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Dead by Daylight Move & Ability Guide

The Dredge moves, skills and special abilities

Move & Ability Guide

Teleports between lockers and creates Nightfall to reduce Survivor visibility. Official difficulty: Hard.

6 ability entries3 Perk1 Killer Power2 Special Ability
Killer actions: Default PC / PlayStation / Xbox: Power = right mouse / L2 / LT; Attack = left mouse / R2 / RT; Active Ability = Left Ctrl / L1 / LB; Interact = Space / R1 / RB. Secondary Power and Secondary Ability prompts can differ; use the named on-screen action and your current bindings. Automatic states and Survivor interactions are labeled separately from killer attacks.

Perk

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Darkness Revealed
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

Opening a locker reveals Survivors near lockers.

Dissolution
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

After a basic attack injures a Survivor, their next qualifying rushed pallet vault destroys the pallet.

Septic Touch
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

Survivors healing within your Terror Radius suffer Blindness and Exhaustion.

Killer Power

1
Reign of Darkness
Killer Power
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Hold Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to charge The Gloaming. Aim at a locker and use Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) to teleport, or press Attack (PC: left mouse; PS: R2; Xbox: RT) to return to the Remnant.

Teleports between lockers, creates a Remnant and triggers Nightfall as its meter fills.

Command details & verification
Control actions checked against killer power references. Binding reference: https://eip.gg/dbd/guides/killer-weapons-powers/ . Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported. Remnant return uses Attack; releasing Power cancels without returning. Cross-checked against the power description and current Dredge control references.

Special Ability

2
The Gloaming
Special Ability
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Hold Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT); aim at a locker and use Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) to teleport, or press Attack (PC: left mouse; PS: R2; Xbox: RT) to return to the Remnant.

Leave a Remnant and teleport through lockers, or return to the Remnant.

Command details & verification
Control actions checked against killer power references. Binding reference: https://eip.gg/dbd/guides/killer-weapons-powers/ . Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported. Remnant return uses Attack; releasing Power cancels without returning. Cross-checked against the power description and current Dredge control references.
Nightfall
Special Ability
Controls: Mechanic / state
How it is used
Automatic state or effect; no standalone activation button. Build the meter through pressure and power use; when full, darkness conceals your approach and improves teleporting.

Build the meter through pressure and power use; when full, darkness conceals your approach and improves teleporting.

Command details & verification
This is an effect or state of the killer’s power, not a separate Power-button command.

Build around a clear job

Treat the listed powers and perks as components with conditions, rather than a guarantee that every effect is active together.

GetCheatBeacon's practical checklist for The Dredge:

  • What is the setup trying to improve: information, chase, recovery or objective pressure?
  • Can the listed activation condition occur in the situation you are planning for?
  • Which weakness remains after choosing the first effect?
  • Check current perk text before spending unlock resources; test the complete loadout rather than judging one isolated effect.

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