Dead by Daylight (DBD) Version 1.60 (2.7.0) Patch Notes for PS4

A new Dead by Daylight (DBD) update 1.60 for PS4 is now available. According to the official Dead by Daylight 1.60 patch notes, the new update comes with new contents, new features, and a long list of bug fixes. Apart from this, Dead by Daylight version 1.60 also includes stability and performance improvements.

Previously, a big Ash vs Evil Dead update was released with a new Survivor (Ashley J. Williams) and support for Twitch Game On. Unfortunately, since the last update, many players are experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Today’s Dead by Daylight patch 1.60 is expected to fix all these issues.

Dead by Daylight (DBD) update 1.60 (2.7.0) Patch Notes

FEATURES & CONTENT

Content – Re-implemented the full translation for Traditional Chinese.
Feature – Added a delay before the ping indicator appears in the online lobby for Killers & Survivors. This delay allows for the ping to stabilize before being displayed to the player.
Feature – Games that would start with less than 5 players are canceled, and all players still connected to the server will be returned to the tally screen (keeping their items, add-ons and offerings) and notified about the cancellation.
Feature – Re-added the theme music for DLC characters.

END GAME COLLAPSE

Closing the hatch instantly powers up the exit gates.
End Game Collapse starts when an exit gate is opened or when the Killer closes the hatch.
End Game timer starts at 2 minutes. Timer is slowed down when a Survivor is downed or hooked.
Survivors are sacrificed by the Entity when the timer expires. These sacrifices count as kills.
The Killer can now open a powered up exit gate.
The hatch always spawn as soon as there is 1 Survivor left in the trial.

SCORING

Added new score events to work with the End Game Collapse:

Killer

Gate Open: Opening an exit gate (500).
Hatch Close: Close the hatch (250).
Late Hook: Hook a Survivor after the EGC has started (250).
Late Sacrifice: Sacrifice a Survivor once the EGC has started (500).
Time’s Up: Entity sacrifices a Survivor after the EGC has expired (500).

Survivor

Late Heal: Heal another Survivor during EGC (750).
Late Rescue: rescue another Survivor during EGC (2000).
Pressure: Be the last Survivor alive and EGC starts (250).
Release: Open an exit gate after the EGC has started (1500).
Tenacious: Complete repairing a generator after the hatch has opened (500).

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BALANCE

Adjusted controller inputs to improve movement control.
Adjusted the time the notification bubbles are displayed to 5 seconds. This includes all notification bubbles that are not perk based; exit switch, generator, hooked, bear traps, etc.
Boarded up the Maze walls in Coldwind Farm maps to reduce the ability to look through the tiles and see the Killers’ and Survivors’ movements.
Killers do not see the Deep Wound status effect progress timer; only the Deep Wound bar to know the status effect has been applied.
Removed hatch interrupts for the End Game Collapse.
Removed the RNG element associated to window placement in the Treatment Theatre map. Each room now has a static window spawn configuration. RNG is now only being applied to the placement of extra openings in the rooms.
Reworked the character collision in the basement stairs to prevent hostage situations.
The Deep Wound status effect timer does not decrease when within the Killers terror radius.

PERK CHANGES:

Killer

Remember Me: Each time you hit your Obsession increase the time to open the exit gates by 4 seconds, up to a maximum of 8/12/16 seconds.

Survivor

Calm Spirit: Calm Spirit now hides all screams and their associated loud noise indicators (if any). Adjusted the text to be more global.
Left Behind: Gain a 55%/65%/75% repair speed bonus, up from 19%/22%/25%.
We’re Gonna Live Forever: Each time you perform a Safe Hook Rescue or take a hit to protect a Survivor, gain 25% stackable bonus to all Bloodpoint gains up to a maximum of 50/75/100%.

KILLER CHANGES

The Legion changes:

