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Status Update | Disconnection Penalties
The disconnection penalty system is being re-enabled on PC, PS4 and Switch™️. Following our December 2019 test, we have fixed reported issues and made some changes to address Community feedback. The system will be turned on Tuesday February 11th, 11 AM Eastern. A game update will not be required. How does it work? Users…
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Release Information | 3.5.2
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Planned: 11 AM Eastern WINDOWS STORE Planned: 11 AM Eastern PS4 Planned: 11 AM Eastern XBOX Planned: 11 AM Eastern SWITCH Planned: 11 AM Eastern PATCH NOTES STEAM https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1064073/#Comment_1064073 WINDOWS STORE…
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Release Information | 3.5.1
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Planned: 11 AM Eastern WINDOWS STORE Planned: 11 AM Eastern PS4 Planned: 11 AM Eastern XBOX Planned: 11 AM Eastern SWITCH Planned: 11 AM Eastern PATCH NOTES STEAM https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1042793/#Comment_1042793 WINDOWS STORE…
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Status Update | Matchmaking Changes
We’ve observed a growing Community concern about matchmaking in recent months. Matchmaking wait times have exceeded our targeted limits and we’ve seen rank disparities fluctuate. In this Status Update, we will go in details on factors impacting the matchmaking, our current matchmaking system and our future solutions. Above…
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Reported Issues | 3.5.0
Here, you can find a list of any newly reported known issues following today's update. Please be sure to check here before reporting a bug! Rank Achievements Unlocking Randomly We are aware that rank achievements are unlocking incorrectly. Do not worry, you are not at risk of being banned for this. Decisive Strike does not…
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Release Information | 3.5.0
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Released WINDOWS STORE Released PS4 EU & NA Released XBOX Released SWITCH Released CONTENT The Doctor Update Designer Notes: The Doctor, Hex: Ruin, and Gatekeeper Lunar New Year TOme II: RECKONING The second Tome will arrive tomorrow, January 22nd! With it comes an all new Rift packed full of…
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Designer Notes | Doctor, Gatekeeper & Hex: Ruin
Welcome to our Designer Notes, a series of blogposts presenting the fine details of upcoming design changes. Today, we’ll be going over the first update of 2020, which includes changes to The Doctor, the Gatekeeper Emblem, and Hex: Ruin. DOCTOR UPDATE In the next mid-chapter update, we will be changing core elements of The…
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Release Information | 3.4.2
Release Schedule Steam Update planned: 11AM ET PS4 Update planned: 11AM ET Xbox Update planned: 11AM ET Windows Store Update planned: 11AM ET Nintendo Switch™ Pending. The Switch™ version will receive both the 3.4.1 and the 3.4.2 hotfixes simultaneously. Patch Notes Steam…
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Community | The New Forums
For the past few months, we have been hard at work on an update to the forums behind the scenes. While our forums have their own charm, we want to bring them up to date and make them more inline with the rest of the game. We've tried out some different themes in the past, and we've taken your feedback from those tests to…
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Release Information | 3.4.0
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Update planned: 11AM ET DLC planned: 12PM ET WINDOWS STORE Update planned: 11AM ET DLC planned: No ETA PS4 EU & NA Update planned: 11AM ET DLC planned: 12PM ET XBOX Update planned: 11AM ET DLC planned: 12PM ET SWITCH Update planned: 11AM ET DLC planned: 12PM ET PS4 JAPAN & ASIA Update planned: 11AM…
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Status Update | Archives Tome 1 – Level 3 changes
Since the release of Tome I Level III earlier this week, we have been keeping an eye out for feedback regarding the difficulty of challenges. While we intended for challenges to get gradually more difficult from one Level to the next, between your feedback and playing through the Tome ourselves, this most recent…
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The Oni | Lore
Honoring his family name was never enough for Kazan Yamaoka. He wanted to surpass his father’s reputation and end what he saw as the thinning of samurai culture with farmers often posing as samurai. His father tried to turn Kazan’s attention to more noble pursuits, but Kazan refused to heed his advice, and borrowing his…
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Yui Kimura | Lore
Despite her traditional upbringing, Yui Kimura raced scooters in her hometown of Hida where she earned the reputation of being able to do the impossible with very little. Her father did his best to steer her away from what he believed to be masculine pursuits, but her grandmother secretly shared her…
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Stats | November 2019
