Dead by Daylight’s Patch 4.2.0 is now available as a PTB, its patch notes revealing the addition of new Killer The Blight, new Survivor Felix Richter, and more.
Dead by Daylight Patch 4.2.0’s new Killer, The Blight, can use Rush Tokens to launch himself forward without attacking. If his Rush connects with a wall or environmental obstacle, he performs a Slam which then lets him launch himself into a Lethal Rush. This behaves as a regular Rush except, this time, he can also attack.
Dead by Daylight’s newest Survivor, Felix Richter, has perks that allow a depleted item to refill 30% of its charges after 10 seconds – but only once in a trial –, increase the speed of healing and unhooking by 10% for each injured, hooked or dying Survivor, and more.
Dead by Daylight Patch 4.2.0 Notes PTB
Here are all the changes and additions currently available on the Dead by Daylight Patch 4.2.0 PTB, as detailed in the full patch notes:
New Chapter
Unleash The Blight, an alchemist consumed by his research. Ambition brought him to the Entity’s realm but his hunger for power destroyed him. Mutated and mad, his power, Blighted Corruption, provides him with unnatural abilities to quickly pursue and ambush Survivors.
Plan your escape with Felix Richter, a successful architect who was torn away from his lavish lifestyle. Resourceful and bold, he has clever methods to stand against the oncoming evil and plan out the one thing that matters to him most—returning home.
- Added a new Killer - The Blight.
- Added a new Survivor - Felix Richter.
- Added a new Rare Offering for Killers and Survivors - Sacrificial Ward - cancels other offerings that would send you to a specific realm.
- Added a new Common Offering for Killers and Survivors - Bloodied Blueprint - reveals the aura of basement hooks to you for 20 seconds at the start of the trial. If the map has a Killer Shack, this offering increases the chance that the basement will spawn below it.
- Added a new Common Offering for Killers and Survivors - Torn Blueprint - reveals the aura of basement hooks to you for 20 seconds at the start of the trial. If the map has a main building, this offering increases the chance that the basement will spawn below it.
- Added a new Common Offering for Killers and Survivors - Annotated Blueprint - If the map has a Killer Shack, this offering increases the chance that the Hatch will spawn within it.
- Added a new Common Offering for Killers and Survivors - Vigo’s Blueprint - If the map has a main building, this offering increases the chance that the Hatch will spawn within it.
Features & Content
Many in-game objects in Dead By Daylight haven’t been changed significantly since the game’s launch. As part of our ongoing effort to enhance the game’s visuals, many of these objects got visual updates in this patch to bring them closer to our long-term vision for the appearance of the game. Some realms also got visual updates, with more coming later in future patches.
- Visual updates of several common in-game objects:
- Visual update of the Generators, including changes to models, animations and vfx. The Survivor repairing animations and vfx were also updated.
- Visual update of the Pallets, including models and VFX.
- Visual update of the Lockers.
- Visual update of the Chests, including the model and changes to the Survivor's interaction. This Survivor interaction has been updated
- Visual updates to some maps, including additions of breakable walls:
- Springwood - Updated Badham Preschool Maps I - V
- Yamaoka Estate - Updated Family Residence and Sanctum of Wrath
- Both Springwood & Yamaoka Estate realms will have an increase appearance rate during week 1 of the PTB.
- Update aiming when using the flashlight. Up to 4.1.0, the flashlight would aim up and to the right of the center of the screen. In 4.1.0, the aiming animation was updated, which caused the flashlight to aim more towards right of center. Now, the aim should be squarely in the center.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed several issues that may cause survivors to be misaligned during Moris.
- Fixed an issue that caused survivors not to be stunned when shot by the Deathslinger.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Hillbilly's carry and lunge speed to be reduced when equipped with the Tuned Carburetor add on.
- Fixed an issue that caused all Legion characters to use Julie's animation when the 'Empty Stare' mask was equipped.
- Fixed an issue that may cause the Oni to lose the ability to enter Blood Fury.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Oni's blood orbs to sometimes flicker in and out of visibility.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Plague's Vile Purge to arc higher than previously.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Trapper's bear trap aura not to appear during the tutorial.
- Fixed an issue that caused a regressing generator not to turn red once reaching 0 progress when using the Surveillance perk.
- Fixed an issue that caused the "Pull Down" prompt to be replaced for Survivors standing next to a pallet while injured and with the Self-Care perk equipped
- Fixed a crash that would sometimes happen when selecting the Low or Medium Graphics Quality from Medium and above.
- Reduced rank update errors.
- HTML markup in player names during social notifications (toast invites) are now handled properly.
Known Issues
- Disturbed Ward map - Disabled on PTB due to an existing bug.
- The Nightmare - There is a known issue with the lighting in the Yamaoka Estate and Springwood realms when using The Nightmare as the killer. Please refrain from using him during the PTB to avoid this.
In the lead-up to the release of Patch 4.2.0 and Chapter 17, Dead by Daylight has received cross-platform support and the crossfriends feature.
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