How The Knight's Guardia Compagnia Ability Works In Dead by Daylight

Dead by Daylight's newest chapter, Forged in Fog, introduced a new killer to the horror game known as The Knight. The Knight's power is extremely unique, allowing him to send off three Guards to attack survivors. Each of the Guards has their own unique ability, too, making complex plays an option.

Let's go over how the Knight's Guardia Compagnia ability works in Dead by Daylight, including the power description and how each of the three guards functions.

1 June 2023 - Checked for any changes to The Knight's Guardia Compagnia ability.

The Knight's Guardia Compagnia Ability In Dead By Daylight

The Knight's Guardia Compagnia ability allows him to send out three Guards - the Carnifex, Jailer, and Assassin, in that order - to patrol the map and attack survivors.

These three Guards each have a unique ability, which is outlined in The Knight's power description.

Guardia Compagnia

The Knight can summon Guards to patrol nearby areas and hunt Survivors, or execute tasks for him.

Special Ability: Guard Summon

Tap the Power button to activate the Guard Summon mode.
Ending this mode will summon one of 3 Guards, in a fixed order, who will do your bidding, each with his own special ability:

• The Carnifex breaks or damages objects faster and has a longer Hunt phase.
• The Assassin moves faster during a Hunt and causes Deep Wound when attacking.
• The Jailer moves faster during a Patrol, has a larger Detection range, and has a longer Patrol phase.

Survivors are invisible to The Knight while he is in the Guard Summon mode, but can still be heard.

Special Interaction: Guard Patrol

While in the Guard Summon mode, freely move around at an increased Movement speed to trace a Patrol Path and press the Power button again or drain the Power Gauge to end the Guard Summon mode.

A Guard will spawn and patrol the traced Patrol Path until the timer on the Power Gauge elapses or the Guard detects a Survivor, initiating a Hunt instead.

The Patrol always starts from where the Guard Summon mode was ended.
If the Guard reaches the other end of the Patrol Path he will turn back and continue his Patrol in the other direction.

This behaviour repeats for as long as the Guard is summoned.

The Knight can stop a Guard Patrol at any time by striking the active Guard with a Basic Attack.

Special Interaction: Guard Order

While in the Guard Summon mode, aim at the nearby following objects and press the Attack button to order the summoned Guard to complete the Break or Damage Action on the selected object:

• Mid-Progress Generator
• Downed Pallet
• Breakable Wall

Special Guard Ability: The Hunt

While a Guard is on Patrol, he can spot and detect Survivors within a highlighted area, which is displayed as a white circle around the Guard.

If a Survivor is detected, the Guard will move to their location, leave a Standard on the ground, and start Hunting the Survivor for a set amount of time.

The Hunted Survivor can escape the Guard with the following means:

• Unhooking another Survivor.
• Grabbing the Standard.
• Surviving until the Hunt elapses.

If either the Guard or The Knight himself attacks the Hunted Survivor, the Guard will disappear.

If the Guard downs the Hunted Survivor, The Knight will receive a Killer Instinct notification of the downed Survivor's location.

That's everything you need to know about The Knight's Guardia Compagnia Ability in Dead by Daylight, including its description and how it works.

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