The arrival of Jason Voorhees in Dead by Daylight brought far more than terrifying gameplay mechanics. Behaviour Interactive leveraged the realm’s most iconic maps to scatter hidden references honoring the Friday the 13th franchise and the slasher king himself.
Xbox Deals: Save up to 10% on Xbox Gift Cards and Game Pass via Amazon.
Playing as Jason on specific maps reveals unique interactions and altered environments that most players miss entirely. Here are the best secrets discovered in The Fog so far.
The Sleeping Bag at Raccoon City Police Station (R.P.D.)
The Resident Evil police station might seem like an odd place for a campsite, but Jason found a way.
- The Reference: Head to the exterior courtyard of R.P.D. (near the burning helicopter). Walking into the dark corners near the perimeter fences while playing as Jason reveals a blood-stained, tied-up sleeping bag lying on the concrete.
- The Secret: This is a direct nod to Jason’s most legendary kill in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, where he drags a victim inside a sleeping bag and swings it violently against a tree.
The Chalkboard Message in Hawkins National Laboratory
The underground facility from Stranger Things hides a bizarre connection between the Upside Down and Camp Crystal Lake.
- The Reference: Inside the famous test room featuring the illuminated glass floor, inspect the walls covered in child-like chalk drawings.
- The Secret: When playing specifically as Jason, one stick-figure drawing alters to depict a woman holding a knife alongside the shaky letters “K-K-K… M-M-M…”. This pays homage to Harry Manfredini’s iconic score audio cue (“Ki-Ki-Ki, Ma-Ma-Ma”), representing the voice of his mother, Pamela Voorhees, echoing in his head.
The Mother’s Shrine at Yamaoka Estate
The spiritual environment of the Yamaoka residence took on a macabre twist dedicated to maternal devotion.
- The Reference: Inside the main estate building at the center of the map sits a small traditional altar that normally displays an old family portrait.
- The Secret: If Jason walks past this shrine while using his stealth ability, Omnipresent Evil, the framed photo temporarily shifts to display the silhouette of a severed head. This references the shrine Jason constructed for his mother’s severed head in Friday the 13th Part 2.
Global Easter Egg: The Classic Lobby Secret
This secret isn’t tied to a specific realm, but every Jason player needs to try it out.
- How to Trigger: In the Killer character select screen (Lobby), leave default-skin Jason completely idle for exactly 60 seconds. The game camera will shake slightly, the menu music will fade out into bubbling water sound effects, and a distant whisper will echo: “Kill her, Mommy!”—the famous line from the original 1980 film.
Final Thoughts
These subtle details demonstrate the incredible reverence Behaviour Interactive brought to bringing Friday the 13th into Dead by Daylight. Keep your eyes peeled next time you load into R.P.D. or Hawkins—you never know what other secrets are lurking in the shadows.
