All you need to know about Red Glyphs (2024)

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    TapeKnot Member Posts: 248

    February 2021 in General Discussions

    Red Glyphs are interactable objects that are available to collect as both survivor and killer. In order to spawn a Red Glyph into a trial, you must have a Glyph Challenge active in The Archives. When in a trial with the challenge active, one Red Glyph will appear in a random location and stay there until you collect them. They are invisible from far away, but become visible to you when you get within a certain proximity of them:

    https://imgur.com/a/hl7PYV7

    To collect a Red Glyph, move up to one and hold your interaction button. After a few seconds, the Red Glyph will disappear and you'll make progress towards the Glyph Seeker challenge:

    https://imgur.com/a/8YRIQy0

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    • QwQw Member Posts: 4,531

      February 2021

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      Stupid question I'm sure, but if you're the one to put the challenge on, can other people interact with the glyphs? Or can only the person who put the challenge on use them?

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    • TapeKnot Member Posts: 248

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1935642#Comment_1935642

      I don't think your Red Glyph is visible to anybody else but you.

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    • QwQw Member Posts: 4,531

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1935645#Comment_1935645

      Alright, thanks. I don't want anybody stealing my precious glyph's.

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    • malatruse Member Posts: 783

      February 2021

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      Thank you for making this. Just finished a trial on Dead Dawg and I did not see a single red glyph, guess I was just looking in the wrong spots.

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    • scoopsahoy421 Member Posts: 2

      February 2021

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      When playing killer I was unable to interact with the red glyph. It would kick me out of the action each time. Was it a one time glitch or is there something I’m not doing correctly?

    • IsJustMe Member Posts: 436

      February 2021

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      You have one Red Glyph of the map. if everybody has choose the quest its still one, BUT just one of five can pick up the glyph

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    • Gemma32 Member Posts: 1

      February 2021

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      I am having trouble finding them I spent a whole game doing nothing other than searching for a glyph covered the whole map several times with no luck is there any technical problems with them spawning??

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    • JPA Member Posts: 1,685

      February 2021

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      I'd recommend doing the red glyph challenge as survivor as obviously a Killer doesn't have time to spare searching every inch of a map for a glyph

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    • tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,128

      February 2021

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      I played my first match as killer with it and got super confused. It was a corn level and it was in the corn so I could hear it but couldn't find it. I thought my game was glitching or something but those survivors got a good 30 seconds of free time as I kept wandering in the area trying to figure out what the hell was making that weird noise :D

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    • TapeKnot Member Posts: 248

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1937582#Comment_1937582

      Did you hold down the interaction button? The interaction will cancel if you don't hold down the button.

    • NocturnalPie Member Posts: 25

      February 2021

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      I don't understand, are people really having a hard time figuring out how these work? This must be the third thing I've seen on these so far. They work exactly the same as the pustulas, except they're invisible from a distance.

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    • TapeKnot Member Posts: 248

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1937678#Comment_1937678

      I've heard of a technical problems with spawns, but they can spawn practically anywhere from my experience. You have to be fairly close to the Glyph for it to become visible to you, too.

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    • Yords Member Posts: 5,781

      February 2021

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      These things look pretty cool and I think it would be cool if they were in games just in general to get 5000 extra BP or something.

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    • JimboMason Member Posts: 759

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/226134/all-you-need-to-know-about-red-glyphs

      doin gods work my guy

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    • Iudex_Nemesis Member Posts: 326

      February 2021

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      So it's the 4th anniversary crowns again.

      Sound simple but if I'm playing killer i'll probably just farm because I'll waste alot of time just looking for it.

    • VSchmitt Member Posts: 571

      February 2021

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      The real question is, what is the point?

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    • Chchchcheryl Member Posts: 1,531

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1938066#Comment_1938066

      Yeah the trailer hyped up red glyphs to be mysterious and dangerous, I expected something would happen or I'd receive a debuff of some kind (25,000 bp for three rounds of that though isn't enough thinking about it).

      I was overly dissapointed from a gameplay perspective, the glyphs are cool af tho

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    • GannTM Member Posts: 10,853

      February 2021

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      The red glyphs are weird because I played Blight yesterday and one appeared in the middle of a chase. It was in the killer shack with the pallet already down so the survivor already made a lot of distance and basically escaped me because I had to get the red glyph lol.

    • VSchmitt Member Posts: 571

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1938222#Comment_1938222

      I thought it would me some way to get special skins or something. So far it seems that's just a gimmick that they've coded into the game to utilize the 4th year crown code...

