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Survivors!
Hotfix 1.6.3 just rolled onto the servers, so make sure to update the game!Here are the list of fixes and tweaks:Added the Fast Travel feature - now players will be able to do so from a completed safe zone or hub. To fast travel to a different location, players need to interact with a dedicated Castor Woods map located in all eligible locations.
Added a toggle to Survival settings (i.e., depleting flashlight and hunger meter) in Restored Land. The setting is now off by default and can be enabled in the menu. Added two new Restored Land leaderboards to ensure fair score comparisons.
Fixed the issue with Suicider sometimes not exploding when hit twice in a row with certain weapons
Fixed the issue with Beast Modes actions not always dealing damage to enemies while playing NG+
Fixed the issue when the Player is unable to pick up quest item (Infected Gallbladder) if Consumables inventory is full with certain items
Fixed the issue when area with very low threat level might become restored after sleep
Fixed the issue with Taurus Gas Station in Villa Area might not be completed upon first visit
Fixed the issue with estimated position always showing the result one below of what is shown on leaderboard when data is updated
Survivors are less likely to spawn close to infected when region is safe in Restored Land
Fixed the issue with Virals and Volatiles clipping through the car's roof when falling from it
Viral reinforcements will no longer come after generating noise on safe regions when playing Restored Land
Fixed an issue with the Player receiving duplicate starter gear from Olivia during NG+
Starter gear from Olivia can now be sold to vendors
Restored Land is the definitive Dying Light: The Beast experience: a brutal, solo journey where the world reacts to your every move! These new rules mean that resources are finite, and every decision carries the weight of permanent consequence as you face the ultimate zombie apocalypse.
New rules of survival:
Immerse yourself in this stunning expansion of Dying Light: The Beast that includes all existing enhancements - such as Legend Levels, New Game+, and Nightmare Mode - alongside full Ray Tracing (PC) and hundreds of parkour upgrades in one complete package! Standard Edition owners receive this upgrade automatically for free.
Prepare yourself for an intense and emotionally charged journey with the latest release update for Dying Light: The Beast! This release introduces the high-strung Restored Land experience alongside a series of exciting game enhancements, designed to test your resilience and strategy. Restored Land is a brand new game experience that changes the rules of survival in Castor Woods!
Restored Land - survival like never before
Explore an exhilarating new experience with Restored Land - revolution of survival in Castor Woods. Available through a dedicated section in the main menu, this solo-only experience offers gameplay on Survivor or Brutal difficulty levels. You’ll navigate a persistent world where enemies remain defeated and loot can only be collected once, highlighting the heightened tension of every heart-pounding decision.
In Restored Land, open-world activities such as Convoys, Dark Zones, and Hives can be completed only once. To keep a clear track of your progress you can use special map markers. The Regions Threat Levels on the map empower you to strategize in reclaiming areas, clearing them of enemies and paving the way for remaining survivors so they can start revitalizing the region. Survival mechanics like hunger and flashlight management add an extra layer of challenge, while inventory limits require you to gather funds for specialized backpack upgrades from in-game vendors.
Manage the nighttime difficulty by clearing Hives to reduce numbers of the roaming Volatiles, but be careful as the Alpha Volatile will still hunt you during the nights. To help you a little with your task, we hid two items that might just bring you back from the brink. If you want the ultimate challenge, you can intensify your Restored Land experience with One Life Mode, where each death resets your journey! Check leaderboards to measure your survival days in Restored Land and unlock seven new achievements as you progress. Engage in dynamic and refined battles against special infected, and uncover over 30 new random quest encounters with enhanced rewards - and that’s also available in the regular game mode!
Completing Restored Land rewards players with an exceptional outfit accessible across all save files. Those who conquer Restored Land with the One Life challenge are granted an additional outfit, receive special recognition in co-op play, and uncover unique surprises within Town Hall. Numerous gameplay and performance improvements ensure this immersive experience tests your skills in the relentless world of Restored Land. Dive in and navigate the ultimate challenge, where the world itself becomes a visceral reflection of danger and desperation. Are you ready to emerge victorious?