Add-on changes

Cold Dirt: Reduces Feral Frenzy fatigue duration by 0.6s, down from 0.75s.
Defaced Smiley Pin: Added a 60 second Mangled status effect when Feral Frenzy hitting a Survivor with Deep Wound.
Frank’s Mix Tape: Removes 25% of the bleedout time (was 5 seconds, is now 7.5 seconds and bleedout is still 30 seconds).
Iridescent Button: No longer requires a Feral Frenzy hit to activate. Pallets will break when vaulting them in Feral Frenzy.
Joey’s Mix Tape: Reduces Feral Frenzy fatigue duration by 0.4s, down from 0.5s.
Julie’s Mix Tape: Reduces Feral Frenzy fatigue duration by 0.2s, down from 0.35s.
Mischief List: Adds 0.8 seconds, up from 0.5.
Mural Sketch: Adds 1.6 seconds, up from 1.
Scratched Ruler: Reduces Feral Frenzy recharge time by 3.5 seconds, up from 2.5.
Smiley Face Pin: Added a 60 second Blindness status effect when Feral Frenzy hitting a Survivor with Deep Wound.
Stolen Sketch Book: Adds 2.4 seconds, up from 1.5.
The Legion Pin: Added a 60 second Broken status effect when Feral Frenzy hitting a Survivor with Deep Wound.

Gameplay changes

Bleedout time is no longer removed by Feral Frenzy hits (was 10 seconds per hit).
Feral Frenzy can only be used when the meter is fully charged.
Feral Frenzy move speed is now 5.0 m/s.
Frenzy power gauge amount lost when landing an attack outside Frenzy: 50%. (was 100%)
Increased the Feral Frenzy recharge time to from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
Increased the Legion’s terror radius to 32 meters, from 24 meters.
Increased the duration of Feral Frenzy to 10 seconds.
Increased the fatigue time when Feral Frenzy ends from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
Missed attacks will end Feral Frenzy.
Pallet vault duration 1.35s. Cuts time benefit by 25%. (was 0.9s; default pallet break is 2.7 sec. 0.1 for snap, 2.6 for break).
The Legion cannot see pools of blood while in Feral Frenzy.
The Legion now moves at the default Killer speed (4.6 m/s).
Window vault duration 1.1s. Cuts time benefit by 25%. (was 0.9s; default window vault is 1.7 sec, fastest Survivor vault is 0.8s).

The Pig changes:

RBTs only become active whenever a generator is completed. Inactive RBTs will no longer trigger when attempting to leave via an exit gate. *NOTE: Initiating the End Game Collapse will not complete generators, but will block them. This means that any inactive RBTs will remain inactive.

The Plague:

Added 2 new Brutality score events for The Plague:

Corrupt Purge Damage (300).
Sickness Damage (300).

The Wraith changes:

Restored the “bone rattle” noise at the beginning of the Wraith’s cloaking animation.
When cancelling the Wraith’s cloaking interaction, players will now be able to attack or interact immediately, rather than having to wait for the bell-stowing animation to finish.

BUG FIXES

Audio & Localization:

Fixed an issue that caused being unable to hear Survivors attempting to escape out of bear traps.
Fixed an issue that caused the bear trap disarm audio cue to play when a Survivor successfully escaped from a trap.
Fixed an issue that could cause The Spirit’s idle SFX to play multiple times at the same time.
Improved the interior rooms audio reverb which is now based on their size
Major localization and translation improvements. These include re-translations of various perks and customization items that showed English text in most non-English languages.
Misc Plague audio improvements.

Killer related:

Fixed an issue that caused Killers to be unable to hear Survivors’ idle crows when looking in the opposite direction.
Fixed an issue that caused The Legion’s Nasty and Filthy Blade add-ons to stack, causing extremely long Mending times.
Fixed an issue that caused The Plague’s Corrupt Purge to ignore unhook immunity.
Fixed an issue that caused The Plague’s Vile and Corrupt Purge to apply on-hit effects from certain perks (Remember Me, Save the Best for Last, Sloppy Butcher, Hex: The Third Seal, and Hex: No One Escapes Death).
Fixed an issue that caused The Plague’s mori to have incorrect vomit color effects when Corrupt Purge is active.
Fixed an issue that caused The Spirit’s Husk to replicate her animations when she finishes using her power.
Fixed an issue that caused The Trapper not to gain tokens from the Remember Me and Save The Best For Last perks when hitting a Survivor caught in a bear trap.
Fixed an issue that could cause Killers to lose all animations from Survivor perspectives.
Fixed an issue that could cause floating hair and accessories when being mori’d by The Shape’s standing kill.