Stats are back at last! We've taken some time to gather some data and make some fancy graphs for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to let us know if you'd like to see more regular stat releases in the future! Since it has been a while since we last shared stats, these graphs show data from the past three months unless…
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Developer Update | November 2019
Welcome to the November edition of our Developer Update, a series of posts detailing upcoming changes and our progress on ongoing issues. As always, we’ll start by recapping on previous topics before jumping into future updates. Dedicated Servers For a little over a month, dedicated servers have been live on the PC version…
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Release Information | 3.3.2
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Planned: 11AM ET PS4 Planned: 11AM ET XBOX Estimated: 11AM ET Windows Store Estimated: 11AM ET SWITCH No ETA yet Status Update on the Nintendo Switch We are still working on getting the update ready for the Nintendo Switch. In testing, we discovered some platform specific issues that prevented us…
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Community | 2019 Halloween Contest
We are happy to announce the winners of the 2019 Halloween contest! We received a lot of astounding creations and selecting three winners was incredibly difficult. All the Entries were judged for creativity and execution. Big thank you to everyone, you did all an amazing work! As a reminder, the prizes are: Artwork 1st…
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News | Introducing the Windows Store
We are expending our PC family! Dead by Daylight is now available on the Windows Store. 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…
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Release Information | 3.3.0
Release Schedule Steam Planned: 11AM ET Released: 11AM ET PS4 Planned: 11AM ET Released: Live XBOX Planned: 11AM ET Released: Pending Switch No ETA yet Content The Archives You can find more information on The Archives here: https://deadbydaylight.com/en/archives The Nurse Changes The Withering Blight Event Patch Notes PC…
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Status Update | 3.3.0 Update & Event
Our plan was to release the 3.3.0 Mid-Chapter update along with the Withering Blight event on October 22nd, but due to some instability with the build, we decided it was best to postpone the launch until the major issues are resolved. We would like to take this opportunity to fill you in on what’s going on and where we…
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News | Withering Blight Event Overview
We are happy to celebrate the most horrific time of the year, where the stench of rotting Pustula Plants fills the air across the Entity’s realm. Soon, the Withering Blight event will be upon us, and we don’t want you to go unprepared. Classic Tricks In addition to spooky campfire decorations, some staples of past…
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Sale | Hallowed Blight Collection
BLIGHT IS BACK! For a limited-time, the 2018 Hallowed Blight outfits are available at discounted prices! 25% OFF The Doctor’s Foul Bile outfit: 900 AC (was 1200 AC) 25% OFF The Huntress’ Growth Surge outfit: 900 AC (was 1200 AC) 25% OFF The Trapper’s King of the Hooks outfit: 900 AC (was 1200 AC) 25% OFF The…
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Designer Notes | Nurse Changes
For the past few months, we have been reviewing the Nurse and her add-ons. We are pleased to say that these changes will be available in the upcoming mid-chapter update, and we would like to take a moment to share some insight into thought process behind them. There were several things we wanted to address when revisiting…
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Developer Update | September 2019
We are back with another edition of the Developer Update, a series of posts detailing our progress on upcoming features and known issues. This time around, in addition to the normal topics, we’ll have sneak peeks on some changes coming in the mid-chapter update. Matchmaking Recently, the matchmaking system was changed to…
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Release Information | 3.2.2 (Hotfix)
3.2.2 HOTFIX PLATFORM PC / PS4NA / PS4EU / PS4Asia / XBOX PLANNED ETA October 1st, 2019 11:00 ET PLATFORM Switch PLANNED ETA TBD Patch Notes PC https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/725603/#Comment_725603 PS4 https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/725604/#Comment_725604 XBOX…
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F.A.Q. | Nintendo Switch release & known issues
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…
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Release Information | 3.2.1 (Hotfix)
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:…
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PILOT | The Trusted members
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…
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Release Information | Stranger Things
Content Patch Notes PC https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/87825/ PS4 https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/87824/ XBOX https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/87823/ Available in the in-game store
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Community | Welcome Newcomers!
