Guide:Obtaining New Characters

There are 5 default Survivors and 1 default Hunter you get for free after completing the Tutorial, while all others can be purchased from the Illusion Hall after completing the game's Prologue.

Most Survivors can be purchased with 688 Echoes or 3,568 Clues. Most Hunters can be purchased with 858 Echoes or 4,508 Clues.

## Characters by Role

### Survivor Types

*See also: Survivor Types*

There are four variations of Survivors which each fulfill certain roles and specialize in certain traits, including Decoding Cipher Machines (**Decode**), Containing the Hunter (**Contain**), Rescuing from Rocket Chairs (**Rescue**), and Assisting other survivors (**Assist**). Some survivors have 2 types of roles.

**Please Press "Expand" to see the tables about these Survivors and an overview of their statistics.**

* *Note: 100% means normal/average speed, while buffs add percentages (meaning faster) and debuffs decrease them (meaning slower)*

### Hunter Specializations

Hunters do not have one official specific role like Survivors do, but each hunter has certain specialties that are separated into categories. The following chart separates them by what kind of gameplay their abilities assist in, such as putting pressure on multiple Survivors/locations on a map to keep them from doing objectives (**Map Control**), guarding a small location such as a chaired survivor or Cipher Machine (**Defensive**/"Chair Guarding"), and chasing and downing survivors very quickly (**Pursuit**).

* Keep in mind that many players still play certain hunters in unique ways that do not fit in this categorization. For example, although a hunter may specialize in the Pursuit, some play them more defensively.

**Please Press "Expand" to see the tables about these Hunters and an overview of their statistics.**

## Recommended New Characters

Almost every character is free to play on certain days of the week, which you should take full advantage of to get a true grasp on how a character actually plays. The following recommendations may not end up suiting your playstyle, but can at least give you an idea of who to go for next.

### Based on Comparison to other Characters

If you are already enjoying a certain character's gameplay, here's a list of comparable characters to the six default characters who have similar movement, traits, or results as other characters. Feel free to discuss comparable characters in the comment section as well!

Default Characters
B) Ability has a wide variety of support options
 Doctor | Heal themselves/others quickly
B) Is able to vault/jump over obstacles quickly and gain distance
 Gardener | A) Is able to absorb an attack and remain uninjured
B) Can help their teammates after doing some prep work on the map like destroying Rocket Chair ...
 Hell Ember | A) Can teleport around the mapB) Command puppets to move around the map and attack for themC) Corner survivors into easier to hit locations using Phantoms

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See also Survivor/Deciphering Speed for more details on each character's decoding type.
2. ↑ Joker's abilities are mainly movement-based, which may make him more Pursuit specialized. However, due to how his weapon is able to get an attack with no recovery, this may be why his stat triangle says he is best at guarding.