Touted as its biggest update yet, Techland’s Update 1.4 for Dying Light: The Beast brings with it new content, ray tracing, and 400+ of improvements and fixes across multiple areas of the game. Chief among the new content is New Game+, allowing players to replay the game while keeping all gear, weapons, and character progression from their first playthrough.
Enemy difficulty in the new mode has been increased, but higher-tier weapons and loot will appear to offset the difficulty increase. New Game+ can be repeated multiple times, with each completed run further raising the game’s difficulty and granting access to even stronger and rarer weapons, as well as the toughest enemies in Castor Woods.
Techland has also expanded the patch with Legend Levels, the classic Dying Light end-game progression system that extends characters beyond the main skill tree. Once players reach Level 15, all earned XP is converted into Legend XP. Higher difficulty settings and higher New Game+ tiers increase XP gains, so the more players challenge themselves, the faster they progress. Each Legend Level grants Legend Points that can be spent on passive upgrades such as increased health, improved combat stats, and stronger Beast Mode performance.
For graphics junkies, Ray Tracing on PC brings with it more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections. Additionally, over 70 graphical issues have been resolved, including textures, floating assets, clipping, and misaligned architecture, resulting in a “smoother, richer, and more visually striking world.”
If that’s not enough incentive to jump back into the game, every player who logs in between now and December 2 will receive an exclusive in-game gift – the Bloody Bowie Knife. In addition, all players can also take part in a Double XP event until November 30.
And if you haven’t taken the plunge yet with Dying Light: The Beast, you can grab the game on all platforms with a 20% discount from now until December 2. Dying Light: The Beast is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.