Kate Denson/ja

*As quick as she was to make friends, I got the feeling that to cross her would be a mistake. To remain so positive and upbeat in such a place would require a will of iron. Perhaps less a ray of sunshine then, but a bolt of lightning? Brilliant light and great power that could split the world in two.''*

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**Kate Denson** is one of **36** Survivors currently featured in *Dead by Daylight*.

She was introduced as the Survivor of [[**Lua error in Module:DLCs at line 118: attempt to index local 'character' (a nil value).**]], a Chapter DLC released on 12 June 2018.

## Overview

**Kate Denson** is a hopeful songbird, able to make the most of her surroundings.

Her personal Perks, No linked Character available, unable to display their Perks., No linked Character available, unable to display their Perks., and No linked Character available, unable to display their Perks., grant her the foresight and feistiness to escape even the most dire situations.

## Lore

Additional Lore can be found in *Tome 3 - Escalation*: Back to Zero.
*One of Kate Denson's earliest memories was standing in front of her family, singing a song that she'd learned that morning at school, and watching smiles spread across their faces. Seeing how something as simple as a song could make people so happy was the moment when she knew what she wanted to do with her life.*

*She practised, learned the guitar as soon as she was big enough to reach over it, and was performing in front of crowds by the time she was eight years old. Her mother did everything she could to fulfil Kate's dreams, taking her all over their home state of Pennsylvania, then across the South, and even to Nashville itself.*

*Kate won folk music competitions and talent shows whenever she participated, but for her to win others had to lose, and that wasn't in her nature. She only wanted an outlet, a way to touch people's lives. To make them forget the worries of the world and just enjoy themselves, if only for a while.*

*With age came a new-found freedom. She bought a battered old Chevy truck and was able to travel around by herself, meeting fans and making new friends wherever she stopped. Hers wasn't a story of rock excess though: just the road, her guitar and maybe a good bourbon to end the day.*

*From sun-baked festivals to dark and cosy bars, people flocked to her voice and her self-penned songs of friendship, family, love and home.*

*These sentiments weren't just lip-service: she made sure to return home as often as she could, to help out in her community and entertain the local children with her tales of the wider world. She saw it as a way of giving back, of supporting others in the same way she had been.*

*It was home where she found most of her inspiration as well. She had always loved to take long walks in the woods around her town, exploring off the beaten track, finding a quiet spot to play and write her songs. She had a favourite location she returned to time and time again, a natural hollow, encircled by trees, that looked almost as if it had been blasted out of the rocks thousands of years ago.*

 *Here she felt a strong connection to nature, and to the Earth itself. She let her mind be enveloped by the forest and it rewarded her with constant inspiration.*

*She picked up her guitar and played, her fingers dancing across the fretboard. The music that she made this time was unlike her usual uplifting tunes, being much more melancholy, even dark. Still, something compelled her to continue, to finish the song.*

*Around her, the leaves vibrated in unison with the guitar strings and the boughs of the trees lengthened, coalescing into a living form. Spider-like legs descended from the canopy above, grasping for her. Regaining her senses, she grabbed a rock and tried to beat them back, but their skin was hard as iron and the rock simply bounced off and skittered away.*

*The legs coiled like tendrils around her limbs and lifted her towards the darkness overhead. Fog rolled across the clearing, obscuring both Kate and the creature of nightmares that drew her up towards itself.*

*When the fog cleared, there was no sign of any struggle, or of life. Just an acoustic guitar, the scratch plate engraved with flowers; as well as the initials KD, inlaid in mother of pearl.*

## Load-out

### Unique Perks

**Kate** comes with **3** Perks that are unique to her:
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#### Prestige

Prestiging **Kate** will automatically add **Tier I** of her Unique Perks to the inventories of all other Survivors and unlock the ability for their higher-tiered versions to spawn in their Bloodweb.

Prestige **Kate** twice more to automatically add **Tier II** and **Tier III** respectively into the other Survivors' inventories.

## Achievements

*Main article: Achievements*
There is **1** Achievement related to **Kate**:
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## Cosmetic Options

Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise **Kate**:

### Base Cosmetics

#### Default

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#### Prestige

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##### Perk Charms

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### Alternatives

#### Special

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#### Event

{{**Lua error in Module:Utils at line 1208: attempt to index local 'character' (a nil value).** Event Cosmetics}}

#### DLC

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#### Exclusive

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### Alternate Character Models

**Kate** has **1** alternate Character model available in the in-game Store:

* Historia Reiss (Costume)

## DLC

*Main article: Downloadable Content*
**Kate** is part of **2** DLCs:

* [[**Lua error in Module:DLCs at line 118: attempt to index local 'character' (a nil value).**]]
* Survivor Expansion Pack

## Change Log

### Patch 5.1.0

* ***Rework:*** updated facial model and texture as part of The Realm Beyond - Part 6 Graphical Update.

