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Dispelling Sphere doesn't work correctly against bots.
PC Vecna's Dispelling Sphere doesn't activate on bots a majority of the time. You will get the scoring event, but the bot will be unaffected by the sphere and will still gain the benefits of the magical items. From what I can tell, Bots will become affected by the sphere if they are about 40ish meters away from you, and…
Borgo steals Trapper traps
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Shattered Square spawns clutter and tiles on top of my bear traps PLATFORM: PS5 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Spawn in the map and have your traps spawn inside clutter that prevents you from grabbing them (but not from resetting them???) VIDEO: you can't have the video because…
Problemas com Compras
I'm having problems paying for Auric Cells: I bought 1100 Auric Cells through Xbox and I didn't receive them in the game. Help me.
Leon Outfit Bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Wearing Leon Belmont's outfit glitches the coat tail when getting carried by the killer and getting hooked/unhooked PLATFORM: PC Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: 1.)Be picked up by the killer 2.)During the wiggling animation, the coat glitch occurs 3.)Glitch persists after…
Lag issues with console Players
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I have seen an uptick in server latency (aka lag) on console killers. I'm seeing this not every time but when it is there is it noticeable to unplayable. I play PC and only have this issue with some console players so it looks like it's for one specific service (i.e Microsoft, playstation, ect.) This…
xenomorph acid blood add on not corrected....2 month later...
I've already reported this bug... but it hasn't been fixed since 8.0.0. Despite several patches, the xenomorph's acidic blood add-on bug hasn't been fixed and it's starting to last. So I'm taking the liberty of making another post to report this really annoying bug. The Acid Blood add-on only works once in the game...…
8.2.2 Chucky: Hooking animation is broken
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The body of a survivor goes inside the Chucky's body during the animation of hanging on a hook. PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play against Chucky, get hooked. VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Trapper on Midwich
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: At beginning of match can’t pick up any traps, only lets me reset. Happened on two separate games as naughty beat on midwich. PLATFORM: Pc, steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: just loading in could not pick up any traps for the first minute or so VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs…
Constant freezing for 1 month already
Every time my game I boot up the game it's super slow and the game freezes whenever I try to click anything on the menu, it also appears when am loading into first round after few minutes pass the issue disappears to the next game bootup, I saw some people reporting similiar issue on steam forums and reddit so I fairly…
Chucky doing a charge into a rock causes weird hum until power is used again
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: If you play chucky and walk up on the Crotus Penn "hill" tile and charge from one part to the other, a sound bug is made until charge is used again. This Bug is entirely inconsequential and kinda hard to pull off, but here you go. Chances are this can occur other places and cause the sound bug hum.…
Skillful trophie in PS5 didn’t work
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I’m having trouble with the skillful trophie. It’s the only trophie missing to platinum in PS5. I already put all skills for the base characters in level 3 and get the trophie in PS4 but the trophie doesn’t work in PS5 PLATFORM: PlayStation 5 In the prints you can see that the trophie appears as the…
GAME AFOOT doesn't always trigger
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: I've found that game afoot doesn't always trigger when breaking a pallet, atleast while playing as Skull Merchant. PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Played SM two games. In both of them, sometimes the perk didn't trigger after breaking a pallet/wall. I'm sure of it…
Achievement "Outta Nowhere" unobtainable
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Progress can not be made on this achievement since the "All things wicked" update March of 2024 PLATFORM: Steam STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
PC - Unknown's lobby voice lines use female voice regardless of head cosmetic
Step 1 : Boot the game Step 2 : Select the Unknown in the Killer lobby, make sure to equip a male head Step 3 : As the Unknown's selection animation plays, notice that the voice lines used are the female versions Attached is my own footage with a male and female head both using the same female voice line, as well as a…
Mikaela Reid Shoe Glitch
8.2.2 - Camaraderie keeps unhooked survivor highlighted
Title. The perk Camaraderie (formerly known as Kinship) triggers when a teammate comes within 16 meter of you, when you are in struggle phase. The struggle timer is then paused for 34 seconds. During this time, you are highlighted in white so that everyone knows you're under a positive effect while on hook (similar to…
Getting stacks with Sole Survivor Perk with no one dead
Hello i played a game recently with the perks : lithe, empathy, wake up and sole survivor PLATFORM: On PC, using Steam Version on patch 8.2.2 Killer info : I was against a Wesker None of my allies died but when they escaped the last one escaped by crawling and when he finished to escape i got a stack on my Sole Survivor…
Xenomorph Add-On "Acidic Blood" Only Works Once
Steps to reproduce: Join a public game as the Xenomorph with the Acidic Blood add-on Exit a tunnel in crawler mode to trigger the add-on Regardless of if the perk works or not, you can not trigger the add-on for the rest of the match. Tested on Windows Game Store/Xbox version. Happens no matter what your perk loadout is,…
Anonymous not working. I'm tired of constant toxic hate messages
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: At first, I assumed people that were also on xbox were using the "recent players" xbox menu to guess which player I was, like they used to. But after checking multiple VODs from many streamers with "ttv" in their name, I can confirm my name is NOT hidden. I am so very sick of getting horrible toxic…
It's September 19th and there are still no achievements for Castlevania on Xbox PC
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: PLATFORM:PC via Xbox app STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: Player logs are required from PC players only.
