Dead by Daylight Update 8.600 Patch Notes (DBD v8.6.0)

Dead by Daylight update 8.600 (version 8.600.000) is rolling out on PS5, PC, and Xbox One. According to the official DBD update 8.600 patch notes, The Ghoul joins the Fog with Kagune Leap and Enraged Mode, plus three new perks. Blood Moon Event returns April 7, and Chaos Shuffle starts April 29. Scratch Marks improved for better tracking, and a Surrender option lets players keep some progress when forfeiting a match. Apart from this, DBD patch 8.600 also includes a long list adjustments and bug fixes.

DBD 8.600 Patch Notes – April 2, 2025

New Killer: The Ghoul

Power: EYED TERROR – Kagune Leap

Kagune Leap (Special Ability):
- Charge and launch tentacles to latch onto vertical surfaces, pulling The Ghoul forward.
- After leaping, perform a second leap or trigger a cooldown.
- Cooldown triggers after:
  - Using both leaps.
  - Leaping over vaults/pallets.
  - Grabbing a Survivor.
Grab-Attack Mechanics:
- Healthy Survivors: Inflict damage, Deep Wound, and apply a Kagune Mark.
- Marked Survivors: Cannot be grabbed again. Marks fade when fully mended or downed.
- Triggers Enraged Mode on successful grab.
Enraged Mode:
- Perform 3 consecutive leaps (vs. 2 normally).
- Leap over vaults faster when targeting Survivors.
- Active while Kagune Marked Survivors exist.
- Countdown Timer: Starts when no marked Survivors remain.
  - Extend timer with perfectly timed grab-attacks (tap attack button when icon appears).
  - Timer pauses while carrying Survivors.

New Killer Perks

Hex: Nothing But Misery
- After 8 basic attack hits, a dull totem becomes hexed.
- Effect: Survivors hit by basic attacks gain 5% Hindered for 10/12.5/15 seconds.
- Lasts until hex totem is cleansed.
Forever Entwined
- Gain 1 token (max 6/7/8) each time a Survivor takes damage.
- Effect: +4% speed to pick up, drop, and hook per token.
None Are Free
- Gain 1 token (max 4) per first hook.
- Effect: When gens are done, block all windows/pallets for 12/14/16 seconds per token.

Events & Archives

Blood Moon Event: Returns April 7 (11 AM ET) with new Tome.
Chaos Shuffle Event: Begins April 29 (1 PM ET).

Key Features

1. Surrender Option

Retain Bloodpoints, XP, challenges, and emblems. No penalty if:
- Killer: All Survivors are bots, or no gens done in 10 minutes.
- Survivor: All others are bots, or all Survivors are dying.

2. Bloodpoint Rewards Increased

Safe Hook Rescue: 500 → 1250
Healing (no Med-Kit): 500 → 750
Chase Escape: 400 → 750
Chest Unlocked: 250 → 750
Full list in tables below.

3. Score Event Category Changes

Dropping pallets, cleansing totems → Survival.
Stunning Killer → Boldness.

4. Loadout & UI Improvements

Equipped items show remaining count.
Streamlined chat widget and tally screen.

Killer Updates

The Legion

Fatigue duration: 3s → 2.5s.
Frenzy duration: 10s → 11s.
Frenzy cooldown: 20s → 15s.
Add-Ons: Mural Sketch (+0.08m/s per hit), Mischief List (+1s Frenzy).

The Xenomorph

Tail Attack charge time: 0.2s → 0.3s.
Turret burn resistance: 100 → 125.
Add-Ons: Drinking Bird (+3s Killer Instinct), Molted Skin (Exhausted 30s).

The Good Guy (Chucky)

Hidey-Ho cooldown: 14s → 12s.
Faster acceleration during Slice and Dice.

The Oni

Demon Strike angle: 90° → 180° (easier hits).

Terror Radius Changes

Increased: Hillbilly, Blight (32m → 40m).
Decreased: Pig, Ghost Face, Skull Merchant (32m → 24m).

Deep Wound Adjustments

Self-mend: 12s → 10s.
Mend others: 8s → 6s.

Perk Updates

Killer Perks

Alien Instinct: Oblivious 16/18/20s → 40/50/60s.
Hysteria: Oblivious 20/25/30s → 30/35/40s; cooldown 30s → 20s.
Knock Out (Rework): Hindered 5% for 3/4/5s if Survivors leave pallet within 6s.

Survivor Perks

Quick & Quiet: Cooldown 30/25/20s → 25/20/15s.
Deception/Red Herring: Scratch marks 3s → 5s; cooldowns reduced.

