Dead by Daylight is an indie horror game developed and published by Behaviour Digital Inc. Dead by Daylight is both an action and survival horror multiplayer game in which one crazed, unstoppable Killer hunts down four Survivors through a terrifying nightmarish world in a deadly game of Cat & Mouse. It was released on 14 June 2016 for PC, 20 June 2017 for Xbox One and PS4, 24 September 2019 for Switch and 16 April 2020 for Mobile.
Chapter 23: SADAKO RISING (RINGU)[]
CHAPTER XXIII: Sadako Rising is the twenty-third Chapter DLC for Dead by Daylight .
It was released on 8 March 2022.
This DLC features:
- A new Killer (The Onryō)
- A new Survivor (Yoichi Asakawa)
- An exclusive Cursed Videotape Charm
Description[]
Sadako Rising is a brand-new Chapter for Dead by Daylight. It includes a Killer, The Onryō; a Survivor, Yoichi Asakawa. Purchasing the add-on unlocks the new Killer, Survivor and an exclusive universal Charm.
Unspeakable horrors lurk beneath the water.
Spread the curse to Dead by Daylight with Sadako Rising, a new Chapter inspired by Kōji Suzuki’s novel Ringu and the original film adaptation.
The Onryō[]
The Onryō is a vengeful ghost imbued with the power of Nensha, the Onryō is able to silently and invisibly traverse the Realm, manifesting when she is ready to strike.
Her personal Perks, Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage, Call of Brine, and Merciless Storm, allow her to expose hidden Survivors, surveil Generators, and hamper Repair progress.
Difficulty rating: Intermediate
(based on the amount of time and effort that is required to properly learn to play her and use her Power effectively)
A powerful and lethal onryō, Sadako Yamamura was the daughter of a famed seer from Izu Oshima, Japan.
Her mother left many questions unanswered. In her hometown, sailors disliked the way her mother would spend days on the beach, her eyes fixed on the foaming waves of the sea. Some said, frolic in brine, goblins be thine--if you keep playing in the water, the monster will come for you.
Nine months later, Sadako was born. As a child, her immense powers seemed impossible to control and flared in anger. This became apparent when she was unable to control her rage during a public demonstration of her mother’s powers. When a journalist called her mother a fraud, Sadako’s powers surged, and the journalist collapsed on the floor, struck dead.
Then everything went wrong. Her mother passed away and shortly after Sadako was lured to an old, crumbling well. As she leaned over the rim, a long shadow fell over her. She turned and a sudden jolt of pain hit her over the head, cracking it open. Her vision dimmed and her mind swirled into unconsciousness. She felt two hands pushing her over the rim.
Pain exploded in her skull as she hit the cold ground. A grinding noise came from above and the well darkened, all light obscured like a midday eclipse.
Every inch of her body screamed in pain. Looking up, she saw the only way out. She dug her nails into the muddy ground and slowly crawled toward the cobbled wall. She gripped the stones to climb but had neither hold nor strength. Each time she clawed up a few inches, her nails slid against the wet wall and she slipped down. Her fingers gushed with blood as the coarse cobblestone tore off her nails and lacerated the flesh underneath. And yet she tried, again and again.
Decades later, the meadow became a resort, and a log cabin was built above the well. When a visitor rented the cabin, Sadako found an opportunity for revenge. She summoned all her nensha power and projected a terrible curse on a videotape that killed its viewer after seven days.
Her wrath was like the tides of a stormy sea, violent and unforgiving. As she plunged into a fury, a dark fog coiled at her feet. The sound of crashing waves echoed through the old stone well.
Suddenly, a tidal surge came crashing down on the cabin's walls, wrecking its logs into a torrent of mud and filth. The black current flooded the well underneath and swallowed Sadako at once.
When she opened her eyes, she stood on a desolate beach facing a vast, stormy ocean. A thick, black fog caressed the water's surface.
Sadako walked into a coming wave and slowly disappeared into the opaque fog.
Weapon[]
Ring of Fury[]
Ring of Fury is the Primary Weapon of The Onryō.
Her thirst for vengeance remained and nothing could stop her flooding rage.
Upon hitting a Survivor, The Onryō will examine her right hand.
Power[]
Deluge of Fear[]
Before Manifesting, The Onryō gains the Undetectable Status Effect and is invisible to Survivors, but becomes intermittently visible when within 32 metres of them.
