update · February 20, 2024
Dead by Daylight Update 7.6.0 Brings Sable Ward and The Unknown
Dead by Daylight Update 7.6.0 adds survivor Sable Ward, the killer known as The Unknown, the Greenville Square map, and changes to Mangled status effects alongside character balance updates.
Behaviour Interactive has deployed Dead by Daylight Update 7.6.0 to the Public Test Build. The patch introduces a new survivor, a killer, a map, and mechanical changes to status effects and characters.
New Survivors and Killers
Sable Ward joins the survivor roster with three perks. Invocation: Weaving Spiders requires players to use a basement salt circle for 120 seconds, injuring and giving the Broken status to the user while granting flat charges to all generators. Strength in Shadows allows basement healing without a med-kit at 60 percent speed, revealing the killer aura upon completion. Wicked grants faster recovery from Mangled and increased healing speed while cursed. The Unknown arrives as a killer armed with the UVX launcher, a bouncing projectile that creates blast areas to hinder and weaken survivors. The Unknown also places hallucinations across the map for teleportation.
Perk Additions and Status Adjustments
The update introduces three killer perks. Unbound grants a haste bonus after injuring a survivor and vaulting a window. Unforeseen transfers the terror radius to a damaged generator and grants undetectable status. Undone converts missed survivor skill checks into tokens that block and regress generators when damage actions are performed. Additionally, every source of the Mangled status effect now includes a timer, allowing players to either heal through the effect or wait for it to expire.
Killer Balance Changes
Multiple existing killers receive basekit adjustments. The Huntress carries seven hatchets instead of five, moves faster while holding them, and has a faster wind-up speed. The Pig features faster movement while crouched, shorter ambush cooldowns, and a 180-second timer on Reverse Bear Traps. The Hag, The Doctor, The Clown, The Blight, and The Demogorgon also receive various adjustments to movement speed, power cooldowns, and add-on statistics.
New Map and Quality of Life Features
Greenville Square opens as a new map within the Withered Isle realm, featuring the Theater building and a distinct tile layout. Audio settings now include a dedicated toggle for copyrighted music that functions independently of Anonymous Mode. Bloodweb progression now unlocks the auto-purchase center node for all characters once a single character is prestiged, and level-up pop-ups can be skipped with any input.
Why this patch matters
Update 7.6.0 shakes up standard matches with sweeping killer adjustments, a timer system for Mangled, and new tools for both sides.