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Nerves of steel achievement in Dead by Daylight

Nerves of steel

In public matches, get a total of 500 successful Skill-Checks.

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How to unlock the Nerves of steel achievement

  • mcnichojmcnichoj
    11 Jul 2017 10 Jul 2017 07 Apr 2021
    Update: As of February 10th 2021 this achievement is broken.
    It's busted on multiple platforms but should at some point get patched and working again as has been the case with multiple other achievements. Once it's working feel free to consult the guide below.

    The achievement currently has the wrong description when viewing it while locked, it should read "In public matches, get a total of 500 successful Skill-Checks."
    Viewing it while locked has the same description as the "Zealous" achievement but that is wrong, you don't need 8k blood points for this achievement. Despite being the wrong description, it still goes up for the actual intended criteria which is for getting the skill-checks.

    Skill checks will pop up when you're either repairing a generator, sabotaging a hook/bear trap (Bear traps only show up when the killer is the Trapper) or when you're healing another survivor/yourself.
    The skill check is a giant circle with a small section marked randomly on the circle. Press cn_LB when your line that moves clockwise goes into that little section and you'll be awarded some points for the successful skill check.
    Screw it up by being too fast or too slow and you lose some of your meter and a secondary negative effect.
    If you mess up a generator, it will alert the killer with a map wide visual queue.
    If you're sabotaging and screw up then you'll just make a loud audio noise within a small radius but you won't alert the killer with a map wide visual queue.
    If you screw up the heal then the character being healed will scream but again it won't have a map wide visual queue.

    You'll also notice a giant white bar at the beginning of the skill check area. If you hit that then you get 100+ bonus points for the objective, boldness or altruism category depending on if you're repairing a generator, sabotaging or healing respectively but you're more likely to screw up trying to get those by pressing the button too early so just try to hit it after and forget the bonus points.

    Various tools, tool add-ons and perks can make it easier for you to get skill checks.

    Assuming the killer isn't killing you right off the bat every time, then you should be getting several skill checks done every match.
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    CrapHandsI’ve done tons of these and one has bee marked on Steam
    Posted by CrapHands on 11 Mar 21 at 02:56
    AwakeDeadeyeProgress hasn't updated on the achievement for me, hope it's still tracking.
    Posted by AwakeDeadeye on 11 Mar 21 at 05:35
    Spiike KanibleCrazy how my xbox says it's 0% completed and y'all say it's about 50%
    Posted by Spiike Kanible on 22 Mar 21 at 08:29
    CyberraThis achievement has been stuck at 94% since January on my xbox
    Posted by Cyberra on 26 Mar 21 at 22:26
    The achievement is glitched on all platforms
    Posted on 31 Mar 21 at 01:03
    PrinCeSsUPDATE ,, 4.6.1 has just been added and this should have come with a fix
    Posted by PrinCeSs#12406 on 14 Apr 21 at 17:42
    ReleasePainIs it still bugged for anyone? Or anyone has a solution? The achievment hasn’t popped for me and isn’t progressing as i’m currently getting lots achievments in the game
    Posted by ReleasePain on 27 Nov 23 at 08:39
    OBlockMafiaWill this ever get fixed
    Posted by OBlockMafia on 29 Nov 23 at 12:17
    Slash83TTVApparently I unlocked this in January had no idea it was glitch so maybe it is actually fixed now
    Posted by Slash83TTV on 29 Dec 23 at 22:07
    BoovezToday’s update has fixed this. My achievement progress has been climbing again for the first time in about a year
    Posted by Boovez on 31 Jan at 00:46
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