Xbox PC - Missing achievements for Castlevania update
Xbox PC seems to be missing the Castlevania update achievements. Console have them, it's only PC that is missing them.
PWYF chase bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE:play with your food breaks chase PLATFORME PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: in 10% of games with this perk just breake chase you cant get bloodlust and staks of pwyf i play with this perk on legion wrath plauge and ghostface you just cant start chase with this bug on legion only…
Lights Out hook bug
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: hooked a survivor for the first time and they were instantly in struggle phase PLATFORM: PC STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: played as legion on lerys. Chased and downed a survivor and even though it was my first hook in the trial, the survivor instantly entered struggle phase…
No Stranger Things in survey?
Couldn't find characters from Stranger Things in this question?
Lag issues with console users
I have seen an uptick in server latency (aka lag) on console killers. I'm seeing this not every time but when it is there is it noticeable to unplayable. I play PC and only have this issue with some console players so it looks like it's for one specific service (i.e Microsoft, playstation, ect.) This wouldn't be an issue…
Long wait to get into the game
The wait is long and boring. It occurred to me that there is a problem with the Internet, but that is not the problem. Please solve the issue
Castlevania Tome Rift Fragments
Platform: PS5 I completed the Castlevania tome on the first day which was only awarding blood points and no rift fragments, but then noticed the next day rift fragments were added to the rewards but i had already completed the challenges. Am i not suppose to receive these rift fragments since i already completed the tome?…
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BUG: UI flipped for Dracula
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The Right Trigger and Left Trigger power switch descriptions in game are flipped. Left Trigger is on the Right and Right Trigger is on the left PLATFORM: All (Controller) STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THE ISSUE OCCURED: Play Dracula, Plug in a controller VIDEO: PLAYER LOGS: N/A Picture Provided…
Gatekeeper emblem is bugged (16/09/24)
I have been trying to do the guardian challange. I choosed pinhead and played 6 match. 4 out of 6 times there were 5-4 gens left each game was around 10-12 min but couldnt get higher than bronze emblem edit: I dont know what is the problem but same thing happened to me as the knight and the clown. So I assume we need to…
how many more patches till gatekeeper emblem gets fixed?
