News25 Jun 2026Celebrate the Summer Sale with Double XP!To kick off the Summer Sale, we’re turning on Double XP for all players. From this Thursday through the weekend, any experience you earn while playing will be completely doubled. It’s the perfect opportunity to unlock those next skills, rank up your character, and boost your overall progression. The bonus will be active for a limited time starting this Thursday. Here is the exact schedule: Star…
Survivors! Hotfix 1.6.3 just rolled onto the servers, so make sure to update the game! Here are the list of fixes and tweaks: · Added the Fast Travel feature - now players will be able to do so from a completed safe zone or hub. To fast travel to a different location, players need to interact with a dedicated Castor Woods map located in all eligible locations. · Added a toggle to Survival setti…
Survivors! Hotfix 1.6.1 just rolled onto the servers, so make sure to update the game! Here are the list of fixes and tweaks: · Reduced hunger drain when sleeping · Slower overall hunger depletion · “Very Hungry” and “Famished” states now trigger later · Vendors now offer improvised food bars · Weapon Blueprints from DLC bundles can now be upgraded to Legendary rarity · When receiving a new wea…
Survivors! 📢 Dying Light: The Beast Restored Land has been live for a few days now, and the power to truly cleanse the world is finally in your hands! 🧟♂️ Whether you’re strategically reclaiming the map, dominating the Roadkill Rallies to top the Friends Leaderboards, or testing your ultimate grit in One Life - we need your debrief! This is your opportunity to share your experience and help…
Restored Land is the definitive Dying Light: The Beast experience: a brutal, solo journey where the world reacts to your every move! These new rules mean that resources are finite, and every decision carries the weight of permanent consequence as you face the ultimate zombie apocalypse. New rules of survival: · Restore the Land: For the first time ever, turn the tide. Killed infected do not res…
Prepare yourself for an intense and emotionally charged journey with the latest release update for Dying Light: The Beast! This release introduces the high-strung Restored Land experience alongside a series of exciting game enhancements, designed to test your resilience and strategy. Restored Land is a brand new game experience that changes the rules of survival in Castor Woods! Restored Land -…
As we celebrate our 11-year legacy, we want to thank the millions of survivors who have made this journey legendary. You are the heart of this franchise! To celebrate our community, we’ve dropped prices across the entire series. This is your final days to complete your collection and experience every chapter of the story before these anniversary discounts end on February 19!
You did it - you’ve completed the final challenge and reached all 20 goals across the 11-week run! 🙌 That means everyone who took part, even just once, will receive every Call of the Beast reward. 🎁 All rewards will be delivered straight to your stash as distribution begins. 📦 Once you log in, the delivery process will start automatically. If you don’t see your rewards right away, try relogg…
This is it - the FINAL Call of the Beast challenge… and we’re ending with a BANG! Show you’re the true master of explosions in this last one and blow everything up. Since it’s the holiday season, and we know you want to spend time with your loved ones, we’re giving you until January 7 to complete the goal. And don’t forget, you’ll also be getting the Legendary Reward on January 7! But wait, the…
You did it, Survivors! 🔥 Seventeen challenges crushed, countless zombies dead, and one unstoppable Community leading the charge. ❤️ Because of your dedication and teamwork, the Legendary Skin is now unlocked for everyone to claim (it will be delivered directly to your stash on January 7th)! 😍 You’ve proven once again that when Survivors unite under the Call of the Beast, nothing can stand in…
If the in-game rewards aren't enough for you, we have another surprise in store! Share your edits on X with #CallOfTheBeast for the chance to win exclusive prizes from Alienware, including a gaming mouse, monitor and backpack! 🔥 👉 More info:
There’s no better way to cross Castor Woods than by swinging through the air! This week’s challenge invites you to travel as far as possible using your grappling hook. Gliding over this gorgeous valley beats holiday stress any day - someone tell Santa to upgrade from a sleigh. Don’t forget: completing all goals this week helps the entire Beast Pack unlock every reward. And since it’s the season…
Nightmare Experience is a new difficulty level for Dying Light: The Beast - designed for seasoned players looking for serious survival experience. It makes Human and Infected enemies stronger, smarter, more aggressive, reacting faster to your actions using their heightened senses. Some Dark Zones may now include Volatiles during the day and gameplay becomes more challenging as resources are lim…
Darkness is creeping in earlier each day and that means more danger… and more opportunity. It’s prime time for this week’s challenge: looting the night for anything useful! Community Challenge: Night Looter Goal #1: Loot 15 000 000 items at night Reward: Scorpion K.O. Car Skin Goal #2: Loot 33 000 000 items at night Reward: Stinger And it’s Week 9 of Call of the Beast, with 15 challenges alread…
