Dead by Daylight update 8.300 details are now available for PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox One. According to the official DBD update 8.300.000 patch notes, the latest update balances Nemesis and Dark Lord’s abilities. Apart from this, DBD patch 8.300 also includes various bug fixes for audio, characters, maps, and perks.
DBD 8.300 Patch Notes – October 8, 2024
Killer Perk Updates
Blood Echo:
- Reduced duration to 20/25/30 seconds.
- Removed cooldown.
Dead Man’s Switch:
- Increased duration to 40/45/50 seconds.
- Now prevents itself from activating on blocked generators.
Deathbound:
- Removed distance requirement.
- Decreased duration to 16/12/8 meters.
Genetic Limits:
- Reduced duration to 6/7/8 seconds.
Hex: Crowd Control:
- Reduced duration to 3/4/5 vaults.
Leverage:
- Reduced healing speed reduction to 30/40/50%.
- Removed token-based system.
Machine Learning:
- Removed activation requirement.
- Increased duration to 40/50/60 seconds.
Predator:
- Added 60/50/40-second cooldown.
THWACK!
- Starts with 3 tokens.
- Consumes a token for breaking pallets or walls.
- Reduced scream radius to 24 meters.
- Regains 1 token on hook.
Zanshin Tactics:
- Removed breakable wall aura reveal.
- Added 6/7/8-second aura reveal for survivors dropping pallets.
Survivor Perk Updates
Bloodrush:
- Reduced duration to 40/50/60 seconds.
Corrective Action:
- Increased maximum tokens to 5.
- Added 6/6/6-second aura reveal.
Distortion:
- Reduced starting tokens to 1.
- Reduced duration to 8/10/12 seconds.
Inner Focus:
- Removed range condition.
Lucky Star:
- Reduced duration to 30 seconds.
Poised:
- Added initial killer aura reveal.
Quick Gambit:
- Removed range condition.
- Reduced repair speed boost to 3/4/5%.
- Added 60/60/60-second cooldown.
Teamwork: Collective Stealth:
- Removed cooldown.
- Reduced range to 8/12/16 meters.
Teamwork: Power of Two:
- Removed cooldown.
- Reduced range to 8/12/16 meters.
We’re Gonna Live Forever:
- Increased healing speed boost to 150%.
- Added 6/8/10-second Endurance effect.
Killer Updates
The Hillbilly – Basekit
- Decrease Overdrive dissipation buffer to 8 seconds (was 15 seconds)
- Decrease Overdrive chainsaw sprint speed to 12 m/s (was 13 m/s)
- Decrease Overdrive charges gained when revving to 1.5/second (was 2/second)
- Decrease Overdrive charges gained when sprinting to 1.5/second (was 2/second)
- Increase the Chainsaw miss cooldown to 2.7 seconds (was 2.5 seconds)
The Hillbilly – Addons
- Discarded Air Filter:
Decrease rarity to Common (was Rare) - High-Speed Idler Screw:
Decrease rarity to Uncommon (was Very Rare) - Dad’s Boots:
Increase rarity to Rare (was Common)
Increases the Chainsaw Sprint turn rate by 20% (was 30%) - Spiked Boots:
Increase rarity to Very Rare (was Uncommon)
Increases the Chainsaw Sprint turn rate by 30% (was 45%) - Lo Pro Chains:
Chainsaw hits within 5 seconds of breaking a pallet inflict Deep Wound on Injured Survivors (instead of the Dying State)
The Skull Merchant – Basekit
- The Skull Merchant no longer gains Haste from Survivors having a Claw Trap.
- Survivors who are fast vaulting can no longer be detected by Drones.
- Drones are always in the active state. (NEW)
- Decrease the number of scan lines to 1. (was 2)
- Drone scan lines are only visible within 16 meters. (NEW)
- The Skull Merchant gains 5% Haste for 8 seconds when scanning a Survivor within 5 seconds of deploying a drone or changing a Drone’s rotation. (NEW)
- Increase the Drones’ rotation speed to 95 degrees per second. (was 85)
- Decrease the Hindered penalty when scanned while having a Claw Trap to 8%. (was 10%)
- Decrease the Survivor immunity period after being scanned to 2.5 seconds. (was 3)
- Decrease The Skull Merchant’s movement speed when deploying a Drone or inspecting her Radar to 4.4 m/s. (NEW)
The Skull Merchant – Addons
- Ultrasonic Speaker
Decreases immunity period by 10% (was 25%) - Vital Targeting Processor:
- Increases Hindered from scans by 2% (was 3%)
- Expired Batteries:
All Survivors start the trial with a Claw Trap, which has 50% normal battery life.
