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Dead by Daylight Move & Ability Guide

The Skull Merchant moves, skills and special abilities

Move & Ability Guide

Uses surveillance Drones to track Survivors and control areas. Official difficulty: Hard.

4 ability entries1 Killer Power3 Perk
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.

Killer Power

1
Eyes in the Sky
Killer Power
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Press Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to deploy a Drone; use the radar/recall prompts for drone management.

Deploys Drones that detect Survivors and provide tracking information.

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 Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported.
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Perk

3
Game Afoot
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

Changes the Obsession under chase conditions and rewards certain obstacle interactions.

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

Unhooking imposes a temporary healing penalty on the rescuer.

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

Spends tokens when breaking obstacles to reveal nearby Survivors; hooking replenishes tokens.

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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 Skull Merchant:

  • 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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