SPECIAL ABILITY: MANIFESTATION
The Onryō must physically manifest to attack Survivors.
Press and hold the Power button to Manifest into material form in your current location.
For a brief duration after Manifesting, The Onryō will continue to be intermittently visible to Survivors when within 32 metres.
Afterwards, she will be fully visible within 32 metres for as long as she remains Manifested.
The Onryō can Demanifest by pressing and holding the Power button again.
SPECIAL ABILITY: PROJECTION
The Onryō can also take material form by Projecting herself through a TV .
Press the Ability button while looking at a powered TV to Project into it, shutting off the TV in the process and automatically Manifesting yourself.
All Survivors within 16 metres of the TV gain Condemned progress.
SPECIAL ABILITY: INEXORABLE STARE
A fully Condemned Survivor is revealed by Killer Instinct for 6 seconds and can be killed with the Inexorable Stare when in the Dying State .
SPECIAL INTERACTION: RETRIEVE TAPE / TURN-OFF TV
Survivors can walk up to any TV to retrieve its VHS Tape , which turns off that TV temporarily.
Holding a VHS Tape, they can walk up to any other TV and turn it off temporarily too.
These interactions, however, come at the cost of adding Condemned progress to the Survivor.
Survivors also passively gain Condemned progress over time when holding a VHS Tape.
Retrieving the VHS Tape procs a Loud Noise Notification, revealing the location of a TV, whose Aura is highlighted to the Survivor.
This TV allows the Survivor to spread The Onryō's message by inserting the VHS Tape into it.
Doing so removes some Condemned progress.
Power Trivia[]
Movement Speeds:
- Walking: 4.6 m/s
- Demanifesting: 4.6 m/s
- Manifesting: 3.68 m/s
Condemnation:
- Condemned threshold: 7 Stacks
Active Condemnation:
- Penalty for turning off a TV: +1 Stack
- Penalty for retrieving a Tape: +1 Stack
- Bonus for reinserting a Tape: -4 Stacks
- Killer Instinct duration: 6 seconds
Passive Condemnation:
- Charge time: 30 seconds per Stack
- Post-Chase Distance buffer: 16 metres
- Post-Chase Timer buffer: 6 seconds
- This refers to how long after a Chase the Killer must be farther than 16 metres away from the Survivor before passive Condemnation resumes.
Television Sets:
- Turn-off Cool-down: 60 seconds
- This refers to how long a TV is unusable for for The Onryō after a Survivor retrieved the Tape from it.
- Tape-play Cool-down: 60 seconds
- This refers to how long a TV is unusable for for The Onryō after a Survivor played a Tape on it.
- Initial Cool-down: 30 seconds
- Post-Projection Cool-down: 100 seconds
- This refers to for how long a TV is unusable for for The Onryō after she projected to it.
- Distance to play Tape: 16 metres
- This refers to how close a Survivor must be for the TV to start playing the Tape.
- Distance threshold to Generator: 16 metres
- If a TV spawns within this threshold, the Game will attempt to spawn the next TV further away than usual.
- Repower all TVs if the last one is turned off: deactivated feature
- This mechanic would work similarly to how The Plague automatically receives Corrupt Purge if all Pools of Devotion become corrupted.
Highlighted TV:
- Minimum distance: 32 metres
- Maximum distance: 76 metres
Projection:
- Interaction Confirmation time: 0.3 seconds
- This refers to how long The Onryō must initiate Projection in order to commit to a teleportation.
- Teleportation time: 2.7 seconds
- Cancellation Cool-down: 0.5 seconds
- Maximum angle: 45 °
- Post-Teleport Speed-Boost duration: 1.5 seconds
- Condemnation radius: 16 metres
- This refers to how far out from the TV Survivors will receive Condemnation from The Onryō teleporting.
Survivor Interactions:
- Time to turn-off TV: 0.5 seconds
- Time to insert/retrieve Tape: 2 seconds
Otherworld:
- De-/Manifestation Charge time: 2.5 seconds
- Demanifestation Cool-down time: 1.25 seconds
- Lingering Flicker-State duration: 4 seconds
- Lingering Undetectable Status Effect duration: 1 seconds
Flickering:
- Otherworld Visible duration: 1.5 seconds
- Otherworld Invisible duration: 1 second
- Lingering Visible duration: 0.5 seconds
- Lingering Invisible duration: 0.75 seconds
TVs[]
TVs are Props featured in Dead by Daylight that were added with Patch 5.6.0 alongside The Onryō .
