Castlevania joins a long line of licensed properties to come to Dead by Daylight in 2024 with the introduction of The Dark Lord, Dracula. This unrelenting, shapeshifting Killer can choose a variety of forms to hunt his prey, tracking them down as a Bat or snapping at their heels as a Wolf. In order to best keep Survivors on their toes, certain powerful perks can help tip the balance of a match in your favor.
Trevor Belmont's Perks in Dead by Daylight Explained
Trevor Belmont has fought Dracula before, and he brings new perks to Dead by Daylight to give himself and other Survivors a boost.
The following guide will highlight the best builds for Dracula in Dead by Daylight, featuring perks and add-ons that help veterans and newcomers alike. With these loadouts, The Dark Lord can assert his vampiric dominance across the realm.
The Dark Lord: Best Beginner Build (2024)
For players without access to DLC Killers, this build uses only The Dark Lord’s perks — and those included in the base game.
Using Dracula’s Hex: Wretched Fate, you can significantly impede the Obsession’s ability to complete generators while slowing Survivor's healing with Sloppy Butcher; Hex: No One Escapes Death will also activate in the endgame to secure more kills. Finally, Spies from the Shadows will allow you to track the movements of nearby Survivors when they disturb crows — a perk that triggers even in Bat Form.
- Hex: Wretched Fate (The Dark Lord) – After the first generator is repaired, a Hex Totem lights up. For as long as the Hex Totem stands, the Obsession receives a 33% penalty to generator repair speeds. The aura of this Hex Totem is revealed to the Obsession within 12 meters.
- Sloppy Butcher (General Perk) – Basic attacks inflict the Mangled and Hemorrhage status ailments for 90 seconds, slowing down healing by 25% and regressing healing progress when left unfinished.
- Hex: No One Escapes Death (General Perk) – After the final generator is completed, all Survivors suffer from the Exposed status ailment, and you gain a 4% Haste effect until the Hex Totem is cleansed.
- Spies From the Shadows (General Perk) – When within 36 meters of a crow startled by a Survivor, you gain a loud noise notification.
The Dark Lord: Best Build (2024)
Though Dracula’s Hellfire can pass through windows and effectively zone Survivors, the real strength of The Dark Lord comes through in his other forms. With Corrupt Intervention, you can passively slow down the early game and stall progress on cross-map generators. Using The Artist's Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance and The Clown's Pop Goes the Weasel, you can further slow progress with powerful regression. Finally, The Clown's Bamboozle will increase your ability to zone Survivors and land hits in Wolf Form.
- Corrupt Intervention (The Plague) – At the start of the trial, the three generators furthest from your starting location are blocked for 120 seconds (or until the first Survivor is downed).
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist) – You start the trial with four tokens. For each new Survivor hooked on a white Scourge Hook, lose one token and explode the generator with the most progress, causing it to regress by 20%.
- Pop Goes the Weasel (The Clown) – For 45 seconds after hooking a Survivor, damaging a generator will remove 20% of its current progress.
- Bamboozle (The Clown) – Your vault speed is increased by 15%, and performing a vault will block the window for 16 seconds.
The Dark Lord: Best Add-Ons Tier List
The rest of this guide is dedicated to the Castlevania antagonist’s strongest add-ons, ordered from worst to best. With these power modifiers, you can maximize Dracula’s potential and claw your way to becoming a Merciless Killer in Dead by Daylight.
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Tier |
Add-On Name |
Add-On Description |
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S |
Killer Doll |
Increased Pounce charge per Scent Orb |
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Force of Echo |
Increased Scent Orb drop rate |
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A |
Traveller's Hat |
Reduced post-Shapeshift attack cooldown |
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Clock Tower Gear |
Reduced Shapeshift cooldown |
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B |
Warg's Fang |
Survivors' auras revealed after grabbing their Scent Orbs |
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Blood Filled Goblet |
Increased duration of Scent Orbs |
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Sylph Feather |
Reduced Hellfire cooldown with each pallet break |
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Ruby Circlet |
Reduced Hellfire cooldown |
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Winged Boots |
Increased Teleport distance |
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Alucard's Shield |
Exit gates consumed by pillars of flame |
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C |
Cube of Zoe |
Surrounded by pillars of flame each time a generator is finished |
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Lapis Lazuli |
Windows Teleported to are blocked |
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Medusa's Hair |
Survivors close to a Teleport are Hindered |
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Moonstone Necklace |
Reduced Terror Radius in Vampire and Wolf Form |
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D |
White Wolf Medallion |
Increased Killer Instinct on nearby fast vaults in Wolf Form |
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Pocket Watch |
Reset Teleport cooldown after pallet/wall break |
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Magical Ticket |
Increased Teleport speed |
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Cerberus Talon |
Scent Orbs seen from twice the distance |
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F |
Iridescent Ring of Vlad |
Homing effect on Hellfire at a reduced distance |
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Sunglasses |
Increased Hellfire distance at an increased charge time |
20. Sunglasses (F Tier)
These Sunglasses are rather detrimental. The extra meter of Hellfire distance isn’t worth the 25% increased charge time, which can cause you to miss shots.
19. Iridescent Ring Of Vlad (F Tier)
Another disappointing add-on, the Iridescent Ring of Vlad provides too subtle a homing effect for reduced Hellfire distance.