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    • TidLz84 Member Posts: 1

      February 2021

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      Is it common for glyphs to spawn in the sky where they're uninteractable?

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    • AVoiceOfReason Member Posts: 2,723

      February 2021

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      My dude was able to interact AND take a glyph from a killer in a match. He was wondering why he couldn't find the glyph and my dude snatched it so its either a bug or you can take a glyph.

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    • SocialDistomancy Member Posts: 1,319

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/226134/all-you-need-to-know-about-red-glyphs

      what are we playing enderal now?

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    • danielmaster87 Member Posts: 8,813

      February 2021

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      When I saw a glyph as survivor, I could interact with it but the bar wouldn't go all the way so I couldn't collect it for the challenge.

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    • Hey_Its_Sage Member Posts: 3

      February 2021

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      I just wanna say, I was playing survivor and getting chased by a wraith when he suddenly stopped, I watched him bc I thought that he was probably dcing but then a “red portal thingy” (glyph) appeared and scared the hell out of me. I had no idea these were a thing and had to look this up, I thought he was hacking and I was about to get sucked into a black hole or something lol

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    • Avilgus Member Posts: 1,261

      February 2021 edited February 2021

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      As survivor, i wasn't able to interact with a glyph on The Game.

      Another great new feature no one asked for it.

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    • spindoc Member Posts: 2

      February 2021

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      Welp, I’ve played for three days and have yet to see one. Back to the mist for me. I’ve got better things to do than search and search.

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    • Dovahkat963 Member Posts: 46

      February 2021

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      FYI, if you are playing as Wraith, you have to uncloak to interact with a glyph. So if you intend to do that challenge as Killer don't pick Wraith for it, it takes longer to uncloak than it takes to interact with the glyph.

    • GhostMaceNotCrusty Member Posts: 716

      February 2021

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      I'm rly excited for the lore behind thjs

    • MckFinn Member Posts: 60

      February 2021

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      What do they do? Do you get extra Bp?

    • ClownIsUnderrated Member Posts: 1,031

      February 2021 edited February 2021

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      I managed to get this challenge done yesterday, and once I first collected one as killer I thought I was tearing into another dimension. Makes me disappointed that they could have done something more with these, instead of slapping it onto a tome challenge and saying done. If we actually had a Lunar New Year Event, collecting Red Glyphs could have helped us for earning certain cosmetics.

    • [Deleted User] Posts: 5,229

      February 2021

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      I hate these things so ######### much.

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    • Mat_Sella Member Posts: 3,548

      February 2021

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      hmmm, I was hoping for you to be transported to a demonic version of the map when you interacted with it. Color me dissapointed.

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    • TragicSolitude Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 6,955

      February 2021

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      Can other players see the glyph when you're interacting with it, or do they just see the weird motion you're making?

    • thrawn3054 Member Posts: 5,897

      February 2021

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      Who thought these damn things were a good idea?

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    • CountVampyr Member Posts: 1,050

      February 2021

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      It wasn’t too terribly difficult. I managed to get all three in probably 6 rounds. In one of them another player just barely beat me to the punch. Basically just play the game normally and don’t actively search for them and you’ll probably just stumble upon them. They’re no big deal.

    • Bradyguy99 Member Posts: 226

      February 2021

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      No idea if anyone said this but I had a game where someone collect my glyph but then another spawned somewhere else and I got mine.

    • KittyExile Member Posts: 1

      February 2021

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      I don't know if someone has said it yet, but just had a match as Spirit with this as my challenge, and when I got closer I heard this weird noise and I first of all thought it was just Spirit being Spirit but im pretty sure it has its own lil noise when you get closer to it

    • nrflk Member Posts: 2

      February 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1935645#Comment_1935645

      Other players can see the Glyph but not sure they can understand or collect it if they are not hunt for it.

      When I played I saw one player doing something strange and I think he is protecting place around gen which we are repaired.

      But now I know it was Glyph. Then other players definitely can see it!

    • hinoutoumei Member Posts: 294

      February 2021

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      Collecting 100 glyphs will give you a crow..that chases you.

      A lot of these challenges do nothing but detract from regular gameplay , ruin matches and otherwise promote unhealthy playstyels Shoudl not be running around looking for glyphs as either killer or survivor..

      Nor shoudl you be chasing survivors who don't want to be healed, dropping and resetting pallets, chasing crows, etc etc etc.