TVs will begin turned off, but will turn on 30 seconds into the Trial.
While Demanifested, The Onryō can Project herself to any turned on TV in the map, which will turn it off for 100 seconds.
Survivors can also turn off TVs by retrieving the VHS Tape from them, or turning them off while already holding a VHS Tape. These actions come at the cost of that Survivor gaining some Condemned progress.
VHS Tape[]
VHS Tape is a Limited Item.
Can be retrieved from TVs:
- Retrieving the VHS Tape increases Condemned progress by +1 Stack.
- Grants the ability to turn off other TVs at the cost of increasing Condemned progress by +1 Stack.
- Can be inserted into another TV to spread The Onryō's message, reducing Condemned progress by -4 Stacks.
The VHS Tape has 1 Charge.
Limited Items are consumed by The Entity at the Trial's end.
Perks[]
Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage[]
You form a psychic connection with The Entity and alter the rules of the Trial.
At the start of the Trial, 4 random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white.
Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply:
- The Auras of all other Survivors are revealed for 5/6/7 seconds.
Call of Brine[]
Your psychic abilities influence technology in devastating ways.
After damaging a Generator, Call of Brine activates for 60 seconds.
- The Generator regresses at 150/175/200 % of the normal Regression speed and its Aura is revealed to you.
- Each time a Survivor completes a Good Skill Check on a Generator affected by Call of Brine, you receive a Loud Noise Notification.
Merciless Storm[]
Your horrible trauma is felt by everyone.
- Whenever a Generator is repaired to 90 %, Survivors repairing it are faced with continuous Skill Checks.
- If they miss one or stop repairing, the Generator becomes blocked for 16/18/20 seconds.
Merciless Storm can only trigger once per Generator per Trial.
Addons[]
Videotape Copy[]
A copy of the deadly videotape imprinted upon by Sadako.
It dampens the desire for vengeance.
- Projection does not inflict Condemned on nearby Survivors.
- Grants 100 % Bonus Bloodpoints for Deluge of Fear Score Events.
Old Newspaper[]
It tells of a local woman who predicted a volcanic eruption, evidence used to initially find Sadako.
- Increases the invisibility duration after Manifesting by +33 %.
Mother's Mirror[]
A mirror from Sadako's mother's house.
A reminder of what Sadako has lost.
- Increases the duration of the intermittent visibility phase after Manifesting by +2 seconds.
Cabin Sign[]
The cabin where both Tomoko and Reiko watched the tape.
Carries the memory of those first curses.
- Reduces the time it takes for a TV to turn on after Projection by -12 seconds.
Yoichi's Fishing Net[]
The net Yoichi used while fishing with his grandfather.
A reminder that death comes to us all.
- Reduces the time it takes Survivors to acquire another stack of Condemned by -20 % when holding a VHS Tape.
Well Stone[]
A piece of the well where Sadako was trapped, an image burned into the mind of all those who have watched the tape.
- Reduces the time it takes for a TV to turn on after having been turned off by a Survivor by -6 seconds.
Sea-Soaked Cloth[]
The hood worn by the mysterious figure in the tape.
Makes those near it unable to trust what they see.
- Survivors within 8 metres of a powered TV suffer from the Blindness Status Effect.
- This effect lingers for 7 seconds after the TV is turned off.
Reiko's Watch[]
The watch that Reiko left her son Yoichi.
A distracting and constant reminder of one's impending doom.
- Increases the invisibility duration while Demanifested by +50 %.
Clump of Hair[]
Once beautiful and long, Sadako now hides behind her ragged, matted locks.
- Reduces the range at which The Onryō is visible while Demanifested by -6 metres.
Well Water[]
Water from the well where Sadako was left to die.
Murky and black, it obscures everything around it.
- Increases the duration of the Undetectable Status Effect by +2 seconds when Manifesting by any means.
Ring Drawing[]
A drawing of the view from inside the well, as drawn by a young Yoichi.
Helping those cursed by the tape can only bring misfortune.
- Condemned Survivors spread their Condemnation to other Survivors, who complete a Healing action on them.
Rickety Pinwheel[]
A pinwheel found in the caves of Izu Oshima.
It spins even when there is no wind, disorienting those who see or hear it.
- Survivors within 8 metres of a powered TV suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect.