Map specific:

Fixed an issue that allowed Killer to throw their projectiles through one side of the tarps on the crashed school buses in the Autohaven Wrecker’s maps.
Fixed an issue that allowed The Nurse to blink up to the roof of Lery’s Memorial Institute.
Fixed an issue that caused a hook to clip inside on of the Temple walls in The Temple of Purgation map.
Fixed an issue that caused an impassable gap between different tree models and a junk pile in the Gas Heaven map.
Dead by Daylight update 1.60 fixed an issue that caused chests to slightly clip inside the ground on specific tiles in the Crotus Prenn Asylum maps.
Fixed an issue that caused maps with indoor generators to be extremely bright while in the Dream World.
Fixed an issue that caused the 4 wall tiles to have an extra opening in the Autohaven Wrecker’s maps.
Fixed an issue that could cause a tree to spawn within the exit gate area in the Backwater Swamp maps.
Fixed an issue that could cause an impassable gap between a cement block and a hedge in the Badham Preschool map.
Fixed an issue that could cause an impassable gap between a chest and a hedge in the Badham Preschool map.
Fixed an issue that could make it impossible to interact with generators from a specific side if a Survivor spawned in the interaction zone.
Fixed an issue that could make it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned on a specific tile with a tree stump in front of it in The Pale Rose map.
Fixed an issue that made it difficult to pick up Survivors if they were downed in front of a pillar by one of the ground floor entrances to the Temple in The Temple of Purgation map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned at the mine in the Suffocation Pit map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned facing a debris pile in the chapel in the Father Campbell’s Chapel map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned facing a wall in the Grim Pantry map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned next to a chest/Jigsaw box on a specific maze tile in the Coldwind Farm maps.
Dead by Daylight update 1.60 Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned next to a chest/Jigsaw box on a specific maze tile in the MacMillan Estate maps.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned next to a chest/Jigsaw box on a specific maze tile in the Mount Ormond Resort map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned on a specific tile in the Family Residence map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned on multiple specific tiles in The Game map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to open the hatch when it spawned on the Ferry Boat in The Pale Rose map.
Fixed an issue that made it possible get on top of a specific rock asset, and causing the Killer to become stuck in Lampkin Lane.
Fixed an issue that made it possible to get stuck in a specific corner of a maze tile in the Coldwind Farm maps.
Misc LOD improvements.

Miscellaneous:

Adjusted the description for the Deranged Pursuit achievement to mention the downed Survivor must have Deep Wound applied.
Adjusted the distortion VFX for a cloaked Wraith while on Low graphic settings.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors held items to briefly clip through the side of the locker when hiding.
Fixed an issue that caused The Nurse and The Legion not to have Fatigued VFX on Low graphic settings.
Fixed an issue that caused a hitch when equipping Meg’s Tier III Braid head customization item.
Fixed an issue that caused hair shadows not to project on the ground and walls.
Dead by Daylight patch 1.60 fixed an issue that caused item charges to be consumed before the item was fully channeled.
Fixed an issue that caused items to clip with Ash’s hand customization Ashy Slashy.
Fixed an issue that caused players to achieve the “repair the special generator and escape” achievements if they escaped without repairing the generator, after another player met the achievement requirements.
Fixed an issue that caused the “Failing Skill Checks” Tutorial message not to appear when failing a skill check on the last generator in the Survivor Tutorial.
Dead by Daylight version 1.60 fixed an issue that caused the Killer to briefly see the Survivors in the tally screen in Kill Your Friends.
Fixed an issue that caused the Meg in the Killer Tutorial to only be able to vault over the pallet once.
Fixed an issue that caused the Styptic Agent Medkit add-on to be prioritized over the Anti-Hemorrhagic Syringe add-on when equipped in the first add-on slot in the Loadout.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Wiggle prompts to be active from the start of the match.
Fixed an issue that could cause the progress bar not to visually progress when Cleansing from a Pool of Devotion.
Fixed multiple cases that caused public matches to start with multiple Killers and/or less than 5 generators to repair.
Misc cosmetic clipping and improvements.
Tentatively fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Entity window blockers not to block windows.

Perks:

Fixed an issue that caused Decisive Strike not to work in Kill Your Friends when the Killer was not the host.
Fixed an issue that caused Object of Obsession not to work while on a hook.
Fixed an issue that caused Territorial Imperative not to activate when a Survivor entered the basement.
Fixed an issue that caused The Nurse blink hits not to count towards Mettle of Man hits.

UI & HUD:

Added a generic display category name for Survivor item add-ons in the Loadout.
Fixed an issue that could cause the Survivors’ status icon to show as Dead instead of Sacrificed when Sacrificed on a hook.
Misc UI improvements.

FIXES & CHANGES FROM PTB 2.7.0

BALANCE

Reworked the character collision in the basement stairs to prevent hostage situations.

