Dying Light — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| DYING LIGHT FIX 1.55 | 2026-03-19 | Survivors! We have just released a small update for Dying Light, which addresses an issue that occurred when loading saves from The Following launching the game in the Slums. Make sure you download the latest version of the game - 1.55. |
| Final days of Anniversary Sale | 2026-02-18 | As we celebrate our 11-year legacy, we want to thank the millions of survivors who have made this journey legendary. You are the heart of this franchise! To celebrate our community, we’ve dropped prices across the entire series. This is your final days to complete your collection and experience every chapter of the story before these anniversary discounts end on February 19! https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/534380/Dying_Light_2_Stay_Human_Reloaded_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/ |
| Super Crane and Low Gravity events are back! | 2026-02-12 | Dying Light turns 11, and we want to celebrate it with you by bringing back two classic time-limited events. They will be available from February 12 to February 26.The first week marks the return of Super Crane. During the event, your grappling hook has no cooldown, its range is increased, and pulling enemies becomes much easier. This opens up new ways to move through Harran, control crowds, and turn verticality into your greatest weapon. To complete the challenge, kill 100 zombies using fall damage and earn a gold-tier weapon as your reward.In the second week, Low Gravity takes over Harran. Jumps feel lighter, landings are softer, and enemie |
| The Steam Awards 2025: We Need You! | 2025-11-24 | A decade after its initial launch, Harran is still alive with zombie slayers - both veterans and newcomers - and it shows no signs of slowing down. This summer, we added the Dying Light: Retouched Update, enhancing the game’s visuals and audio to deliver an even richer experience for returning players.None of us at Techland could have imagined back in 2015 that the original game would still have such a passionate community. If you’ve enjoyed your time in Harran, battling zombies and uncovering its secrets, please consider nominating Dying Light for Labor of Love this year! |
| Ready for a haunted hunt? Halloween is back in Dying Light! | 2025-10-23 | Ready for a haunted hunt? Halloween is back in Dying Light! When the spookiest night of the year comes, the deadliest horrors dress up and flood the city’s streets, looking for candy blood. For this trick-or-treating, you’ll need a really large candy bag. And maybe some reliable weapons too. Volatile (sugar) rush has made them much more sensitive to sounds during Halloween, so any noise you make will alarm and lure them to you. Use your Super Crane’s powers to wipe those carved smiles off their pumpkin faces, and don’t forget to collect their trick-or-treat potions. Warning: Use with caution! Their effects can be… surprising. The community wi |
| Watch: Dying Light: The Beast — Accolades Trailer | 2025-09-26 | The reviews are in! See what the critics and players are saying about Dying Light: The Beast. From "heart-pounding action" to "gritty survival horror", here are their reasons you should join them in the excitement. Start your quest for revenge as Kyle Crane and face the horrors of Castor Woods today. Dying Light: The Beast pushes what you know and love about the series to the extreme. The combat - more physical and brutal. The parkour - more grounded and realistic. The night - more tense and claustrophobic. Everything has been dialed up to eleven to create the best Dying Light experience to date!UNLEASH THE BEAST |
| Unleash the Beast - Dying Light: The Beast Is Out Now! | 2025-09-24 | Dying Light: The Beast is finally here! It’s time for you to UNLEASH THE BEAST!Dying Light: The Beast pushes what you know and love about the series to the extreme. The combat - more physical and brutal. The parkour - more grounded and realistic. The night - more tense and claustrophobic. Everything has been dialed up to eleven to create the best Dying Light experience to date!You are Kyle Crane and your quest for revenge begins now. Revel in the physical combat as you crush the skulls and spill the guts of those who stand in your way. Ramp up the brutality by unleashing the Beast running through your veins and rip enemies apart with your bar |
| Kyle Crane returns in Dying Light: The Beast | 2025-09-22 | He’s back! The Beast launched last week, hit 90% positive reviews. Thank you for making this possible! Now it’s your turn—dare to enter Castor Woods and face the horrors within. Play now! |
| Community Reactions to Dying Light: The Beast | 2025-09-17 | Can you believe it? Tomorrow, you'll finally get to UNLEASH THE BEAST for yourself!But even though there's just one day left, that doesn't mean we can't get you even more hyped! Check out what our community had to say about their time with Dying Light: The Beast!UNLEASH THE BEASTBUY NOW |
| 10 Highlights That Make Dying Light: The Beast Unforgettable | 2025-09-17 | Dying Light: The Beast is almost here and we can’t wait for you to finally get your hands on it. If you’re still wondering whether to dive in, here are 10 Highlights that make Dying Light: The Beast unforgettable reasons why this game deserves your attention. 1.KYLE CRANE IS BACK!Let’s start with the big one… Kyle Crane is back! Whether you’ve followed his story since Harran or are meeting him for the first time, Dying Light: The Beast reintroduces this iconic survivor in a way that feels both familiar and brand new. After more than a decade in captivity and cruel experiments, Crane emerges scarred, altered, and carrying the weight of everyth |
