Dead by Daylight June 2022 developer update - Perk overhaul, prestige updates, more

Developers recently hinted that Dead by Daylight's June 2022 update would be one of the game's biggest updates of all time. With changes to meta perks and non-meta perks, a prestige system overhaul, and edits to basic gameplay mechanics, there's certainly a lot on hand.

Here's everything fans can expect from Dead by Daylight's June 2022 developer update. It's one of the densest - but most impactful and interesting - updates ever, so "Buckle Up" and read on.

Progression System Overhaul

Behaviour Interactive plans to reduce the grind by 75% through a new progression system overhaul. According to their patch notes, "this is the largest reduction to grind [Behaviour] has ever made."

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The following changes will help reduce the Bloodpoint and perk grind.

Teachable Perks

There will no longer be teachable perk rarity for any character. Perks are instead tied to prestige level for each character. By prestiging a character to level 1, every character will receive all of their Tier 1 perks. This goes on up to tier 3.

Prestige Updates

Prestige is receiving a makeover, making it easier and no longer optional to prestige characters as you level them up. This is great news for the grind, though, as unlocked perks, items, offerings, and perk slots will remain after prestiging your characters.

The maximum prestige level has been increased to 100.

Since Behaviour announced updates to prestige, many players have been wondering if they would remove the bloody prestige cosmetics. The answer, thankfully, is no; players can still receive the bloody prestige cosmetics at prestige levels 4, 5, and 6, and those who already own the prestige cosmetics will not lose them after the update.

Not only are the bloody prestige cosmetics sticking around, Behaviour is adding a new reward for prestiging your characters up to level 7, 8, and 9; at these levels, you'll receive a charm representing one of that character's perks.

Many players will note that Behaviour recently removed the ability to see other players' grades after a match. After the update, this currently empty space will be occupied by the players' prestige levels.

Shrine of Secrets

The Shrine of Secrets will work completely differently than before. Now, when players purchase a perk from The Shrine of Secrets, all killers will immediately receive that perk in their Bloodweb. Additionally, players can purchase higher levels of perks they already own in the Shrine for a discounted price.

Transition to The New Prestige System 

Upon the update, Behaviour Interactive says that they will automatically award existing players an appropriate number of prestige levels based on how many perk tiers they’ve unlocked. In other words, players who haven't prestige their characters will still receive rewards for the time they've invested.

Those who have reached prestige 3 will receive a unique ring around their post-game prestige graphic.

Behaviour Interactive will host a live stream and Q&A session soon to show the updated system and how it works.

Matchmaking Incentives

Sometimes, a higher ratio of killers are online compared to survivors; other times, it's the other way around. To fix this, Behaviour Interactive is implementing matchmaking incentives, a way for players to receive more Bloodpoints and reduce queue times. Depending on the need at the time, bonuses will range from 25% to 100%.

Players with cross-play turned off will not be eligible for matchmaking incentives.

Gameplay Updates

To complement the perk updates in the game, Behaviour has brought in a number of gameplay updates. These gameplay updates will change the way the game is fundamentally played in some ways, and, Behaviour says, help make the game more fun.

Survivor: Generator Speed

• Generators previously took 80 seconds. After the update, each generator will take 90 seconds.
• Additionally, killers will receive a small buff to their ability to prevent generator progress. Kicking a generator will now remove 2.5% of its progress, helping the killer effectively damage the generator rather than making it a waste of time if survivors are nearby.

Killer: Gameplay Improvements

• The time to break walls and pallets has been decreased by 10% (from 2.6s to 2.34s).
• The time to kick generators is also 10% faster than before (from 2s to 1.8s). 
• The successful basic attack cooldown is also 10% reduced (from 3s to 2.7s), and the post-hit survivor speed boost has been reduced (from 2s to 1.8s). 
• Finally, Bloodlust will activate more quickly,  after 15/25/35 seconds of chasing rather than 15/30/45 seconds.

Camping & Tunneling 

• A slightly nerfed version of Borrowed Time has now become base kit in order to prevent killers from tunneling survivors off of the hook.
• Now, all Survivors will receive a 5 second Endurance effect after being unhooked.
• The unhooked Survivor will receive a 7% Haste effect for 5 seconds.

Conspicious Actions

These effects will be canceled, though, if the survivor engages in aConspicuous Action. Conspicious Actions are a brand new gameplay mechanic that work with a variety of perks.

These are interactions that would improve your chances of survival. This includes: 

• Repairing a generator 
• Healing yourself or others 
• Cleansing or Blessing a Totem 
• Sabotaging a hook 
• Unhooking others 
• Opening an exit gate 

Meta Perk Changes

From the ever-popular Barbecue and Chili and Dead Hard to the less-used Off the Record, 39 different Dead by Daylight perks are receiving updates to their core design.

Below are the patch notes from Behaviour, describing the proposed changes to each meta and non-meta perk for both killer and survivor that will be either buffed or nerfed. 

Killer Meta Perks 

• Barbecue and Chilli
  • Current effect: Upon hooking a Survivor, see the auras of distant Survivors for a short duration. Gain a stacking Bloodpoint bonus for each unique Survivor hooked.
  • New effect: The Bloodpoint bonus has been removed. 

