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The Key to Escape achievement in Dead by Daylight

The Key to Escape

Escape through the Hatch using a Key in a public match.

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4 guidesOnline Mode - These achievements require a connection to live services, such as Xbox Live, for playing an online game mode, for sharing content, accessing leaderboards, or validating data with a server.Versus - These achievements can be obtained by two or more players in a face off gamemode who have met the achievement requirements.5 Players Required - These achievements require a minimum number of participating players to attempt.
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How to unlock the The Key to Escape achievement

  • SonicTheory96SonicTheory96
    06 Jul 2017 11 Jul 2017
    21 6 21
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    The best option for this is to go in with a team of 4 that you can communicate with. You want to have one person start with a map that can track black locks. One person needs to start with a key. And everyone else should have a a toolbox with the brand new part equipped (this makes generators easier because you need to complete all 5 before the hatch spawns for all 4 people). Complete the first 3 generators as you normally would and use the brand new parts on the last 2 for a quick completion. At this point everyone should be looking for the hatch, especially your team member with the map. Once found gather your team because the key only holds the hatch open for a set amount of time before closing again. Good luck!

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    IceTruckKiller5Message me on Xbox
    Posted by IceTruckKiller5 on 20 Mar 22 at 01:20
    Forget779This achievement now is very difficult to attain as the hatch can only spawn when you are the only survivor remaining, not to mention killers hardly allow you to use keys to get hatch. But the blueprint offering still helps. I don't have the achievement yet.
    Posted by Forget779 on 06 Sep 22 at 03:50
    RadioGaGaUse the Left Behind perk (William 'Bill' Overbeck) the jigsaw piece add on and a key that can open the hatch (Irrdescent or Purple) and the hatch will always spawn on the bottom level of The Game so camp till you are the last survivor and once a killer shuts it they usually door camp so the perk should reveal the hatch as you run around and the key will let you open it.
    Posted by RadioGaGa on 06 Apr 23 at 11:09

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  • KuyonnKuyonn
    12 May 2020 08 Oct 2020 08 Oct 2020
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    This achievement is infinitely easier now after they added the new blueprint offerings.

    -First and foremost I recommend running with 3 other people in a party to make it that much easier on yourself
    -Bring one of the new blueprint offerings, I tend to lean towards the annotated blueprint because most maps have a killer shack but someone in the group can always bring a map offering like a Macmillian Bone or Coldwind Farm to guarantee you get a killer shack to spawn
    -Bring a key ( Don't rely on Plunderers Instinct as it only gives you a 14% chance to find a key ) and if you feel like it, you can use the blood amber and prayer beads add-on combo for essentially wallhacks ( be forewarned if you try this at higher ranks there is a good chance you might be focused/tunneled out of everyone or the killer might equip a Mori because keys are incredibly strong )

    The rest comes down to smashing out the gens as fast as possible so toolboxes and prove thyself are your best friends for that, as soon as all the gens are done the hatch will spawn either inside the killer shack or immediately outside of it close to the walls and then have all of four of you near and just open the hatch with the key and escape!


    Hope this helps in any way! :D
  • I Am EscherI Am Escher
    23 Sep 2018 23 Sep 2018 23 Sep 2018
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    My friends and I have found a way to earn this achievement with only two players.

    For those who don’t know: It is possible to start a public match with a friend as the Killer if both parties have similar ranks (Survivor v. Killer) and if the Survivor (or SWF host) begins searching for a match soon after the Killer creates their lobby. Using this, it is possible to farm out many of this game’s achievements including this one.

    How it’s done: Have a Killer and Survivor player, make sure the Survivor is the last in the match with access to the Hatch. Survivor attempts a Hatch Escape only for the Killer to grab them three times. The Survivor may now leave at any time and the achievement should pop.

    Why it works: I believe that this achievement is sort of busted (like many others in this game) as it tracks the number of times the Hatch has been ‘used’ even if the person using it fails. This means that one player failing three times then succeeding on the fourth would be tracked as “all 4 survivors escaping through the hatch at the same time”.

    While my ‘partners in crime’ would rather remain anonymous, I am of the mind that this achievement is practically impossible with actual random teammates and becomes almost as difficult even with SWF just because of when the Hatch will spawn and how hard the Killer will be trying to stop everyone from getting to that point.

    So while I won’t be posting their Gamertags, I will say thank you to B and B for not only discovering this method with me but also for having the patience to test it a second time.

    Any questions? Hit me up. Hope this helps those without an elite group of friends or crazy amounts of time on their hands.

    Good luck out there in the Fog.
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    RadiantJoey5050I just used this method with my second Xbox, so I killed the other 3 survivors and completed 2 of the gens to get the trap door unlocked, jumped and caught myself 3 times and escaped on the 4th attempt and the achievement unlocked for my second account as the killer.
    I believe what makes it not work normally is if the survivors have opened the exit gates as I’ve done it legit and boosted with 4 survivors but never unlocked
    Posted by RadiantJoey5050 on 06 Dec 18 at 13:31
    SteaksaucepieJust did this killed 2 survivors one dc'd halfway through and caught my second account three times before escaping and nothing happened :(
    Posted by Steaksaucepie on 12 Jan 19 at 19:40
    bobby trippeThe grab the survivor method has been patched. The killer can no longer grad the survivor because the killer can no just shut the hatch instead.
    Posted by bobby trippe on 21 May 20 at 06:35
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