How to Mori Survivors in Dead by Daylight and pull off your most stylish finishers

✓ At a glance

• You need to unlock and equip a Memento Mori offering as a Killer to perform a Mori, which lets you kill Survivors outright.
• Depending on the type of offering you equipped, you need to fulfil certain conditions to perform the killing blow.

The Memento Mori ability – or Mori for short – is a special power Killers can use to kill a Survivor outright when certain conditions are met. Not only is it practical, but it’s usually pretty stylish, with different Killers having their own unique animations.

How to perform a Mori in Dead by Daylight

To perform a Mori, you’ll need to unlock and equip a Memento Mori perk, load into a match as a Killer, and bring a Survivor into their dying state after fulfilling the conditions of the perk. Then use the interact button to perform the move.

First things first, you’ll need a Memento Mori offering. There are three types you can pick up in-game by investing in your Bloodweb as a Killer. They each allow you to Mori when meeting slightly different conditions:

• Cypress Memento Mori (Uncommon) – Lets the Killer perform a Mori on the last remaining Survivor in the Trials when they’re in a dying state.
• Ivory Memento Mori (Rare) – Allows the Killer to perform a Mori on one Survivor per match when they’re in the dying state and have progressed two hook stages (i.e. have been captured and placed on a hook twice previously).
• Ebony Memento Mori (Ultra Rare) – Gives the Killer the power to Mori all Survivors who are in dying state and have progressed two hook stages.

✓ Fun Fact

In early development, all Killers were originally able to choose between sacrificing and outright killing survivors when they brought a player down. This form for the Mori was eventually scrapped as it was felt that it gave too great an advantage to the Killers.

The key here is to get a Survivor in a dying state first. This is the term used for when a Survivor has been hit by a basic attack or a power attack twice, and goes prone on the ground until they recover or the Killer picks them up.

Can you Mori Survivors without hooking them?

There are a small handful of Killers who have the ability to Mori Survivors without first hooking them, though this only occurs under special circumstances.

• The Shape can Mori using the Evil Within combined with a Tombstone Piece or Judith’s Tombstone add-on.
• The Pig can use Jigsaw’s Baptism.
• The Executioner can use Rites of Judgment.
• The Onryo can use Deluge of Fear.

Note though that some of these Mori will not count towards unlocking achievements. You’ll have to use the traditional method to get them. Both methods are a good way to finish off a Survivor quickly, as it bypasses the need to hook a survivor for a third time and sacrifice them, sparing valuable seconds.