Roadkill Rallies
Update 1.6 expands the action with the introduction of Roadkill Rallies - five new racing challenges, offering time-based missions that test your skills in eliminating infected and perfecting your driving routes. To win gold in each race, you must kill a specific number of infected and reach the finish line within the time limit. Each track has its own theme; some feature threats like Suiciders, but in all of them, finding the optimal route is key to winning gold. The challenges introduce a new car model, the Roadkiller - a tougher vehicle that you can unlock by earning gold in every race in this series. Did we mention you can compete against each other?
New feature - Leaderboards
Track your performance in both Restored Land mode and the new Roadkill Rallies, and see how you stack up against others:
Friends Leaderboards - Players can track their performance in both Restored Land mode and Roadkill Rallies, and compare their results with friends.
Global Leaderboards (Consoles Only) - Additionally, on consoles we also introduce global leaderboards for both Restored Land mode and Roadkill Rallies. We decided to implement them only on consoles to help ensure fair competition, as the current client-only PC implementation does not allow global rankings to be fully protected from potential exploits.
Gameplay Tweaks and new finishers
With resources drastically limited, players experience solitude as they navigate shops with reduced stocks at higher prices. XP is increased to counterbalance the rare enemy encounters, while player levels cap at 15. Hunger must be managed, and flashlight batteries replaced, to avoid succumbing to exhaustion and darkness, where the fear of making one wrong move heightens anxiety. Moreover we’ve added 5 new brutal Fury finishers for special infected:
Banshee
Charger
Demolisher
Goon
Volatile
UI Enhancements
Enhancements come with a fresh perspective: explore a specialized entry in the main menu, thematic loading screens, and updated death and completion screens that match the emotional intensity of your journey. An improved HUD, accompanied by personal map markers, offers valuable assistance in exploration and resource gathering - tools for those facing solitude and danger head-on. Additionally we've added a ping system for co-op play that allows players to quickly mark locations and improve communication during shared gameplay.
Game Updates
Along with the event, Update 1.6 introduced many fixes and game improvements. You can find the full list of changes HERE: https://dyinglightgame.com/news/restored-land-release-notes-16There’s no better way to cross Castor Woods than by swinging through the air! This week’s challenge invites you to travel as far as possible using your grappling hook. Gliding over this gorgeous valley beats holiday stress any day - someone tell Santa to upgrade from a sleigh. Don’t forget: completing all goals this week helps the entire Beast Pack unlock every reward. And since it’s the season of giving, lend a hand to any Beasts who missed a week so they can claim theirs too. Community Challenge: Hooked on Speed
Goal #1: Cover 45,000,000 km with the grappling hook
Reward: Seraphantom Car Skin Goal #2: Cover 105,000,000 km with the grappling hook
Reward: Angel’s Blade Call of the Beast Week 10 runs from Thursday, December 18 at 4PM CET until Thursday, December 29 at 4PM CET. As always, the rewards will be sent to your in-game stash at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression. Hook your way to some unique and exclusive items!
Nightmare Experience is a new difficulty level for Dying Light: The Beast - designed for seasoned players looking for serious survival experience. It makes Human and Infected enemies stronger, smarter, more aggressive, reacting faster to your actions using their heightened senses. Some Dark Zones may now include Volatiles during the day and gameplay becomes more challenging as resources are limited and they need to be managed more carefully.
This update also introduces a new Alpha Volatile. This is the most powerful infected in Castor Woods, and the most intelligent Volatile in the history of Dying Light. It tracks your scent, ignores the UV light from your flashlight, and can hunt and follow you across the map until you reach a safe zone or manage to kill it. He’s smart and dangerous, enforcing a careful and strategic playstyle during the night.
On top of that Nightmare Experience brings new survival mechanics. The Hunger System affects your stamina, health regeneration, and combat efficiency. The longer you ignore hunger, the stronger the penalties become. Additionally the flashlight drains over time and will dim and flicker as the battery gets low, requiring you to craft or find replacements.
Completing the hardest challenges in this difficulty rewards you with exclusive items, including unique charms, and a special outfit, and a new vehicle skin.