Claw Trap battery life increases by 10% for each Claw Trap received, up to 150%. (Note: After the initial Claw Trap of 50%, the next Claw Trap starts at 100% battery life)
The Twins – Basekit
- Increase the cooldown when Victor is crushed to 20 seconds (was 15 seconds)
- Increase the cooldown when Victor downs a Survivor to 3.2 seconds (was 2.7 seconds)
The Unknown – Basekit
- Decrease to Teleport movement speed Recovery to 1.4 seconds (was 1.7 seconds)
- Moved Survivor body texture effect from UVX Airborne Hits to successful UVX Weakened Hits (Weakened Survivors should now have more visual information to track if they have become or are still afflicted by Weakened)
- Updated sound effect for UVX Airborne Hit to sound more neutral overall
- Updated The Unknown’s Killer Power Icon with new smaller icons to better show mechanics and cooldowns
The Unknown – Addons
- Blurry Photo:
After Teleporting, regain full Movement Speed 15% faster (was 50% faster) - Vanishing Box
Survivors who complete generators become Weakened against UVX
Increase Hallucination spawn time by 80% (NEW)
Events & Archives
- Level 1 of Tome 21 – DOMINUS opens October 8, 11:00am Eastern.
Map Updates
- Springwood
Added a window in the dead end generator room as a new escape option for Survivors.
Features
- Cypress Mori is now included as part of the killers basekit abilities, giving the killer the ability to mori the last survivor alive in a trial.
- Cypress Mori offerings will be retired, 1 million bloodpoints will be offered to players, which must be claimed prior to 11am ET on November 7th
- Match Details screen now shows the connection status of the Killer player as well as the normal Survivor players.
- Players can Preview Moris at the Rift Pass
Bug Fixes
Archives
- Fixed progress issue with “With Your Own Hands” challenge.
- Corrected extra text in Memory 3778.
- Resolved “Enlighted” challenge inconsistency.
Audio
- Added sound cue for 2v8 trials with disconnected players.
- Fixed audio issues for Legion’s “Last Sleepover” outfit and Killer outfits.
- Adjusted Spirit’s phasing sound volume.
- Corrected Shape’s Stalking SFX in Tally Screen.
- Fixed rain theme for Rain.
- Resolved Lara Croft’s VO issue during Mori.
- Fixed Slipknot’s Theme playback.
- Added SFX to Dwight’s Mr. Elf outfit.
Bots
- Improved Survivor Bot flashlight accuracy.
- Corrected Huntress Bot’s hatchet reloading issue.
- Fixed Bot brain initialization.
Characters
- Restored Nemesis’ roar animation.
- Fixed fear animation issue for Survivors in Madness.
- Prevented seeing inside Victor’s head.
- Fixed grace period with slipstream and The Singularity.
- Restricted Candelabra and Flashbang use for Survivors affected by The Twin or The Cenobites.
- Corrected Nemesis’ Adrenaline Injector effect.
- Fixed Dark Lord’s model distortion during spectating.
- Fixed Dark Lord’s bat form camera clipping.
- Updated Dark Lord’s Magical Ticket add-on description.
- Fixed Xenomorph’s Acidic Blood add-on trigger.
- Added custom names to more Legendary Outfits.
Environment/Maps
- Updated map tile generation.
- Fixed Mori Finisher asset fading issues.
- Resolved 2v8 map content issues.
- Corrected Dead Dawg Saloon asset clipping.
- Fixed entity texture issue for void event.
- Resolved void LOD issues.
- Fixed void zone collider volume visibility.
- Optimized void zone assets.
- Prevented Nurse’s blinking in certain areas.
- Fixed Trapper’s Bear Trap placement issue.
- Fixed player getting stuck on debris on Nostromo Wreckage.
- Prevented Nurse’s blinking behind a wall on Racoon City Police Station.
- Fixed Legion’s getting stuck on a pipe on Gideon’s Meatplant.
- Fixed missing moon on Lampkin Lane.
- Fixed player getting stuck on stairs on Dead Dawg Saloon.
Perks
- Corrected Bardic Inspiration perk buff duration.
- Fixed incorrect external perk icon for Babysitter.
- Resolved Decisive Strike issue with Lich’s mimic chest.
- Corrected Eye of Belmont perk behavior with Object of Obsession.
- Fixed Weave Attunement debuff icon persistence.
- Fixed Weave Attunement perk icon disappearance.
- Corrected Moment of Glory perk charge loss.
- Fixed Dark Lord’s Sylph Feather add-on token gain.
- Prevented Invocation: Weaving Spiders perk from deactivating Wiretap perk.
Platforms
- Improved loading time for Xbox Series X.
- Fixed crash on PlayStation consoles when suspending the game.
UI
- Fixed redeem code input limit.
- Corrected play prompt warning icon overlap.
- Removed blue lines during loading.
- Fixed missing finisher mori icon in custom games.
- Fixed logo image transparency inconsistency.
- Prevented spectators from seeing input binding buttons.
- Corrected Unknown’s Dispel Hallucination progress bar appearance.
Misc
- Fixed crash when force-exiting with Alt-F4.
- Fixed server crash during Trial loading.
- Fixed in-trial crash.
- Fixed crash when Killer disconnected.
- Fixed White Ward Survivor Offering issue.
Previously, a big Dead by Daylight update 5.4.0 was released which added a new Killer (The Onryō) and a new survivor (Yoichi Asakawa). Unfortunately, players are facing various issues with the game. Today’s Dead by Daylight patch 8.300.000 will address a few of these issues.
Download DBD update 8.300 on PS4, PS5, PC and Xbox.
