Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

The reality snapped, and the old friends reappeared again - this time introducing Villedor to dimensions of fun and challenge! Let’s see what the Breach is about, and what else we have prepared for you in this Update.

The Breach

We're thrilled to introduce the Breach, transforming Dying Light 2: Stay Human into a vibrant platform for new experiences and adventures. Dive into a world where you can create and explore custom maps and mods. Whether you're crafting simple gameplay tweaks or entirely new experiences, the Breach empowers you to shape your own adventures! Inspired by our Tower Raid mode, we're expanding the Hub by adding old friends - Tolga and Fatin - and they are here to stay! You can find them in the Hub right after completing the Prologue. Take bounties, explore community-created maps and mods, and earn unique rewards. Create unique runs and enjoy the thrill of unpredictability - third person view and zero gravity? Why not!

To ensure this experience to be seamless, we enhanced the UI/UX by better integration of mod.io. Moreover, each week you can expect fresh reality breaches, alongside carefully selected classics, with a focus on map updates. The first month highlights the Survival Archives, enriching your explorations. We’re spotlighting high-quality community creations with filters like "Featured", "Curated", and "Official" to help you discover the best ones on mod.io. You can also play custom maps in Co-op through direct invite!

We don’t want to limit your imagination, but some of the most demanding maps won’t be available on old gen consoles as of now.

Join us in shaping the future of Dying Light 2: Stay Human with endless possibilities. Your creativity is the driving force behind this transformative journey. Let’s make Dying Light World a thriving hub for all players, old and new!

Early Game Experience Improvements

In patch 1.28, we're excited to unveil enhancements to the early game experience in Dying Light 2: Stay Human. We've refined the prologue to be shorter and more engaging, letting players dive into the core of the game quicker. We improved the lighting in prologue cutscenes, removed yellow markers, and adjusted color grading. To help new players acclimate, the encounter difficulty in the Old Town's Houndfield has been adjusted for a smoother transition, along with a reduced number of Volatiles in the early stages. In Region 1, Volatiles now have slower detection and attacks, offering a fairer challenge. Additionally, looting has been spiced up with the chance for random rare drops from infected, adding an element of unpredictability to your scavenging. These updates are designed to create a captivating and balanced early game journey.

Global UI Enhancements

We're excited to announce comprehensive UI improvements across the game, enhancing both navigation and functionality! The in-game store now features tabs, streamlining your shopping experience by decluttering and organizing it. Alongside this, our newly introduced discount management system brings clarity with real-time sales indicators and countdowns. These updates are part of a broader UI refresh, including visual changes like updated input buttons and top-page tabs, ensuring a consistent and fluid interface throughout the entire game, from the store to the player menu. Enjoy the enhanced experience!

Game Updates

Aside from all the news from Update 1.28 above, we’ve also introduced the following fixes and improvements to the game:

Coop

• Fixed the issue with game becoming unresponsive while Host closes it when Peer is Joining the session from HUB

• Fixed the issue with another Player’s model sometimes being visible in multiple Menu tabs

Gameplay

• Fixed the issue with quest marker sometimes not updating in Prologue

• Added Skins section to Inventory menu, to allow easier switching between outfits from bundles

Technical

• Fixed the issue with infinite blackscreen sometimes showing instead of intro while starting a new game on PS5

• Fixed the issue with corrupted graphics sometimes showing when FSR2 is enabled

• Fixed some missing meshes

• Fixed the issue with Play menu backgrounds sometimes not showing properly

• Fixed the issue with misplaced occluders and missing water sections around the Floating Fortress

• Fixed the issue with SFX sometimes missing in the Main Menu

• Fixed the issue when restarting the game removes all unredeemed items, until revisiting the in-game store

• Fixed the issue with cinematic for the prologue sometimes freezing after a few seconds on Xbox One

• Fixed the issue where inside the Fish Eye, Player can see the subtitles but the audio is not hearable at all

• Fixed the issue with excessive leaves FX outside of Hakon's hideout and during the “Getting Stronger” mission

• Fixed the issue with mouse scroll not working while scrolling through the Stash

A special Infected Outbreak event has come to Dying Light 2: Stay Human! For three weeks, from February 12 to March 5, the city of Villedor is facing a growing infected threat, and it’s up to you to stop it. Each week, new districts are overrun by zombies, with new infected variants appearing. If outbreaks aren’t contained, the situation escalates: hordes remain in the district and spread to other areas.

