Jigsaw Boxes

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The **Jigsaw Boxes** are Props and a Game Mechanic featured in *Dead by Daylight*.

They were introduced as a new Game Mechanic alongside The Pig in Patch 1.9.0 and the release of CHAPTER 7: The SAW™ Chapter.

## Overview

**Jigsaw Boxes** are used in conjunction with the Reverse Bear Traps.
Survivors with a **Reverse Bear Trap** put on their head by **The Pig** must search for a key in one of the several **Jigsaw Boxes** in order to unlock the trap and remove it.

## Spawn Behaviour

**Jigsaw Boxes** spawn into a Trial whenever **The Pig** is the Killer.
A total of **5 Jigsaw Boxes** will spawn in random locations on the Map.
They emit distinct mechanical noise when one happens to be near them.

## Use

Survivors with a **Reverse Bear Trap** on their head see the Aura of all **Jigsaw Boxes** they have not yet searched for the key to unlock the Trap.
They can walk up to any **Jigsaw Box** and try their luck in removing the trap.

If they are successful, the Trap will be removed and vanish from the Trial Grounds.
If they are unsuccessful, the Jigsaw Puppet atop the **Jigsaw Box** will cackle at the Survivor and they must move on to the next box.
An unsuccessfully searched box will no longer show its Aura to the Survivor.

As of Patch 6.0.0, once the **fourth Jigsaw Box** is searched by a Survivor, the game guarantees the removal of the **Reverse Bear Trap**.

Searching the **Jigsaw Box** has a high chance to spawn Skill Checks.
Failing those Skill Checks incurs a brief pause as well as a loss of progression.
It also alerts **The Pig** through a *Loud Noise Notification*.

## Box Search Mechanic

The actual mechanics of the **Jigsaw Boxes** and the **Reverse Bear Trap** work quite a bit differently in code to how it is suggested in the description in *Jigsaw's Baptism*.
**Jigsaw Boxes** are merely the means to complete these Searches and the **Reverse Bear Trap** does ***not*** have a specific box assigned to it that contains its key.

Starting the Trial, there is a pool of so-called *"Box Searches"*, determined by how many **Reverse Bear Traps** are available to **The Pig**, as each **RBT** adds **3 Searches** to the pool.

In a regular Trial, without the use of any number-altering Add-ons, there will be a total of **12 Searches** distributed across **4 Reverse Bear Traps**:

 Default
 Jigsaw's Annotated Plan | 5 RBTs | 15 Searches

Each time **The Pig** places a **Reverse Bear Trap** on a Survivor's head, a random number of Searches ranging from **1-4** is allotted to the **RBT**.
The following rules apply to the number selection:

1. The number may ***not*** exceed the remaining Box Searches from the pool.
2. The number ***cannot*** be larger than **4**.
	* This is because the **Reverse Bear Traps** are hard-coded to be removed on the fourth Box Search.
3. The cross sum of all allotted numbers must add back up to the original size of the pool of Box Searches.

The size of the pool essentially limits how often **Jigsaw Boxes** can be searched in a Trial, if all available **Reverse Bear Traps** are used.
This means that if for example the first two **RBTs** used up the maximum allotted number of **4 Searches** each, the remaining two will either be allotted **3 and 1 Search(es)** respectively, or **2 Searches** each, totalling up to the maximum pool size of **12 Searches**.

The following table lists some examples of Box-Search distributions in a standard Trial, in which all four **Reverse Bear Traps** were used.
The cross sum in such Trials will always adds up to **12 Searches**:

## Statistics

* Searching a **Jigsaw Box**: **12 seconds**
* Skill Check Trigger odds: **80 % each second**
* Failed Skill Check Pause timer: **1.5 seconds**
* Failed Skill Check Regression penalty: **-10 %**

## Unlockables

### Add-ons

* While injured, Survivors failing a Skill Check at a **Jigsaw Box** become afflicted by the ***Deep Wound*** **Status Effect**.
* While healthy, Survivors failing a Skill Check at a **Jigsaw Box** become injured.
* **Increases** the Skill Check difficulty by **+20 %**.
* **Increases** the Attachment speed of **Reverse Bear Traps** by **+50 %**.
* **Reduces** the Search speed of **Jigsaw Boxes** by **-14 %**.
* **Disables** the ability of Survivors to see the Auras of **Jigsaw Boxes**, until their **Reverse Bear Trap** becomes **active**.

* Survivors removing their **Reverse Bear Trap** trigger a *Loud Noise Notification* and have their Auras revealed to you for **6 seconds**.
* **Disables** your ability to see the Auras of **Jigsaw Boxes**.
* **Increases** the Attach speed of **Reverse Bear Traps** by **+50 %**.
* **Reduces** the Search speed of **Jigsaw Boxes** by **-25 %**.

## Change Log

### Patch 2.5.0

* Added a minimum spawn distance in-between Chests to no longer cause **Jigsaw Boxes** to spawn too close together.

### Patch 6.0.0

* ***Change:*** added an extra **Jigsaw Box** in Trials with **The Pig**.
Additionally, the fourth searched **Jigsaw Box** is guaranteed to remove the Trap.
	+ This change was motivated by many **Pig** players body-blocking the last **Jigsaw Box**, preventing Survivors from searching it, thus guaranteeing death.
* ***Buff:*** reduced the RNG-elements of **Jigsaw Boxes**, increasing the average number of Searches per Trap from **2.5 Searches** to **3 Searches**.

## Trivia

* The game files refer to **Jigsaw Boxes** as *"Puzzle Boxes"*.
* The Auras of **Jigsaw Boxes** are not affected by the ***Blindness*** **Status Effect**.

### 10 Pints of Sacrifice Trap

* The **Jigsaw Boxes** are most likely inspired by the ***10 Pints of Sacrifice*** Trap featured in **SAW V**. They have a similar look and some of the Add-ons affecting the **Jigsaw Boxes** point to a similar use.
	+ This Trap required the Victims to "donate" 10 Pints of their own blood within 15 minutes, to unlock a door or they would be killed by nail bombs located in the room. Inside the Trap, circular blades would cut open the Victims' hands and collect the blood in a glass beaker below.

### Billy, the Jigsaw Puppet

**Jigsaw Boxes** are easily recognised due to the presence of *"Billy"*, Jigsaw's Puppet, who sits atop of each Box.
He can also be seen on the TV-sets featured throughout the Map The Game.

## Gallery

* The Aura of a **Jigsaw Box**, shown in white.
* David Tapp trying to get rid of a **Reverse Bear Trap**.
* Billy sitting on the TV-set next to a table with sketches of **Reverse Bear Traps** on a previous version of The Game.

## TL;DR

Use: Removing **Reverse Bear Traps**Numbers: **5 per Trial**Interaction time: **12 seconds**Skill Check chance: **80 % each second**Skill Check penalty: **-10 %; 1.5 seconds pause**The unlock key is guaranteed on the fourth searched Box