| Kyle Crane Legacy skin - Exclusive thank you gift | 2025-09-16 | We already revealed that everyone who's already with us and anyone who joins before the launch of Dying Light: The Beast will receive exclusive gifts: the Hero of Harran Bundle and the APEX Car Skin... but that's not all! You'll also get the Legacy Outfit - inspired by Kyle Crane's iconic look from the original Dying Light! |
| Watch: Dying Light: The Beast — The Story So Far | 2025-09-16 | Dying Light: The Beast is almost here, which makes it the perfect time to recap Kyle Crane’s backstory. See into the mind of the half man, half monster as he recounts the events from the original Dying Light and Dying Light: The Following, as well as the horrors the Baron inflicted on him. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer preparing to face your first night, you’ll be up to speed on everything that happened before you hunt down that bastard. Unleash the Beast – September 18 |
| Dying Light: The Beast Global Launch Time | 2025-09-12 | Big news! Since more than 1 million players have already secured their copy of Dying Light: The Beast ahead of launch, we're moving the release forward to SEPTEMBER 18! Check out the global launch times for the game to play it as soon as it drops.Pre-order now |
| Watch: The Voice of Zombies | 2025-09-12 | The zombie sounds in Dying Light: The Beast sound so realistic, you might think we've got a secret Infected hidden in one of the rooms of our studio. In fact, it's specialist voice actors who bring the undead to life. How do they do it? Watch this behind the scenes to find out!Unleash the Beast - September 19 |
| All about Zombies! | 2025-09-11 | One thing you can’t imagine Dying Light without is zombies. With Dying Light: The Beast, we wanted to push them further than ever - not only visually, but also in how they behave, react, and sound. They’re the backbone of the experience, and we dedicated enormous effort to making them unsettling, believable, and unforgettable ARTISTIC VISION This time our philosophy was simple: zombies should always remind you of who they were before turning. That faint trace of humanity creates hesitation in players - making every encounter more disturbing. As Charidimos Bitsakakis (Character Concept Artist) explained, to avoid lifeless, doll-like figures wi |
| Watch: 'The Monsters' Trailer | 2025-09-11 | “They tried to break him. They created The Beast.”Free and out in the wild, you continue your quest for revenge. But the Baron still has his hooks in you; his experiments wreaking havoc, the zombie DNA clashes with yours and it seems to be winning. You’re losing control…When the Beast takes over, your strength is pushed beyond human limits: you run faster, leap further and you become even more brutal. Rip zombies apart with your bare hands, shake the ground by pounding it with your fists, and punch through zombie torsos. You’ll see it in all its glory, thanks to the immersive first-person perspective. As the Beast, your savagery knows no boun |
| Watch: 110 Years of Zombies | 2025-09-09 | For more than a century, zombies have haunted our imagination, from flesh-eating hordes to infected terrors and everything in between. Watch our latest video to trace their evolution in pop culture, starting with the classic mindless minions of old and leading to today’s unstoppable apex predators. Step by step, bite by bite, witness every stage of the undead’s rise.And don’t forget to see for yourself what the next wave of zombies will look like with Dying Light: The Beast!Unleash the Beast - September 19 |
| Beauty by Day, Horror by Night | 2025-09-08 | Since the beginning of Dying Light, our goal has been to create the most immersive zombie apocalypse. Through our work on the series, we’ve learned that achieving this requires mastering three key areas: visuals, sound design, and gameplay mechanics. Let’s explore immersion and horror in Dying Light: The Beast!Nights, Now Even Scarier Visual details and the advanced graphical engine make exploration a real treat during the day, but for a game like Dying Light what counts most is how atmospheric the night is. After all, this is where our “open world meets survival horror” formula shines best: using in-game systems to create challenges and frig |
| Behind the Beast - Parkour and Combat | 2025-09-04 | Since the beginning of Dying Light, our goal has been to immerse players in the zombie apocalypse. In Dying Light: The Beast, we pushed parkour and combat to the next level. Parkour feels grounded with natural, weighty body movement and carefully balanced jump physics that eliminate floatiness. Players can climb anywhere without stamina limits, but must use observation to reach tricky spots. There are no parkour assists in default mode, keeping the challenge realistic, while the environment of Castor Woods allows for seamless flow and exploration. Kyle now has 17 unique edge grab animations and over 100 new animations that show his agility an |
| Watch: 'Out in the Wild' Trailer | 2025-09-04 | “They tried to break him. They created The Beast.”Tortured for years, you’re finally out in the wild. You are free and seeking revenge, but you may have just traded one hell for another. Welcome to the beautiful zombie apocalypse. Welcome to Castor Woods. Here the hand-crafted open world meets nail-biting survival horror as you explore the region, uncovering tales, horrors and mysteries that lie beneath the surface. Rain or shine, take in your surroundings traversing the dense forests, historic tourist town, swamps, farmfields and hiking trails high in the national park. There are stories of survival at every corner of this stunning valley. T |