In week one, Houndfield and Downtown are hit. Each week brings new goals, so you must unite to push back the infected and reclaim the city. An outbreak of this scale cannot be accidental, and players will also be able to uncover the first hints of the forces hidden behind this new danger.

By taking part in the event, you contribute to both community and personal goals that influence the outcome of the Outbreak. As you fight through affected areas, you can earn rewards such as weapons, charms, and by completing all personal challenges, unlock the iconic Kyle Crane outfit from Dying Light: The Beast.

Infected Outbreak is part of the 11th anniversary celebration of Dying Light, but that’s not all we have in store for you! You will also find special in-game offers to enhance your experience. The new Black Hand Bundle lets you step into the shadows as an elite assassin of The Obsidian Table. The bundle comes with the Black Hand Outfit, Quietus Silenced Pistol, The Last Breath Katana, Obsidian Table Charm, and the The Obsidian Glider Paraglider, designed to significantly impact your gameplay. The base outfit allows you to uncover hidden Black Hand notes while playing. Once you collect them all, you unlock a second color variation of the outfit.

The holiday season returns to Dying Light 2: Stay Human with the refreshed Gifts from Above 2025 Winter Event.

Baka is back in the Villedor with a set of new bounties for players to complete, progressing with him will unlock items in his shop based on the level players are at. These items can be bought with Candies collected from killing seasonal zombie enemies - including Naughty Biters, Naughty Bolters, Naughty Virals, Uncle Snow, and Ice Spitters.

Players who gather enough Reputation Points by completing bounties will be able to receive a letter to Santa from Baka. Sending a letter will trigger the special Airdrop. These encounters are defended by the strongest enemies, but also provide the most valuable loot, including seasonal weapons and gear pieces.

Players can also take part in weekly community goals to unlock even more rare rewards. Each week focuses on defeating a specific seasonal enemy type, and reaching the milestone grants themed weapons and charms.

Three weeks of community challenges reward all players once global targets are met.

• December 18 - December 23 - Week 1: Kill Naughty Biters - rewards include the Glacier Shank Knife and Snow Season Ornament Charm

• December 23 - December 30 - Week 2: Kill Naughty Virals - rewards include the The Guiding Star Mace and Gift Season Ornament Charm.

• December 30 - January 8 - Week 3: Kill Uncle Snow - rewards include the Fractal Frost Axe and New Year’s Ornament Charm.

Additionally Winter Update introduces a new type of bundle to our in-game store: the Evolving Bundle. These bundles include weapons, cosmetic items and an outfit that evolve to their more exclusive versions as players complete quests and challenges attached to the.

The first bundle of that kind is the Night Wolf Evolving Bundle which evolves into the Crimson Werewolf set as players progress through a four-part questline. This way players can acquire two versions of a powerful rifle, an outfit, six gear pieces, and a paraglider skin. The bundle also contains the Wolf’s Claws melee weapon and an exclusive grappling hook variant!

Survivors! Hotfix 1.25.2 just rolled onto the servers, so make sure to update the game!

Here’s the list of the fixes:

• Fixed the FPS spikes in Tower Raid

• Fixed the crash that sometimes occurred when returning to Teresa after completing Dodger`s challenge

• Fixed the inconsistency in Aiden’s shadow and body when having certain Halloween weapons equipped

• Fixed the shoulder pad sometimes clipping through the shoulder

• Fixed the issue when the Player fails to switch to the right tab when clicking on it in the Player menu

• Fixed the issue with the Bad Office Day Outfit being assigned to the CONSUMABLES / ACCESSORIES vendor category

• Fixed the issue with Van Aiden not being able to craft bolts

• Fixed the issue where the Phantom of Death Paraglider can be purchased multiple times