Map Changes

Forsaken Boneyard

Eyrie of Crows: Adjusted windows, added balcony drops.
New tiles: Double pallet layouts.
Dead Sands: New map added; reduces realm offering effectiveness.

General Fixes

Collision adjustments on Ormond, Badham, RPD, and more.
Nurse blink fixes on MacMillan Estate and Dead Dawg.

Bug Fixes

Audio

Fixed an issue where the effect on the Unknown’s voice was missing in the lobby.
Fixed an issue where Leon Kennedy’s DSO Agent outfit used Carlos Oliveira’s voice.
Fixed an issue where the ”Memory 1736” entry from the ”Talbot Grimes” journal was missing voice over.
Fixed an issue that caused a dropped Flashbang to have no audio cue.
Fixed an issue where the Frosty The Nightmare outfit for The Dredge would not have its unique audio.
Fixed an issue where the grab cooldown SFX for The Ghoul would persist after performing a Pallet Vault with the Killer power’s.
Fixed an issue where Nemesis would fail to emit any SFX when falling from a great height.
Fixed an issue where the Skull Merchant’s drone sound effects would remain in the match when it was recalled after a Survivor activated it.
Fixed an issue where the Houndmaster’s chase music was incorrect comparing to it’s release version.
Fixed an issue where certain VO lines from The Dark Lord would not match with subtitles when hooking Soma and Alucard.

Bots

Fixed an issue which prevented Disconnect bots from properly using their perks.
Fixed multiple navigation issues for all AI entities in Haddonfield.

Character

Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to clip into Killers during the pickup animation.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to momentarily freeze when they stopped inputting movement.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivor’s camera to stutter and re-align when fast exiting a locker.
Fixed an issue that caused part of the Deathslinger’s reload animation to be skipped.
Fixed an issue that caused the animation of missing a Basic Attack to fail to play properly during any trial as The Nemesis.
Fixed an issue that caused the body of a carried Survivor to clip inside The Nightmare’s camera during basic attack cooldowns.
Fixed an issue which caused the Nightmare’s Black Box Addon to block the exit area indefinitely.
Fixed an issue that allowed the Nightmare to pass through Survivors by holding the Dream Pallet ability.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to become injured by the Nightmare rupturing a Dream Pallet that was above/below the Survivor.
Fixed an issue that caused the Skull Merchant’s drone not to rotate when deployed after recalling a disabled drone.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to be scanned by the Skull Merchant’s Drones without having a scan line on them when the Drone is rotating in the South-West direction.
Fixed an issue that caused the Cenobite’s aim indicator to flicker when aiming at large collision stacks.
Fixed an issue that prevented the Knight from drawing a patrol path under a hook.
Fixed an issue that caused Killers to play the wrong animation when hitting a Nemesis zombie.
Fixed an issue that can cause Nemesis’ zombies to get stuck walking next to a hooked Survivor. Zombies will now take a wider route around the hook to avoid becoming stuck.
Fixed an issue that caused The Cannibal’s Pretty Woman outfit played the wrong animation in online lobbies.
Fixed an issue that caused the Survivor’s animation and interaction progress bar would persist after the interaction ended.
Fixed an issue that caused the handheld camera to be missing when The Ghost Face performed a Mori in a Trial.
Fixed an issue that caused The Lich would briefly jitter back and forth when picking up a Survivor hiding inside a Locker.
Fixed an issue where The Nurse’s hair moved very slowly and floated uncontrollably when rotating quickly in the outfit preview.
Fixed an issue where The Nurse’s fatigue animation duration was longer than intended.
The Houndmaster’s laughter frequency has been adjusted when reaching Max Speed while following Snug’s Search Path.
Camera and Killer movement are no longer restricted after failing to land a grab-attack due to a Flash Grenade while experiencing lag and packet loss.
The Nurse’s position no longer changes upon ending a Blink near collisions.
Survivors now correctly play the screaming animation when triggered by any means.
The Nemesis add-on “Depleted Ink Ribbon” no longer makes Zombies reappear for a brief moment after being killed inside the Exit Gate.
Tier 2 is now consistently charged if the Tombstone Piece Mini-Mori is done while Tier 3 is ending for The Shape.
Survivors Unhooked by Bots no longer remain in a floating animation.
Xenomorph’s Burn vignette now fades out when exiting Crawler mode by picking up a Survivor.
Survivor’s animation and interaction progress bar no longer lingers after unlocking the Mastermind’s and Nemesis’ Crates.
Teleporting Survivors no longer cause their model to jitter and slide back to their original location when performing interactions.
The active Cruel Limits duration radial timer direction is now consistent and depletes in a clockwise direction.
The Killer power of The Huntress and The Twins can no longer pass through Survivors on a Hook.
The Deathslinger can no longer perform other actions while reeling Survivors.

