Builds for The Skull Merchant
Best Build Without Limitations
- Increases the strength of the Hindered Status Effect for Claw-Trapped Survivors when detected by Drones by -2 %.
- Reduces the duration of the immunity to consecutive Scan-Line Hits for Survivors to 90 % of its default value.
- At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
"It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Start the Trial with 4 Token.
Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:
- Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
- Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
- Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
- Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
- This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.
"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
After hooking a Survivor, for 40/50/60 seconds, press the Active Ability button to make a target generator within 20 meters explode, lose -10 % progress, and start regressing.
"Nothing will happen to you... Nothing that you don't deserve!" — Henry Creel
- Blocks the first Generator any Survivor stops repairing for 25/30/35 seconds.
- The Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.
Dead Man's Switch cannot activate if its effect is still active from a previous activation.
"I've seen the look on a man's face when he realises he's going to die." — Caleb Quinn
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- Increases the duration of the Undetectable Status Effect by +20 % to 9.6 seconds.
- Reduces the duration of the immunity to consecutive Scan-Line Hits for Survivors to 90 % of its default value.
After 3 seconds of injuring a Survivor by any means, Dissolution activates for 12/16/20 seconds:
- Instantly breaks the next Pallet that Survivor performs a Fast Vault across while inside your Terror Radius.
All Generators not currently being repaired experience the following effect:
- Causes them to automatically regress at 100/125/150 % of the default Regression rate.
"A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin."
Whenever a Survivor is within 2/3/4 metres of a Dull Totem, Hex: Undying triggers its primary effect:
- Their Aura is revealed to you for as long as they remain in that range.
- Transfers the cleansed Hex to the Hex Totem associated with Hex: Undying instead, replacing it.
- After hooking a Survivor, all Survivors who are at least 60/50/40 metres away from that Hook have their Aura revealed to you for 5 seconds.
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it." — Drayton Sawyer
Best Beginner Build
- Increases the duration of the Undetectable Status Effect by +20 % to 9.6 seconds.
- Reduces the duration of the immunity to consecutive Scan-Line Hits for Survivors to 90 % of its default value.
Whenever a Survivor performs an Unhook action, they suffer from the following effect for 60 seconds:
- Reduces their Healing speeds by 20/25/30 %.
At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply:
- Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Haemorrhage Status Effect for 90 seconds.
- Reduces their Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by 10/13/16 %.
- The Auras of injured Survivors being healed or healing themselves are revealed to you within 28/30/32 metres.
"Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help."
While performing the Break or Damage action on Breakable Walls, Pallets, or Generators, Brutal Strength triggers its effect:
- Increases the Action speed by 10/15/20 %.
Unique Build - Wall Beam Skull Merchant
- Reduces the Rotational speed of the Scan Lines of Drones by -100 %.
Whenever any Drone enters its Disabled State, you benefit from the following effects:
- Grants the Undetectable Status Effect for 15 seconds.
- The disabled Drone emits a Terror Radius of 32 metres for 15 seconds.
After 3 seconds of injuring a Survivor by any means, Dissolution activates for 12/16/20 seconds:
- Instantly breaks the next Pallet that Survivor performs a Fast Vault across while inside your Terror Radius.
- You can no longer gain the Bloodlust Status Effect.
- Successfully hitting a Survivor with a Basic Attack grants you a +5 % Haste Status Effect for 8/9/10 seconds.
"Catch it, put it in the airlock, get rid of it." — Dallas
Whenever the Obsession becomes injured by any means, Dark Devotion activates for 35/40/45 seconds:
- Transfers your Terror Radius to the Obsession.
- This Terror Radius is set to 40 metres.
- Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
"And terror shall take hold of a defiant non-believer, who shall falsely announce my arrival." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 48.9)
Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, all other Survivors within your Terror Radius will scream and reveal their current location to you for 4/5/6 seconds."Horror overcomes the heart of infidels who cry at the feet of the fallen." — (Hymn of Praise, 11.4)