End Game Collapse changes:

Changed the opening exit gate time for Survivors from 15 seconds back to 20 seconds.
Decreased the End Game Collapse timer duration from 3 minutes to 2 minutes.
Decreased the intensity of the End Game Collapse ground VFX for Killers This change should make it easier for Killers to track Survivors’ scratch marks and pools of blood.
Reduced certain values that made the tiling more noticeable when the End Game Collapse was active in The Game map.

The Legion changes:

Dead by Daylight update 1.60 removed bug fix for The Legion being unable to search lockers while in Feral Frenzy.
Adjusted the values for The Legion’s fatigue-reducing add-ons:
- Julie’s Mix Tape: was -0.25s, now -0.2s.
- Joey’s Mix Tape: was -0.5s, now -0.4s.
- Cold Dirt: was -1.0s, now -0.6s.

The Pig changes:

Reverted the change to the reverse bear trap progression pausing while in The Pig’s terror radius. The RBT timer will pause when the Survivor is in a chase, as it was previously.

BUG FIXES

Fixed an issue that allowed a Kill Your Friends non-host The Huntress to hit multiple Survivors with one hatchet if they stood close to one another.
Fixed an issue that caused Killers not to lose points in the Malicious emblem when a Survivor escaped the Killers’ grasp.
Dead by Daylight 1.60 fixed an issue that caused Killers not to receive loud noise notifications for most actions.
Fixed an issue that caused Prove Thyself not to grant repair speed bonus.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors not to have the recoiling animation when shocked by The Doctor.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors’ status icons to sometimes show Dead instead of Sacrificed when they die by the End Game Collapse.
Fixed an issue that caused The Cannibals Chainsaw File, Homemade Muffler and Carburetor Tuning Guide add-ons not to reduce the sound of the Chainsaw.
DBD update 1.60Fixed an issue that caused The Doctor’s “Calm” add-ons not to play the terror radius on the Survivor as if they were on the edge of the terror radius.
Fixed an issue that caused The Legions power gauge to empty when getting stunned by a pallet, while not using Feral Frenzy.
Fixed an issue that caused The Pig’s Rusty Attachments add-on not to apply the Mangle status effect.
Fixed an issue that caused The Trapper not to gain tokens from the Remember Me and Save The Best For Last perks when hitting a Survivor caught in a bear trap.
Fixed an issue that caused The Trapper’s bear trap auras to shrink when approaching them.
Fixed an issue that caused The Trapper’s bear traps not to fully open when set with the Iridescent Stone add-on.
Dead by Daylight version 1.60 fixed an issue that caused all players to lose their Offerings if a player got disconnected during the loading screen.
Fixed an issue that caused male Survivors to have the incorrect crawling animation while using the Tenacity perk.
Fixed an issue that caused some assets to have low-resolution textures/LODs.
Fixed an issue that caused the End Game Collapse timer to permanently slow down if a Survivor disconnected while in crawl state.
Dead by Daylight 1.60 fixed an issue that caused the Item picked up SFX is triggered when entering a Trial with an item.
Fixed an issue that caused the Match Management settings to reset after every match in Kill Your Friends.
Fixed an issue that caused the Mend bar not to be red when affected by The Legion’s Nasty and Filthy Blade add-ons.
Fixed an issue that could cause The Spirit’s idle SFX to play multiple times at the same time.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible for The Nurse to blink on a specific tile in the Treatment Theatre map.
Dead by Daylight update 1.60 fixed an issue that made it impossible for The Nurse to blink through a specific tile in the Treatment Theatre map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible for The Nurse to blink through the office building in the Azarov’s Resting Place map.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to pick up items after searching a chest.
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Killer to lose their add-ons if all Survivors got disconnected on the loading screen.
Fixed multiple cases that caused public matches to start with multiple Killers and/or less than 5 generators to repair.
Removed the RNG element associated to window placement in the Treatment Theatre map. Each room now has a static window spawn configuration. RNG is now only being applied to the placement of extra openings in the rooms.

Added matchmaking improvements.
Fixed low framerate issues.
Fixed crashing issues with Dead by Daylight (DBD) 1.60.
Added fixes for stuttering and lag issues.
Dead by Daylight version 1.60 added performance and stability improvements.
Added other minor under the hood improvements with Dead by Daylight patch 1.60.

Dead by Daylight update 1.60 is now available for download on PlayStation 4.