The Ghoul

The Ghoul’s Kakugan Reticle no longer rotates when pointing at the ground while rotating the camera.
Survivors no longer become immobile after dropping a pallet on The Ghoul when the latter is attempting to perform a grab-attack.
The Ghoul is no longer able to Leap Grab a Survivor during the dying state animation, preventing the associated issues.
The Ghoul’s power now reloads properly when used a second time.
The Ghoul’s input prompt over the power icon now updates to the current prompt.
The Ghoul’s score event Become Enraged is no longer earned when performing a direct grab in enraged mode.
The Kagune Swipe score event is now earned when The Ghoul does not reach the survivor on the first swing.
The prompt no longer remains on screen when a Survivor attempts to blind The Ghoul during a failed grab-attack QTE.
The grab Cooldown SFX no longer persists after performing a Pallet Vault with The Ghoul’s power.
Damaging a survivor with a tentacle grab now removes Play With Your Food tokens for The Ghoul.
Damaging the obsession with a tentacle grab now removes Save The Best For Last tokens for The Ghoul.
The Ghoul’s Tentacles now have aura when Tentacle swinging.
The Ghoul’s Kagune Reticle is no longer momentarily visible when arriving at a window/pallet to Tentacle vault.
Enraged mode Countdown UI now pauses while carrying Survivors for The Ghoul.
The Tentacle Impact Smoke VFX no longer appears offset with the Survivor model for The Ghoul.
The Ghoul is no longer pushed forward after tentacle vaulting a pallet on one side.
Survivors with Kagune Mark KE now receive damage when Direct Grab vaulting to Survivor close to a Window or Pallet for The Ghoul.
The Ghoul’s Enraged mode withdrawal vignette VFX now pauses when carrying a Survivor.
The Ghoul can now perform Tentacle Swing vault over the Killer Shack.
The Ghoul’s tentacle animation is now present when performing the second Kagune Leap charge at the end of the cooldown.
The Ghoul’s camera is now centered on the Survivor during a grab-attack.
After a grab-attack, the vault interaction is no longer available and usable to The Ghoul during the grab/bite animation.
The tentacle vault speed bonus no longer occurs when The Ghoul is not in Enraged mode.
The Killer effect now appears on the Survivor HUD when The Ghoul enters withdrawal mode directly.
The Ghoul’s Enraged mode Vignette now resets when having Enraged mode and getting Enraged mode again without the QTE by grab-attack tentacle vaulting to a Survivor across from a Pallet or Window.
The Ghoul can no longer Kagune Leap twice on Survivors with an obstacle in the way.
The Ghoul can no longer use a Kagune Leap briefly after cancelling the power.
The Ghoul no longer stutters after a Kagune Leap.
A placeholder is no longer displayed in the prompt when vaulting a dropped pallet with The Ghoul’s power.
The Ghoul’s adjustment time end SFX no longer plays after the player cancels adjustment time early if cancelled after an invalid swing.
The Ghoul’s Tentacle Vault no longer creates a visual glitch after vaulting.
The Ghoul is now able to perform Basic Attacks after pressing the Killer power input.
With lag, The Ghoul can no longer M1 directly after cancelling the power.
The Ghoul can no longer perform a Basic Attack after falling from a Leap while in Enraged mode.
The Ghoul’s power no longer breaks if stunned during a Kagune Leap slide.
The Ghoul’s Cancel Swing icon is no longer always displayed when not relevant.
The Ghoul’s Kagune Mark no longer remains visible on the Survivor portrait after being removed.

