Dead by Daylight Chase Guide: Terror Radius Distances, Closing Speed & Moonwalks
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Standard Killers move at 4.6 meters per second (115% speed), while Survivors run at 4.0 m/s (100% speed). In a straight line with no vault windows or pallets, the Killer closes distance at 0.6 m/s, requiring 16.7 seconds to close a 10-meter gap.
At a standard 32-meter Terror Radius, a Survivor reacting immediately has 12.8 seconds to reach a jungle gym or main building pallet before the killer arrives. With stealth perks like Monitor & Abuse (24m TR), this safety window shrinks to 8.2 seconds, requiring earlier generator disengagements.
The Killer's red stain projects 2.5 meters in front of their facing vector. At tall-wall structures like the Shack or Jungle Gym L-Walls, looking backward while walking around corners conceals the stain, slashing Survivor pallet drop reaction time from 800ms to just 240ms.
Maintaining unbroken line of sight for 15 seconds grants Bloodlust Tier 1 (+0.2 m/s), increasing closure rate to 0.8 m/s. At Tier 3 (+0.6 m/s after 35s), the closure rate doubles to 1.2 m/s, making it mathematically impossible for the Survivor to greed another loop around the pallet.
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Killers with ranged abilities (Huntress, Slinger, Trickster) move at 4.4 m/s (110% speed) to balance their ability to injure survivors from a distance. Their relative closing speed is only 0.4 m/s, making tight looping tiles stronger against them.
Survivors should tilt their camera high to spot the Killer's head or weapon model over the tops of low-wall tiles, listen for footsteps and breathing audio cues, and avoid camping pallets when the red stain mysteriously vanishes.