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A daughter of the cursed Yamaoka bloodline,Dead by Daylight’sRin Yamaoka lives an ordinary lifeuntil she returns from work one night to find her mother’s body hacked apart by her father. Attacking her with their family’s ancestral sword, as Rin bled out, her thirst for vengeance pulled her into the Entity’s realm inDead by Daylight.
A powerful entity with the ability to disappear, The Spirit canthrow Survivors' tracking off-kilterand force them to rely on sound alone. With such an unusual power, The Spirit herself can speedily carve her way through Survivors who aren’t accustomed to facing her.This guide will highlight the best builds for The Spiritto ensure her victory against more coordinated Survivors, featuring teachable and non-teachable perks alike.
Updated July 01, 2025 by Mark Sammut: The Spirit has been part of Dead by Daylight for so long that the Killer feels like a cornerstone of the game, especially since she is still a pretty deadly and powerful option. That said, Rin is not part of the base PC game and needs to be unlocked. Consequently, a section has been added going over the requirement to actually obtain The Spirit, allowing you to get started with her powerful builds.
The Spirit: Best Non-Teachable Build (2025)
Though a strong Killer, The Spirit comes with a few impressive base kit perks, forcing her to rely on more tried and tested means of killing Survivors,interrupting healing, and stalling the gameuntil the Exposed status hits everyone in the trial.
The Spirit: Best Build (2025)
With The Spirit’s powerful mobility, perks such as Pop Goes The Weasel, Discordance, and Friends ‘til The End synergize exceptionally well with her kit. When everything might look bleak,opt for No Way Outto reliably secure a victory.
The Spirit Best Add-Ons
Gifted Bamboo Comb
While all The Spirit’s Common Add-Ons offer decent buffs to her base kit, perhaps the most effective is the Gifted Bamboo Comb. This power modifier speeds up the rate at which you charge Yamaoka’s Haunting by15%, allowing you to enter phase faster in a chase.
White Hair Ribbon
Pairing well with the aforementioned Gifted Bamboo Comb, the White Haor Ribbon increases Yamaoka’s Haunting charge speed by20%.
Rin’s Broken Watch
Need a shorter power cooldown? As a Killer that moves 0.2m/s slower than average, The Spirit’s strength relies on the speed of Yamaoka’s Haunting –the best Spirit playersknow how to manage their 15-second cooldown. Rin’s Broken Watch reduces this cooldown by30%.
Muddy Sports Day Cap
Speed is everything to The Spirit as her Haunting makes her one of the fastest Killers inDead by Daylight. The Muddy Sports Day Cap Add-On increases her movement speed during power by10%.
Uchiwa
Simple, but effective. This Rare Spirit Add-On instantly recharges your power whenhit with a pallet stun. This addon is great forDead by Daylightbeginnerswho often get stunned.
Rusty Flute
A stronger version of Rin’s Broken Watch, the Rusty Flute increases The Spirit’s power recharge rate by40%.
Dried Cherry Blossom
The Spirit’s bestAdd-Ons match The Blight’sin terms of transformative strength. The Dried Cherry Blossom reveals Survivors within3 metersduring power. This comes at the cost of no longer being able to see scratch marks from Survivor footsteps, so you should only run this if you’re already familiar with listening out for Survivors’ breaths and injured noises.
Mother-Daughter Ring
Like the Dried Cherry Blossom, this Ultra Rare Add-On removes The Spirit’s ability to see scratch marks in power – however, she can move at a massive25%extra speed as she phases. With this addon, you’re able to catch up to Survivors incredibly quickly, provided you can hear them well enough.
Dead by Daylightonly has a couple offree killers, and this lineup has remained relatively stable throughout the game’s run. Consequently, if you are interested inplaying as Rin Yamaoka, you will need to buy her first. Now, fortunately, as she has been around for quite a long time (since 2018, to be exact), she qualifies for the cheapest bracket of DLC characters, costing2,250 Iridescent Shardsor125 Auric Cellsin the In-Game Store. Her original DLC, Shattered Bloodline, is available on the PC version, but it can be more expensive than buying the character individually since Rin often goes on sale.
If you just want The Spirit, the best option is to just buy her solo. Iridescent Shards can be earned by just playing the game and leveling up; yes, the process is quite slow, but you will eventually be able to pick up Rin. Auric Cells require investing real money, with the cheapest being $4.99 for 500.
The Spirit is also one of the Killers included inDead by Daylight: Gold Edition, so you don’t need to do anything else if you picked up that version.
The Spirit As Part Of DBD Packs
On PC, there is theMaddening Darkness Pack, which includes The Spirit along with The Hag, The Doctor, and The Clown. The package also has four Survivors (Ace Visconti, Feng Min, Kate Denson, and Adam Francis), along with a bunch of cosmetics (but none for Rin).
Please note that Maddening Darkness Pack is not available on consoles since a few of the characters are part of the base game, although The Spirit is not one of them.
Rin is also part of theTerror Expansion Pack, which comes with 11 Killers on PC and 9 Killers on console.