if you 4k before 9min passed, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO you get bronze in gatekeeper. to get iri in it you gotta have 4 or 5 gens remaining for 5-6 minutes. which lets be honest is impossible. btw: chaser is also bugged. doesnt matter if you play huntress and never enter a single chase cause you snipe everyone, or if you play…
Many issues
I'm stating some new problems and some older problems.It is annoying and making the game unplayable.First I play on an Xbox 1 S and I'm still rubber banding often.I played Meg against the nemesis and I was unable to use the vaccine.I do generators,totem,even opening up chest and the meter isn't moving.The anti camp doesn't…
Anti Camp not functioning when player is downed
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: Anti- Camp not functioning when another player is downed next to hook. Killers have the tendency to "slug" another player in front of hook so that the anti camp feature is disabled. This is a serious loophole to the anti camp system. Anti camp feature also is disabled when carrying a survivor,…
Cannot search for friends
The search for a friend option is not working properly. It is constantly stuck on a loading screen. A friend of mine and I have been trying to add each other and it’s been loading for ages now. Step 1: Open the friends tab Step 2: Type in your friends username (name, id etc.) Step 3: Press enter to find the person Then it…
PC - Lobby softlock when quitting matchmaking as soon as game is found (Lights out)
Step 1 : Boot the game Step 2 : Queue as Killer in Lights Out mode Step 3 : Quit lobby as soon as match is found (happened accidentally, probably has to be perfectly timed) Step 4 : Now the Killer is invisible, sounds are dulled (only button press sound is audible), most Buttons are unavaillable (especially "back" to go…
Haddonfield moon is missing
SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE: The moon is missing from the sky in haddonfield map PLATFORM: steam
8.2.2 Yun-Jin Lee: Black skirt Broken Physics (Fire Moon)
• Platform Steam • Description of the issue Yun-Jin Lee: The black skirt (Fire Moon) with a red bow sticks out, and does not lie on the leg in a squat. Also, the skirt goes inside the character's legs in different situations: running, hanging on a hook. Also on the hook, the hand goes inside the skirt. The problem with…
Xenomorph: You cannot destroy the pallet on RPD East Side, because the tunnel spawnpoint
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Autohaven maps still suffering from cross-platform desync
This has been an issue since the 2v8 mode released, you claim to have fixed it in patch notes but it's still very obviously in the game. Please BHVR buy a PS5 and load into azarovs resting place against a PC lobby and take note of how the maps don't align. I'm really sick of literally unplayable maps like this, and it's…
Bug list from the Alien chapter
As a reminder the Alien chapter pack is 12 euros : Gameplay bugs : Since 7.7.0 acidic blood add ons don't work anymore as shown in the following clip : It's one of the most fun add ons on xeno and it's been 5 month since this bug is there and it's still not fixed while being an add ons that straight up don't work, to…
Dracula's Transformation UI
When holding the Power button on Controller the two options come up for Bat and Wolf form. Bat Form being LT and Wolf Form Being RT. However you would think when displayed on the screen that bat would be on the left and vice versa but it displayed on the right (pic #2). It is the same not matter what that the LT option is…
Directional audio and flashbang audio
Step 1:Boot game Step 2: Play as spirit Step 3: Try to track while phasing during chase Additional info: Directional audio is either bugged or there is a delay to hearing and pin pointing survivors while phasing with spirit, making it hard to utilize her power. Sometimes, injured survivors sound like they're everywhere.…
Xenomorph: You cannot attack a survivor with a tail attack if he places a turret
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map visible in end game lobby
after a match is finished the trial map can be seen moving in. no permission to provide a screenshot. so far this has happened two times in a row with no apparent steps to reproduce, i guess it just happens.
EAC's issue "error code : 30005 (CreateService Failed with 1072.)"
Hi everyone ! Since this morning, everytime i try to launch DBD, there's an error message telling me "error code : 30005 (CreateService Failed with 1072.)". I tried everything (reinstalling the game, deleting the .sys file of EAC, reinstalling Steam, looked for Windows update, looked if my antivirus blocked the game, etc.)…
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Spirit phase audio insanely loud in PTB
Step 1 : Boot the game Step 2 : Play as the Spirit Step 3 : Phase Additional information Spirit hears her audio from the husk and her phase woosh sound as if she were a survivor. Both are far too loud and make tracking anything with her very difficult - impossible. Documents to add Youtube short containing the before and…
Spirit flashes in her new outfit
Step 1 : Boot the game Step 2 : Have your graphics set to low Step 3 : Wear the new Fire Moon Spirit bodypiece Step 4 : Mori a survivor Additional information Spirit has nothing covering her nether region in this outfit, when in other outfits she either always has panties or sarashi. On lower graphics, when mori-ing, she…
Spirit Post Phase Animation Missing
Spirit's animation when exiting phase has been missing for about a year now When coming out of phase now, she just simply walks out, instead of how she used to, stooped down lunging with her arms in the air. I'm not sure the exact date this was changed, and im assuming it was performance thought I may be mistaken, but it…
job well done challenge
in ps5 this challenge doesn’t work, you have repair two generators i did generators and its says its zero and its not master challenge its looks like it acts like one i added photo of it
Pearl of Power sometimes doesn't accurately display spell cooldown
PC When using the Pearl of Power add-on for The Lich. Sometimes the cool down for your spells are not accurately displayed. For example It will show a spell at 75% but it will be ready for use. This makes it hard to tell what is ready. This is completely random to my knowledge. Happens sometimes.

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