## トリビア

* **ケイト**は三つのタトゥーを持つ。　**Kate** has three sets of tattoos.
	+ 一つ目は左腕の花の集まりである。　The first is a group of flowers on her left arm.
	+ 二つ目は右ももの花である。　The second is a flower on her right thigh.
	+ 三つ目は胸の右側の三日月である。　The third is a crescent moon on the right side of her chest.

### リリースのトリビア

* **ケイト**は元々はCannibalに対応するオリジナルサバイバーとなるように意図づけられていた。　**Kate** was originally intended to be an original Survivor counterpart to The Cannibal.
	+ CHAPTER 5.5: LEATHERFACE™の開発中、ただのhalfチャプター(当時は*Paragragh*と呼ばれていた)ではなく、フルチャプターになるように計画されていた。　During development of CHAPTER 5.5: LEATHERFACE™, it was originally planned that it would be a full Chapter, rather than just a half-Chapter (back then called *Paragraph*).
	+ しかし、CHAPTER 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street™のリリースがちょうど一か月後に予定されていて、より人気のあるフランチャイズだと思われたため、時間と力量の束縛がCHAPTER 5.5: LEATHERFACE™の開発に課されなければならなくなり、**ケイト**をそのチャプターの生存者とする計画をやめにする決断に至り、後のチャプターで実施されそうであり、数か月後にCHAPTER 8: Curtain Callのリリースが起こった。　However, due to CHAPTER 6: A Nightmare on Elm Street™ having been scheduled to release just a month later and it having been deemed the more popular franchise, time and resource constraint had to be imposed on the development of CHAPTER 5.5: LEATHERFACE™, which led to the decision to scrap **Kate** as the Survivor of that Chapter, likely to be implemented into a later Chapter, which occurred several months later with the release of CHAPTER 8: Curtain Call.
	+ Developer Stream #78では、開発者内部のビルドのデイリーリチュアルの写真が**ケイト**の*「The Awakening」*のリチュアルを表示し、彼女はまだ内部のビルドの一部であり、リリースは今にも起こりそうだった。　In the Developer Stream #78, a picture of the Daily Rituals in the Developers' internal build showed the *"The Awakening"* Ritual for **Kate**, indicating that she was still a part of their internal build and a release was imminent.
		- **ケイトの**パークはカーテンコールのPTBが始まる前に手短にリークされた。　**Kate's** Perks were leaked shortly before the Curtain Call PTB started.

### ボイスのトリビア

* **ケイト**は元々違うボイスを持っていて、2017年後半でゲームでの彼女のファイルが見つかった時にデータマイナーによって最初にリークされ、2018年半ばの2.0.0a PTB中プレイヤーは初めて体験することができた。　**Kate** originally had a different voice, which data-miners had first leaked when her files had been found in the Game in late 2017 and Players could first experience in mid-2018 during the 2.0.0a PTB.
	+ この版の声優はMarie-Michelle Doによってやられている。　The voice-acting for this version had been done by Marie-Michelle Do.
* PTBの間、いくつかのプレイヤーがDoの声があまりにも甲高すぎて、特に**ケイト**をフックに吊るしている時は、ぞっとするような叫び声を出す、ということに不満を言った。
しかし、他のプレイヤーは真正のように思われたため、このバージョンを気に入った。　During the Public Test Build, several Players complained about Do's voice being too shrill, especially when hooking **Kate**, which would produce a blood-curdling scream.
Other Players, however, preferred this version, as it was deemed authentic.
* PTBの終わりに向けて、開発者は**ケイト**は新しい声優であるDaphné Poulin Gourdeauを迎えることをアナウンスし、Doのボイスは一時的なものであり、最終の結果ではないということもアナウンスした。　Towards the end of the Public Test Build, the Developers announced that **Kate** would receive new voice-acting, done by Daphné Poulin Gourdeau, with the official reasoning being that Do's voice had always been meant as a temporary one and not the final product.
	+ **ケイトの**リリースの一年近く前にファイルに入っていた完全な声と特有の声が一時的に入っているとは思われなかったため、この説明はすべてのプレイヤーを満足させなかった。
	その決定に対して、公然とアナウンスされたこと以上にある可能性があったことは、毎回の連続のケースで、一時的なものは必ず存在する生存者からのものであり、もし性別が一致すれば、たいていは前にリリースされたものであることから、明らかになった。　This explanation did not satisfy all Players, as it seemed unlikely that a complete voice and unique voice that had been in the files for almost a year prior to **Kate's** release, would be just temporary.
	That there was likely more to that decision than was publicly announced, became apparent when in every subsequent case, the temporary would always be from an existing Survivor, usually the previously released one, if the gender matched.

## Gallery

For more, go to [[**Lua error in Module:Utils at line 1208: attempt to index local 'character' (a nil value).** Gallery]]

### In-game assets

* Kate Denson
* Kate Denson (Portrait render)
* Kate Denson (Background image)

### Official art

* Kate in her teaser

Models

* Kate's model
* Kate's prestige model
* Kate's outfits

### Old assets

* Old model's portrait
* Old model's background image