Dead by Daylight Reveals Quality-of-Life Roadmap for 2025; Expect Matchmaking Rating Update, New Quest System & Much More
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Behaviour Entertainment’s Dead by Daylight is getting not just content drops this year, but a whole slate of quality-of-life improvements. Despite many years after its launch, the developers are still actively working on the title to offer the best experience to the fans, and it continues this 2025.
The developers have recently revealed the 2025 quality-of-life updates that will come with matchmaking rating updates, a new quest system, and so much more. Let’s take a look at what fans can expect from Dead by Daylight for the rest of the year.
Dead by Daylight Roadmap of Improvements Starts in April via Phase 1
The developers have disclosed much information about the upcoming quality-of-life roadmap. This initiative has been divided into two phases. The first starts in April and will continue until June.
During the first phase, the game will receive significant gameplay and quality-of-life updates. Some of them have been anticipated by fans for a while. The list of updates is below:
- Surrender State -The team has been working on a Surrender feature, which should limit player frustration on both sides. To get it right, we first needed to identify the situations where its use would be most appropriate, leading us to two scenarios:- All remaining Survivors have been slugged (Survivor)
– All remaining Survivors are bots (Killer)Once these instances occur, players will be able to use the Surrender option, ending the Trial while
retaining the Bloodpoints they’ve earned and escaping the Disconnect Penalty. - Gamma Adjustments – Dead by Daylight can get a little dark – not just thematically — and sometimes excessive darkness can
hinder playability. We’re introducing the ability to adjust Gamma settings on all platforms, allowing
you to find a sweet spot without sacrificing the intended artistic direction. - “Go-Next” Prevention – The “Go-Next” expression refers to instances where a Survivor deliberately does everything in their
power to quickly go to their next game – including walking up to the Killer and standing still, running
to a Hook and repeatedly pointing at it, or most commonly, intentionally failing Skill Checks while on
Hook. - Extreme Hiding & Body Blocking Prevention – “Extreme Hiding” refers to Survivors drawing out an unwinnable match by ignoring their objective
and waiting out the clock. To combat this, we’re changing the way AFK Crows operate, so they can more accurately identify
when a player is deliberately avoiding engagement with their gameplay objective. Once a player
receives Crows, their location will be immediately revealed to the Killer. - Map Offerings – Moving forward, Map Offerings will no longer guarantee the appearance of a given Map, but rather
increase its chances by 20%. Note that they will not stack. We’re also looking to make it so Map
Offerings, as well as several other types of Offerings, will remain a secret during load-in – that way,
your decision to remain in the match will not be swayed by external factors. - Spawn Rules – We’re changing the default Survivor Spawn rules to ensure that each Survivor will spawn within 12
meters of one another, on the same floor (if applicable). To accomodate for this change, Shroud
Offerings will be adjusted accordingly.
Not only gameplay updates, but Dead by Daylight will also receive multiple quality-of-life updates, such as bulk blood point spending, a new quest system, more perk presets, a preview of your perks in the lobby, and much more during the initiative’s first phase.
The second phase will begin in July and will also come with significant gameplay updates, such as:
- Anti-slugging
- Anti-Tunneling
- Anti-Camping
- MMR Update
- Map & Key Item Balancing
Moreover, the game will have multiple quality-of-life updates during the phase, including:
- Keyboard and Mouse on Consoles
- Custom Game Improvements
- Accessibility Improvements
- Prestige Rewards
- Reduced Login Setups
The second phase will take place from July to December. Therefore, it looks like 2025 is going to be another great year for the title’s fans. The developers have also confirmed that they will work to fix the bugs and glitches in the title.
Same as always, once a new update is out, we’ll have it up here on MP1st.
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