FEATURES & CONTENT

• Feature - Added progress bar to emblem tooltips
• Feature - Integrated additional Status Effect score notification for the Vigil and Decisive Strike perks
• Feature - Integrated the Proficiency System to interaction progress bars from other players. For example, when a player is being healed by a different player, while a healing debuff perk is active (ie: Coulrophobia), they will see the debuff applied in their HUD.

BALANCE

• Adjusted the Killer pick up (Pick up Survivor from ground) time to 3 seconds, down from 4.3 seconds
• Changed the Obsession mechanic to show all players in the match who the Obsession is. All players will receive notification when the Obsession is in a chase (animated Entity spikes icon).
• Exhaustion no longer recovers while running.
• Wraith uncloaking: Adjusted the timing of the smoke effect (and its audio) for the Wraith's uncloaking to avoid giving away his position earlier than intended

Season reset & rank pip changes

• Players at Rank 15 will not b...

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September 3rd

In-Game

• Dedicated Servers PTB - PC only
• New Shrine - Enduring / Overcharge / Urban Evasion / Head On

September 4th

In-Game

Stranger Things PTB - PC only

September 5th

Discord

Q&A with the Community Managers

September 10th

In-Game

New Shrine - Remember Me / Agitation / Dance With Me / Tenacity

September 12th

YouTube

Behind the scenes

Forum

Beginner Guide Contest winners announcement

September 13th

Forum

Status Update - Dedicated Servers

In-Game

Rank Reset

September 17th

In-Game

• Stranger Things release - PC / PS4 / XBOX
• New Shrine - Infectious Fright / Rancor / Iron Will / Breakdown

Forums

All you need to know about the Stranger Things release

YouTube

Stranger Things Spotlight Trailer

September 19th

Discord

Stranger Things Chapter Discord raffle

September 20th

Forum

(TBC) Nintendo Switch release F.A.Q.

September 24th

In-Game

Nintendo Switch release

September 26th

In-Game

Bloodhunt starts at 11AM ET

Discord

(TBC) Live Q&A on Switch

YouTube

Mash It Up! - Community showcase

TwitchCon

Meet-up at the convention

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We are expending our PC family!

Dead by Daylight is now available on the Windows Store.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dead-by-daylight/9nms4sfnbgbh?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Enable crossplay option

Sometime in the next few weeks, PC players will notice a new option labeled “Enable Crossplay”.

When this option is enabled, PC players will be able to match and play against both Steam and Microsoft Store players. While we understand that expectations are high, we want to reiterate that crossplay is only available between PC versions of the game for the time being. 

F.A.Q.

Q: Can I transfer my progress from Steam / XBOX to the Windows Store version? 

A: No, it is not possible to transfer your progress right now. 

Q: Will I be able to add friends from another platform (IE. Adding a Steam player on Windows Store)? 

A: Initially, you will not be able to add friends from another platform. Enabling the “Enable Crossplay” only allows the matchmaker to pair you with all PC pla...

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F.A.Q.

Can I use my progress from another platform?

Sadly no, we do not support cross progression for any platform.

Is the Switch cross platform?

No, you will be matched with other Switch players

Is Switch on Dedicated Servers?

Yes, the Nintendo Switch users will use dedicated servers at release. The console itself cannot support hosting a game for 5 players at the time which is why we decided to launch on Dedicated Servers. Any future improvements to the dedicated servers will impact the Nintendo Switch users as well.

What is included in the base game?

The base game includes all original chapters up to The Shattered Bloodline

How do I get the Trapper Switch exclusive?

It is already in your inventory!

Do the Switch players also get the Bloodhunt event?

Yes, you will also have the Bloodhunt event next weekend!

Do I have to register to Nintendo Switch Online to play?

Yes, in order to match with other players, you will need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

What are the available Chapters?

Strang...

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3.2.1 HOTFIX

PLATFORM

PC / PS4NA / PS4EU / PS4Asia / XBOX

PLANNED ETA

September 24th, 2019

11:00 ET

BALANCE

• The Demogorgon's Shred special ability now breaks pallets by default. Because of this change, we have re-worked the Red Moss add-on. Please see the changes below.
• Reworked The Demogorgon's Red Moss add-on: Previously, with the Red Moss add-on, The Demogorgon could break pallets using Shred - now this is a default effect of Shred. The new Red Moss add-on reads as follows: Tremendously increases the duration of the Undetectable status effect applied to The Demogorgon when emerging from a portal (for a total of 10 seconds). Tremendously decreases power recovery speed of traversing the Upside Down (recovery now takes 24 seconds).
• The perk Surge now grants the Destruction score event for each affected generator.
• The perk Second Wind will now display the progress towards activating the perk.
• Adjusted the matchmaking logic so that Survive With Friends groups are matched using the highest rank of a...

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Hey forum members!

Most of you have seen the new Trusted tags. We introduced them last week and we seen a lot of questions like, why them and not me? Why do this? Why is their tag everywhere?

So here goes...

What is A TRUSTED MEMBER?