Darkness is creeping in earlier each day and that means more danger… and more opportunity. It’s prime time for this week’s challenge: looting the night for anything useful! Community Challenge: Night Looter Goal #1: Loot 15 000 000 items at night
Reward: Scorpion K.O. Car Skin
Goal #2: Loot 33 000 000 items at night
Reward: Stinger And it’s Week 9 of Call of the Beast, with 15 challenges already completed by you. Two more and you’ll unlock the Legendary Reward that’ll be waiting for you at the end of the Call of the Beat event! Team up and you’ll make it! Call of the Beast Week 9 runs from Thursday, December 11 at 4PM CEST until Thursday, December 18 at 4PM CET. As always, the rewards will be sent to your in-game stash at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression. So, hide under the cover of darkness and loot all you can!
Update 1.4 has been out for a few days now, bringing the biggest and most impactful changes Dying Light: The Beast has seen so far!
Players have been diving into the update’s long-awaited features, new content, and hundreds of improvements to gameplay, visuals, and performance, all of which make the experience more immersive than ever.
New Game+: Replay Kyle’s explosive story with all your gear, weapons, and progression intact. Each run increases the challenge but also rewards you with better loot and rarer weapons, letting you push even deeper into the toughest threats Castor Woods has to offer.
Legend Levels: If you’re already maxed out, you can now climb the new Legend Levels and earn exclusive rewards—legendary weapons, gear, and more. You’ll also be able to use the Legend Points you earn to unlock new passive skills, also in Beast Mode.
Ray Tracing (PC only): Enhanced visuals with more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections elevate the atmosphere of Castor Woods, making it even more immersive and visually striking.
400+ Improvements: From gameplay to graphics, this is our biggest batch of upgrades yet. Improved parkour flow through environmental tweaks, over 70 graphical updates, and plenty more across the board. We’ve even added a few new finishers to round things out.
New achievements and trophies: Update 1.4 also adds three new achievements on Steam and Xbox, and three new trophies on PlayStation, ready for you to unlock.
Now is the ideal time to explore Castor Woods, whether you’re returning or starting from scratch. And while you’re at it, don’t forget you can also unlock the new Vanguard Outfit for Kyle, available through the Legend Levels!
Dying Light: The Beast has just received its largest and most significant update to date! Update 1.4 introduces exciting new content - New Game + and Legend Levels, Ray Tracing on PC, and 400+ improvements and fixes across gameplay, movement, combat, co-op, audio, and performance, making the game even more immersive and reinforcing its position as the biggest and best-rated survival horror adventure released this year.
Watch our latest dev diary, where Bartłomiej Witych - Producer, and Tymon Smektała - Dying Light Franchise Director, share more insights into the update’s new features.
There has never been a better time to jump back in - or begin your journey in Castor Woods!
With Update 1.4 just released, there’s never been a better time to jump into Dying Light: The Beast! New Game+, Legend Levels, a Double XP event, and an exclusive weapon waiting in your stash should already convince you to dive back in. So don’t wait - team up with the Dying Light community to tackle this week’s challenge, focused entirely on executing brutal finishers on enemies. And while you're at it, make sure to try out the new finishers added to the game!
Community Challenge: Executioner
Goal #1: Execute 1,000,000 finishers
Reward: Gutsbuster Car Skin
Goal #2: Execute 2,500,000 finishers
Reward: Rascal
Call of the Beast Week 7 runs from Thursday, November 27 at 4PM CEST until Thursday, December 4 at 4PM CET.
As always, rewards will be distributed to your in-game stash at the end of the challenge. To track the community’s progress and see how close you are to earning them, head to Dying Light Outpost.
NEW GAME+
You can now replay Kyle’s story in New Game+ while keeping all gear, weapons and character progression from your first playthrough. Enemy difficulty is increased, but you’ll also encounter higher-tier weapons and loot to match the challenge. New Game+ can be repeated multiple times - each completed run further raises the game’s difficulty level and unlocks access to even stronger and rarer weapons, as well as the toughest enemies in Castor Woods.
LEGEND LEVELS
Legend Levels is the classic Dying Light end-game progression system that extends your character beyond the main skill tree.
Once you reach Level 15, all earned XP is converted into Legend XP. Higher difficulty settings and higher New Game+ tiers increase XP gains, so the more you challenge yourself, the faster you progress.
Each Legend Level grants Legend Points that you can spend on passive upgrades such as increased health, improved combat stats and stronger Beast Mode performance. Every level also raises your maximum health by a fixed percentage, helping you stay competitive in higher NG+ tiers.
