Today is the release of Dead by Daylight's newest DLC chapter, Portrait of Murder. It introduces Jonah Vasquez, the new survivor, Eyrie of Crows, the new map, and the Artist, the new killer.
As with all Dead by Daylight characters, the Artist comes with her own set of perks and lore pertaining to how she found herself in the fog. She additionally has her own special ability that helps her hunt down survivors to sacrifice to the entity.
The Portrait of Murder DLC chapter is available for $6.99 USD. It includes both the Artist and Jonah Vasquez alongside their individual perks. The characters can additionally be purchased separately in the Dead by Daylight in-game store.
The Artist's Ability - Birds of Torment
During the trials, the Artist has access to an ability known as Birds of Torment. By pressing the power button, players can charge it. Using the ability at full charge by pressing the attack button will summon a Dire Crow. This can be done multiple times to summon multiple crows. These crows can be destroyed with flashlights, firecrackers, and flash grenades.
When a Dire Crow is summoned, it will stay idle for some time. Using the ability button while Dire Crows are out on the map will cause the crows to fly with the Artist able to see their path. Players hit by this flight path will be damaged. After the crow leaves the flight path, it will reveal any nearby survivors with Killer Instinct, similar to the Legion.
If a survivor runs into a Dire Crow and gets damaged, they will enter the Swarm state. The Artist will be able to see a large aura of crows surrounding the affected survivor, allowing for easy tracking. Survivors can shoo away the crows by using the repel action or going into a locker.
The Artist's Perks
The Artist benefits from the following perks that can be later taught to other killers via the Bloodweb:
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Perk |
Description |
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Grim Embrace |
Once all four survivors have been hooked at least one time, all of the generators will be blocked by the entity for 30/35/40 seconds. The aura of the obsession will also be revealed for five seconds. |
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Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance |
When the trial begins four random hooks will be turned into Scourge Hooks. These hooks can be seen with special white auras by the Dead by Daylight killer. When a survivor is placed on a Scourge Hook, the generator with the most amount of progress will explode and cause it to lose 9/12/15% of its progression, as well as cause it to regress if nobody works on it. Survivors working on the exploding generator will scream. |
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Hex: Pentimento |
The killer gains the ability to see the auras of cleansed Totems. These Totems can be changed into Rekindled Totems. As more Rekindled Totems are created, more debuffs are given to survivors. These are:
If survivors find a Rekindled Totem before five are created, they can be cleansed once more where they will be destroyed for good. |
The Artist's Lore
Before becoming a killer for the Entity, the Artist was known as Carmina Mora. She was a young woman from Chile who grew up surrounded by tragedy and loneliness. After a murder of crows stopped Carmina from killing herself, she began to more passionately pursue her art.
While Carmina got a lot of success and attention from her art, a target was painted on her back after painting a mural criticizing the corrupt multinational enterprise, the Vack Label. She and her friends tried to hide from those in the company's pocket at Carmina's father's house but were still found.
Carmina was horribly attacked, causing her hands and tongue to be cut off. The pain of it all made her scream in torment, summoning a storm of crows to attack and feast on her attacker. The crows however didn't get their fill and began to feast on Carmina's friends as well. As Carmina watched in horror, she was taken into the realm of the Entity, where her pain and anger would corrupt her into the Artist.
The full version of the Artist's lore can be read in her character profile in-game.
Dead by Daylight is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.