Dying Light: The Beast — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Hotfix 1.6.3 - Restored Land Edition (1.6) | 2026-04-23 | 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 |
| Hotfix 1.6.1 - Restored Land Edition (1.6) | 2026-04-02 | Survivors! Hotfix 1.6.1 just rolled onto the servers, so make sure to update the game! Here are the list of fixes and tweaks: Reduced hunger drain when sleeping Slower overall hunger depletion “Very Hungry” and “Famished” states now trigger later Vendors now offer improvised food bars Weapon Blueprints from DLC bundles can now be upgraded to Legendary rarity When receiving a new weapon during a cutscene with a full inventory, the lowest-quality weapon is automatically moved to the stash If both inventory and stash are full, the lowest-quality weapon is dropped on the ground “Better Be Safe” and “Peace Bringer” achievements no longer auto-comp |
| Dying Light: The Beaste Restored Land Survey! | 2026-03-31 | Survivors! 📢 Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land has been live for a few days now, and the power to truly cleanse the world is finally in your hands! 🧟♂️ Whether you’re strategically reclaiming the map, dominating the Roadkill Rallies to top the Friends Leaderboards, or testing your ultimate grit in One Life - we need your debrief! This is your opportunity to share your experience and help us refine this definitive survival journey. 🧭 🔗 SURVEY We’re building this world together, and your honest perspective is the best way for us to ensure we’re heading in the right direction. Thanks for being part of the process and helping us make it r |
| Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land Edition | 2026-03-26 | 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:Restore the Land: For the first time ever, turn the tide. Killed infected do not respawn, allowing you to fully cleanse regions and mark freshly-cleared areas on the game map.Manage Resources: Looted items are no longer replaced and shops offer reduced stock at higher prices. Supplies must be carefully managed, stretching your resource man |
| Restored Land Edition - Release Notes (1.6) | 2026-03-26 | 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 diffi |
| 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/3008130/Dying_Light_The_Beast/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/534380/Dying_Light_2_Stay_Human_Reloaded_Edition/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light/ |
| Call of the Beast - all rewards delivered! | 2026-01-07 | You did it - you’ve completed the final challenge and reached all 20 goals across the 11-week run! 🙌 That means everyone who took part, even just once, will receive every Call of the Beast reward. 🎁 All rewards will be delivered straight to your stash as distribution begins. 📦 Once you log in, the delivery process will start automatically. If you don’t see your rewards right away, try relogging and allow some time - distribution may take up to a day to complete. ⏳ Still missing something after that? Reach out to us on our Discord server or contact Techland Support here: 🔗 https://support.techland.pl/ |
| Call of the Beast Week 11 | 2025-12-29 | This is it - the FINAL Call of the Beast challenge… and we’re ending with a BANG! Show you’re the true master of explosions in this last one and blow everything up. Since it’s the holiday season, and we know you want to spend time with your loved ones, we’re giving you until January 7 to complete the goal. And don’t forget, you’ll also be getting the Legendary Reward on January 7! But wait, there’s more! Complete this final challenge and you’ll hit 20 total goals across the 11-week run. And you know what that means: everyone who joined even once will receive every reward from Call of the Beast. Community Challenge: The Big Bang Goal #1: Explo |
| Call of the Beast - Legendary reward unlocked | 2025-12-29 | You did it, Survivors! 🔥 Seventeen challenges crushed, countless zombies dead, and one unstoppable Community leading the charge. ❤️ Because of your dedication and teamwork, the Legendary Skin is now unlocked for everyone to claim (it will be delivered directly to your stash on January 7th)! 😍 You’ve proven once again that when Survivors unite under the Call of the Beast, nothing can stand in their way. 💪 |
| Call of the Beast X Alienware contest | 2025-12-23 | If the in-game rewards aren't enough for you, we have another surprise in store! Share your edits on X with #CallOfTheBeast for the chance to win exclusive prizes from Alienware, including a gaming mouse, monitor and backpack! 🔥 👉 More info: https://go.dyinglight.com/CallOfTheBeast_phase3 |
| Call of the Beast Week 10 | 2025-12-18 | There’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 SpeedGoal #1: Cover 45,000,000 km with the grappling hookReward: Seraphantom Car Skin Goal #2: Cover 105,000,000 km with the grappling h |
| Nightmare Experience in Dying Light: The Beast | 2025-12-17 | 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 l |
| Call of the Beast Week 9 | 2025-12-11 | 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 nightReward: Scorpion K.O. Car Skin Goal #2: Loot 33 000 000 items at nightReward: 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, Decem |
| Call of the Beast: Week 8 | 2025-12-04 | Are you a firestarter? Even maybe, a twisted firestarter? Prove it with this week’s community challenge for Call of the Beast! Get your Molotovs lit, locate the trusty gas tanks and find anything else that’s flammable to get the 2nd of the Epic Rewards! Community Challenge: Fire Hazard Goal #1: Kill 7,000,000 enemies with fire Reward: Burnout Car Skin Goal #2: Kill 13,000,000 enemies with fire Reward: Headbanger Call of the Beast Week 8 runs from Thursday, December 4 at 4PM CET until Thursday, December 11 at 4PM CET. As always, the rewards won’t be sent to your in-game stash as soon as the goal is completed. Instead, they will be distributed |
| Find out more about our biggest update yet! | 2025-12-01 | 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 c |
| Update 1.4 - Video Dev Diary | 2025-11-28 | 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 be |
| Call of the Beast: Week 7 | 2025-11-27 | 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 finishersReward: Gutsbuster Car SkinGoal #2: Execute 2,500,000 finishersReward: RascalCall of the Beast Week 7 runs from Thur |
| Update 1.4 | 2025-11-27 | NEW CONTENTNEW 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 LEVELSLegend 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 |
| The Steam Awards 2025 - We Need You! | 2025-11-24 | 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 |
| Call of the Beast: Week 6 | 2025-11-20 | 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 RunnerGoal #2: 35,000,000 items crafted Reward: ShankerCall 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 an |