Legend Levels also introduce a large set of new rewards to unlock: 22 new weapons (melee and firearms, including vintage guns), 2 complete outfits (12 gear pieces) and new legendary vehicle skins.
RAY TRACING
Ray tracing is now available, bringing even more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections to the game, allowing you to experience our immersive and visually stunning world with enhanced atmosphere and depth.
How to enable ray tracing?
The suggested way to activate Ray Tracing is to set the Video Quality Preset in your game settings to Ultra.
If you need more tweaking you can also enable or disable individual Ray Tracing options in the Advanced Video Settings menu to balance performance and visual quality.
System requirements:
A Ray Tracing capable graphics card (NVIDIA RTX, AMD RX 6000/7000 series, or Intel Arc)
At least 8 GB of video memory
16 GB recommended for 4k
Performance and Visuals
The game is designed so that all settings - from Low to Ultra - preserve the same core look and artistic style.
Ray Tracing improves reflections, lighting, and shadows, delivering more realistic visuals, though please note this may impact performance
If your system has trouble maintaining smooth performance, try selecting a preset below Ultra and tweak individual Ray Tracing settings for optimal results.
Please note when Ultra mode is enabled, Frame Generation is automatically turned on to improve frame rate.
VRR, V-Sync, and Input Latency
For best results, use a VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) display with a refresh rate of 60 Hz or higher. VRR may be labeled as FreeSync, G-Sync, or Adaptive Sync depending on your monitor.
If VRR is detected, the game automatically disables V-Sync to ensure the lowest input latency and smooth frame delivery.
If VRR is supported by your setup but disabled, please try to enable it in your system, driver settings or display settings. If VRR is not working still, please enable V-Sync manually in the game menu (Intel and AMD cards) or try enforcing it in the driver (Nvidia) to prevent screen tearing (if observed)
Note: Using Frame Generation may increase input lag, especially if V-Sync is on.
If controls feel delayed:
Enable VRR and disable V-Sync
Ensure Latency Reduction is enabled
If lag persists, disable Frame Generation or switch to a preset below Ultra
NEW FINISHERS
We’ve added 3 new finishers to give you even more varieties of bloody execution on enemies.
1 for one-handed blunt weapons
1 for two-handed blunt weapons
1 for two-handed slasher weapons
CALL OF THE BEAST
With Update 1.4 just released, there’s never been a better time to jump into Dying Light: The Beast. New Game+, Legend Levels, a Double XP event, and an exclusive weapon waiting in your stash should already convince you to dive back in. So don’t wait - team up with the Dying Light community to tackle this week’s challenge, focused entirely on executing brutal finishers on enemies. And while you're at it, make sure to try out the new finishers added to the game!
Community Challenge: Executioner
Goal #1: Execute 1,000,000 finishers
Reward: Gutsbuster Car Skin
Goal #2: Execute 2,500,000 finishers
Reward: Rascal
Call of the Beast Week 9 runs from Thursday, November 27 at 4PM CEST until Thursday, December 4 at 4PM CET.
As always, rewards will be distributed to your in-game stash at the end of the challenge. To track the community’s progress and see how close you are to earning them, head to Dying Light Outpost.
ADDITIONAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Environmental & navigational fixes:
Resolved over 200 parkour and environment navigation issues, including climbing and ledge-grab problems, as well as blocked traversal routes.
Adjusted multiple environmental elements - such as monkey bars, beams and scaffolding - to improve overall parkour flow.
Ziplines: fixed mismatched UI/action prompts for a more consistent gameplay experience, and addressed double-jump behaviour that could cause unfair falls.
Vault poles: added an interaction prompt to clearly indicate they can be used (similar to ziplines or ladders), and fixed double-jump behaviour that could lead to unintended falling.
Fixed a blocker in the High Noon quest that prevented players from progressing due to a specific rock formation asset.
Gameplay:
Reduced XP loss in Survival Mode through a global rebalance, with additional tuning focused on early-level XP loss and Night modifiers.
Streamlined early-game experience:
Reworked stamina curves to give players more stamina at the start of the game (total stamina remains unchanged), improving early combat encounters.
Added a rare weapon near the first campsite during the HUB1 quest to better reward exploration.