Large numbers of members are joining our Community and we can say without a doubt, our Community is successful. Well, now is the time to shine a light on our key members, members that have shown us that they could contribute regularly to the community in a positive manner.

These are our objectives for the PILOT:

• Provide a sense of accomplishment for key members of our community
• Create a place where constructive discussion is promoted and encouraged
• Help our new members to find a home in this community

HOW DID WE SELECT OUR PILOT MEMBERS?

Our pilot members were selected directly from our Forum member of the month initiative. They, themselves, suggested a few more members to join the PILOT. After screening, we will be adding a few more members to the pilot, maybe...

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A little under a year ago, we announced that we would be bringing dedicated servers to Dead by Daylight in Summer 2019. Since then, our team has been hard at work converting the game from the existing peer to peer system. There has been a lot of discussion surrounding dedicated servers recently, so we would like to address questions or concerns you may have in this post. 

Release Timeframe 

We have recently tested dedicated servers during the 3.2.0 PTB. After a few rounds of changes, we already could see drastic improvements on average ping which translated into better general feedback. From the survey results and community feedback, we identified two main issues that were putting the release at risk: 

Projectile interaction (The Huntress, The Plague, The Clown)

• Delay on throw 
• Hit registration 

Interaction bugs

• Some instances of missed attacks 
• Multiple hits on one action (i.e.: The Huntress hatchets hitting multiple survivors) 
• Trapper placing 2 ...

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RELEASE SCHEDULE

STEAM

Released at 11:00 AM ET

XBOX

Released at 11:00 AM ET

PS4

Released at 11:00 AM ET

Patch notes

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/patch-notes

The 3.1.1 hotfix patch notes have been added to the 3.1.0 mid-chapter update notes.

Release schedule

STEAM

Live since 11:00 AM

XBOX

Live since 11:00 AM

PS4

Live since 11:00 AM

Note that the PS4 Update will not include the following content yet. The content will be added at a later date. Rest assured that we are doing everything we can to get it to you ASAP.

• William ''Bill'' Overbeck character
• Bill Achievements
• Added the 4 Left 4 Dead outfits for Dwight, Meg, Claudette and Jake
• Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Portuguese (BR) and Korean!

Freddy rework video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAvTQvkGCk&feature=youtu.be

SPRINGWOOD MAP UPDATE

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/77029/

Patch notes

PC

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/77032/patch-note-3-1-0-mid-chapter/p1?new=1

XBOX

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/77030/patch-notes-3-1-0-mid-chapter/p1?new=1

PS4

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/77031/patch-notes-3-1-0-mid-chapter/p1?new=... Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBhX7dbm2EQ

CONTENT

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/66322/ghost-face-content#latest

LORE

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/68637/dead-by-daylight-the-ghost-face-lore#latest

PLAYER TEST BUILD CHANGES

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/68260/ghost-face-ptb-changes#latest

PATCH NOTES 

PC

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/69477/patch-notes-3-0-0-ghost-face#latest

PS4

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/69478/patch-notes-3-0-0-ghost-face#latest

XBOX

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/69480/patch-notes-3-0-0-ghost-face#latest

IN-GAME ANNIVERSARY

Year 3 Party Starters (New survivor item)

• A powerful explosive anniversary decoration. Detonates into bright flashes, loud bangs, and colorful confetti. Can be used to distract the Killer or to celebrate our ...

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People of the Fog,

Find our cosmetics that will be released in Chapter 12.

Players will be able to purchase these cosmetics through the Dead by Daylight store.  

NEW OUTFIT: THE PIG'S TEST SUBJECT OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: DAVID TAPP'S BEAT COP OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: THE PIG'S LEATHER OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: DAVID TAPP'S UNDERCOVER COP OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: THE WRAITH'S WEATHERED SCARECROW OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: FENG'S RARE LOOT COLLECTOR OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: THE HUNTRESS'S COLD WASTELAND SURVIVOR OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: DWIGHT'S CHUTE MALFUNCTION OUTFIT

NEW OUTFIT: THE GHOST FACE'S RAINING BLOOD OUTFIT

We hope ...

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June is Anniversary month!

There will be a ton of activities going on... for today, we are launching the contests! We will be updating this post with more information and details on the other activities during the first week of June.

Stay tuned!

Contests

Artwork contest

• 1st Prize: 24 000 AC / 2nd and 3rd prize: 18 000 AC 
• Rules: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/65223/artwork-contest-rules#latest 
• Sub-forum: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/3-year-anniversary-artwork-contest 

Cosplay CONTEST

• 1st Prize: 24 000 AC / 2nd and 3rd prize: 18 000 AC 
• Rules: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/65216/cosplay-contest-rules#latest 
• Sub-forum: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/cosplay-contest 

VIDEO CONTEST

• 1st Prize: 24 000 AC / 2nd and 3rd prize: 18 000 AC 
• Rules: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/65232/video-contest-rules#latest 
• Sub-forum: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/categories/3-year-ann...