- This effect lingers for 7 seconds after the TV is turned off.
Mother's Comb[]
The comb Sadako's mother used in the tape.
Sadako's psychic abilities are enhanced when she focuses on it.
- Reveals the Aura of any TV being turned off in yellow.
Bloody Fingernails[]
Sadako's bloody fingernails, lost as she tried to claw her way out of the well.
Evidence of her single-minded need to kill.
- Increases the duration of the Post-Projection Movement Speed boost by +50 %.
VCR[]
The original VCR that played Sadako's tape.
It is still warm to the touch.
- All TVs play the Projection effects when The Onryō Projects to a TV.
Telephone[]
After watching the video, victims receive a phone call.
They are frozen in fear as they realise they have seven days left to live.
- Survivors witnessing a Manifestation from within 7 metres suffer from the Hindered Status Effect for 3 seconds.
"I saw a weird video the other day... after it ended, someone called us. Some kind of prank call." — Tomoko Oishi
Tape Editing Deck[]
The editing deck used by Reiko and Ryuji to analyse and copy the tape.
Copying and sharing the tape is the only way to survive the curse.
- Each Survivor starts the Trial with a VHS Tape in their possession, and their highlighted TV is the one farthest from their location.
"Frolic in brine, goblins be thine." — Message hidden in Sadako's tape
Distorted Photo[]
Those who have watched the tape find all photos of themselves distorted, a reminder of their impending doom.
- Survivors witnessing a Manifestation from within 16 metres will scream, revealing their location for 4 seconds.
"Why is it only you were saved?" — Sadako Yamamura
Remote Control[]
A remote for the VCR at the cabin.
It allows Sadako to focus on those enemies at a distance.
- After using Projection, the Auras of Survivors, who are within 16 metres of a TV and carrying a VHS Tape , are revealed to you for 7 seconds.
"She killed a man just by willing him dead. That's power of a different order from her mother." — Ryuji Takayama
Iridescent Videotape[]
The original tape containing Sadako's curse.
- Hitting a Survivor within 8 seconds after Manifesting turns on the last 4 TVs turned off by Projection.
"That video... It's not of this world. It's Sadako's rage." — Ryuji Takayama
Yoichi Asakawa[]
Yoichi Asakawa is a brilliant marine biologist and psychic whose knowledge and abilities allow him to protect himself and assist others.
His personal Perks, Parental Guidance , Empathic Connection & Boon: Dark Theory , allow him to hide from Killers, call out to injured Survivors, and help others move faster.
Difficulty rating: Intermediate
(based on only using his Unique Perks)
As a child, Yoichi gained an interest in the supernatural from his father and mother when an inexplicable curse claimed both their lives. As an adult, Yoichi graduated with top honours in marine biology from a university in Tokyo, and, following in his father’s footsteps, became the youngest professor in the school’s history. But his career began to unravel when two of his students disappeared while doing research in Izu Oshima. The mere mention of Izu Oshima triggered painful memories from his past. Deep, hidden memories bubbled up from the murky, black depths of his subconscious. Blurred faces on images, twisted mouths, inexplicable deaths suddenly filled his mind. The shouts of people calling him a monster. And then… the monster… Sadako rose from the abyss to let him know the curse was not over. It would never be over.
With a cry, Yoichi shut his eyes and slowly released his fear. When he opened his eyes again, Sadako was gone, but something had returned. Something ominous and otherworldly. He could feel an unnerving presence near him, breathing deeply like the heaving sea. Was Sadako tormenting him? Was a spirit trying to warn him? Or was it something else? Something that consumed people. Something that made people disappear. Yoichi wasn’t sure. He had spent his life trying to understand his psychic abilities and the supernatural. His instincts told him the answers somehow lay with water. He had, after all, dedicated his life to studying intelligent life and unexplored realms within the ocean. Perhaps he needed to readjust his definition of intelligent. Or his definition of life.
Thirsting for truth, Yoichi entered a frenzy of research into the fringes of parapsychology, cryptozoology, theology, folk history. The more he expanded his field of expertise, the more he was ridiculed and ostracized. Once viewed as a brilliant young mind, Yoichi was now considered an eccentric and a liability. In mere months, the university terminated his position. Undeterred, Yoichi sought professorships at other schools, but no reputable college in Japan would take him. As a last resort he approached media outlets, and by some twist of fate, the company where his mother had worked at as a journalist offered to fund his research in exchange for articles and first publishing rights to his story.