• Fixed the issue when the Player is not rewarded for having the highest score in Status Effects Applied

• Fixed the issue with Ultraviolence & Cutthroat Cutlass starting with a Level 3 upgrade

• Fixed the issue with the Scarecrow Charm's effect about cutting off limbs not affecting blunt weapons

• Fixed the issue with the Volatile Hunter bounty not counting Pumpkintiles properly

• Fixed the Elite Rooftop objective description mentioning killing the Volatiles when we have to kill Tyrant

• Fixed the issue with the Player being stuck when jumping on a desk wall from a certain angle on Floor 14

• Fixed the issue with Candies collected on a UGC map not being counted towards the Collect Candies bounty

Halloween returns to Villedor with a blend of familiar scares and new surprises. This year’s event combines the open-world experience with the Tower Raid: Halloween Run format introduced last year. Over three weeks, the event will evolve with new challenges, global goals, and rewards.

Halloween Showdown

Halloween returns to Villedor, and this year, it’s bigger, creepier, and packed with plenty of treats! The Halloween-themed decor can be found in various parts of the City once again. Pumpkintiles and seasonal infected roam the streets, dropping Halloween Candies when defeated.

This year’s Halloween event spans three weeks, each built around head-to-head faction contests that challenge players to pick a side and contribute to their faction’s success. Baka the Unfortunate once again serves as the event vendor and guide, distributing bounties, handling trades, and rewarding survivors who embrace the Halloween spirit.

The event runs over three consecutive week-long competitions. Each week presents a new pair of rival factions led by themed characters:

• Week 1: Plague vs. Scarecrow

• Week 2: Van Aiden vs. Count Skull

• Week 3: CyberRaider vs. Cursed Pirate

By completing event activities across Villedor and in the Tower Raid mode, players earn a special event currency: a new type of Halloween Candy. These candies function similarly to previous years’ event tokens, but earning them may vary between weeks:

• Week 1: you earn them by killing Halloween enemies across Villedor

• Week 2: you earn them by playing Tower Raid

• Week 3: you earn them by doing bounties on our Community Maps

Players can exchange these candies with Baka to contribute points toward a chosen faction’s goal. Both factions work toward milestones, and once the target is reached, all participants receive themed weapons corresponding to that matchup. However, the competition continues until the end of the week, encouraging players to keep contributing for a shot at an additional reward.

At the conclusion of each weekly competition, the faction that accrues the most points unlocks an exclusive character-themed charm for all players. These charms are visible in-game through the faction selection screen, allowing everyone to see the competing rewards and decide which team to support. Throughout the event, players can continue to earn candies and reputation by completing bounties, defeating seasonal enemies, exploring the City, and conquering Tower Raid’s haunted variant.

Speaking of Tower Raid, this Halloween features new layout variations, random modifiers, and a specially decorated rooftop arena culminating in a boss fight unique to this event. Long-time favorites Scarecrow, Plague, Van Aiden, and Cursed Pirate (who you will be able to keep after the event ends) return as playable characters. The new competitor, CyberRaider, joins the lineup with a futuristic, high-mobility combat style. To spice things up, each week we’ll be updating weapons and some items of those characters, so each playthrough will be a little different.

But that’s not all! Once the Tower’s doors open for Halloween scares, it will become permanently accessible as part of an update to the game, introducing the CyberRaider as a new playable character, alongside fresh floor layouts, rebalanced modifiers, and an expanded reward track. These additions deepen replayability while retaining the high challenge that defines the Tower Raid experience.