Introduced minor UI updates in the Skill Menu to make basic move sets more visible.
Reinforcements: adjusted reinforcement amounts when players chain noise-generating actions, especially when using firearms or explosions.
Vehicle challenges: improved obstacle destruction logic to prevent players from being blocked by objects that should be destroyed by the vehicle.
COOP fixes:
Resolved an issue where the host could get stuck on a black screen if another player cancelled and immediately restarted a COOP challenge.
Fixed several cases of Convoy activities spawning in front of players.
Fixed instances where AI did not exit the surrender animation.
Fixed an issue where the Banshee could float in the air when the biters she was standing on were killed.
Performance & Stability:
Improved overall game stability by addressing frame rate drops, crashes and asserts across multiple systems, with over 35 issues resolved.
Graphical improvements:
Addressed over 70 visual issues, including incorrect textures, floating assets, clipping models and misaligned architecture.
Improved lighting and shadow rendering across multiple environments, including fixes for improperly lit interiors and exteriors, as well as various graphical artifacts.
UI and Audio:
Fixed a pop-up screen appearing on game launch when Epic and Steam accounts were connected.
Resolved discrepancies between VO and subtitles across multiple languages, with over 12 localization issues fixed.
Improved Quest Marker functionality by addressing multiple incorrect or missing markers.
Corrected instances of debug strings appearing during gameplay and fixed several UI display errors across menu sections.
Audio: resolved over 20 issues involving missing or incorrect sound effects, including weapon collision SFX and ambient audio during various missions.
Fixed several co-op audio problems, such as missing VO lines and dialogue synchronization issues.
Dying Light: The Beast is the next full-scale AAA game in the Dying Light series and the highest-rated entry in the franchise so far.
With over 40+ hours of survival adventure, you can dive in solo or team up in co-op with shared progression. It’s the most ambitious and content-packed Dying Light experience ever, full of intense action, rich world-building, and endless surprises. Fans and critics love its scope, atmosphere, and innovative gameplay, making it a must-play open world survival horror of the year. We’re continuing to support the game, with upcoming big updates such as New Game+, Legend Levels, and Ray Tracing.
Now, we’re counting on you - help Dying Light: The Beast earn nominations in this year’s Steam Awards!
Categories we’d love you to nominate us in:
Game of the Year
Best Game on Steam Deck
Better with Friends
Outstanding Visual Style
Most Innovative Gameplay Award
Best Game You Suck At
Best Soundtrack
Outstanding Story - Rich Game
Our team is counting on you! - nominate Dying Light: The Beast and make this year’s Steam Awards unforgettable moment for the series!
To survive in this post-apo world, you need to make something out of nothing! Whether it’s a weapon, healing supply or anything else, these might just keep you alive to see the next sunrise.
Community Challenge: Master Craftsman Goal #1: 20,000,000 items crafted Reward: Redwood Runner
Goal #2: 35,000,000 items crafted Reward: Shanker
Call of the Beast Week 6 runs from Thursday, November 20 at 4PM CET until Thursday, November 27 at 4PM CET.
As before, the rewards won’t be sent to your in-game stash as soon as the goal is completed. Instead, they will be distributed at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression.
Start crafting any and everything you can. Your rewards depend on it.
For the first time since launch, Dying Light: The Beast is 20% OFF during the Black Friday Sale. There’s never been a better moment to jump in! And if you want to experience Kyle Crane’s journey from the start, you can also pick up Dying Light with up to 80% OFF right now! But we want to always give our amazing community even more! So, enjoy 25% OFF Dying Light: The Beast if you already own either Dying Light or Dying Light 2: Stay Human with the Dying Light Loyalty Program. And our appreciation doesn’t stop there. Anyone who owns any Dying Light game (including Dying Light: The Beast) will also receive a 25%-off coupon for Dying Light: The Beast for Steam to share with a friend. This coupon can be found on Dying Light Outpost. Redeem it exclusively on dyinglightgame.com/buy-now or the Loyalty Program page on Dying Light Outpost. The Black Friday Sale and Dying Light Loyalty Program are available until December 2, 2025. So, you know what to do! UNLEASH THE BEAST
Last week, you showed that you can run for your life. Now, it’s time to go wild and unleash the Beast! Take out any infected you find walking around Castor Woods and let’s smash this challenge together!
