QoL: rewrote the majority of the code governing The Nurse, especially net-working, to fix a plethora of issues that plagued her over the years.

Patch 6.5.0

• QoL: added a new sound cue that plays when The Nurse has fully regenerated all her Blink charges.
• Nerf: any attack following a Blink and before The Nurse succumbs to Fatigue is now considered a Special Attack and no longer activates any effects associated with Basic Attacks.
• Change: received a second Add-on Pass, which brings her strongest and her weakest Add-ons in line with the rest.
• Change: The Nurse now features a unique Menu Music, Terror Radius and Chase Music.

Patch 6.7.0

• Buff: removed the Lightburn mechanic.

Patch 8.3.2

• Change (undocumented): slightly modified The Nurse's Momento Mori animation.

Trivia

• The Nurse was the first female Killer.
• The Nurse was the first Killer to be introduced as a DLC.
• In The Entity's Realm, she shares her home turf with The Clown in the Crotus Prenn Asylum.
• The Nurse's teleportation Power holds references to several other Games with the ability under the same name of "Blinking".
• The Nurse was the first Killer who used telekinesis to perform various interactions.
• The Nurse has the lowest default Movement speed and is slower than a running Survivors to compensate for her ability to teleport through obstacles, walls, and even floors.
  • However, this also makes her entirely dependent on using her Power for any sort of mobility.
• Before the standardisation of the Lunge Attack, The Nurse had the shortest Lunge amongst all Killers, due its reach being tied to the base Movement speed.
• The Nurse was one of just two Killers affected by the Lightburn mechanic before its deprecation, due to her power interacting with the Spirit World.

Developer Tidbits

• The Nurse screams from pain and sighs with relief every time she Blinks.
  • This is because the process is painful to her, according to the Developers during one of their Weekly Dev Streams.
• The Nurse was "bat-shit crazy" when she strangled one of her patients at Crotus Prenn Asylum, which made her more susceptible to The Entity's corruption.

Design

• The Nurse was hinted at by the Developers to have been be inspired by the nurses featured in the Silent Hill franchise.
• The Nurse was the first notably shorter Killer introduced into the Game in comparison to the original Killer trio.
• The Nurse was the first Killer to float and glide across the floor instead of walk and remained the only Killer to do so for nearly eight years until the addition of The Lich, who also floats and glides across the floor, immediately followed by The Dark Lord in his Vampire Form.
• The Nurse does not have an audible footstep, though her dress creates a faint rustling noise when moving.
• The Nurse leaves a trail of glowing dots and black smoke after her.
• In the earlier days of Dead by Daylight, The Nurse was one of the very few Killers whose breathing was not distorted in some way.
  • She makes a rather human-like wheeze, which sounds stressed, as if her throat was closed up.
  • This is possibly due to her suffering from "Stridor", an affliction that causes a high-pitched wheezing sound caused by a disrupted airflow, likely due to her burns.
    • This medical condition is also the namesake for the Perk Stridor.

Gallery

For more go to the Nurse's Gallery

In-game assets

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  The Nurse
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  The Nurse (Portrait render)
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  The Nurse (Background image)

Official art

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  Introducing The Nurse to Dead by Daylight
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  The Nurse
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  The Nurse

Old assets

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  The Nurse's previous portrait

Concept arts

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  Bloodstained Sack Concept Art
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  'Miss Smithson' Concept Art
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  'Kampo Trainee' Concept Art
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  'Vengeful Enchantress' Concept Art
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  'Flashforward' Concept Art

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THE KILLERS
BASE GAME / CHAPTERS 1 — 3		Trapper		Wraith		Hillbilly		Nurse		Shape		Hag
CHAPTERS 4 — 8		Doctor		Huntress		Cannibal		Nightmare		Pig		Clown
CHAPTERS 9 — 14		Spirit		Legion		Plague		Ghost Face		Demogorgon		Oni
CHAPTERS 15 — 20		Deathslinger		Executioner		Blight		Twins		Trickster		Nemesis
CHAPTERS 21 — 26		Cenobite		Artist		Onryō		Dredge		Mastermind		Knight
CHAPTERS 27 — 32		Skull Merchant		Singularity		Xenomorph		Good Guy		Unknown		Lich
CHAPTERS 33-34		Dark Lord		Houndmaster		Ghoul	File:K40 TheAnimatronic Portrait.png	Animatronic
THE SURVIVORS
BASE GAME / CHAPTERS 1 — 2		Dwight Fairfield		Meg Thomas		Claudette Morel		Jake Park		Nea Karlsson		Laurie Strode
CHAPTERS 3 — 7		Ace Visconti		Bill Overbeck		Feng Min		David King		Quentin Smith		David Tapp
CHAPTERS 8 — 13		Kate Denson		Adam Francis		Jeff Johansen		Jane Romero		Ash Williams		Nancy Wheeler
CHAPTERS 13 — 18		Steve Harrington		Yui Kimura		Zarina Kassir		Cheryl Mason		Felix Richter		Élodie Rakoto
CHAPTERS 19 — 23		Yun-Jin Lee		Jill Valentine		Leon Scott Kennedy		Mikaela Reid		Jonah Vasquez		Yoichi Asakawa
CHAPTERS 24 — 27		Haddie Kaur		Ada Wong		Rebecca Chambers		Vittorio Toscano		Thalita Lyra		Renato Lyra
CHAPTERS 28 — 32		Gabriel Soma		Nicolas Cage		Ellen Ripley		Alan Wake		Sable Ward		Troupe
CHAPTERS 32.5 — 34		Lara Croft		Trevor Belmont		Taurie Cain