Game Updates On top of all the Update 1.25 additions listed above, we’ve introduced the following fixes and improvements:

Co-Op

• Fixed the issue with ropes being improperly attached when another player is using them

• Fixed the issue when adding a Steam player to favorites on Epic marks them as offline

• Fixed the issue with the “Hope Sprouts” quest, where enemies respawn again after killing them when one of the players comes to the quest location

Tower Raid

• Fixed the issue with “Faulty Provisions” modifier making medkits (military and crafted) heal for nothing

• Fixed the issue with zombies spawning in front of players after opening various doors

Gameplay

• Fixed the issue with combat sometimes not consuming stamina

• Fixed the issue with stamina requirements still being visible for some activities

• Fixed the issue with Slide Jump still consuming stamina

• Fixed the issue when, under some conditions, stamina was still consumed while climbing

• Fixed the issue with Dash and Dart skills not using stamina

• Fixed the issue with the objective marker in the Prologue failing to load if the player jumps over the fence and gets to the house before Spike

• Fixed the issue where the interacting prompt appears delayed while searching the roof groves

• Fixed the issue with the malfunctioning PK cannon in the Colonel’s bunker

• Fixed the difficulty level of a Quarantine Standoff challenge, where weapon scaling with low level players makes the challenge almost impossible to complete on Hard difficulty

• Fixed the issue with the flashlight turning off when the Player starts various conversations

Technical

• Fixed the issue with game crashing after using the Grappling Hook on enemies

• Fixed various lamps sometimes floating above the ground

• Fixed the flickering sometimes being present on the ground near VNC Tower in the Garrison region

• Fixed the issue with no subtitles showing in the starting cutscene of the Prologue

• Fixed VO and subtitle discrepancies during the Prologue intro

• Fixed the issue with the very first cutscene in the Prologue being unskippable

The upcoming patch prioritizes game health, focusing on critical improvements rather than introducing a multitude of new features. Our aim is to enhance overall performance, stability, and player experience, ensuring a smoother and more reliable gameplay environment.

Unlimited Parkour

In this update, we are refining the stamina system to enhance the core gameplay experience, particularly focusing on combat and evasion dynamics. Players will now find that parkour actions no longer deplete stamina, allowing for seamless disengagement from melee combat, even when stamina reserves are low (the only exceptions are the Dash and Dart parkour skills).

This change will make navigation more fluid and enjoyable, positioning stamina primarily as a combat resource. You’ll now have the full freedom to explore Villedor the very moment you enter the city! However, to maintain alignment with the existing mission progression, stamina will still be required for parkour activities from the "Pilgrim's Path" quest — after the player is bitten by a Volatile — until an inhibitor is used near the end of "Markers of Plague". Additionally, stamina will continue to be a crucial resource for combat, underwater swimming, and using the paraglider. This update seeks to balance exploration and combat, ensuring that players can navigate the environment smoothly while managing their stamina during critical gameplay moments.

Game Updates

On top of all the Update 1.24 additions listed above, we’ve introduced the following fixes and improvements:

Co-Op

• Fixed an unclear message that appeared on screen after being kicked by the host

Tower Raid

• Fixed the issue where the “Lower Body Workout” bounty would count kicks on dead enemies

• Fixed the issue with the DIY Grenade displaying the wrong item name

• Fixed Sola’s 25th reward that showed the wrong item name

• Fixed an issue where Breach’s starting weapon used a tip mod of a different rarity than shown on the blueprint

• Fixed the issue with the Craft Parts Bundle item using the chest icon

• Fixed the issues with skin clipping through the Bad Office Day Outfit

Gameplay

• Flashlight rework during the main quest cutscenes and dialogues

• Revised select dialogues and scenes for a more streamlined story

• Fixed an issue where the co-op menu displayed the incorrect online status for friends

• Fixed the inconsistency with stamina regeneration when set to Tactical mode

• Fixed the issue with polearm animation in the menu

• Updated the “Immunity drain” text to read, “Immunity drain when being hit by an enemy”

• Fixed the issue where the hatch in “The Only Way Out” quest sometimes wouldn’t open

Technical

• Fixed the issue causing the player to fall under the map upon arriving at the Carnage Hall

• Fixed the issue with the Fire Brigade Cap Charm not being visible after attaching it to weapons

• Fixed the issue with charms changing size

• Fixed the issue with player’s inventory slots being blocked by certain non-droppable items of unique rarity

• Fixed various crashes

• Fixed visible clipping on the paraglider backpack from the Friend of Aiden Bundle

• Fixed the Terminal Headache trophy not registering when using firearms