Environment

Fixed an issue in the Raccoon City Police Station where the Dream Snares failed to pass through walls
Fixed an issue in Forsaken Boneyard where projectiles were blocked by a collision in the maze tiles
Fixed an issue in the Blood Lodge main building where the Dream Snares could not go through the closed doors where the basement could spawn
Fixed an issue in the Thompson House where the Dream Snares were blocked in the structure of the main building
Fixed an issue in Ormond Lake Mine where the Killers could use their power to land in an unintended area while lunging
Fixed an issue on Shelter Woods where Killers could land on top of lockers
Fixed an issue on Forsaken Boneyard where characters would jitter when walking against a collision
Fixed an issue on Forsaken Boneyard where the Trapper could hide traps inside of the ground
Fixed an issue on Forsaken Boneyard where items could disappear in the ground when placed/dropped
Fixed an issue on the Nostromo main building where the zombies got stuck at the top of a ramp
Fixed an issue on the Temple of Purgation Mausoleum structure where zombies would get stuck walking around the structure
On the map Disturbed Ward, fixed fences that would not allow the Nurse to blink through
Some walls that previously prevented the Nurse from blinking through are now fixed in the MacMillan Estate
Fixed an issue of items clipping in the ground failed to be picked back up around the Clock Tower in Midwich Elementary School
Fixed an issue where the fence wall fades out during the Mori animation in the vat room of Gideon Meat Plant
Fixed a collision issue on Grim Pantry where a Survivor can be stopped by a ground rock on the hill
Fixed an issue of the camera clipping into assets during the escape animation before reaching the Tally Screen on Dead Dawg Saloon
Fixed an issue on the Nurse that allowed her to blink in the small prison located behind the Exit Gates on Dead Dawg Saloon
Fixed various issues with level of detail of dirt on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue with flickering textures on the ground near the Escape in Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue which made flickering textures visible on a crate on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of various signs that were clipping through the fence on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue with the level of detail on every Cement Bag pile found throughout the Ormond Lake Mine map
Fixed an issue on a pile of snow that was clipping inside a conveyor belt inside the main building of Ormond Lake Mine map
Fixed an issue of Survivors and Killers that can clip through all the pipes around the Mine Building of Ormond Lake Mine map
Fixed an issue of a superfluous collision on a staircase preventing the Killer from moving freely on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of a seam visible between two Escape tiles on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of textures that were missing on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of textures on a pool of blood that were missing on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue that caused The Nightmare’s POV to go out of bounds on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of having the Dark Lord’s pillars of Hellfire spawning outside of the Exit Gates with the Add-on “Alucard’s Shield” on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of an invisible collision that hinders navigation for Survivors and Killers on the stairs of the Main Building in Toba Landing
Fixed an issue of a gap available at the outer edge of the Escape tile on Borgo map
Fixed an issue in Farm where The Dark Lord can stand on the doorframe of the Farmhouse when using his Bat Form
Fixed an issue where hooks failed to fade out during a Mori animation on Badham Preschool
Fixed an issue with the Nightmare’s Dream Snares that fail to go through most the walls of the closed classrooms in the Main Building on Badham Preschool
Fixed an issue for the Shrine landmark ground that fades out during Mori animation on Yamaoka Estate.
Fixed an issue for the Nurse that allowed her to blink behind a wall on tile East Wing of Raccoon City Police Station.
Fixed an issue of collision that allowed players to walk onto a mop trolley on Raccoon City Police Station.
Fixed an issue for the Nurse that allowed her to blink through a wall of the Nostromo Wreckage and become stuck.
Fixed an issue on the basement floors and walls on Badham Preschool that was fading out during the Mori animation allowing to see out of the world.
Fixed an issue in which the walls and roof of the office of the Exit Gates have a one-sided texture on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue of collision that was allowed the player to walk on a sofa on Ormond
Fixed an issue of foliage that fails to fade out during Mori animation throughout the map of Dead Dawg Saloon
Fixed an issue where we could see out of world on the entrance to the Killer Shack during Mori animation on Midwich Elementary School
Fixed an issue with the level of detail visible on Stairs sign in West Wing of Raccoon City Police Station.
Fixed an issue of characters hovering above ground on the garden of Yamaoka Estate.
Fixed an issue of Killer projectiles that can pass through a Vault Location in the Main Building on Ormond Lake Mine
Fixed an issue for a basement rock wall that has a missing texture on Temple of Purgation
Fixed an issue of the level of detail that can be seen from a distance on 2 sets of stairs outside the Temple of Purgation.
Fixed an issue of the level of detail on the Cobwebs and the loculi on the Killer Shack’s wall on Forsaken Boneyard
Fixed an issue of superfluous collision prevents smooth navigation along fence walls located on 6 Fence tile of the Forsaken Boneyard
Fixed an issue on Eyrie of Crows that had visible level of detail issues on the floor of the Killer Shack.
Fixed an issue with a sliced stone that was suspended in the air in front of the Clock Tower’s main entrance on the Forsaken Boneyard
Fixed an issue of openings that were visible in some parts of the edge assets of multiple fence tiles on Garden of Joy
Fixed an issue of a seam that can be seen between the tiles of a fence on the Decimated Borgo
Fixed an issue with sand and roots’ color that appears different around the shack of Forsaken Boneyard
Fixed an issue with multiple levels of detail on the broken brick walls on various tiles of Forsaken Boneyard
Fixed an issue on Forgotten Ruins, a seam could be seen between the two fence tiles.
Fixed an issue on Boneyard Shack where they had two occluded assets dissipated inside a coffin.
Fixed an issue on Eyrie of Crows, Survivors and killers could climb to the base of the mausoleum column.
Fixed an issue on Disturbed Ward, zombies could get stuck on the ramp leading inside the Asylum on the tile Asylum.
Fixed an issue on Ormond Lake Mine, Shadow appears as reflection on some of the snow patches.
Fixed an issue in Pale Rose where a Totem was stuck in a tree