• Hex: Ruin 

• Pop Goes the Weasel 

• Corrupt Intervention 

• Tinkerer 

• Hex: No One Escapes Death (Or NOED) 

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance 

Survivor Meta Perks 

• Dead Hard 

• Decisive Strike 

• Borrowed Time 

• Iron Will 

• Self-Care 

  • Current effect: Unlocks the ability to heal yourself without a Med-Kit at 50% speed. 

  • New effect: Self-Care's heal speed will be lowered to 25/30/35%, and the item efficiency bonus has been removed entirely. 

• Spine Chill 

Non-Meta Perk Changes 

25 non-meta perks will also receive changes to their numerical values or core design. 

Killer Perk Buffs 

• Overcharge 
  • Along with its current effects, Overcharge will cause a kicked generator’s regression speed to grow from 100% to 400% over the course of 30 seconds.
• Eruption 
  • The generator regression penalty has been upped to 10% and the duration of the incapacitated effect has been upped to 15/20/25 seconds. 
• Knock Out 
  • In addition to its current effect, Knock Out will cause dying Survivors to crawl 50% slower for 15 seconds and reduce their recovery speed by 25%. 
• Coulrophobia 
  • Coulrophobia will now increase the speed of skill checks by 50% on top of its current effect. 
• Dark Devotion 
  • Dark Devotion will now activate whenever the Obsession loses a health state. 
• Jolt 
  • The cooldown has been removed.
• Lethal Pursuer 
  • On top of the existing effect, Lethal Pursuer will now extend the duration of all aura reading effects by 2 seconds. 
• Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain 
  • The action speed penalty has been increased to 10/13/16%. 
• Thanatophobia 
  • Behaviour is increasing the action speed penalty to 4.5/5/5.5% per Survivor, for a maximum of 18/20/22%. 

• Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine 
  • Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine, called Monstrous Shrine previously, will now convert all basement hooks to Scourge Hooks. Additionally, Scourge Hooks will now grant 10/15/20% faster Entity progression – but only if the killer is further than 24 meters away. 

Survivor Perk Buffs 

• Calm Spirit 
  • In addition to Calm Spirit’s current effects, you can now open chests and cleanse and bless totems silently at 40/35/30% reduced speed. 
• Saboteur 
  • Saboteur can now identify Scourge Hooks. Their auras are shown in yellow when a Survivor is being carried. 
• Botany Knowledge 
  • Botany Knowledge now increases healing speed by 30/40/50%, up from 11/22/33%.  
• Off the Record 
  • Upon being unhooked, gain the Endurance status effect for 60/70/80 seconds. The Endurance effect is lost upon performing a Conspicuous Action. 
• Lucky Break 
  • Lucky Break can now be recharged. Each second spent healing another Survivor increases Lucky Break’s duration by 1 second. The total time cannot exceed the starting duration.)
• Pharmacy 
  • Pharmacy used to guarantee an Emergency Med-Kit the first time you searched a chest. Now, Pharmacy will activate whenever you’re injured, guaranteeing an Emergency Med-Kit when you search a chest. This effect can happen multiple times in one trial.
• Sole Survivor 
  • In addition to hiding your aura, Sole Survivor will now increase your generator repair speed by 75% and your exit gate and hatch action speed by 50%. These effects are only active when you are the last Survivor standing. 
• Distortion 
  • Now, you can regain Distortion tokens. Gain 1 token for every 30 seconds spent within the Killer’s Terror Radius. 
• Lightweight 
  • In addition to Lightweight’s existing effects, your scratch marks will be more sporadic, making you harder to track. Your scratch marks will also fade 5/4/3 seconds sooner, up from 1/2/3.  
• Déjà Vu 
  • To help Survivors power the three closest generators, Déjà Vu will now grant a 5% repair speed bonus to the revealed generators. 
• No One Left Behind 
  • Beyond its current effects, No One Left Behind will grant a 7% movement speed bonus to any Survivors you unhook. Additionally, the perk now activates when the gates are powered rather than opened. 
• Dark Sense 
  • Dark Sense has been changed. When a generator is powered, Dark Sense activates. The next time the Killer comes within 24m of you, their aura is revealed for 5/7/10 seconds. Dark Sense then deactivates.  
• Tenacity 
  • In addition to the current effects, Tenacity now reduces your grunts of pain by 75% when in the dying state. 
• Hope 
  • The duration has been removed entirely. 
• Overzealous 
  • In its current state, cleansing a totem grants you a repair speed bonus of 6%/7%/8%. Now, that bonus doubles if you cleanse a Hex totem. 
• We’re Gonna Live Forever 
  • The Bloodpoint bonus has been removed from We're Gonna Live Forever.
  • Actions that previously granted a token will now activate the perk's secondary effect. While active, healing a Survivor from the dying state grants them the Endurance effect for 6/8/10 seconds. The secondary effect of We're Gonna Live Forever then deactivates.

Yes, this update is a big one, and it's sure to completely switch up the Dead by Daylight meta and change the game for years to come. Time will tell if these massive updates will be good for the overall health of the game, but for now, it's looking very promising.  

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Featured image courtesy of Behaviour Interactive.