Community Challenge: Beast Mode Engaged! Goal #1: 6,000,000 Infected Killed during Beast Mode Reward: Blood Drive
Goal #2: 12,000,000 Infected Killed during Beast Mode Reward: Ol’ Rusty
Call of the Beast Week 5 runs from Thursday, November 13 at 4PM CET until Thursday, November 20 at 4PM CET.
As before, the rewards won’t be sent to your in-game stash as soon as the goal is completed. Instead, they will be distributed at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/
We’re over a quarter of the way through Call of the Beast and it’s time for some Epic Rewards! We hope you enjoyed being the hunter last week, because you’re gonna become the hunted. This week’s all about being chased by the ‘Kings of the Night’ and, hopefully, living to tell the tale.
Community Challenge: Run for Your Life Goal #1: 2,000,000 km meters covered during Chases Reward: Nighthawk
Goal #2: 4,000,000 km meters covered during Chases Reward: Nightblood
Call of the Beast Week 4 runs from Thursday, November 6 at 4PM CET until Thursday, November 13 at 4PM CET.
As before, the rewards won’t be sent to your in-game stash as soon as the goal is completed. Instead, they will be distributed at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression.
The Volatiles are waiting for their snacks… just make sure you’re not one of them!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/
Call of the Beast Week 3 is here, and with it comes a brand-new contest! From now until the end of Week 5, show off your best moments on X as you work toward completing the challenge goals. Post your coolest clips or edits on X with the #CallOfTheBeast hashtag to enter.
So get out there, participate in the community challenge and capture your run-ins with zombies for a chance to win awesome prizes. Rules available here
The first crossover for Dying Light: The Beast is here, and it’s a big one! Two iconic survival franchises collide: Dying Light: The Beast offers unparalleled horror, PUBG MOBILE high-stakes action. Enjoy a new quest, race for the drops and, yes, the instantly recognizable cast iron frying pan can be yours!
To activate the quest and be on your way to all the PUBG MOBILE-themed rewards, head to the Dying Light Outpost events page! There you can also find all the information about our collaboration.
So, what are you waiting for? There’s a bounty on your head, but the rewards will be worth it. The Dying Light: The Beast x PUBG MOBILE quest will be available from October 31 until November 21, 2025. And that’s not all! Once you finish the quest, three new challenges will unlock. Keep an eye on your map — they’ll pop up with a parachute icon as soon as you leave the warehouse where the final boss fight went down.
Can you believe it’s week 3 of Call of the Beast already? It looks like you had a hell of a lot of fun dropkicking enemies last week, but now it’s time to bring out the big guns!
Community Challenge: Sharpshooter Goal #1: Land 10,000,000 accurate shots Reward: The Marksman Goal #2: Land 20,000,000 accurate shots Reward: Bullseye
Call of the Beast Week 3 runs from Thursday, October 30 at 4PM CET until Thursday, November 6 at 4PM CET.
As before, the rewards won’t be sent to your in-game stash as soon as the goal is completed. Instead, they will be distributed at the end of the challenge. Also, to know how close the community is to victory and your rewards, head to Dying Light Outpost to see the progression.
Aim for the head! Or the body… What we mean is: just don’t miss.
NEW CONTENT
SURRENDER - NEW HUMAN ENEMIES BEHAVIOUR Dying Light was always about reactivity and making the world respond naturally to your every move. After hearing your requests, we’ve introduced a new human-enemy behavior - melee-weapon enemies will now recognize when you’re aiming a firearm at them and might decide to surrender rather than losing their life. Depending on your actions then this scenario can unfold in a number of ways, but we’ll leave them to you to discover.
NEW WEAPON EXECUTIONS We’ve added 9 thrilling new finishers for different weapon variants. To help you experience them factor here are the weapon types where you can expect new, brutal execution animations:
1 for one-handed bladed weapons
2 for long blunt weapons
2 for long bladed weapons
1 for two-handed blunt weapons
1 for two-handed bladed weapons
1 for knives
1 for knuckledusters
CALL OF THE BEAST Community Challenges for Week 3 are here! This week’s all about hitting your target. If the Beast pack is successful this week, you’ll be getting the Marksman Car Skin and the Bullseye rifle! For more information, head to Dying Light Outpost.
