Dead by Daylight News

Developer Update | April 2024 PTB

As the 7.7.0 Update approaches, we’ve prepared some adjustments after going through the feedback we’ve collected during the Public Test Build (PTB).

[REVERTED] Victor no longer latches onto Survivors who are put into the Dying State.
[REVERTED] Victor once again latches onto Survivors who are injured by his pounce.
[REVERTED] Charlotte no longer gains Haste when Victor is latched onto a Survivor.

Dev note: We have received a lot of comments about The Twins’ strength during the PTB. We have made the decision to revert the changes to Victor’s pounce and keep the various quality of life improvements (faster switch between Charlotte and Victor, ability to recall Victor, and Add-On adjustments & base kit inclusion). We may revisit The Twins in a future update, if necessary, but these smaller tweaks will make The Twins feel better to play for the time being.

[CHANGED] Summoning Stone Add-On – this will increase the initial rush duration by 0.5s (was 1s)
[CHANGED] Soul Chemical Add-On – this increases the initial Rush speed by 5% down from 10% on the PTB

Dev note: Feedback around The Blight often centered on the two Add-Ons and his improved collision detection. We made some adjustments to the Add-Ons to slightly lower their strength whilst still maintaining their usefulness. The Blight’s collision detection will remain as it was on the PTB, and we will continue with our ongoing efforts to improve this collision across all maps.

[REMOVED] Decisive Strike no longer has a new animation.

Dev note: This PTB featured a new animation for Decisive Strike in which the Survivor would stab the Killer to free themselves. This animation had too much of an effect on the Perk’s expected behaviour (adding a delay before the Survivor wiggled free). We have decided to remove the animation for Decisive Strike before the update is released. The stun time for the Perk will remain at 5 seconds for the time being.

Note: The following changes will be part of a future update. The Perk will remain as it was on the PTB in the meantime.

[REVERTED] Affected Survivors will once again scream instead of having their aura revealed.
[CHANGE] Now affects Survivors within 32m of the locker (previously inside the Killer’s Terror Radius).

Dev note: We received some mixed feedback during the PTB; while the Perk was less appealing for some Killers, it remained a strong choice for Killers with high mobility. To make its strength a little more even across more Killers, we’ve changed Ultimate Weapon to be based on the locker’s position rather than the Killer’s. This way Killers without traversal abilities or with a smaller Terror Radius can take advantage of the Perk more consistently without it being excessive on highly mobile Killers.

With this in mind, we have also brought back the scream to allow it to synergize with other Perks once again.

Until next time...

The Dead by Daylight Team.

The most mid DBD killer is suddenly the absolute best

Being a chainsaw-wielding killer in Dead by Daylight might sound like fun but for the longest time The Hillbilly had the short end of the stick. He'd have to aim his chainsaw incredibly carefully, manage heat levels at all times, and even when everything seemed right he'd bounce off a stray bit of terrain, interrupting his charge. That's why despite being one of the free killers everyone who owns the game has access to, he was one of the least picked killers in the game.

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Stats | March 2024

Kicking things off, we wanted to take a look back at The Hillbilly’s recent update and see how it has affected his strength and popularity. We’ve seen a substantial increase in both his use rate and kill rate across all MMRs.

This update skyrocketed The Hillbilly to the top of the list of most popular Killers. The Deathslinger also saw a noticeable bump after being featured in Tome challenges.

Have you ever thought about how many skill checks are hit or missed? It turns out that 70% of all skill checks are good, 23% are great, while 7% are missed entirely. Among high MMR players, this becomes 63% good, 33% great, and 4% missed.

If you’re curious, we also gathered data on which Perks cause Survivors to miss the most skill checks!

It has been nearly 5 years since the End Game Collapse was introduced. Since then, it has activated almost a billion times.

For those who find themselves on the hook at the end of the match: The outlook is not very good. Nearly twice as many Survivors die at the end of the match than are saved.

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We’d love to share a mix of insightful and fun stats more regularly in the future. If you have suggestions for different kinds of data you’d like to know, be sure to let us know!

Almost every single Dead by Daylight cosmetic is about to get cheaper

Dead by Daylight has, since it first came out all the way back in 2016, remained one of the most popular multiplayer games on PC. This is largely due to the fact that its maker, Behaviour Interactive, has never stopped iterating on and adding to their project, setting DBD apart from other asymmetric horror games like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Outlast Trials with a constant stream of new killers and survivors, many pulled from famous horror movies and games. All of this work has meant that DBD also has an enormous in game store associated with all of these additions, which, we've learned today, is about to receive a substantial overhaul.

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Almost every single Dead by Daylight cosmetic is about to get cheaper

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