During this difficult time, Yoichi's father returned to him—his spirit silently goading him to continue the course he had chosen. And so, working around the clock in his tiny Tokyo apartment, he allied himself with other researchers in the paranormal field. Within months, he came across a story that mirrored the disappearances of his students: four vloggers had mysteriously disappeared near a lighthouse in Scotland. With a great sense of urgency, Yoichi took the first flight he could to Glasgow. A professor at a local university had come to many of the same conclusions as he had nearly seventy years earlier when a film crew disappeared near the very same lighthouse. There was some kind of intelligence in the water—some kind of darkness calling from the sea like an ancient siren. As Yoichi examined the research, his father suddenly appeared to let him know he was on the right path.
Guided by his father, Yoichi chartered a fishing boat and headed toward a small cluster of islands known as the Seven Hunters. Darkness fell as they approached the isles. The lighthouse, now automated and controlled remotely, sputtered and winked out of existence like a dying star. The ocean began to stir violently, lightning flashed, and the fisherman begged Yoichi to turn back, but Yoichi refused. He was too close and would not be deterred. As they argued the ocean raged and tossed the ship high and low. Then one giant wave lifted the boat as high as a house and dashed it to pieces against dark, jagged rocks.
Yoichi didn’t remember much after that. He remembered falling into the water. He remembered swimming to the landing where he saw his father standing on the gallery of the lighthouse beckoning him. He remembered staggering through thick black fog as he climbed the stairs. He remembered the water level rising with every step until the frothing mouth of the raging ocean swallowed him whole.
Perks[]
Parental Guidance[]
You have inherited the ability to hear the dead — and now the dead warn you of danger.
- After stunning the Killer by any means, Parental Guidance suppresses your Scratch Marks, Pools of Blood, and Grunts of Pain for the next 8/9/10 seconds.
Empathic Connection[]
Your presence psychically projects itself to those in danger.
- Whenever another Survivor is injured, they can see your Aura when within 32/64/96 metres of your location.
- You heal other Survivors 10 % faster.
Boon: Dark Theory[]
Your obsessive study of the paranormal has given you unprecedented knowledge of other Realms and planes of existence.
Press and hold the Active Ability button near a Dull or Hex Totem to bless it and create a Boon Totem.
Soft chimes ring out within a radius of 24 metres.
Survivors inside the Boon Totem's range benefit from the following effects:
- 2 % Haste Status Effect.
- This effect lingers for 2/3/4 seconds after leaving the Boon Totem's range.
You can only bless one Totem at a time.
All equipped Boon Perks are active on the same Boon Totem.
Unseen Characters[]
- Shizuko Yamamura
- Reiko Asakawa
- Ryuji Takayama
- Tomoko Oishi
- Towel Man
- Lighthouse Keepers
- Film Crew
- Yoichi's Students
- Vloggers
Charms[]
Trivia[]
- CHAPTER XXIII: Sadako Rising was teased in December 2021, three months prior to its announced release month of March 2022, which was hitherto unprecedented. The earliest a previous Chapter became known to the Community was CHAPTER XII: Ghost Face®, which was accidentally leaked two months prior to its release.
- CHAPTER XXIII: Sadako Rising marks the second time the Developers announced a Chapter prior to its corresponding Public Test Build.
- At the time of its teaser, the Chapter featured a different Logo and a different name: "Ringu".
- In an interview, Dead by Daylight's Creative Director Dave Richard explained that CHAPTER XXIII was going to be based on the original Ringu and the protagonists Reiko Asakawa and Ryūji Takayama were the team's first choices to be the Survivor. However, BHVR could not secure the likenesses of actors Nanako Matsushima or Hiroyuki Sanada, which made including their characters difficult. The team improvised by using Yoichi Asakawa instead (who was a child in Ringu and the sole survivor of Sadako's curse), making the chapter a sequel to Ringu instead of an adaptation.
- Score Events that require a recent Manifestation to trigger track that state for 8 seconds
- The Onryō is the first and to date only Killer to have her height be designated as "Short".
- The Onryō is the first and to date only Killer that does not use an object or her own fists to injure Survivors. She conjures the glyph 呪 (Japanese Han character meaning "Curse"), which she projects forward and uses to injure Survivors with.
- Unlike other Limited Items, the VHS Tape does not take up the Survivor's Item slot.