Community Challenge: Sharpshooter Goal #1: Land 10,000,000 accurate shots Reward: The Marksman Goal #2: Land 20,000,000 accurate shots Reward: Bullseye
* Accurate shot is every shot from a firearm (excluding flamethrower and ranged weapons like bow and crossbow) that hits the enemy.
Call of the Beast Week 3 runs from Thursday, October 30 at 4PM CET until Thursday, November 6 at 4PM CET.
To check how close the community is to victory and rewards, head to the Dying Light Outpost to see the progression. The rewards will be distributed to participating players’ in-game stash at the end of the challenge.
DYING LIGHT: THE BEAST x PUBG MOBILE COLLABORATION (starting October 31st) PUBG MOBILE is coming to Dying Light: The Beast with a new quest and a set of rewards. To access the crossover, visit the Dying Light Outpost event page and activate it there. This will automatically add the exclusive Airdrop Finder car skin to your in-game stash and unlock the Skillet quest, which will trigger after you complete the Power Gambit main story mission. Your rewards for completing this new quest will be a collection of PUBG Mobile-themed items. Whack zombies with the series’ iconic Killing Pan, hit a homerun with the Battle Royale Bat, or use both to leave the infected with some serious headaches, thanks to their increased skull damage. Additionally grab the new Marked Man outfit and wear the individual Gear Items to earn more XP, deal more headshot damage and make bullets even more devastating with increased firearm damage. And that’s still not all! Affix the Battleground Keychain charm to your trusty weapon to increase your chances of the three D’s: decapitating, dismembering or destroying enemy limbs. So, what are you waiting for? There might be a bounty on your head, but the rewards will be worth it. The Dying Light: The Beast x PUBG Mobile quest will be available from October 31 until November 21, 2025.
ADDITIONAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Progression:
Resolved a blocker preventing players from picking up the cable in "Precious Cargo".
Fixed incorrect save/load behavior for doors in "Precious Cargo".
Resolved an issue where players couldn't move after disabling gas cylinders in “Chain Reaction”.
Fixed a potential block in “Hunting Yaga” quest if players closed the doors after killing the scientist.
COOP - fixed an issue in “One Flew Over the Volatiles' Nest” where players could respawn outside the mission area after death.
Improved Volatile behaviour in “What lurks beyond the Pine”.
Fixed misplaced investigation triggers in the convoy during “The Beast Within”.
Adjusted AI (Suiciders) despawning in “Power Gambit”.
Balanced bullet count received during “Precious Cargo”.
Fixed NPC duplication issues in HUBs under certain scenarios.
Fixed unintended cooldown triggers during Hive encounters.
Corrected crafting and inventory data inconsistencies.
Fixed several terrain areas where players could get stuck.
Performance & Stability:
Fixed various crash issues across all platforms.
Improved game stability when creating new saves and during long gameplay sessions.
Resolved multiple cases of performance degradation and FPS drops in COOP mode.
Enhanced visual quality by addressing LOD and texture streaming issues.
Graphical improvements:
Resolved multiple lighting and visual artifacts across various missions and platforms.
Corrected various visual artifacts and graphical inconsistencies.
Addressed improper camera behavior and graphical glitches in several quests.
Fixed animation issues, including shotgun unequip or various loot pick-up.
Fixed translucent material rendering on windows.
Resolved floating gun issue during a cutscene.
UI and Audio:
Improved UI responsiveness on 4k displays.
Corrected key binding conflicts in settings.
Addressed translation errors in mission objectives.
Added missing description text for certain options menu.
Fixed opening animation playback issues on PC.
Resolved audio and subtitle synchronization issues in multiple quests.
Replaced incorrect SFX for several usable items.
Fixed audio behaviour places with guitar.
Synced and improved audio events for several mini boss fights.
Fixed screamer audio glitches.
Balance:
Increased the amount of oxidizers looted
Reduced the cost of wirings used for weapons crafting and upgrading
Introduced a new assortment to vendors with more craft parts towards the end of the game
Survivors in Encounters are now more resistant to player and enemy hits
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This page aggregates Steam news feeds, patch notes, and developer announcements for Dying Light: The Beast, sourced from official Steam community posts.
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