Perks

Fixed an issue that caused a Killer to be blinded while looking away from a Flashbang.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors with Shoulder The Burden not to become infected when unhooking a fully infected Survivor.
Fixed an issue that caused the Struggle skill checks not to reset when a Survivor is unhooked by a Survivor with Shoulder The Burden.
Fixed an issue that caused Eyes of Belmont not to extend the aura reading of 2 seconds to other aura reading perks.
Fixed an issue that caused the aura of broken pallets to be displayed when equipped with Power Struggle.
Fixed an issue that caused Save The Best For Last tokens not to be removed when injuring the Obsession with a throw from Virulent Bound.
Fixed an issue that caused the tokens not to be consumed from several perks when injuring a Survivor with Flight of the Damned.
Fixed an issue that caused the tokens not to be consumed from several perks when injuring a Survivor with a Dream Pallet.
Fixed an issue that prevented the Nightmare from placing Dream Pallets in places where a pallet was destroyed by Spirit Fury
The Fire Up perk effect is no longer applied when The Ghoul’s power is used to vault.
Loud noise bubbles now appear when Survivors scream from the “Hex: Face the Darkness” Perk.
In Spectator Mode, the Perk “Hex: Nothing but Misery” is no longer always shown in the active state.
The Eye of Belmont Perk now extends the aura reading of (2+) seconds duration to other perks.
The Perk “Hex: Nothing But Misery” is no longer lit at the beginning of the Trial.
The Hex: Nothing But Misery fails to transfer on the Hex: Undying Totem when cleansed by the Survivors.
Killers are now able to be blinded by the Blast Mine.
The Eye of Belmont’s functionality is now consistent with Object of Obsession regarding if the Survivor is the Obsession or not.
Decisive Strike now activates against Fire Up and Forever Entwined.
Vigil now reduces the Oblivious Status from Hysteria.

Platform

Fixed an issue that showed an incorrect message when Steam is down.
Fixed an issue that caused a crash randomly because of RTM on PlayStation.

UI

Fixed an issue where the epilepsy warning warps.
Fixed a potential crash issue in the lobby.
Fixed an issue where arrow buttons in the Tome collection was not working after zooming in on the illustration.
Fixed an issue where the Survivor’s mending bar appears where it has previously been mended if gets deep wound status while sprinting.
Fixed to display trial character when the owned filter is applied.
Fixed an issue where the name of the killer fails to update while looking for a match.
Fixed an issue where the wrong perks’ reveal animation appears while spectating the player in the custom game.
Fixed an issue where some Killer powers were missing input prompts during cooldown.

Misc

Fixed an issue that caused Killer Perk “Shattered Hope” to not appear when searching for “General”.
Fixed an issue that caused the “Kill” interaction from the Finisher Mori to be unlocalized in every language except English.
Fixed an issue that caused the Adept Knight achievement/trophy to unlock when the Killer disconnected after completing the unlock requirements.
Fixed an issue that caused the Death of Ignorance achievement/trophy not to progress when using the Artist’s Silver Bell add-on.
Fixed an issue that caused a debug blue square to be visible when breaking a wall as a Killer.
The Achievement Unforgettable Getaway can now be obtained in Mount Ormond Resort 3.

Full Bloodpoint Adjustments Table

Score Event	Old Value	New Value
Safe Hook Rescue	500	1250
Heal (Med-Kit)	750	1000
Dull Totem Cleansing	1000	1500
Repairs	1250	2000
Killer Grasp Escape	500	1250
Great Wiggle Skill Check	50	100

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 8.600 will address a few of these issues.

Download DBD update 8.600.000 on PS4, PS5, PC and Xbox.