18. Cerberus Talon (D Tier)
The Common Cerberus Talon is almost useless. In Wolf Form, you collect Scent Orbs while chasing Survivors and shouldn’t veer too far off course to get them — lest you lose distance.
17. Magical Ticket (D Tier)
Like The Demogorgon’s Rat Tail, this add-on is pretty bad. Outclassed by the Winged Boots, the extra teleport speed offered by the Magical Ticket doesn’t save much time.
16. Pocket Watch (D Tier)
As Dracula, you should be teleporting to reach distant places and potentially cut off Survivors. You won’t likely be breaking pallets much in Bat Form and the cooldown reduction isn’t significant enough to justify this add-on.
15. White Wolf Medallion (D Tier)
This add-on, while better than nothing, still isn’t great. The extra Killer Instinct in Wolf Form can help with tracking, but the value is too inconsistent. The Ghost Face’s perk, I’m All Ears, offers far better value and tracking.
14. Moonstone Necklace (C Tier)
This Uncommon Vampiric Shift add-on is very niche. Unless paired with Terror Radius reducing perks like Monitor and Abuse, you’re unlikely to get much value from this. Furthermore, you should generally approach distant Survivors in Bat Form as it’s quicker.
13. Medusa’s Hair (C Tier)
This add-on provides a not insignificant effect and can land you hits when you teleport on top of Survivors around hooks and generators. However, since you can’t quickly shapeshift out of Bat Form, it’s not very useful in chase.
12. Lapis Lazuli (C Tier)
Acting similarly to T he Clown's Bamboozle, the Lapis Lazuli can similarly get you free hits if Survivors aren’t expecting it. Like Medusa’s Hair, though, it’s very situational and hard to get value from in chase.
11. Cube Of Zoe (C Tier)
The Cube of Zoe is tantalizing but inconsistent. Since you can’t control when a generator is finished, this ability is unlikely to proc at a useful time, and the pillars of flame can be dodged. Still, if you’re lucky, this add-on can get you otherwise unobtainable injuries.
10. Alucard’s Shield (B Tier)
Like the Cube of Zoe, this Ultra Rare add-on is chaotic and fun but not very powerful. While it can secure you a down at the exit gates, and it pairs well with endgame perks like Blood Warden, average games won't get much mileage from Alucard’s Shield.
9. Winged Boots (B Tier)
To assist in getting cross-map distance, The Dark Lord’s Bat Form is unparalleled. With the Winged Boots, the extra Teleport distance can help in reaching distant generators a little more quickly.
8. Ruby Circlet (B Tier)
The Ruby Circlet isn’t bad for its common rarity, though it’s outclassed by the Sylph Feather. Nevertheless, the reduced Hellfire cooldown can be helpful.
7. Sylph Feather (B Tier)
Synergizing best with a pallet-breaking build and the Ruby Circlet, the Sylph Feather maximizes Dracula’s ability to zone and injure Survivors with Hellfire by massively reducing its cooldown. While decent, this add-on is limited by Hellfire’s weaknesses; having fast cooldowns can only go so far in helping you down Survivors, so switch to Wolf Form often in places where Hellfire is less helpful.
6. Blood-Filled Goblet (B Tier)
Scent Orbs should generally be picked up mid-chase, but the Blood-Filled Goblet isn’t a bad way to get more Pounces in Wolf Form, even if it isn’t as strong as its Rare counterparts.
5. Warg’s Fang (B Tier)
The Warg’s Fang add-on can be quite useful if you primarily stay in Wolf Form during chase. Aura reading is always useful and can help mindgame Survivors at loops, although generally it’s a little inconsistent.
4. Clock Tower Gear (A Tier)
Being able to switch faster between Forms is a massive bonus when juggling cooldowns and getting used to The Dark Lord’s different loop-based abilities.
3. Traveler’s Hat (A Tier)
One of The Dark Lord’s very best add-ons; the Traveler’s Hat allows you to attack 10% sooner after coming out of shapeshift. This is hugely important for obtaining quick injuries when switching Forms, and it offers great value for its Common rarity.
2. Force Of Echo (S Tier)
Wolf Form is The Dark Lord’s most versatile and powerful shape, allowing you to Pounce on Survivors from great distances, zoning and injuring them. The Force of Echo makes Survivors drop Scent Orbs 17% sooner, meaning you get your Pounces back quicker. More Scent Orbs also means more Haste buffs as you run down your prey.
1. Killer Doll (S Tier)
The Killer Doll is Dracula’s best in slot add-on, especially when paired with the Force of Echo. By obtaining 50% more Pounce charge whenever you pick up a Scent Orb, you get your power back incredibly quickly, putting even more pressure on Survivors in chase. Having more frequent Pounces makes missed attacks less punishing and enables you to zone and injure Survivors more often.
Dead by Daylight
- Released
- June 14, 2016
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Behaviour Interactive
- Publisher(s)
- Behaviour Interactive
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
- Cross Save
- yes
- Franchise
- Dead by Daylight
- Number of Players
- 5
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- yes
- Genre(s)
- Horror, Survival
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Stadia, Switch, Mobile
- How Long To Beat
- N/A
- PS Plus Availability
- Extra & Premium
- File Size Xbox Series
- 51 GB (October 2022)
