Dead by Daylight Update 6.6.2 Patch Notes (DBD 2.77)

Dead by Daylight update 6.6.2 details released for PS4, PS5(version 6.600.100), PC, and Xbox One. According to the official DBD 2.77 patch notes, the latest update brings feature changes for screams and the newest Killer (The Skull Merchant). Apart from this, DBD patch 6.6.2 also includes a long list of bug fixes.

Previously, DBD update 2.75 added adds a new killer – The Skull Merchant, new survivors – Thalita Lyra and Renato Lyra. Unfortunately, players are experiencing bugs and other issues with the game. Today’s Dead by Daylight version 2.77 will address a few of these issues.

DBD 6.6.2 Patch Notes – March 23, 2023

Features

Killer: The Skull Merchant

Base power changes:
- The Skull Merchant gains a flat Haste Status Effect for each Survivor detected on the radar. This bonus is lost when no Survivor is detected on the Radar.
  - One Survivor : +3%
  - Two Survivors: +5%
  - Three Survivors: +6%
  - Four Survivors: +7%
  - Note: You do not need to be Inspecting the Radar in order to get this bonus.
Failing the Claw Trap hack no longer recharges its battery
Entering an Active Zone no longer recharges Claw Trap batteries
Drones only return to the Killer after their respective Claw Trap battery is empty
Survivors with a Claw Trap cause Drones to be Unhackable while they are nearby
Claw Trapped Survivors who fast vault pallets break the pallet and their Claw Trap at the same time
Claw traps are automatically removed when their battery is empty
Addon changes :
- Ultrasonic Trap Speaker (NEW EFFECT): Decrease the time it takes for Undetectable to take effect by 50%
Increase the “Expired Batteries” addon rarity to Ultra Rare (was Very Rare)
Decrease the “Prototype Rotor” addon rarity to Very Rare (was Ultra Rare)
Increase Adaptive Lighting to 50% (was 20%)
Decrease Expired Batteries to 40% (was 150%)

Miscellaneous

A previous patch note stated that the perk Leverage no longer worked on self-healing. This was not the case. Leverage has worked on self-healing and still does.
Updated screams caused by Perks to be heard map-wide, as they were prior to version 6.6.0.

Bug Fixes

Archives & Challenges

Fixed an issue where pallets broken by The Knight’s Guards were not contributing progress towards applicable challenges, such as “Rault’s Strength” and “Unleash the Rage”.

Audio

Fixed an issue in the Archives where the French voice over for Memory 714 of Tome 13 would cut before the end.
Fixed an issue where The Trapper would fail to trigger a voice over when a Survivor escapes his grab.

Bots

Bots can now ask other players to move out of their way.
Bots no longer give up when Broken and within the area of a Boon: Circle of Healing.
Tentatively fixed an issue where Bots would shut themselves down when injured by an Artist’s Dire Crow.
When playing against Freddy Krueger with the Dream Pallets Power, Bots no longer stop moving after passing a Dream Pallet.
When playing against The Skull Merchant, Bots can now disable Drones placed on stairs.

Characters

Fixed an issue that cause Yun-Jin and a few other female survivors’ face to be different when been on the hook.
Fixed an issue that cause The Nurse’s Grim Veil to stretches unnaturally on the tally screen.
Fixed an issue that cause Males survivors grabbed from lockers to have stretched eyebrows.
Fixed an issue where The Knight’s Healing Poultice, The Onryo’s Distorted Photo and The Oni’s Iridescent Family Crest Add-ons incorrectly revealed auras for the duration of their effect.

Map

Fixed a bug that made two chests spawn in the Shattered Square basement of the main building.

Perks

The Haste status effect icon no longer appears on screen when Teamwork: Collective Stealth is active
The Friendly Competition repair bonus speed buff is no longer lost if the Perk owner disconnects from the Trial.
A Survivor fast vaults a Pallet with the Skull Merchant Claw trap no longer triggers the Perk Thwack!
Failing one skill check caused by the Merciless Storm Perk no longer causes subsequent skill checks to fail

Platforms

Intro cinematics should no longer stutter on Xbox One.

Killer – Skull Merchant

Drones no longer show the scanning VFX for one frame when starting the scan phase.
Claw-Traps removed by hacking now correctly self-destruct instead of disappearing

UI

Fixed Perk description tooltips being incorrectly positioned in the Edit Bot Loadout menu.
Corrected ‘Shotgun Speakers’ add-on icon to avoid trypophobia trigger.

The Skull Merchant

Made a wide variety of changes to The Skull Merchant.

It doesn’t feel like The Skull Merchant’s Power helps her enough in a chase.
It doesn’t feel as though there’s enough risk to having a Claw Trap.
The Skull Merchant is too good at holding 3 generators, causing very long matches.

On the Hunt

To improve her strength in a chase, the new patch made a couple changes.

The Skull Merchant will now gain a growing Haste effect for each Survivor tracked on her radar. This bonus starts at 3% for one Survivor, raises to 5% for two, 6% for three and 7% for four. Both Claw Traps and active drone zones will contribute to this, and the Killer does not need to inspect their scanner to gain the benefits. This will reward the Killer for efficiently using their Power to keep tabs on their prey.
Vaulting a pallet with a Claw Trap will cause that pallet to break, destroying the Claw Trap in the process. This was previously part of the common Ultrasonic Trap Speaker Add-on. With this change, being chased with a Claw Trap attached becomes a lot more dangerous.

Generator Defense

Claw Traps will now be instantly destroyed as soon as their battery expires, and Claw Trap batteries will no longer refill when entering an active zone. This way, Claw Traps will always return after a set amount of time.
Drones will enter an unhackable state whenever a Survivor with a Claw Trap is near. This will prevent a single Survivor from running around and disabling every drone, meaning the Killer will always have some combination of four Claw Traps or drones available to them. Combined with the changes to Claw Traps mentioned above, The Skull Merchant will always get value out of her ability whether it’s through deployed drones or traps.

Add-ons

Ultrasonic Trap Speaker

Ultrasonic Trap Speaker now reduces the time taken for Undetectable to take effect when inside an active zone by 50%.

Expired Batteries

This Add-on has been changed to Ultra Rare to match its high effectiveness.

Since Claw Traps now provide a Haste effect, this would make the Killer very fast at the start of the match in addition to revealing the Survivors’ positions. Therefore, we have reduced the duration of the Claw Traps Survivors spawn with to 40% of the normal battery life (was 150%).

Prototype Rotor

This Add-on has been changed to Very Rare to better suit its effectiveness.

Adaptive Lighting

Adaptive Lighting now increases the length of the Undetectable effect by 50% (was 20%).

Screams

In this update, we’ll be readjusting these Perks to bring them back to the original functionality, but with the proper scream sounds. Screams caused by Perks will once again be ‘2D’ – meaning you can’t quite tell which direction they’re coming from – and be heard map-wide.

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