A lot of new faces have joined us over the past few days, so we'd like to take a moment to fill you in on everything you need to know. Getting Started Game Guides You can find a bunch of game guides created by the community here. We've pinned some of our favourites. Ask a Question If there's anything you'd like to know,…
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Status Update | Dedicated Servers
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…
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Community | Beginner's Guide Contest Winners
Recently, we asked you guys to create a guide for newcomers (details can be found here). What you guys came up with in just two weeks has blown us away, and picking the winners was difficult as always. After reviewing 150 entries, we are happy to announce the winners! To reiterate, the judging criteria were: Amount of…
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News | Stranger Things: Perks
Earlier today, we showcased the content from the upcoming Stranger Things chapter on stream. If you missed the stream, you can find the VOD here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/470813433 If you're in a rush or just need to double check a perk, however, you can find them all listed below. Please note that all perks listed…
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Designer Notes | New Status Effects and Bloodweb Changes
Welcome to our first Designer Notes, a blogpost presenting the fine details of upcoming design changes. We are ready to share the details of two new status effects—one for Killers, one for Survivors— that will be making their debut alongside the next chapter, as well as a much-anticipated change to the bloodweb.…
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Developer Update | August 2019
We are back with another developer update, a series of posts where we discuss upcoming features, changes, and where we stand on some of the most pressing issues in the game. As always, we’ll revisit some of the topics mentioned in previous posts before jumping into new ones. Dedicated Servers In our AMA earlier this month,…
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Release Information | 3.1.2 (Hotfix)
RELEASE SCHEDULE STEAM Released: 11:00 AM ET XBOX Released: 11:00 AM ET PS4 Released: 11:00 AM ET PATCH NOTES NOTE: The 3.1.2 hotfix patch notes have been added to the 3.1.1 mid-chapter update notes. KNOWN ISSUES Players are reporting inconsistencies with Ranks and Pips, sometimes resetting after a match or restart…
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Release Information | 3.1.1 (Hotfix)
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 The 3.1.1 hotfix patch notes have been added to the 3.1.0 mid-chapter update notes.
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Release information | 3.1.0 (Mid-Chapter)
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…
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Map Update | Springwood
Over the years, Dead by Daylight has changed significantly, and we have adapted the way we create maps along with it. These days, a lot of work goes into making sure maps feel as fun and fair as possible, and we have developed new tools to help with that. Also, to ensure that older maps aren’t left behind, we have started…
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Status Update | Rank and Pip Errors
For the last few months, some players have been experiencing recurring ranking and pips issues that are preventing their pips from accumulating and as a result, preventing their rank from updating. We have been looking into the issue since reports started to come in. We introduced the error message in order to gather some…
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Community | Third Anniversary Contest Winners
After careful considering, we are happy to announce the winners to our third anniversary contests! If you don't see your creation here, don't be discouraged. We receive an astounding amount of entries, and selecting three winners was incredibly difficult. As a reminder, the prizes for the artwork, video, and cosplay…
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Developer Update | June/July 2019
We are back with our third Developer Update, a blogpost which focuses on some of the most frequently discussed issues and the steps we are taking to resolve them, upcoming features, and general improvements coming to the game. As we have done previously, we’ll be revisiting our topics from the previous Developer Update and…
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Content | The New Nightmare
People of the fog, The Dead by Daylight team is happy to announce the upcoming release for The Nightmare rework. As per our presentation of the rework on the Third Anniversary Livestream, we have done major changes to The Nightmare’s general gameplay, power and add-ons. Sleeping Mechanics Microsleep On the verge of falling…
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Community | Anniversary Contests Finalists
Hello, people of the Fog! First of all - thank you SO much for participating in Year 3 Anniversary contests! You have no idea how tough it was for us to choose finalists for each contest - every entry was unique and beautiful. You all showed incredible dedication and devotion to the game and we are incredibly thankful for…
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Community | Year 3 Anniversary Activity Schedule
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…
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Release Information | The Ghost Face
CONTENT LORE PLAYER TEST BUILD CHANGES PATCH NOTES PC PS4 XBOX 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 three years together. Item will…
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Lore | The Ghost Face
Introducing the newest Killer in Dead by Daylight, the legendary Ghost Face. Danny Johnson, known as Jed Olsen by some, grabbed the newspaper from the kitchen counter: it was a week old, but his face was on the front page, grainy and sunken. It was one of those muggy afternoons in Florida when heat and humidity permeated…
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Design | Ghost Face PTB Changes
People of the Fog, It has been just over a week since Ghost Face debuted on the Player Test Build (PTB). Since then, we have been closely monitoring his performance and reading through your feedback. Upon further consideration, we determined that it would be best to address the state of Ghost Face before the official…
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Cosmetic Reveal | 3.0.0
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…
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Content | Ghost Face
People of the Fog, The Dead by Daylight team is happy to announce the newest addition to our roster of Killers; none other than Ghost Face himself. NEW KILLER: THE GHOST FACE The Ghost Face, more commonly known as Jed Olsen to his acquaintances, is a devious Killer that stalks his victims from the shadows. Two of his…