Are you a firestarter? Even maybe, a twisted firestarter? Prove it with this week’s community challenge for Call of the Beast! Get your Molotovs lit, locate the trusty gas tanks and find anything else that’s flammable to get the 2nd of the Epic Rewards! Community Challenge: Fire Hazard Goal #1: Kill 7,000,000 enemies with fire Reward: Burnout Car Skin Goal #2: Kill 13,000,000 enemies with fire…
Update 1.4 has been out for a few days now, bringing the biggest and most impactful changes Dying Light: The Beast has seen so far! Players have been diving into the update’s long-awaited features, new content, and hundreds of improvements to gameplay, visuals, and performance, all of which make the experience more immersive than ever. New Game+: Replay Kyle’s explosive story with all your gear…
Dying Light: The Beast has just received its largest and most significant update to date! Update 1.4 introduces exciting new content - New Game + and Legend Levels, Ray Tracing on PC, and 400+ improvements and fixes across gameplay, movement, combat, co-op, audio, and performance, making the game even more immersive and reinforcing its position as the biggest and best-rated survival horror adve…
With Update 1.4 just released, there’s never been a better time to jump into Dying Light: The Beast! New Game+, Legend Levels, a Double XP event, and an exclusive weapon waiting in your stash should already convince you to dive back in. So don’t wait - team up with the Dying Light community to tackle this week’s challenge, focused entirely on executing brutal finishers on enemies. And while you…
NEW CONTENT NEW GAME+ You can now replay Kyle’s story in New Game+ while keeping all gear, weapons and character progression from your first playthrough. Enemy difficulty is increased, but you’ll also encounter higher-tier weapons and loot to match the challenge. New Game+ can be repeated multiple times - each completed run further raises the game’s difficulty level and unlocks access to even s…
Dying Light: The Beast is the next full-scale AAA game in the Dying Light series and the highest-rated entry in the franchise so far. With over 40+ hours of survival adventure, you can dive in solo or team up in co-op with shared progression. It’s the most ambitious and content-packed Dying Light experience ever, full of intense action, rich world-building, and endless surprises. Fans and criti…
To survive in this post-apo world, you need to make something out of nothing! Whether it’s a weapon, healing supply or anything else, these might just keep you alive to see the next sunrise. Community Challenge: Master Craftsman Goal #1: 20,000,000 items crafted Reward: Redwood Runner Goal #2: 35,000,000 items crafted Reward: Shanker Call of the Beast Week 6 runs from Thursday, November 20 at 4…
For the first time since launch, Dying Light: The Beast is 20% OFF during the Black Friday Sale. There’s never been a better moment to jump in! And if you want to experience Kyle Crane’s journey from the start, you can also pick up Dying Light with up to 80% OFF right now! But we want to always give our amazing community even more! So, enjoy 25% OFF Dying Light: The Beast if you already own eit…
Last week, you showed that you can run for your life. Now, it’s time to go wild and unleash the Beast! Take out any infected you find walking around Castor Woods and let’s smash this challenge together! Community Challenge: Beast Mode Engaged! Goal #1: 6,000,000 Infected Killed during Beast Mode Reward: Blood Drive Goal #2: 12,000,000 Infected Killed during Beast Mode Reward: Ol’ Rusty Call of…
We’re over a quarter of the way through Call of the Beast and it’s time for some Epic Rewards! We hope you enjoyed being the hunter last week, because you’re gonna become the hunted. This week’s all about being chased by the ‘Kings of the Night’ and, hopefully, living to tell the tale. Community Challenge: Run for Your Life Goal #1: 2,000,000 km meters covered during Chases Reward: Nighthawk Go…
Call of the Beast Week 3 is here, and with it comes a brand-new contest! From now until the end of Week 5, show off your best moments on X as you work toward completing the challenge goals. Post your coolest clips or edits on X with the #CallOfTheBeast hashtag to enter. So get out there, participate in the community challenge and capture your run-ins with zombies for a chance to win awesome pri…
The first crossover for Dying Light: The Beast is here, and it’s a big one! Two iconic survival franchises collide: Dying Light: The Beast offers unparalleled horror, PUBG MOBILE high-stakes action. Enjoy a new quest, race for the drops and, yes, the instantly recognizable cast iron frying pan can be yours! To activate the quest and be on your way to all the PUBG MOBILE-themed rewards, head to…
Can you believe it’s week 3 of Call of the Beast already? It looks like you had a hell of a lot of fun dropkicking enemies last week, but now it’s time to bring out the big guns! Community Challenge: Sharpshooter Goal #1: Land 10,000,000 accurate shots Reward: The Marksman Goal #2: Land 20,000,000 accurate shots Reward: Bullseye Call of the Beast Week 3 runs from Thursday, October 30 at 4PM CET…
NEW CONTENT SURRENDER - NEW HUMAN ENEMIES BEHAVIOUR Dying Light was always about reactivity and making the world respond naturally to your every move. After hearing your requests, we’ve introduced a new human-enemy behavior - melee-weapon enemies will now recognize when you’re aiming a firearm at them and might decide to surrender rather than losing their life. Depending on your actions then th…
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