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FEATURES & CONTENT

• Integrated Chinese & Korean community localization

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue that caused the Hag to lose collision with Survivors after carrying them on her shoulder
• Fixed an issue that caused the Killers terror radius to disappear indefinitely when Tinkerer at Tier II was activated
• Fixed an issue that could cause framerate hitches in the lobby and during matches after opening the Store

BUG FIX PC

• Fixed an issue that could make it impossible for a Survivor to sprint

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Over the course of the last 3 years, we have been working hard on introducing new Killers, new Survivors, new maps and constantly trying to improve Dead by Daylight.  

The Dead by Daylight 3rd Anniversary Livestream will give players insights on what is coming for year 4 and how we are committed to bring our player new fantasies through chapters, rework existing gameplay content and solidify the game’s health for the long term. 

Our objective is to give you an overview of what’s coming for Year 4 and celebrate Dead by Daylight’s legacy. The 3rd Anniversary Livestream will be composed of 4 panels. For each panel, we will give you our vision and show you some in-game work in progress videos or image mock-ups of what’s coming. 

You can watch the 3rd anniversary livestream on the Dead by Daylight Twitch and YouTube channels May 31st, 3PM EST. The livestream’s schedule is the following: 

Year 4 Panel  

• Introduce the Year 4 Roadmap its main pillars. ...

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 Last month, we were happy to release our first Developer Update, a blogpost focusing on some of the most pressing issues and how we are working on solving them.  

The last Developer Update was very well received and this time around, we will be revisiting our topics from last month and give you an update on their progress, as well as some new topics, including disconnection handling, hitboxes / hit registration and more. 

Update on previous topics 

Optimization – Still on track  

Last time we communicated about optimization was in March and we thought it was time to give you an update on our progress. We currently have a team of five people dedicated to optimizing the game and we are still on track with our original plan. For the last update (2.7.0) we introduced some changes that optimized the CPU and GPU usage and brought small visible improvements to the live game, but we are not hitting 60 FPS on every platform yet. Our internal tests are...

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July 30th

Hotfix release: 3.1.1, all platforms

July 31st

Cosmetic release: New outfit(s) hit the in-game store

August 1st

AMA on Reddit: Join us on Reddit and ask us anything you've been dying to know.

Start time: 2pm EDT

Behaviour® is proud to inform it’s Dead by Daylight fans they have signed a retail distribution agreement with Koch Media to bring the game to the Nintendo Switch™. This partnership includes all territories except China.

This brand-new edition will launch in the fall of 2019 and it will burst with a ton of content, including Killers, Survivors, Maps, Chapters and Cosmetics.

“Bringing Dead by Daylight to the Nintendo Switch is yet another milestone in the game’s history and a personal dream of mine. Very soon, players will be able to bring their game along and continue serving the Entity on the bus, at work or at home. We are thrilled to be teaming up with Koch Media for the first time. I believe this is the beginning of a very fruitful partnership.” said Stephen Mulrooney, Senior Vice-President, Behaviour Interactive.

“With Dead by Daylight on Nintendo Switch we’re proud to team up with one of the largest development teams worldwide and our successful new distribution partners at ...

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People of the Fog,

Decisive Strike is one of Laurie Strode’s unique perks, which was released with Chapter II: HALLOWEEN in October of 2016. We introduced Decisive Strike as a perk option to help give Survivors a second wind, and an opportunity to escape their inevitable demise.

Over the course of the last few years, Decisive Strike has been a point of contention amongst our community, and as a result, the perk has had an interesting journey since its inception.

Decisive Strike has gone through some minor changes to arrive at its current state. Additionally, we have also prototyped entire reworks of the perk, some that we previously spoke of with the community. Ultimately, most of these ideas were shelved as we felt that they did not retain the essence of the perk, nor did they provide an overall improvement to the current version.

Identifying Community Frustrations

To find a solution through which Decisive Strike would be valuable to our gameplay, we had to better understand ou...

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Question from El_Barto_227

Lore questions! I love the lore of this game.

1. We know that the Survivors have the campfire (btw it would be neat to see the campfire area slowly evolve into something more like a lived-in camp over time), but what happens to the Killers between trials?
2. Are the killers aware of/have met each other?
3. Why do survivors know how to fix the generators? Is it just a case of initial trial and error + instructions from more experienced survivors, or is the knowledge gifted to them by the Entity in some way?
4. What's it like at the campfire, now that there's a fairly big group of survivors there. How are they all getting along, any rivalries or animosity growing? Does Ace get on Nea's nerve, or David pick on Dwight etc?
5. Can Feng Min speak english? If not, I imagine that the other survivors would have a hard time communicating with her, though she is supposedly a loner according to the benedict quote on wiki so she might not care.

Answer

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Question from saturos47

Why are you hesitant to toss out small buffs to the worst perks frequently? What harm is there in, for example, buffing the numbers on Prove Thyself a bit?

Answer

There is larger issues that require some fixes and balance before we review the low tier perks. Once we have a good foundation, there will be place for something like a PERK REHAUL and low tier perks will get some attention.