Summary

  • The newest Dead by Daylight update introduces some useful tweaks for a more dynamic gameplay experience.
  • Small changes to survivor perks and killer abilities aim to enhance gameplay balance and offer the opportunity to form new strategies.
  • The 8.2.0 patch will be released on the Public Test Build next week.

Behaviour Interactive has announced the newest changes coming to Dead by Daylight this August in the most recent Developer Update. Although there are no major changes being made to Dead by Daylight, there are plenty of minor updates to perks, killers, and mechanics that aim to bring more factors into play throughout the game.

Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror game with one player taking on the role of a killer whose goal is to sacrifice survivors. The other four players take on the role of these survivors and must attempt to repair generators that power exit gates, allowing them to ultimately escape the killer. The game features a wide variety of characters on both sides, including iconic horror legends such as Michael Myers. Each killer comes with a unique power and play style, while both sides can equip perks which give players special abilities within the game.

In the latest Developer Update, the 8.2.0 patch was announced and will be hitting the Public Test Build next week. This update features minor changes to several survivor perks. A majority of these perks have had their cooldowns and charge rates drastically reduced, allowing them to be activated more frequently within a match. Although not every addition in this update is practical, these changes in particular will allow certain perks to become more relevant and useful to players.

Alongside these perk adjustments, this update also features changes to the killers The Dredge, The Doctor, and The Nemesis. These changes aim to strengthen these killers by tweaking cooldowns, charge times, and adding in some other quality-of-life adjustments. To compensate for this, several add-ons for these killers were also slightly changed.

The last part of the Developer Update brings some slight changes to the core mechanics of Dead by Daylight. Prestige levels are now hidden in lobbies to combat players leaving matches with high prestige players. Alongside this, hook stages will now last 70 seconds, up from the original 60 seconds to meet the changes made to generator repair times in previous updates. Finally, scratch marks will have improved visibility, allowing them to appear more vibrant on all surfaces.

Alongside the changes made to mechanics, killers, and survivor perks, the Midwich Elementary map will also receive a few quality-of-life adjustments to make it easier for Dead by Daylight players to navigate. The 8.2.0 update for Dead by Daylight will be available to players on the Public Test Build next week. This will give users a chance to test out these adjustments and Behaviour Interactive the ability to alter them before they hit the live servers.

Dead by Daylight Update 8.2.0 Patch Notes

Killers

The Dredge

  • Increased movement speed while charging Reign of Darkness to 3.8m/s (was 3.68m/s).
  • Increased teleport speed outside of Nightfall to 19m/s (was 12m/s).
  • Reduced teleport cooldown outside of Nightfall to 10 seconds (was 12 seconds).
  • Decreased time to break out of a locked locker to 2.25 seconds (was 3 seconds).
  • Increased charge rate of the Nightfall meter to 1 charge per second per injured Survivor (was 0.75).
  • Reduced volume of The Dredge’s sound effects to make it harder to detect.
  • Adjusted several Add-Ons.

The Doctor

  • Reduced Static Blast’s cooldown to 30 seconds if no Survivors are in range.
  • Reduced Static Blast’s cooldown to 45 seconds if a Survivor is in range.
  • Increased movement speed while charging Static Blast to 2.99m/s (was 1.16m/s).
  • Adjusted Static Blast cooldown Add-Ons accordingly.

The Nemesis

  • Requirement for reaching Mutation Rate 2 has been reduced to 5 Contamination Points (was 6).
  • Increased Hindered penalty duration when infecting a Survivor to 2 seconds (was 0.25 seconds).
  • Adjusted Licker Tongue and Marvin’s Blood Add-Ons.

Perks

Blast Mine

  • Reduced activation requirement to 40% generator repairs (was 50%).

Wiretap

  • Reduced activation requirement to 40% generator repairs (was 50%).

Chemical Trap

  • Reduced activation requirement to 20% generator repairs (was 50%).
  • Reduced trap duration to 40/50/60 seconds (was 100/110/120 seconds).

Mirrored Illusion

  • Reduced activation requirement to 20% generator repairs (was 50%).
  • Reduced duration to 40/50/60 seconds (was 100/110/120 seconds).

Dance With Me

  • Reduced cooldown to 30/25/20 seconds (was 60/50/40 seconds).

Deception

  • Reduced cooldown to 30/25/20 seconds (was 60/50/40 seconds).

Diversion

  • Reduced activation requirement to 30/25/20 seconds (was 40/35/30 seconds).

Flashbang

  • Reduced activation requirement to 50/45/40% generator repairs (was 70/60/50%).

Content

Prestige

  • Prestige levels are no longer shown in the pre-game lobby.

Hook Stages

  • Increased duration of hook phases to 70 seconds (was 60 seconds).

Scratch Marks

  • Improved Scratch Mark visibility.

Midwich Elementary School

  • Removed breakable walls in the bathrooms.
  • Altered layout of hallways to reduced long range visibility.
  • Added objects near exit gates to reduce visibility.
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Dead by Daylight
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Released
June 14, 2016
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
Developer(s)
Behaviour Interactive
Publisher(s)
Behaviour Interactive
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Cross-Platform Play
PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
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Ever wished to play as one of the characters from your favorite horror movies? Dead by Daylight is a 1v4 multiplayer game that draws from all corners of the horror world from a powerful slasher to a terrifying paranormal entity.

Choose between playing an unstoppable Killer and one of 4 Survivors trying to evade a gruesome death. Each character has their own deep progression system and plenty of unlockables that can be customized to fit your personal strategy. Work together to escape, or stalk and sacrifice every Survivor.

This Edition of Dead by Daylight gives you access to a roster of 7 Killers (The Trapper, The Hillbilly, The Wraith, The Nurse, The Hag, The Huntress and The Doctor) and 9 Survivors (Meg Thomas, Claudette Morel, Jake Park, Dwight Fairfield, Ace Visconti, Nea Karlsson, Bill Overbeck, Feng Min and David King). It also includes two cosmetic add-ons packed with outfits for various characters.

Number of Players
5
Genre(s)
Horror, Survival
How Long To Beat
N/A
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium
File Size Xbox Series
51 GB (October 2022)