      It's making hte game stale. Maybe it's appealing to people who don't really care and just want to have fun, but if you're a killer or a survivor joining a match and trying to play seriously and eveyrone else is running around like maniacs than that's not even fun..

      that's just messed.

      Same problem brawlhalla has wher you have to get 500 kills , in a certain way, on a specied maps..

      and look how people play that game..purposefully dcing because it's not neon city, and doing nothing but spamming side sig

      Just make a seperate server for these shenanigans or allow people to complete them in private matches .

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    • Abbatoir_Blues Member Posts: 47

      March 2021

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      Is there any kind of audible cue associated with these? In multiple trials, having the challenge activated, I keep hearing a strange sound I can't otherwise identify.

    • NoxVeno Member Posts: 177

      March 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2014557#Comment_2014557

      yeah....there is a ripping? sound when it opens and closes. but its kinda quiet

    • Abbatoir_Blues Member Posts: 47

      March 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2014561#Comment_2014561

      I mean in proximity to a close but undetected one, like Small Game.

    • NoxVeno Member Posts: 177

      March 2021 edited March 2021

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      https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2014598#Comment_2014598

      no its an environment sound. it opens in player proximity but you don't have to be looking at it, you can hear it open and close. But no nothing like small game.

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    • raquelambersantiago Member Posts: 373

      March 2021

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      So me and a team with help from a killer just went over TWO entire zones, we covered every inch and we were talking together at the same time, we done a full circle closing in that circle till we all met at center. We all had the challenge. ZERO Red Glyphs spawned. They need to take these out till its fixed

    All you need to know about Red Glyphs (2024)

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    All you need to know about Red Glyphs? ›

    Red Glyphs will make the player's visibility increase for a radius of 8 meters. The interaction times will differ whether one is playing as a survivor or killer, with survivors needing 3 seconds to close the rift and killers needing only 1.5 seconds to do the same.

    Are red glyphs killer only? ›

    Red Glyph. The Glyph Seeker Challenge is available to all Players: Interaction time for Killers: 1.5 seconds. Interaction time for Survivors: 3 seconds.

    How many red glyphs per match? ›

    The red glyph in Dead By Daylight can be made to appear in the game by selecting the correct challenge in the tome. Depending on the tome, the players are required to find either 3, 4, 5 or 6 red glyphs. Each match contains only one glyph to try to discover and interact with.

    How to commune with a red Glyph? ›

    Players will want to be careful, as the Glyph will become visible to all players once they interact with it. To Commune with a Glyph in Dead by Daylight, players must approach it and use their action button. For Survivors, this will be the button they use when using items, like a Medkit or Toolbox.

    How do red glyphs work? ›

    Red Glyphs

    However, also like with all Glyphs, communing with a Red Glyph will result in the player being more visible for the time they are interacting with the colorful rift. Red Glyphs will make the player's visibility increase for a radius of 8 meters.

    What is the killers red stain in DBD? ›

    The Red Stain, as it was dubbed by Benedict Baker, is an ominous red glow all Killers emit from their head and illuminates their surroundings right in front of them.

    How many red cards does it take to end a match? ›

    If 5 players are sent off from one team, the game is abandoned. This sort of abandonment doesn't mean the teams can reconvene and replay the game either.

    How many dragon glyphs do you need? ›

    Once unlocked, you will never need to bother with them again because they are account-wide. Unlocking all 72 Dragon Glyphs takes anywhere between 25-40 minutes, based on how quickly you master the Dragonriding basics.

    What am I supposed to do with the white glyph? ›

    What i have to do? If it's the one I think it is, you pick it up and then take it to the basement without doing rushed actions or being hit, and then you're done. It converts into a normal item that wont break. Find it and go to the basement to interact with the thingy there.

    Where do blue glyphs spawn in DBD? ›

    Glyphs spawn in a random location in the Trial Grounds and are invisible to all Players but those, who have the associated Glyph Challenge selected. Once those Players approach the Glyph's location and come close enough, the Glyph reveals itself to those Players.

    How to do white glyphs in DBD? ›

    Take The Glyph To The Basement

    The journey to the basement isn't so simple, however. Performing any rushed action--such as fast-vaulting a window or pallet, or jumping in or out of lockers--will break the White Glyph, as will falling from a great height or being hit by the Killer.

    How many different killers are there in DBD? ›

    All DBD killers are different, but each one strikes fear into survivors in their own horrible way with unique perks and abilities. Who are the best Dead By Daylight killers? Seven years in, the Dead by Daylight character roster is bigger than ever, boasting a massive 36 killers and 42 survivors at the time of writing.

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